Broadway AM Report, 10/28/2016 - LAST FIVE YEARS in London, 'LIAISONS' on Broadway and More!
By: Jessica Khan Oct. 28, 2016
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it?
THE BODYGUARD's Judson Mills (portrait by Walter McBride)!
THIS WEEKEND'S BIG NEWS:
- THE LAST FIVE YEARS, directed by Jason Robert Brown and starring Samantha Barks, begins tonight in London.
- The McKittrick celebrates classic movie monsters at INFERNO this weekend...
- And LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES opens on Broadway this Sunday!
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Kara Lindsay will return to Broadway's WICKED next month!
- Marsha Norman has departed the new KING KONG musical.
- Young stage & screen star Lucas Hedges is set for YEN at MCC Theater...
- We got a first look (right) at Schreiber & McTeer in Broadway's LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, a peek at Will Swenson & Okieriete Onaodowan on LAW & ORDER: SVU, plus highlights from The Actors Fund's NOTHING LIKE A DAME benefit!
- F. Murray Abraham, Hank Azaria and more have been tapped for The Drama League's 2016 Gala.
- Patrick Page will take the stage in Pittsburgh CLO's A MUSICAL CHRISTMAS CAROL.
- Mel Brooks is doing some heavy editing to YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN...
- And BWW debuted another exclusive series: DANCE CAPTAIN DANCE ATTACK!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Cloudy, windy & chilly today, sunny and in the mid-60s tomorrow, and rainy but warmer on Sunday!
What we're looking forward to listening to: Alan Menken & David Spencer's THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ Original Cast Recording, out this December!
Video of the Day: Check out THE FRONT PAGE's John Slattery, Nathan Lane & John Goodman's appearance on THE VIEW earlier this week!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Justin Guarini, who turns 38 today!
Justin Guarini will return to Broadway for IN TRANSIT this season. Among his past Broadway credits are ROMEO AND JULIET, WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, AMERICAN IDIOT and WICKED, as well as PAINT YOUR WAGON at Encores! He has taken the regional stage in recent productions of CAKE, MAMMA MIA!, MOONSHINE: THAT HEE HAW MUSICAL, as well as RENT, CHICAGO, COMPANY, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT and GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY. He was the runner-up on the first season of AMERICAN IDOL; his self-titled album debuted in 2003, followed by STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED in 2005 and REVOLVE in 2008.
See you bright and early on Monday, BroadwayWorld!
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