WAKE UP with BWW 1/4/2016 - JRB & Shoshana, BROADWAY IS A DRAG & More!
By: Jessica Khan Jan. 04, 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: Jason Robert Brown and Shoshana Bean take the stage in L.A., and BROADWAY IS A DRAG raises funds for BC/EFA at Feinstein's/54 Below!
NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- Kyle Selig will star as 'Elder Price' in THE BOOK OF MORMON on Broadway starting this week!
- Brandy is returning to CHICAGO -- this time on tour -- in Los Angeles in 2016!
- STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS has surpassed FROZEN at the box office.
- Maurice Hines, Diane Paulus, Jeff Calhoun and more are among this year's NAACP Theatre Award nominees!
- We got a sneak peek (right) at the T-Birds during a run through of GREASE: LIVE!
- Tony nominee Emily Skeggs will lead a new play reading in New Jersey this month.
- Larry Kramer weighed in on Tonya Pinkins' exit from MOTHER COURAGE off-Broadway...
- A new stage adaptation of John Hughes' THE BREAKFAST CLUB will open in Columbus this year.
- And Natalie Cole passed away on New Year's Eve...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 32 degrees and sunny this afternoon. It's the New Year, and it finally feels like winter!
Quote of the Day: A word from renowned composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown...
"I don't come from a musical family at all, but I realized early on I was a musician. I started begging for a piano when I was 6 years old."
-- Jason Robert Brown (via BrainyQuote)
Video of the Day: Watch SNL's Taran Killam revamp "The 12 Days of Christmas", HAMILTON-style!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Natascia Diaz, who turns 46 today!
Diaz is currently starring in Signature Theatre's immersive WEST SIDE STORY in Washington, D.C. She last appeared on Broadway in MAN OF LA MANCHA and before that in SEUSSICAL, THE CAPEMAN and CAROUSEL. She also recently took the stage off-Broadway in JACQUES BREL RETURNS, ROOMS and JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS. Among her regional credits are KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN in Arlington, CARNIVAL! at the Kennedy Center in D.C., and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at the Sondheim Festival. The actress has appeared on TV in LAW & ORDER, NURSE JACKIE, DAMAGES and OZ.
Photo by Christopher Mueller.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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