WAKE UP with BWW 8/7/2015 - CHESS Reimagined, RENT in Scotland, Broadway Quiz and More!
By: Jessica Khan Aug. 07, 2015
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: CHESS gets a brand-new staging in White Plains, RENT goes to Scotland, Broadway nerds battle it out with theatre trivia and more!
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP ITEMS:
- You can pre-order a copy of the HAMILTON cast recording today!
- A reimagined production of CHESS runs this weekend in White Plains...
- Sally Mayes stars as 'Mama Rose' in Harbor Lights' GYPSY, opening this evening!
- Anthony Rapp guides RENT, starting tonight in Scotland with Broadway vets...
- THE BIG QUIZ THING - Broadway edition - comes to the N-Y Historical Society tonight.
- And Rob Evan & Kate Shindle reunite in JEKYLL & HYDE RESURRECTION at 54 Below!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Ben Whishaw, Sophie Okonedo, Saoirse Ronan and Ciarán Hinds will lead THE CRUCIBLE in New York!
- ON THE TOWN has set its closing date on Broadway...
- HAMILTON opened last night - read the reviews and see the opening night bows!
- Uzo Aduba and Amber Riley have signed on for NBC's THE WIZ LIVE!
- We got a first look (right) at Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez's UP HERE at La Jolla!
- London publications are under heat for publishing early reviews of HAMLET, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. But in other news, Broadway theatre owners are already scouting the show!
- And Eddie Redmayne will play THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ writer L. Frank Baum in a new biopic...
Broadway Weather Forecast: Gorgeous weekend ahead - sunny with highs in the mid-80s!
Quote of the Day: A word from RICKI AND THE FLASH star Meryl Streep...
"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there."
-- Meryl Streep (via BrainyQuote)
What we're listening to: Donna McKechnie's SAME PLACE: ANOTHER TIME, out in digital and in stores today!
What we're watching: Meryl Streep in RICKI AND THE FLASH, in theaters today!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Alex Timbers, who turns 37 today!
Tony nominee Alex Timbers, who is currently directing the premiere of UP HERE at La Jolla Playhouse, last helmed ROCKY on Broadway. Before that, he directed PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON (for which he also penned the book) and JERSEY BOYS. He also headed MCC's PERMISSION this year, as well as HERE LIES LOVE off-Broadway and in the West End. Timbers is also a co-writer and co-creator for Amazon's MOZART IN THE JUNGLE.
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