Odds & Ends: Angela Lansbury Isn't Circling Game of Thrones, Lin-Manuel Miranda Banished From Hamilton Rehearsal & More

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

Angela Lansbury Isn't Circling Game of Thrones
Apparently it won't be a case of Dame of Thrones. After the interweb was set abuzz today with reports that Dame Angela Lansbury would appear in the seventh season of HBO’s Game of Thrones, her reps informed EW that this wasn't the case. So, we're back to eagerly awaiting confirmation that the five-time Tony winner will headline the first Broadway revival of The Chalk Garden in the 2017-18 season then. Unless this is all an elaborate ploy by HBO to put us off the scent...wouldn't be the first time!

Lin-Manuel Miranda Banished From Hamilton Rehearsal
Despite being a Tony, Grammy and Pulitzer winner, as well as a certified genius, it seems that Lin-Manuel Miranda still has to listen to Hamilton director Thomas Kail when it comes to rehearsals for the hit tuner in Chicago. “If Lin brings a new lyric, I just send him out of the room immediately,” Kail told Billboard. As we're sure you're already very much aware, performances of the show begin on September 27 at the PrivateBank Theatre in the Windy City; it continues playing to standing room only audiences at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre.

Christian Borle & Laura Benanti Team Up
This is some lineup! Christian Borle, Laura Benanti, Skylar Astin, Carolee Carmello, Bryce Pinkham, Will Swenson and more Broadway favorites are joining forces for a one-night-only reading in aid of The Actors Fund. Proud of Us and Other Short Plays by Wesley Taylor will play on November 14 at New World Stages; buy tickets here!

Brian Justin Crum Kills It on AGT (Again!)
With this number, we could just picture Broadway alum Brian Justin Crum (Next to Normal) in the sadly departed tuner American Psycho. He continued his incredible run on this season's America's Got Talent with a passionate performance of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears on September 6. Check it out below.