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BWW Morning Brief November 20th, 2017: THE WOLVES, The Muppets at 54 Below and More!

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1) BWW Morning Brief November 20th, 2017: THE WOLVES, The Muppets at 54 Below and More! Image SOCIAL: Goodbye, Goodbye - Stars Bid Ben Platt Happy Trails As He Exits DEAR EVAN HANSEN
by Julie Musbach - November 19, 2017

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by BroadwayWorld TV - November 19, 2017

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3) BWW Morning Brief November 20th, 2017: THE WOLVES, The Muppets at 54 Below and More! Image Photo Flash: BRIGADOON Gets Kilted Up and More Saturday Intermission Pics!
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2017

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4) BWW Morning Brief November 20th, 2017: THE WOLVES, The Muppets at 54 Below and More! Image BWW Review: Christopher Wheeldon Stages a Thrilling City Center Mounting of Lerner and Loewe's Sumptuous BRIGADOON
by Michael Dale - November 19, 2017

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5) BWW Morning Brief November 20th, 2017: THE WOLVES, The Muppets at 54 Below and More! Image VIDEO: Ben Platt Takes His Final Bow in DEAR EVAN HANSEN
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2017

Ben Platt has been the star of the 2017 season, pouring his heart and tears out every night as troubled yet well-intentioned teenager Evan. Tonight he takes his final bow after a three year journey in the show. watch!. (more...)

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Today's Call Sheet:

- BRIGHT COLORS AND BOLD PATTERNS returns Off-Broadway tonight.

- THE WOLVES opens tonight at Lincoln Center Theater!

- 54 Celebrates the Muppets this evening.

- Analisa Leaming joins Broadway's SCHOOL OF ROCK as 'Principal Rosalie Mullins' tonight...

- Seth Rudetsky holds a signing for Seth's Broadway Diary, Vol. 3 at Barnes and Noble today.

- And MUSWELL HILL opens at The Barrow Group, while Zhu Yi's A DEAL bows tonight at Urban Stages!

BWW Exclusive: Check out our exclusive interview with FROZEN's Caissie Levy!

BWW Morning Brief November 20th, 2017: THE WOLVES, The Muppets at 54 Below and More! Image

What we're geeking out over: The autumn 2017 edition Lights of Broadway cards have been revealed!

What we're reading/watching/listening to: This exclusive never-before-heard track from Dear Evan Hansen!

Social Butterfly: Lin-Manuel Miranda Tweeted photos from the Unity March for Puerto Rico!

And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Jeremy Jordan, who turns 33 today!

BWW Morning Brief November 20th, 2017: THE WOLVES, The Muppets at 54 Below and More! Image

Jordan landed his first Broadway show in 2009, Rock of Ages, which he left the same year to play the lead role of Tony in West Side Story. He next starred on Broadway as Clyde Barrow in the short-lived Bonnie & Clyde before his star-making performance as Jack Kelly in Disney's Newsies, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical. Film credits include Joyful Noise opposite Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah and The Last 5 Years. He is familiar to TV audiences having been a regular on NBC's hit series Smash, the voice of Varian for Tangled on the Disney Channel and for his current role on Supergirl. A performer who has sold out shows in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and London, Jordan has performed his solo cabaret show in clubs around the country.

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