WAKE UP with BWW 11/5/2015 - ON YOUR FEET! Opens and More!
By: Jessica Khan Nov. 05, 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: Get on your feet for Gloria Estefan's new musical, opening tonight on Broadway!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Gloria Estefan's ON YOUR FEET! officially dances onto Broadway tonight!
- Sara Bareilles celebrates the WAITRESS album release at New York City Center this evening.
- National Black Theatre's dark comedy DEAD AND BREATHING opens tonight off-Broadway!
- Lee Roy Reams is the first man to play the title role in HELLO, DOLLY! in the U.S., starting tonight in Boca Raton.
- Broadway's Phil Smith & Bob Wankel will be honored as 'Living Landmarks' today...
- And ELF THE MUSICAL opens tonight in the West End!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Drew Gehling, Keala Settle, Kimiko Glenn and more will join Jessie Mueller in WAITRESS on Broadway!
- We got a first look (right) at Taylor Mac's HIR off-Broadway, plus highlights from ON YOUR FEET, and a peek at footage from Lincoln Center Theater's DADA WOOF PAPA HOT!
- Richard Jay-Alexander will direct RUTHLESS! star Jennifer Diamond in her 54 Below debut this weekend.
- And Billy Porter, Stephanie J. Block and more are set for Scott Nevins' SPARKLE holiday benefit!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Mostly cloudy with a high of 71 degrees today.
Quote of the Day: A word from pop icon Gloria Estefan...
"All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your musical idea is just to try to get a hit, because you're chasing your tail that way. It's not going to happen, and if you're successful, you have to do it the rest of your life. Stay true to it and do it for the sake of the art.'"
-- Gloria Estefan (via BrainyQuote)
What we're looking forward to watching: Stage vet Eddie Redmayne in the upcoming FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM movie!
Video of the Day: Watch Santino Fontana's (swoon) full musical number from this week's episode of CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND on The Cw!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Andrea McArdle, who turns 52 today!
McArdle last starred on Broadway in THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS and STATE FAIR. Before that, she appeared in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, STARLIGHT EXPRESS, LES MISERABLES and ANNIE in the title role -- the latter earned her a Tony nomination in 1977 and she reprised her role in the West End the following year. She more recently took the stage off-Broadway in NEWSical The Musical and has also appeared off-Broadway in THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES. She led the 1999 US tour of CABARET as 'Sally Bowles', as well as the 1985 US tour of JERRY'S GIRLS, followed by a stint in the West End in NYMPH ERRANT. McArdle returned to ANNIE as 'Miss Hannigan' in 2010 at North Carolina Theatre and Long Beach's Musical Theatre West. She recently appeared in MAME at Bucks County Playhouse and in HELLO, DOLLY! at The Media Theatre in Pennsylvania.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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