WAKE UP with BWW 11/4/2015 - PLOWBOY Off-Broadway, Paris in New York and More!
By: Jessica Khan Nov. 04, 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: New York gets the Paris treatment and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- The off-Broadway revival of WHO'LL SAVE THE PLOWBOY? begins tonight at The Davenport!
- Broadway au Carré travels FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK at Feinstein's/54 Below this evening...
- And be sure to set your DVR - Geneva Carr & Christopher Sieber guest star in a Duggar-inspired episode of LAW & ORDER: SVU tonight.
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- SPAMALOT's Eric Idle and John Cleese will perform at this weekend's Mike Nichols memorial.
- The new MONSOON WEDDING musical will have a winter lab in NYC!
- We got a first look (right) at Wayne Brady in KINKY BOOTS, plus highlights from Broadway's ON YOUR FEET, and a peek at President Obama back at HAMILTON!
- Kathleen Turner will play 'Scrooge' in The Greene Space's A CHRISTMAS CAROL radio drama.
- The League of Professional Theater Women released its 2015 study on women employed in New York theaters.
- You can audition for ALADDIN and THE LION KING in Chicago this weekend!
- And Mel Brooks and George Takei will lend their voices to the animated remake of BLAZING SADDLES...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 69 degrees and sunny. What is up with all this amazing fall weather?! We'll take it!
What we're watching: Laura Bell Bundy's new YouTube show SKITS-O-FRENIC, featuring Cheyenne Jackson!
Video of the Day: Watch Barbara Walsh perform "Happy Pat" from FIRST DAUGHTER SUITE!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Daisy Eagan, who turns 36 today!
Eagan made her Broadway debut playing 'Young Cosette' and 'Young Eponine' in LES MISERABLES. She went on to star in THE SECRET GARDEN, which earned her a 1991 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress for her portayal of 'Mary Lennox'. A few years later, she appeared in JAMES JOYCE'S THE DEAD. She has also taken the stage off-Broadway in LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE and in THE WILD PARTY in Los Angeles. On-screen, Eagan has starred in the movie TONY 'N' TINA'S WEDDING, with appearances on the TV series NUMB3RS, GHOST WHISPERER, WITHOUT A TRACE and THE MENTALIST.
Photo by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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