Broadway AM Report, 11/14/2016 - DEAR EVAN HANSEN, GREAT COMET and More!

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:

- DEAR EVAN HANSEN begins previews on Broadway, while 'GREAT COMET' takes its official opening bows tonight!
- TCG hosts its 2016 Gala, ROCKERS ON BROADWAY returns to support BC/EFA, and Billy Porter directs Wesley Taylor's starry 'PROUD OF US' benefit for The Actors Fund.
- Playwrights Sarah Ruhl (more here) and Lindsey Ferrentino will be honored in separate ceremonies...
- THE 24 HOUR PLAYS returns to the Great White Way this evening.
- And Glenn Close and more are being inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame!

NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:

- Bernadette Peters will host a Q&A with Lonny Price after this week's 'MERRILY' documentary screening.
- Leonard Cohen passed away last Thursday - see what the Broadway community had to say about the music icon...
- We got a first look (right) at 'GREAT COMET' on Broadway, footage inside rehearsal for Fiasco's INTO THE WOODS and THE BODYGUARD on tour (pics here), a peek backstage for ROCKERS ON BROADWAY, shots from La MaMa's 55th anniversary gala, and an interview with JERSEY BOYS' Mark Ballas!
- Temple University students used Broadway as inspiration for their protest in reaction to the election.
- Off-Broadway's EVERY BRILLIANT THING is headed to HBO this winter!
- And stage and screen actor Owiso Odera has died suddenly after collapsing onstage during a play rehearsal...

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 63 and partly cloudy to kick off your week!