Broadway AM Report, 8/31/2016 - CHICAGO at SummerStage and More!
By: Jessica Khan Aug. 31, 2016
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it?
Jay Armstrong Johnson (portrait by Walter McBride),
who last starred in 42ND STREET at The Muny
and in ON THE TOWN on Broadway!
TODAY'S BIG NEWS: CHICAGO celebrates 20 years on Broadway with a free concert at SummerStage!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Justin Guarini, Margo Seibert, James Snyder, Telly Leung and more have signed on for Broadway's IN TRANSIT!
- ONCE ON THIS ISLAND is traveling back to Broadway.
- 'CURIOUS INCIDENT' has found its touring cast...
- We got a look (right) at new artwork for ANASTASIA on Broadway, a peek at the poster for the upcoming LA LA LAND film, footage of Javier Muñoz speaking at NYU, and pics of the company of CHEERS LIVE ON STAGE!
- Tomorrow is the final #Ham4Ham lottery show...
- JK Rowling's 'CURSED CHILD' could be heading to the big screen.
- Derek Hough's Broadway turn SINGIN' IN THE RAIN might be delayed, but he will strut his stuff with Marilu Henner on DANCING WITH THE STARS.
- Actors' Equity Association has voted to endorse Hillary Clinton...
- And we chatted with Darren Criss about this year's Elsie Fest!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy with a potential thunderstorm and a high of 88 today!
What we're geeking out over: AVENUE Q's salute to Gene Wilder by recreating a classic YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN scene!
Celebrating the life of #GeneWilder, #AvenueQ style. ?? #Repost @jasonjjacoby #YoungFrankenstein pic.twitter.com/ZHCEl9tGnJ
- Avenue Q (@avenueqmusical) August 30, 2016
What we're looking forward to listening to: HAMILTON's Nicholas Christopher and THE SOUND OF MUSIC's Kerstin Anderson recording Ryan Scott Oliver's DARLING in concert!
Video of the Day: Watch Barbra Streisand, Alec Baldwin and Jimmy Fallon singing together in an outtake from TONIGHT!
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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