Broadway AM Report, 4/11/2016 - Ken Howard, Galas All Around!

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: SAG-AFTRA remembers Ken Howard, and galas, galas, galas!

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- Kelli O'Hara and more will appear at New 42nd Street's annual gala this evening!
- Lena Hall performs at tonight's Point Foundation gala...
- SAG-AFTRA live-streams its memorial celebration for the late Ken Howard.
- And Laura Benanti is among the performers for Theatre Forward's annual soiree honoring Jesse Tyler Ferguson!

NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:

- Carlos Lopez has joined THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL as Mr. Krabs!
- Bernadette Peters will be honored with this year's Theatre World Lifetime Achievement Award.
- We got a look (right) at BILLY ELLIOT's final bow in London, plus highlights from HAZEL at Drury Lane, and more footage from MCC's MISCAST!
- Adam Gerber will replace Jeremy Kushnier in off-Broadway's SHEAR MADNESS.
- Tony-winning choreographer Twyla Tharp is bringing a new work to the Joyce...
- Mazzie & Danieley will be honored at Cancer Support Community's gala this week!
- Linda Lavin is set for a reading of James Lecesne's THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.
- And AMERICAN PSYCHO is leaving its audiences a little too bloody...

Broadway Weather Forecast: Tut, tut! Rain this morning and cloudy this afternoon with a high of 59 degrees.

What we're watching: SHUFFLE ALONG's Savion Glover tap dancing on LATE NIGHT!

Video of the Day: Jeremy Jordan singing "Santa Fe" from NEWSIES at Broadway's DISASTER!