Broadway AM Report, 3/31/2016 - THE CRUCIBLE, TUCK EVERLASTING 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: THE CRUCIBLE and TUCK EVERLASTING bow on Broadway!

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- THE CRUCIBLE, with Saoirse Ronan and more, opens on Broadway!
- TUCK EVERLASTING begins previews this evening at the Broadhurst Theatre.
- The new musical HAZEL, starring Klea Blackhurst, starts tonight in Chicago...
- And the company of Cirque du Soleil's PARAMOUR meets the press, so stay tuned for coverage!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- AN ACT OF GOD is returning to Broadway this summer with Sean Hayes!
- THE HUMANS and FUTURITY lead this year's Lortel Award nominations.
- Zadan & Meron will bring Aaron Sorkin's A FEW GOOD MEN to NBC live next year!
- Sieber, Ashmanskas, Leavel and more will lead THE PROM in Atlanta...
- We got a first look (right) at La Chiusa's RAIN in San Diego, highlights from Encores! 1776, stunning shots of Kelli O'Hara & Victoria Clark in costume for DIDO AND AENEAS, and a peek at Alfie Boe's first bows in FINDING NEVERLAND!
- Sara Bareilles saved the day during a tech mishap at WAITRESS last night.
- Kyra Sedgwick has signed on for WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT.
- Frank Wildhorn's new CASANOVA musical will hit Vienna next year...
- Caroline Bowman has joined Ramin Karimloo in Vancouver Opera's EVITA!
- The 2016 MAC Award winners were announced.
- And HAMILTON's producers have responded to their "non-white" casting call controversy...

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 71 degrees and partly cloudy today!

Quote of the Day: In honor of tonight's first preview, here's an excerpt from Natalie Babbitt's TUCK EVERLASTING...

"Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live."
-- Natalie Babbitt (via Goodreads)

What we're reading: The new multimedia edition of LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, out today!