WAKE UP with BWW 2/16/2016 - SILVER CHALICE at Joe's, MRS. HENDERSON in London!
By: Jessica Khan Feb. 16, 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: Joe's Pub welcomes a new interactive show, and MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS opens in London!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- MYSTERY OF THE SILVER CHALICE, with Christina Bianco and more, debuts tonight at Joe's Pub!
- Sky-Pony's THE WILDNESS begins tonight at Ars Nova.
- A new COMIC-CON musical is among the works at this year's ASCAP workshop with Stephen Schwartz...
- And MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS opens this evening in the West End!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- HAMILTON won the 2016 GRAMMY for Best Musical Theater Album!
- We got a first look (right) at MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS in the West End, plus photos of A BRONX TALE's opening bows, shots from DEFYING GRAVITY down under, and footage of an amazing a cappella group covering HAMILTON!
- The new BeBe Winans musical 'BORN FOR THIS' and more are set for Arena Stage's 2016-17 season.
- 'CURIOUS INCIDENT,' HEDWIG and THE BODYGUARD are headed to Chicago!
- And PERFECT CRIME playwright Warren Manzi has died at the age of 60...
Broadway Weather Forecast: Rainy and windy with a high of 56 degrees. Is it spring already?
Quote of the Day: This is something we want to "quote" but can't because it needs to be seen in its full, rapping glory. Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda rap HAMILTON's GRAMMYs acceptance speech!
?? @HamiltonMusical just rapped their #GRAMMYs acceptance speech & it was epic! ?? pres. by @SingMovie https://t.co/GT3tyCfhX4
- CBS Television (@CBS) February 16, 2016
What we're watching: Lady Gaga's spot-on, manic, amazing GRAMMYs tribute to David Bowie!
Video of the Day: Re-live HAMILTON's live GRAMMYs performance of "Alexander Hamilton" from last night's awards ceremony!
Watch the Hamilton Performance At the Grammys, Because This Wi...Watch the Hamilton the Musical performance at The GRAMMYs, because this will be the closest most of us will ever get to actually seeing the show.
Posted by Vulture on Monday, February 15, 2016
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Kara Lindsay, who turns 31 today!
Lindsay originated the role of 'Katherine Plumber' in Broadway's NEWSIES THE MUSICAL and has also appeared on the Great White Way (and on tour) as 'Glinda' in WICKED, as well as on tour with Paper Mill Playhouse's LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE. She received her BFA in Acting/Musical Theatre from Carnegie Mellon University.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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