Odds & Ends: Gabriella Pizzolo to Play Little Idina Menzel in Beaches, Catch Free Leslie Odom Jr. Concert & More

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

Gabriella Pizzolo & Grace Capeless Tapped for Beaches
Fun Home’s Gabriella Pizzolo and her former Matilda co-star Grace Capeless have been enlisted for the remake of Beaches, which is slated to bow next year on Lifetime. According to TVLine, they will appear as the younger versions of CC (Idina Menzel) and Hillary (Nia Long), respectively. Beaches, based on the 1985 novel by Iris Rainer and 1988 movie starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey, follows the various stages of the friendship between CC Bloom, an actress and singer, and Hillary Whitney, a San Francisco-based lawyer. Keeping it in the family, Capeless’ mom Jodi Capeless will take on the role of CC’s mom Leona in the childhood scenes, while Sanai Victoria is set to play Hillary’s daughter Tori.

Catch Free Leslie Odom Jr. Concert
Want to be in the room where it happens with Leslie Odom Jr.? The Tony winner will close out the free Sessions at the Circle concert series at the Big Apple’s Columbus Circle on September 6. The former Hamilton star will perform songs from his recently released self-titled jazz album at 6PM on the second floor mezzanine level at 10 Columbus Circle.

Dates Set for Hamilton in San Francisco
Speaking of a certain Tony-winning tuner, the national tour of Hamilton will begin in San Francisco at the SHN Orpheum Theatre on March 14 and is set to run through August 5. The production will then move on to the Hollywood Pantages in Los Angeles, where it is slated to play August 11 through December 30. The Chicago production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's gargantuan hit is scheduled to kick off on September 27 at the PrivateBank Theatre.

Scarlett Strallen to Lead London's She Loves Me
After charming the Great White Way all over again earlier on this year, Joe Masteroff, Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock's She Loves Me will play London's Menier Chocolate Factory. Directed by Matthew White and starring Broadway alum Scarlett Strallen (A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder) as Amalia, the production will play November 25 through March 5. And, just because it's a holiday weekend that deserves to be vanilla ice cream-filled, check out Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi and more below in the recent Broadway production.