Broadway AM Report, 10/12/2016 - ORWELL IN AMERICA and More!
By: Jessica Khan Oct. 12, 2016
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it?
TODAY'S BIG NEWS: John Cameron Mitchell and more will appear on today's ORBITING HUMAN CIRCUS (OF THE AIR) podcast, and ORWELL IN AMERICA makes its NYC debut tonight Off-Broadway!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Adam Pascal will be the new bard in Broadway's SOMETHING ROTTEN!
- Hunter Foster will helm a new play based on the board game CLUE...
- Katie Rose Clarke and Nicholas Christopher have signed on for MISS SAIGON.
- We got a peek (right) at OH, HELLO's red carpet, opening bows, and after-party interviews, shots from BROADWAY SNIFFS OUT CANCER, plus photos from PHANTOM's 30th anniversary celebration in London!
- Caitlin Houlahan will make her Broadway debut in WAITRESS this fall.
- ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE is sailing to Chicago before New York...
- Broadway vet Michelle Williams could play Janis Joplin in an upcoming biopic.
- And the episode of SNL hosted by Lin-Manuel Miranda has set a 12-year high for the show!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy with a high of 67, and with that, this perfect fall weather week continues!
What we're geeking out over: The latest episode of BACKSTAGE BITE with Katie Lynch, featuring PARAMOUR's Ruby Lewis!
What we're watching: The new BREAKING BARD series celebrating Shakespeare on film, kicking off today at MoMA!
Video of the Day: Watch Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley's music video for Broadway for Orlando's dance club remix of "What the World Needs Now is Love!"
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Hugh Jackman, who turns 48 today!
Hugh Jackman last starred on Broadway in THE RIVER. Before that, he appeared in Hugh Jackman, BACK ON BROADWAY, A STEADY RAIN and THE BOY FROM OZ. He received a Special Tony Award in 2012 and won the 2004 Tony and Drama Desk awards for Best Actor in a Musical for THE BOY FROM OZ. The actor has also taken the stage in OKLAHOMA! in the West End and CAROUSEL in concert in NYC. He is best known for playing 'Wolverine' in the X-MEN films and has also starred on-screen in LES MISERABLES, PRISONERS, AUSTRALIA, THE FOUNTAIN, THE PRESTIGE and KATE & LEOPOLD. Jackman also hosted the 81st Academy Awards. He will soon appear in the film THE GREATEST SHOWMAN.
Photo by Richard Termine
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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