Odds & Ends: Al Pacino Eyes Broadway Return This Season, Laura Osnes & Max Crumm Reunite at #Ham4Ham & More

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

Al Pacino Eyes Broadway Return This Season
We're relieved the somewhat mixed reception to China Doll didn't put Al Pacino off the Great White Way! The acting legend is still on track to return to Broadway as Tennessee Williams in God Looked Away. Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman, Pacino recently took part in an industry reading of Dotson Rader’s autobiographical play opposite Judith Light and Miles Gaston Villanueva. According to Showbiz411, the search is now on for a Broadway theater for a run either at the end of this year or in spring 2017.

Laura Benanti to Make Café Carlyle Debut
Laura Benanti will make her Café Carlyle debut next month. The Tony winner—and mom-to-be’s—musical revue, Tales From Soprano Isle, is scheduled to run September 27 through October 8 and will feature songs from her career along with humorous anecdotes and experiences that she has encountered on and off the stage and screen. No word yet if Melania Trump will also swing by. Other stars tapped for the upcoming season include Ana Gasteyer, Judy Collins and Christine Ebersole.

Leslie Odom Jr. Circles Orient Express & More
Since departing Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr. has been keeping himself busy! The Tony winner’s in negotiations to star in Kenneth Branagh’s remake of Murder on the Orient Express, Variety reports. Before that, he’s booked for the U.S. Open’s opening night ceremony on August 29, where he’ll perform a duet with Phil Collins in Arthur Ashe Stadium before singing the national anthem. Game, set, match, Odom Jr.!

Laura Osnes & Max Crumm Reunite at #Ham4Ham
We got chills, they're multiplying! It was a case of way back Wednesday for former Grease costars Laura Osnes and Max Crumm, who teamed up for Hamilton's #Ham4Ham on August 17. Check out the pair's rendition of "You're The One That I Want" below—these summer days are really drifting away!