Broadway AM Report, 12/1/2016 - A BRONX TALE Opens, SHE LOVES ME Hits Theaters and More!
By: Jessica Khan Dec. 01, 2016
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:
- RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER: THE MUSICAL lands in NYC tonight!
- iLUMINATE lights up New York City starting this evening, while RIDE THE CYCLONE opens Off-Broadway...
- Matthew Morrison leads the Golden Hat's holiday benefit tonight.
- And A BRONX TALE: THE MUSICAL opens tonight on Broadway!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- WICKED will reach a new milestone this Sunday!
- Beth Leavel and more have signed on for BANDSTAND with Laura Osnes and Corey Cott!
- The Fred Ebb Foundation has donated more than $1.6M to BC/EFA this year.
- Ari Graynor has joined the company of Anna Jordan's YEN at MCC Theater.
- We got a look (right) at THE ILLUSIONISTS: TURN OF THE CENTURY meeting the press, as well as the Broadway-bound JITNEY!
- Encores! Off-Center's GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER is getting a cast recording.
- Sutton Foster, Bernadette Peters and more will take part in York's 2016 Gala honoring Joel Grey.
- Laura Osnes is set for '75 YEARS OF STREISAND' with the American Pops in D.C. ...
- A trio of HAMILTON stars will headline BROADWAY AT W this weekend.
- And Broadway's ALADDIN is performing a new version of "Friend Like Me" live on GMA!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Mostly sunny with a high of 56 degrees. December weather? Yeah, right!
What we're geeking out over: #Ham4Ham's return - watch live and celebrate THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE today!
What we're watching: The Broadway revival of SHE LOVES ME, hitting theaters across the U.S. today!
Video of the Day: Watch HAIRSPRAY LIVE's Kristin Chenoweth sing "Miss Baltimore Crabs" in a new commercial!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Bette Midler, who turns 71 today!
Bette will return to Broadway in HELLO, DOLLY! next spring. She last starred onstage in the one-woman show I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS and in PRICILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT. Among her other Broadway credits are BETTE! DIVINE MADNESS, BETTE MIDERL'S CLAMS ON THE HALF SHELL REVUE, Bette Midler and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Grammy winner Midler, who boasts 14 studio albums as a solo artist, recently unveiled her new album IT'S THE GIRLS! She made her film debut in THE ROSE, for which she won a Golden Globe, then went on to appear in BEACHES, THE FIRST WIVES CLUB, GYPSY and more.
Photo by Walter McBride.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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