WAKE UP with BWW 1/8/2016 - Bowie's BLACKSTAR, McDonald & Mitchell at the White House & More!
By: Jessica Khan Jan. 08, 2016
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell appear IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE tonight, ALADDIN and THE LION KING appear on this morning's GMA!
We had so much fun taking mug-shots of our fans at last year's BC/EFA Broadway Flea Market that we're adding a new weekly Friday morning tradition -- we call it Fan Fridays!
This week, meet Rob Finch!
Hometown: Kansas City, MO
Last Show He Saw: SPRING AWAKENING
His Favorite Show: WICKED
Broadway Star He Wants to Meet: Idina Menzel
TONS of NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Tony Yazbeck will take over for Matthew Morrison in FINDING NEVERLAND this month!
- The Tonys committee met to decide on KING CHARLES III, ON YOUR FEET!, ALLEGIANCE and more...
- City Center has added Liz Swados' RUNAWAYS its 2016 Encores! Off-Center season!
- THE BLOODY IRISH musical could be coming to Broadway this spring.
- Josh Bergasse has boarded Broadway's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY!
- Christina Cole, Jennifer Mudge and Lloyd Owen have joined Matthew Perry in THE END OF LONGING, while Eva Noblezada, Danielle Hope and more are set to join the West End's LES MISERABLES.
- Bobby Steggert will headline Anna Ziegler's BOY off-Broadway, and LCT's Paige Evans is Signature's new artistic director.
- We got a first look (right) at the new cast of the KINKY BOOTS tour!
- Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures is working on a stage adaptation of DOG DAY AFTERNOON!
- And HBO has set its premiere dates for ALL THE WAY and 'LADY DAY'...
Broadway Weather Forecast: Mostly cloudy with a high of 45 today, but all the way up to 60 and rainy on Sunday. Strange weather, folks...
Quote of the Day: A word from the legendary David Bowie, whose new album is out today...
"What I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts."
-- David Bowie (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell at IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, airing tonight on PBS!
What we're listening to: David Bowie's new album BLACKSTAR, with a track from his off-Broadway musical LAZARUS, out today!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Harriet Harris, who turns 61 today!
Harris last starred on Broadway in IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU. Before that, she appeared in RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, PRESENT LAUGHTER, CRY-BABY, OLD ACQUAINTANCE, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (which earned her a Tony in 2002), THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER and FOUR BABOONS ADORING THE SUN. She recently took the stage in Encores! LITTLE ME and has also appeared extensively off-Broadway in STANDING ON CEREMONY: THE GAY MARRIAGE PLAYS, RUDE ENTERTAINMENT, LONDON SUITE, JEFFREY, INNOCENT'S CRUSADE, WHAT A MAN WEIGHS, THE CRUCIBLE, MACBETH, JULIUS CAESAR, MAN AND SUPERMAN, HAMLET, THE WHITE DEVIL and MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN. Harris is also well known for her roles on the TV series FRASIER and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early on Monday, BroadwayWorld!
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