WAKE UP with BWW 1/25/2016 - Arthur Miller, ROCK OF AGES and More!
By: Jessica Khan Jan. 25, 2016
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: A slew of stars gather for ONE NIGHT 100 YEARS, honoring Arthur Miller, and the cast of ROCK OF AGES reunites in concert!
Photo by Kevin Thomas Garcia
NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- Denée Benton will star opposite Josh Groban in 'GREAT COMET' on Broadway!
- We brought you a look (right) at this weekend's Broadway shutdown due to Winter Storm Jonas, plus a peek at La Mirada's Broadway-hopeful EMPIRE, and behind-the-scenes pics from GREASE: LIVE!
- ALLEGIANCE is eyeing touring or regional productions after Broadway...
- RENT held its 20th anniversary reunion panel at BroadwayCon on Friday.
- Ian McKellen and Judi Dench will lead BBC Two's SHAKESPEARE LIVE! this spring!
- And talented student artist Kendyll Romine is drawing 366 female musical theatre characters in 2016...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 36 degrees and cloudy, with a 0% chance of snow!
Quote of the Day: A word from birthday girl Jenifer Lewis...
"You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate."
-- Jenifer Lewis (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching/listening to: NYC's Youth Pride Chorus recording FUN HOME's "Ring of Keys"!
Video of the Day: Watch an ice skating duo's Nationals-winning routine, set to PHANTOM's "Music of the Night"!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Jenifer Lewis, who turns 59 today!
Lewis last starred on Broadway in HAIRSPRAY as 'Motormouth Maybelle'. Before that, she appeared on the Great White Way in ROCK 'N ROLL! THE FIRST 5,000 YEARS, COMIN' UPTOWN and EUBIE! (she also traveled with the show on tour), as well as off-Broadway's PROMISES, PROMISES, EL BRAVO! and 'MOTHER COURAGE' at Shakespeare in the Park. The actress has performed her solo show THE DIVA IS DISMISSED across the globe. She is well known for voicing the roles of 'Flo' in Disney's CARS and 'Mama Odie' in DIsney's THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG. Among her other film credits are WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT, THE PREACHER'S WIFE, THINK LIKE A MAN, HEREAFTER, THE WEDDING RINGER and more. She currently stars in the ABC sitcom BLACK-ISH.
Photo by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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