WAKE UP with BWW 2/8/2016 - HUGHIE, SAPPY SONGS, WOODSMAN and More!
By: Jessica Khan Feb. 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? Today's big news: HUGHIE begins, THE WOODSMAN opens, and Alan Cumming makes his Carnegie Hall solo debut!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- HUGHIE, starring Forest Whitaker, begins previews tonight on Broadway!
- THE WOODSMAN opens this evening at New World Stages.
- Alan Cumming reunites with Tonys co-host Kristin Chenoweth in SAPPY SONGS at Carnegie Hall!
- The 2016 Kleban Prize winners will be feted today, while WTF's starry 2016 gala is tonight...
- And the cast of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF hits the recording studio, so stay tuned for coverage!
NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- Ben Vereen has joined the cast of Fox's ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW!
- Skyler Astin, Jonathan Groff and more signed on for Encores! Off-Center's 2016 Season.
- We got a look (right) at Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner at Feinstein's/54 Below, plus photos and footage of the ALLEGIANCE Barnes & Noble CD signing, and a peek at THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA parody in L.A.!
- Rebecca Luker, Alysha Umphress and more are set for York's reading of AFTERLAND.
- GREASE: LIVE will be available on DVD this March!
- NBC's THE WIZ LIVE and David Alan Grier were among the winners of the 2016 NAACP Image Awards...
- And Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will lead a new musical comedy film from WICKED's Marc Platt!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 39 degrees and snowy to start the week!
Quote of the Day: A word from HUGHIE's Forest Whitaker...
"As an actor, I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you. I've been doing this for 26 years and some of the things I've done are always with me."
-- Forest Whitaker (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching (again): West End-bound Amber Riley belting out Effie's solo from DREAMGIRLS on GLEE!
Video of the Day: In case you missed it last night, check out Coldplay, Beyoncé and Bruno Mars' spectacular Super Bowl 50 halftime show!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Sherie Rene Scott, who turns 49 today!
Two-time Tony nominee Sherie Rene Scott most recently took the stage in her play WHORL INSIDE A LOOP off-Broadway. She last starred on Broadway in WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. Before that, she appeared in EVERYDAY RAPTURE (for which she also wrote the book), THE LITTLE MERMAID, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, AIDA, RENT, GREASE and THE WHO'S TOMMY. Among her other off-Broadway credits are LANDSCAPE OF THE BODY, DEBBIE DOES DALLAS and THE LAST FIVE YEARS. Scott is a co-founder of the Grammy-winning labels Sh-K-Boom Records and Ghostlight Records.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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