Odds & Ends: Ingrid Michaelson to Pen a Musical, Celeste Oliva Heads to Shear Madness & More

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed from today.

Ingrid Michaelson to Pen a Musical
Waitress creator Sara Bareilles may have started a trend! Singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson recently tweeted: “OK. It's time. I'm going to write a musical. I just need to know how to begin...” She later announced a collaboration with actors from Deaf West Theater on her new breakup single "Hell No." According to PEOPLE, Michaelson got in touch after seeing the theater company’s performance of Spring Awakening on this year’s Tonys. Perhaps it’s no surprise she has fallen in love with Broadway—Michaelson is currently dating new Something Rotten! headliner, Will Chase.

Celeste Oliva Heads to Shear Madness
Celeste Oliva (The Company Men) has replaced Kate Middleton in the role of Barbara in off-Broadway's Shear Madness. Led by Tony winner Cady Huffman, the murder mystery, which incorporates improv and audience participation in a unisex hair salon, is now playing at the Davenport Theatre.

Thomas Sadoski, Amber Tamblyn & More Set for Vassar
We do love a road trip! Some starry casting has been announced for the final weeks of the 32nd Powerhouse Season, running through July 31st at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom) and Amber Tamblyn (Two and a Half Men) will join Josh Radnor’s first-ever play Sacred Valley; Zach Grenier (The Good Wife) has been tapped for John Patrick Shanley’s The Portuguese Kid; and Judith Ivey (The Audience) and Peter Scolari (Girls) have boarded Dan LeFranc’s Rancho Viejo.

P.S. Speaking of Chase, check out below his public debut of "Will Power" at the St. James last night...