WAKE UP with BWW 3/8/2016 - DISASTER!, MOTOWN 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: DISASTER! brings turmoil and comedy to the stage, MOTOWN bows in London and more!

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- Take cover! DISASTER! officially opens on Broadway tonight!
- MOTOWN THE MUSICAL raises its curtain in the West End...
- And Melissa Errico spotlights Judy Garland in Lincoln Center's 'HISTORY OF THE WORD' series tonight.

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- 'GREAT COMET' will play Broadway's Imperial Theatre beginning this October!
- The NEWSIES tour is closing, but regional productions abound in 2017!
- ROMY & MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION will make its musical debut in Seattle.
- We got a first look (right) at Kate Baldwin & Paolo Montalban in costume for Lyric Opera's THE KING AND I!
- Krakowski, Erivo, Odom, Jr. & Azaria will take part in the Drama League's UP CLOSE series.
- Steppenwolf will see a Laurie Metcalf-led VOICE LESSONS, a Tracy Letts premiere and more this season!
- MCC Theater is set to break ground on a new performance space this spring.
- And there's been some drama over the never-produced POP NATION musical...

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 63 and partly cloudy. Yay almost spring!

What we're loving right now: That the Broadway world and politics can't stay away from each other. First Trump as a producer, and now AVENUE Q mentioned in last weekend's Democratic Debate! Below, read what Kate Monster had to say about the latter...

"Though not known for expressing her political viewpoints in public, the triple-threat describes herself as 'pretty damn smart,' and when pressed to reveal who she would vote for in the New York primary she demurred but did say, 'Hillary and I did some serious bonding the night she and her husband saw the show. We both know what it's like when men behave badly.'"

What we're watching: FOX's GREASE LIVE!, out on DVD today!