WAKE UP with BWW 10/12/2015 - CLEVER LITTLE LIES Opens, BARE Reunites and More!
By: Jessica Khan Oct. 12, 2015
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: CLEVER LITTLE LIES opens, and the original stars of BARE come together to honor the show's late composer!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- CLEVER LITTLE LIES, starring Marlo Thomas, opens tonight off-Broadway!
- The cast of IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU celebrates their album release at Barnes & Noble tonight.
- And the original company of BARE reunites this evening in memory of composer Damon Intrabartolo...
NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- Taylor Louderman, Leslie Kritzer, Ryann Redmond and more will lead GIGANTIC at the Vineyard!
- David Bowie & Enda Walsh's new musical LAZARUS is sold-out and now extended at NYTW.
- We got a first look (right) at Laura Osnes and more in THE BANDSTAND at Paper Mill, and Hoon Lee in Broadway's THE KING AND I, plus a peek at LES MISERABLES' 30th anniversary party in London!
- Princess Cruises has just debuted Stephen Schwartz's new musical revue MAGIC TO DO!
- Burnett, McDonald, Mitchell & more are set for A CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN CREATIVITY White House special on PBS.
- The American Theatre for Actors is renaming one of its venues after Tony winner John Cullum.
- And Frank Rich and more are supporting a petition to save the historic colonial theatre in Boston...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 75 degrees and sunny -- what a beautiful way to launch the week!
What we're listening to: Broadway's IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU cast recording, out now!
What we're watching: CAROL CHANNING AND PEARL BAILEY: ON BROADWAY, airing tonight on GetTV!
Video of the Day: Watch never-before-seen outtakes (which aired on GMA last week) of Robin Williams in ALADDIN!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Hugh Jackman, who turns 47 today!
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 (which won him a Tony in 2004 and which he also brought to Australia), OKLAHOMA! in the West End, and a New York concert production of CAROUSEL. He received a Special Tony Award in 2012. Jackman is well known as 'Wolverine' in the X-MEN films and earned an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of 'Jean Valjean' in the movie adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The actor hosted the 81st Academy Awards and has hosted the Tonys four times. He has also graced the big screen in KATE & LEOPOLD, THE PRESTIGE, AUSTRALIA, REAL STEEL and PRISONERS, and can currently be seen in the PETER PAN prequel PAN.
Photo by Richard Termine
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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