Broadway AM Report, 5/11/2016 - DO I HEAR A WALTZ? Opens at Encores!
By: Jessica Khan May. 11, 2016
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it?
is DEAR EVAN HANSEN songwriter
Benj Pasek (portrait by Walter McBride)!
TODAY'S BIG NEWS: DO I HEAR A WALTZ? begins at Encores!, NC Stage's BRAVE NEW WORLD musical with Justin Matthew Sargent starts tonight, and HAMILTON gets honored with the 2016 Brendan Gill Prize!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Audra McDonald is pregnant and will take maternity leave from SHUFFLE ALONG this summer, which means LADY DAY is postponed in the West End.
- Choreographer Savion Glover will join the cast of SHUFFLE ALONG this summer!
- Matthew Perry's END OF LONGING is among the lineup for MCC's 30th season...
- BIG RIVER, THE NEW YORKERS and THE GOLDEN APPLE are set for Encores! next year.
- We got a first look (right) at Kenneth Branagh in character for THE ENTERTAINER, plus a peek at O'Neill Center's George C. Wolfe tribute video, behind-the-scenes footage with THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, and a preview of the Rockettes' NEW YORK SPECTACULAR!
- Elena Shaddow, Jason Gotay and more have signed on for The Muny's 2016 season...
- Jude Law will lead Ivo van Hove's OBSESSION at the Barbican next year.
- And 'BEAUTIFUL' is heading down under next spring!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 73 degrees and partly cloudy, with a nice, mid-week breeze!
What we're reading: Matt Windman's new book THE CRITICS SAY..., out now!
What we're listening to: Watch Tony nominee Carmen Cusack sing "If You Knew My Story" from BRIGHT STAR!
Video of the Day: Check out THE COLOR PURPLE cast's touching send-off to Jennifer Hudson over the weekend!
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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