Broadway AM Report, 4/5/2016 - Rebecca Luker in FUN HOME, Gilbert & Sullivan Gala!

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: Rebecca Luker joins Broadway's FUN HOME tonight, and Pierce, Worsham, Pinkham & Cazalet lead NYFOS' Gilbert & Sullivan Spring 2016 Gala this evening!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Melissa Errico, Claybourne Elder and more will lead Encores! DO I HEAR A WALTZ?
- We got a first look (right) at Charles Busch's CLEOPATRA off-Broadway, plus a peek at Eva Noblezada as 'Eponine' in the West End, and an all-new trailer for HBO's ALL THE WAY!
- GREASE stars will reunite this week at DISASTER!'s BC/EFA after-shows.
- Sarah Ruhl's THE OLDEST BOY is getting benefit readings across the U.S., with Celia Keenan-Bolger reprising her role in NYC!
- A new work by Andrew Lippa and Jeffrey Seller is headed to Bay Street Theatre this spring...
- Suzan-Lori Parks will be Signature Theatre's 2016-17 playwright-in-residence.
- Caissie Levy, Melissa Errico and more are set for Ghostlight's SWEET 16 at Symphony Space.
- And more Broadway revival cast members will reunite with Denzel Washington in the FENCES movie!

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 43 and sunny today!

Quote of the Day: A word from one half of the legendary Gilbert & Sullivan team...

"If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, Or, trust me, you haven't a chance."
-- William Gilbert (via BrainyQuote)

What we're watching: Amy Schumer performing her own revolutionary hip-hop musical for HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda in an upcoming sketch!

Video of the Day: Watch IN THE HEIGHTS' performance at this year's Olivier Awards, plus check out the other musical numbers from the evening!