Broadway AM Report, 12/15/2016 - SILENT NO MORE, NO MAN'S LAND in Cinemas and More!
By: Jessica Khan Dec. 15, 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:
- The theatrical documentary SILENT NO MORE debuts at Carnegie Hall.
- BRIGHT COLORS AND BOLD PATTERNS returns Off-Broadway this evening...
- And BROADWAY SESSIONS hosts its All-Star Holiday Show tonight!
(TONS OF) NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- SNL's Taran Killam and more are headed to HAMILTON this winter!
- Tony Yazbeck and Laura Osnes are set for CRAZY FOR YOU in concert.
- MOTOWN THE MUSICAL found its full touring company...
- HAIRSPRAY'S John Waters will receive the WGA's Career Achievement Award.
- We got a fresh look (right) at photos and footage from DREAMGIRLS in London, plus shots of ON THE EXHALE's meet & greet, and pics from BRIGHT STAR's reunion at Town Hall!
- Barbra Streisand's 2016 concert tour was crazy-lucrative.
- Mayer & Kitt's AS YOU LIKE IT is traveling to Tokyo this winter.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda's next project is Sony's VIVO, an animated film about a capuchin monkey...
- Alex Timbers is in talks to direct Disney's CRUELLA, starring Emma Stone.
- Broadway talent peppered the 23rd Annual SAG Award nominees - check out the list!
- And GROWING PAINS and CHICAGO star Alan Thicke has died...
Broadway Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy with a high of 27 degrees today!
What we're geeking out over: Denzel Washington's upcoming adaptation of August Wilson's Ma Rainey'S BLACK BOTTOM for HBO!
What we're watching: NO MAN'S LAND, starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, broadcasting in movie theaters tonight!
Video of the Day: Check out Kelly Clarkson's stripped-down performance of "It's Quiet Uptown" on THE VOICE!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Julie Taymor, who turns 64 today!
Stage and screen director Julie Taymor is best known for helming Broadway's THE LION KING, for which she became the first woman to win the Tony Award for directing a musical, as well as a Tony and a Drama Desk Award for costume design. She also directed the infamous SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK, as well as THE GREEN BIRD and JUAN DARIEN on Broadway; the latter earned her Tony and Drama Desk nominations in 1997. Taymor recently directed Anne Hathaway in GROUNDED Off-Broadway. Her Off-Broadway productions of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, TITUS ANDRONICUS and THE TEMPEST were later adapted for the big screen. Taymor's other film directing credits include ACROSS THE UNIVERSE and FRIDA.
Photo by Walter McBride
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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