WAKE UP with BWW 12/16/2015 - 'DOOPLES', NYMF and 'CURIOUS INCIDENT'!

- The new musical COME FROM AWAY could be headed to Broadway...
- FOX will air the live musical event THE PASSION, hosted by Tyler Perry, this spring.
- NUNSENSE is headed to TV, starring Karen Ziemba, Beth Leavel and Phyllis Smith!
- Billboard named HAMILTON the No. 2 Album of The Year!
- Marjorie Johnson is stepping in for Leslie Uggams in Coleman Domingo's DOT.
- We got a look (right) inside opening night of Staceyann Chin's MOTHERSTRUCK!
- Lauren Molina will play 'Audrey' in Cleveland Play House's LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.
- Michael Cerveris is set to star in a reading of THE GOREE GIRLS musical...
- And NBC has cancelled 'BEST TIME EVER', but Neil Patrick Harris will continue to work on new projects.

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 52 degrees and mostly sunny again today!

What we're watching: NBC's animated special ELF: BUDDY'S MUSICAL CHRISTMAS, starring Jim Parsons, airing tonight!

Video of the Day: Get a first look at Hugh Jackman in the upcoming biopic EDDIE THE EAGLE!

And a Happy Birthday shout-out to LaChanze, who turns 54 today!

LaChanze is currently starring in the IF/THEN national tour after originating her role on Broadway. Before that, she appeared on the Great White Way in THE COLOR PURPLE, which earned her a Tony Award in 2006, RAGTIME, COMPANY, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, DREAMGIRLS and UPTOWN...IT'S HOT!, as we as a concert production of FUNNY GIRL. Among her off-Broadway credits are INKED BABY, DESSA ROSE, THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, OUT OF THIS WORLD and more.