WAKE UP with BWW 9/9/2015 - GEORGIA McBRIDE, LAUGH IT UP and More!
By: Jessica Khan Sep. 09, 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: Off-Broadway is in the spotlight with two openings and lots of photo ops!
Next up in our series of stars introducing BWW's morning feature is Charles Shaughnessy (portrait by Walter McBride), who last appeared on Broadway in URINETOWN!
Photo by Walter McBride
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE opens tonight off-Broadway!
- LAUGH IT UP, STARE IT DOWN premieres this evening at Cherry Lane.
- Broadway couple Hunter Foster & Jennifer Cody star in SPAMALOT, starting tonight in Rochester.
- Set your DVR! Carole King and the cast of BEAUTIFUL are appearing on TODAY...
- And the companies of RIPCORD and CLEVER LITTLE LIES meet the press, so stay tuned for photos!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Tony winner Christopher Gattelli will choreograph THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL!
- A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER will close on Broadway this winter...
- Anthony Warlow is staying on with FINDING NEVERLAND through September.
- The MAGIC MIKE stage musical is eyeing a Las Vegas premiere!
- THE GOONIES are headed off-Broadway.
- RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER musical will tour the U.S. over the holidays!
- IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU received this year's Actors' Equity's Diversity on Broadway Award.
- Michele Lee, John Lloyd Young and more are set for Barbara Cook's Spotlight series in D.C.
- Graham Norton will host WEST END BARES 2015, Take Off!
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, Larry Kramer and more are slated for the 2015 New Yorker Festival.
- And Ramin Karimloo and more will honor Kyle Jean-Baptiste in BRING HIM HOME at 54 Below!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy with a high of 89 degrees today!
What we're looking forward to reading: INTO THE WOODS - A BOOK THAT EXPLORES THE MUSICAL, which just launched an Indiegogo campaign!
What we're looking forward to watching: The musical webseries THE BATTERY'S DOWN, set for a reunion special and Joe's Pub concert this fall!
SHE'S BACKafter six long years, the original musical web series returns. SAVE THE DATE.
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Video of the Day: Check out a clip from the RSC's OTHELLO, hitting theaters later this month!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Edward Hibbert, who turns 60 today!
Hibbert just finished a run in IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU on Broadway. Before that, he starred in MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION, CURTAINS, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, NOISES OFF, THE GREEN BIRD, MARLENE, ME AND MY GIRL and ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Among his off-Broadway credits are THE MILK TRAIN DOESN'T STOP HERE ANYMORE, MY NIGHT WITH REG, LADY IN THE DARK at Encores!, JEFFREY, CANDIDE and more. He is also the voice of 'Zazu' in two sequels to THE LION KING animated film and is well known for his role as 'Gil Chesterton' in the sitcom FRASIER.
Photo by Walter McBride
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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