WAKE UP with BWW 12/8/2015 - Turner as 'Scrooge', PLAID TIDINGS, Brian Friel and More!

- SCHOOL OF ROCK will travel to the West End in 2016, with a US tour the following year!
- Chuck Cooper, LaChanze, Norm Lewis and more will star in Encores! CABIN IN THE SKY.
- WHORL INSIDE A LOOP could be heading to Broadway...
- Jackie Burns, Tamyra Gray and Matthew Hydzik will join Anthony Rapp on the IF/THEN tour, while the WICKED tour has found its new Elphaba, Glinda, Nessarose and Boq!
- We got a first look (right) at David Bowie's LAZARUS (which also announced a final extension), plus a peek at ALADDIN in Hamburg!
- THE WIZ LIVE's Queen Latifah will lead Lee Daniels' music pilot for FOX, Dick Van Dyke will host ABC's broadcast of MARY POPPINS, and Shear, Pasek & Paul are working on a new musical series for NBC...
- And HAMILTON, FUN HOME and THE KING AND I are among this year's GRAMMY nominees!

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 49 degrees and partly cloudy today. Layer it up in style!

What we're watching: SNL's hilarious parody of THE WIZ LIVE!

Video of the Day: Watch Andrew Samonsky perform "Wondering" in THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY tour!

And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Graciela Daniele, who turns 76 today!

Ten-time Tony nominated choreographer and director Graciela Daniele last worked on Broadway's THE VISIT, starring Chita Rivera. Among her past credits are PAL JOEY, THE PIRATE QUEEN, CHITA RIVERA: THE DANCER'S LIFE, MARIE CRISTINE, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, RAGTIME, CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD, THE GOODBYE GIRL, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, DANGEROUS GAMES, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, THE RINK, ZORBA, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THE MOST HAPPY FELLA and A HISTORY OF AMERICAN FILM. She performed and acted as dance captain in CHICAGO and also appeared onstage in FOLLIES (in which she assisted Michael Bennett), COCO, PROMISES, PROMISES, HERE'S WHERE I BELONG and WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN? Daniele has worked with Woody Allen on three films, MIGHTY APHRODITE, EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU and BULLETS OVER BROADWAY. She has also choreographed for Ballet Hispanico and served as a director-in-residence at Lincoln Center.