Broadway AM Report, 6/24/2016 - BRIGHT STAR and THE KING AND I Close and More!
By: Jessica Khan Jun. 24, 2016
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it?
This weekend's big news: Goodspeed's starry new take on BYE BYE BIRDIE begins tonight, plus it's your last chance to see Broadway's BRIGHT STAR and THE KING AND I before they close Sunday!
The Skivvies - Nick Cearley & Lauren Molina (portrait by Walter McBride)!
Photo by Heidi Gutman/ABC
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Will Chase is set to play the Bard in Broadway's SOMETHING ROTTEN!, while Ektor Rivera will join ON YOUR FEET! next month!
- Tony winner THE HUMANS has extended its run and will move theaters.
- AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (more here) and SHUFFLE ALONG have set their closing dates...
- Samantha Barks and Jonathan Bailey will lead THE LAST FIVE YEARS in London!
- WAITRESS is headed for a Spring 2017 bow in the West End, while RICHARD III with Ralph Fiennes eyes Broadway.
- We got a look (right) at Sutton Foster & Tituss Burgess in ABC's MATCH GAME premiere, plus video of Barbra Streisand & Jamie Foxx recording "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"!
- Laura Michelle Kelly, Brandon Victor Dixon and more will appear in a site-specific RAGTIME concert on Ellis Island!
- And the New York Post has let go theatre critic Elisabeth Vincentelli...
Broadway Weather Forecast: Sunny and in the low 80s - get out there and enjoy a perfect summer weekend!
What we can't wait to watch: PBS's upcoming HAMILTON documentary, airing October 21st!
Anthony Ramos, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Photo by Joan Marcus.
Video of the Day: Watch Lorna Luft perform "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in tribute to Orlando, Stonewall and Judy Garland!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Annaleigh Ashford, who turns 31 on Saturday!
Ashford, who is set to play 'Columbia' in FOX's upcoming ROCKY HORROR remake, last starred on Broadway opposite Matthew Broderick in SYLVIA. She was nominated for a 2013 Tony Award for originating the role of 'Lauren' in KINKY BOOTS and won the 2015 Tony for her portrayal of 'Essie Carmichael' in YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU. The actress has also appeared on Broadway as 'Glinda' in WICKED, 'Margot' in LEGALLY BLONDE, 'Jeanie' in HAIR, and off-Broadway in DOGFIGHT, RENT and Cirque du Soleil: BANANA SHPEEL. Ashford currently stars in the Showtime series MASTERS OF SEX.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early on Monday, BroadwayWorld!
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