WAKE UP with BWW 8/24/2015 - LOVE & MONEY and More!
By: Jessica Khan Aug. 24, 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: LOVE & MONEY opens off-Broadway, NEWSIES reunite and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- A.R. Gurney's LOVE & MONEY premieres tonight at Signature Theatre!
- Former NEWSIES will reunite this evening at 54 Below...
- And Tori Scott returns to Joe's Pub in THIRSTY! tonight.
NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- THE BANDSTAND has rounded out its World Premiere cast at Paper Mill!
- Casting directors behind THE KING AND I, SOMETHING ROTTEN!, Deaf West's SPRING AWAKENING and more are among the 2016 Artios Award nominees; while Michael Shannon announced the 2014-15 Jeff Award noms!
- We got a first look (right) at Howerton, O'Malley and more in COMEDY OF ERRORS at The Old Globe, plus a peek at the new ANNIE UK tour!
- Louise Pitre, Sarah Caraher and more will lead THE LITTLE PRINCE at Theatre Calgary.
- And finally, there's been some hubub about planned renovations at off-Broadway's Union Square and Times Square's pedestrian plazas...
Broadway Weather Forecast: Lots of sunshine with a high of 85 degrees. Beautiful!
What we're looking forward to listening to: The HAMILTON cast recording, out September 25!
Video of the Day: James Corden kicked off his special YouTube Episode with an original musical number -- check it out below!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Amy Spanger, who turns 44 today!
Spanger last starred on Broadway in CHICAGO and MATILDA. Among her other credits on the Great White Way are ELF - THE MUSICAL, ROCK OF AGES, THE WEDDING SINGER, URINETOWN, KISS ME, KATE and SUNSET BOULEVARD. She has also taken the stage in off-Broadway's tick, tick... BOOM! and appeared in FEELING ELECTRIC -- which later became NEXT TO MORMAL -- with Anthony Rapp.
Photo by Jennifer Broski
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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