WAKE UP with BWW 9/15/2015 - FOOL FOR LOVE, New WICKED Leads, KINKY BOOTS in London, NPH and More!
By: Jessica Khan Sep. 15, 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: FOOL FOR LOVE begins on Broadway, WICKED gets new leads, KINKY BOOTS struts into London and NPH premieres his new show!
Next up in our series of stars introducing BWW's morning feature is James Snyder (portrait by Walter McBride), who last starred in EVER AFTER at Paper Mill and Broadway's IF/THEN!
Photo by Walter McBride
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- MTC's FOOL FOR LOVE begins previews on Broadway tonight!
- West End star Rachel Tucker and Jonah Platt board WICKED on Broadway this evening.
- Broadway's Tony-winning KINKY BOOTS opens in the West End.
- Neil Patrick Harris debuts his new variety show BEST TIME EVER tonight!
- And the cast of SYLVIA meets the press, so stay tuned for photos...
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Rob Marshall is set to direct Disney's new MARY POPPINS film, with a score by Shaiman & Wittman!
- Kathleen Turner will now helm WOULD YOU STILL LOVE ME IF... off-Broadway.
- Estefan, Hudson, Lewis, O'Hara and more will perform before the Pope's Mass next week.
- SCHOOL OF ROCK will release a cast recording just before its opening night!
- AMÉLIE, starring Samantha Barks, has extended at Berkeley Rep.
- We got a look at the video that screened on MAMMA MIA!'s closing night, plus a peek at GOTTA DANCE in Chicago, and a first look (right) at Huntington's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC!
- ABT and ON THE TOWN star Misty Copeland will perform at this year's 'PEARL JUBILEE'!
- Rumer Willis has pushed back her debut in CHICAGO another week...
- Pulitzer-wnning playwright Frank D. Gilroy has passed away at 89.
- And AT&T posted an ad on Twitter yesterday encouraging people to watch football on their phones while at the theatre. Needless to say, the community wasn't happy... but GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE had the last laugh.
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 83 degrees and sunny - gorgeous weather for mid-week!
What we're listening to: Will Van Dyke and Jeff Talbott's debut album, featuring a slew of Broadway talent, out today!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Tommy Lee Jones, who turns 69 today!
Jones, best known as a film actor, made his Broadway debut in 1969's A PATRIOT FOR ME. He went on to star in FOUR ON A GARDEN and ULYSSES IN NIGHTGOWN in the '70s. The actor has received four Oscar nominations and won an Academy Award for his role in THE FUGITIVE. Among his other big screen credits are the MEN IN BLACK series, BATMAN FOREVER, COBB, NATURAL BORN KILLERS, THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA (which he directed), NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, LINCOLN and more. He will soon appear in the upcoming BOURNE sequel.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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