WAKE UP with BWW 12/23/2015 - It's a Holly, Jolly Broadway Christmas!
By: Jessica Khan Dec. 23, 2015
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Christmas weekend's big news: MAURICE HINES TAPPIN' THRU LIFE begins tonight at New World Stages, and be sure to check back with us for Broadway's holiday weekend schedule and '12 Days' countdown!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Broadway's HAMILTON hit one million Tweets in 2015!
- Ryan Scott Oliver will open Lincoln Center's 2016 American Songbook series.
- We got a first look (right) at Cirque du Soleil's TORUK, plus a peek at Megan Hilty on GIRLFRIENDS' GUIDE TO DIVORCE, pics of James Monroe Iglehart and more in 'BLANCO POSNET', and new group shots from FOX's GREASE: LIVE!
- '8' writer Dustin Lance Black is penning a gay rights movement miniseries for ABC...
- And BWW readers weighed in on what the next live TV musical should be!
Broadway Weather Forecast: In the mid-60s to the high 70s this weekend with lots of rain. We'll have to make believe it's snow!
Quote of the Day: A famous line from Charles Dickens' iconic holiday classic A CHRISTMAS CAROL...
"It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour." (via Goodreads)
What we're looking forward to watching: getTV's presentation of THE JUDY GARLAND SHOW's Christmas episode, airing on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!
Video of the Day: Watch Laura Bell Bundy, Eden Espinosa and Gavin Creel sing "Carol of the Bells" for a Holiday Edition of 'Broadway Bus Stop' around New York City!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Rory O'Malley, who turns 35 today!
O'Malley was nominated for a Tony Award in 2011 for originating the role of 'Elder McKinley' in Broadway's THE BOOK OF MORMON. He has also appeared in THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE and concert productions of SHE LOVES ME and Dustin Lance Black's 8, as well as NEWSICAL and LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE off-Broadway. He recently starred in THE COMEDY OF ERRORS at The Old Globe in San Diego and also appeared as 'Richie Cunningham' in the 2006 premiere of HAPPY DAYS in Los Angeles -- the production later moved to Goodspeed Musicals in Connecticut. Among his on-screen credits are the film adaptation of DREAMGIRLS and the TV series NURSE JACKIE, PARTNERS and THE GOOD WIFE. O'Malley is a co-founder of the gay rights activism group Broadway Impact.
at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
See you bright and early on Monday, BroadwayWorld!
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