WAKE UP with BWW 10/2/2015 - SYLVIA Brings Canine Companionship to Broadway!
By: Jessica Khan Oct. 02, 2015
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: SYLVIA starts on Broadway tonight, and Sunday is your last chance to see Sydney Lucas in FUN HOME!
We had so much fun taking mug-shots for our fans at this year's Broadway Flea Market that we're adding a new morning tradition -- Fan Fridays!
Danny Whitman and Robert Bartley's new son!
This adorable, snoozing little one wants you to WAKE UP with BWW!
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP ITEMS:
- The dog days are just beginning, as SYLVIA starts previews on Broadway tonight!
- HAMILTON plays a benefit performance for Wesleyan University this evening.
- Paula Vogel's INDECENT premieres tonight at Yale Rep...
- JERSEY SHORE's Vinny Guadagnino joins off-Broadway's THAT BACHELORETTE SHOW tomorrow.
- And Sunday is your last chance to catch Sydney Lucas in Broadway's FUN HOME!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- The Tony Awards are still hunting for a 2016 home base...
- Lin-Manuel Miranda plans to release THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE early next year!
- We got a first look (right) at Lupita Nyong'o in ECLIPSED, plus a peek at 'HUNCHBACK' in the recording studio and shots from THE SOUND OF MUSIC's L.A. opening!
- Fellowes, Drewe & Stiles are writing a new WIND IN THE WILLOWS musical.
- John Krasinski is set to star in DRY POWDER at The Public next year!
- Tony winner John Doyle will take over as Classic Stage Company's next artistic director.
- And John Travolta might be playing 'Herbie' opposite Lady Gaga as 'Louise' in Barbra Streisand's GYPSY movie...
Broadway Weather Forecast: Windy and rainy today and tomorrow, with highs in the mid-50s. But we're back up in the mid-60s by Sunday!
Quote of the Day: A word from SYLVIA star Matthew Broderick...
"You have to fight the green monster with your mind, not your fists."
-- Matthew Broderick (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: MACBETH, starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, hitting cinemas in the UK today before its winter debut in the U.S.!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Sting, who turns 64 today!
Sting's THE LAST SHIP debuted on Broadway last year and nabbed him a Tony nomination for Best Original Score. Before that, he starred in 3 PENNY OPERA and his music was featured in ROCK 'N ROLL: THE FIRST 5,000 YEARS. The songwriter, musician, activist, actor and philanthropist was the lead singer and bassist for the Police in the late '70s ad early '80s, before launching his solo career. In total, Sting has received 16 Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe, an Emmy and three Oscar nominations for Best Original Song. He is included in the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was celebrated at last year's Kennedy Center Honors.
Photo by Matthew Murphy
See you bright and early on Monday, BroadwayWorld!
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