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Hamilton News So, this (→) is happening. The cast of Hamilton will perform on the Grammys . It is not unprecedented for Broadway to be featured on the Grammys. (You might recall, in fact, that the cast of American Idiot performed "21 Guns" will Green Day during the 2010 Grammys, just a month before Broadway previews began.) What's different about this appearance, though, is that the cast will be performing live, via satellite, from the Richard Rodgers Theatre. USA Today has a video of the cast announcing the appearance, as well as statements from the show's producers and its creator and star, Lin-Manuel Miranda. Tune into the Grammys on Monday, February 15, on CBS. In other Hamilton news: The national tour will make a stop in Atlanta during the 2017-2018 season. Broadwayworld.com has details. Casting News Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford ( You Can't Take It With You , Sylvia ) has joined the cast of the upcoming Rocky Horror remake. Ashford...

"We are not born to endure. We're born to recover," says The Voice in Lindsey Ferrentino 's new play, Ugly Lies the Bone . The Voice ( Caitlin O'Connell ) is talking to Jess ( Mamie Gummer ), a young, female veteran who, upon returning home with significant and painful injuries, is undergoing a form of virtual reality therapy. Scenes of Jess in therapy are interspersed with scenes of her trying to readjust to life after war. She is in Titusville, Florida (a small town due east of Orlando, the heart of Florida's space coast, as the program says), and living with her sister, Kacie ( Karron Graves ), in their mother's house. (Mom is in a nursing home.) In addition to learning to manage her pain and how to avoid flashbacks, Jess must also navigate how to relate to the people she used to know, like Stevie (a great Chris Stack ), a former flame, as well as people new to her, like Kacie's boyfriend, Kelvin ( Haynes Thigpen ), whom Jess doesn't trust....