Broadway AM Report, 8/23/2016 - CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST and More!
By: Jessica Khan Aug. 23, 2016
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it?
(portrait by Walter McBride), who is currently on hiatus
from Broadway's WAITRESS!
TODAY'S BIG NEWS: Suzanne Vega & Duncan Sheik's 'LOVER, BELOVED' gets a Houston workshop tonight, The Rockettes celebrate CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST, and the cast of WAITRESS performs today at Barnes & Noble!
take their final bows!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- We got a look (right) at FINDING NEVERLAND's final bows in New York, a sneak peek at Broadway's HEISENBERG, art for DEAR EVAN HANSEN, the first promo for NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE, a new trailer for 'CHOCOLATE FACTORY', and pics from LOVE, LOVE, LOVE's meet & greet!
- Laura Benanti, Andrew Rannells and more will take part in Honest Accomplice Theatre's upcoming benefit, while Rory O'Malley and company are slated for BROADWAY SNIFFS OUT CANCER.
- Ciara Renée has joined TICK, TICK... BOOM!, and SWEET CHARITY starring Sutton Foster has extended Off-Broadway!
- And The Barbra Streisand Channel is returning to SiriusXM!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 83 and sunny - keep it up Mother Earth, this is great!
What we're geeking out over: Joshua Henry's gorgeous remix of HAMILTON's "The Reynolds Pamphlet"!
What we're looking forward to watching: Aaron Tveit and Annaleigh Ashford in the rom-com BETTER OFF SINGLE - check out the trailer below!
Audio of the Day: Barbra Streisand's rendition of "Losing My Mind" from FOLLIES!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Andrew Rannells, who turns 38 today!
Andrew Rannells will star in the upcoming Broadway revival of FALSETTOS. He last took to the Great White Way in HAMILTON and before that HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, THE BOOK OF MORMON (which earned him a Tony nod in 2011), JERSEY BOYS and HAIRSPRAY. Rannells currently plays 'Elijah Krantz' on the small screen in GIRLS and has also appeared on TV in THE KNICK, GLEE, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, THE NEW NORMAL and more.
Photo by John Paul Filo/CBS
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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