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Good morning theater fans! This is Caryn Robbins with The Broadway Scoop for Friday, February 21st. The Broadway premiere of Matthew Lopez's THE INHERITANCE has set closing dates. Directed by Stephen Daldry, the two-part re-imagining of E.M. Forster's Howards End will play its final performance at the Ethel Barrymore Theater on March 15. Upon closing it will have played 46 preview and 138 regular performances.Netflix has announced a May 1st debut date for Ryan Murphy's upcoming limited series Hollywood. Set in Hollywood's Golden Age, the seven-episode series follows a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood as they try to make it in Tinseltown. The all-star cast includes Broadway favorites Darren Criss, Jeremy Pope, Jim Parsons, and Tony Award winners Joe Mantello and Patti LuPone. And over a dozen Broadway theaters will dim their lights on February 29 to commemorate the life and work of Tony-winning producer Margo Lion, who passed away on January 24 at the age of 75. Ms. Lion’s Broadway producing credits included HAIRSPRAY, CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, THE WEDDING SINGER, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, and most recently, 2019's FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE. And that's The Broadway Scoop for Friday, February 21st.