WAKE UP with BWW 11/9/2015 - SCHOOL OF ROCK Is Now in Session!
By: Jessica Khan Nov. 09, 2015
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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: School of Rock is now in session on Broadway, LOST GIRLS opens off-Broadway and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- It's the first day of class for School of Rock on Broadway!
- John Pollono's LOST GIRLS, starring Piper Perabo, opens tonight at MCC Theater.
- ROCKERS ON BROADWAY 80'S REWIND benefits The PATH Fund this evening...
- A starry lineup will celebrate female songwriters tonight at The Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret.
- And ALADDIN's James Monroe Iglehart hosts tonight's Only Make Believe gala honoring Alan Cumming!
NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- You now have more than one shot to see HAMILTON with a new block of tickets open thru next fall!
- In case you missed it, watch Chita Rivera's full PBS special here, plus check out highlights from Gob Squad's BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES, and photos (right) from BROADWAY SINGS Sara Bareilles!
- Animal experts and more are set for SYLVIA's Tuesday Talk-Back series.
- Derek Klena, Matthew James Thomas and more will star in DINER in Delaware.
- Two playwrights have earned a new award in remembrance of Philip Seymour Hoffman...
- Broadway vet Andrew Call is the latest to sign on for FOX's GREASE LIVE!
- And Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman will be honored at Primary Stages' 2015 gala.
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 61 degrees and sunny today with rain late tonight!
Quote of the Day: A line from the 2003 movie School of Rock, beginning tonight in Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage adaptation on Broadway!
Dewey Finn: "God of Rock, thank you for this chance to kick ass. We are your humble servants. Please give us the power to blow people's minds with our high voltage rock. In your name we pray, Amen." (via IMDb)
What we're looking forward to listening to: Michael Cerveris and Loose Cattle's FUN HOME single 'Pony Girl', out later this month!
What we can't stop watching: HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda playing 'Wheel of Freestyle' on TONIGHT!
Video of the Day: In honor of SCHOOL OF ROCK starting tonight on the Great White Way, watch the class perform of "Zach's Song" in the movie!
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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