Wake Up With BWW 11/16: SPRING AWAKENING Reunion Documentary, and More!
Plus, Alan Toy has been cast as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in NBC’s "Annie Live!", and more!
Nov. 16, 2021
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Today's top stories include the upcoming release of a documentary of the Spring Awakening reunion concert, which will be released by HBO in 2022.
Alan Toy has been cast as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in NBC's "Annie Live!.' Toy, who also contracted polio resulting in paralysis similar to FDR, is the first actor to portray the role while personally having the same disability.
Plus, check out an all new West Side Story trailer, Company's Tiny Desk (Home) concert, a first look at Assassins off-Broadway, and more!
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Today's Top Stories
HBO to Release SPRING AWAKENING Reunion Documentary in 2022
by Chloe Rabinowitz
An HBO documentary following the making of tonight's sold-out, one-night-only, reunion concert of Spring Awakening benefitting The Actors Fund, is now in production. Produced by RadicalMedia, the documentary will follow the original stars as they come together for the first time in 15 years.. (more...)
VIDEO: Watch the New WEST SIDE STORY 'Falling' Trailer
by Michael Major
A new promo spot for the upcoming West Side Story film remake has been released! The 'Falling' trailer features a new look at Rachel Zegler, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, Rita Moreno, Mike Faist, David Alvarez and more.. (more...)
Alan Toy Joins ANNIE LIVE! As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
by Michael Major
Alan Toy has been cast as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in NBC's holiday spectacular "Annie Live!.' joining the previously announced Taraji P. Henson as Miss Hannigan, Harry Connick Jr. as Daddy Warbucks, Nicole Scherzinger as Grace, Tituss Burgess as Rooster, Megan Hilty as Lily St. Regis and Celina Smith in the title role of Annie. . (more...)
VIDEO: COMPANY Performs a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
by Stephi Wild
Ahead of its return to Broadway tonight, Company has released a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert with NPR.. (more...)
Conrad Ricamora to Star as Seymour in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Beginning Jan 11, 2022
by Chloe Rabinowitz
Two-time Grammy nominee and Theater World Award winner Conrad Ricamora ("How to Get Away With Murder," The King & I, Here Lies Love, Soft Power) will star as Seymour in the three-time Best Musical Revival Award-winning production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS beginning January 11, 2022.. (more...)
Photos: First Look at Eddie Redmayne, Jessie Buckley & Omari Douglas in CABARET
by Chloe Rabinowitz
As the Kit Kat Club opens its doors in the West End for the first time, ATG Productions and Underbelly, the producers of CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB have revealed a first look of the production starring Eddie Redmayne as 'The Emcee', Jessie Buckley as 'Sally Bowles' and Omari Douglas as 'Cliff Bradshaw'.. (more...)
Photos: First Look at ASSASSINS at Classic Stage Company
by Stephi Wild
Classic Stage Company presents John Doyle's highly anticipated staging of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins through January 8, 2022. Get a first look at the all-star cast in action here!. (more...)
Voting Open For The 2021 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards
by BWW Awards
Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor events which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.. (more...)
Today's Call Sheet
Chicago celebrates its 25th anniversary on Broadway tonight!
Broadway Birthdays
Happy Birthday shout-out to Michael Cerveris, who turns 61 today!
Michael Cerveris' credits include FUN HOME, EVITA, IN THE NEXT ROOM, HEDDA GABLER, CYMBELINE, LOVEMUSIK, SWEENEY TODD, ASSASSINS (which earned him his first Tony in 2004), TITANIC and THE WHO'S TOMMY. He has also appeared off-Broadway in ROAD SHOW, KING LEAR, AN OAK TREE, WINTERTIME, FIFTH OF JULY, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH and more, as well as concert productions of FAUST, THE APPLE TREE, SPRING AWAKENING, PASSION, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE and CHESS. Cerveris also appeared in the TV series GOTHAM, THE GOOD WIFE, TREME and FRINGE.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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