WAKE UP with BWW 8/13/2015 - SPEED-THE-PLOW in Puerto Rico and More!
By: Jessica Khan Aug. 13, 2015
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: BROADWAY IN BRYANT PARK comes to a close and JALA-LA-PALA -- aka SPEED-THE-PLOW -- starts in the Caribbean!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Ruthie Ann Miles and more will bring this season's BROADWAY IN BRYANT PARK to a close today.
- Ryan Vona & Lauren Marcus lead LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, starting tonight in CT...
- And a new Spanish-language SPEED-THE-PLOW begins tonight in Puerto Rico!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Songs from FIDDLER, CABARET, PHANTOM and more will appear in PRINCE OF BROADWAY in Japan!
- Robert Sean Leonard, Timothée Chalamet and more will star in MTC's PRODIGAL SON.
- We got a first look (right) at Audra McDonald & Will Swenson in WTF's A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN!
- Rock-and-roll trailblazer Rosetta Tharpe is coming to the stage in SHOUT, SISTER, SHOUT!
- Radiohead's Thom Yorke is writing music for Roundabout's OLD TIMES...
- The IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU cast album release has been pushed back by a week, and Broadway's THE GIN GAME has a new start date.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda has a new screenplay for the movie version of IN THE HEIGHTS and has been approached about HAMILTON on the big screen!
- And BROADWAY 4D is reportedly back in the mix with new producers...
Broadway Weather Forecast: Sunny with a high of 84 - perfect for Bryant Park!
Quote of the Day: A word from the legendary Rosetta Tharpe, soon to be at the center of a new musical!
"All this new stuff they call rock 'n' roll, why, I've been playing that for years now... Ninety percent of rock-and-roll artists came out of the church, their foundation is the church."
-- Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in an interview with Daily Mirror in 1957)
What we're looking forward to watching: THE LION KING sequel, with original voice stars James Earl Jones and Ernie Sabella!
Video of the Day: Watch ALADDIN cast member Joshua Dela Cruz propose to his girlfriend mid-dance break!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to John Slattery, who turns 53 today!
Slattery last starred on Broadway in RABBIT HOLE and before that, BETRAYAL and LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR. He is well known for his Emmy-nominated role as 'Roger Sterling' in the AMC drama MAD MEN. Slattery's first feature film at the helm, GOD'S POCKET, which he co-wrote with Alex Metcalf, was released last year. Among his recent film credits as an actor are MONA LISA SMILE, FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, IRON MAN 2, THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU and more. On TV, Slattery has starred in HOMEFRONT, ED, K STREET, JACK & BOBBY, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and Netflix's WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER reboot.
Photo by Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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