WAKE UP with BWW 3/15/2016 - SHUFFLE ALONG Begins and More!

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: SHUFFLE ALONG takes its first bows on Broadway and more!

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- SHUFFLE ALONG, starring Audra McDonald, begins performances on the Great White Way!
- Producer Stacey Mindich is honored with the 2016 Robert Whitehead Award today...
- And Garen Scribner, who will also star in the national tour, joins AN AMERICAN IN PARIS on Broadway tonight.

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- HAMILTON performed and hosted a workshop at the White House, and it rocked!
- Martin & Brickell's BRIGHT STAR is getting a cast recording.
- We got a look (right) at THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM's opening bows, plus the marquee for Jesse Tyler Ferguson's FULLY COMMITTED, and a new trailer for FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS!
- The FUN HOME national tour has announced more stops in 2017!
- Alan Cumming has signed on for WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT...
- Shoshana Bean will star in North Shore Music Theatre's FUNNY GIRL!
- And Peter Gallagher has joined NBC's CRUEL INTENTIONS, while Neil Patrick Harris will officially lead Netflix's A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS!

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 59 degrees and cloudy in the city today.

Quote of the Day: A word from SHUFFLE ALONG's Audra McDonald...

"I feel a connection to many songs that I won't sing because I don't think they are right for me! There is something in my gut that immediately responds. There's no science to it."
-- Audra McDonald (via BrainyQuote)

What we're looking forward to: UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT Season 2, coming to Netflix next month!

What we're watching: The new web series TURNING THE TABLES, now airing exclusively on BWW!