Broadway AM Report, 9/12/2016 - Cynthia Erivo & Joshua Henry in THE LAST FIVE YEARS!
By: Jessica Khan Sep. 12, 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: Stars gather for this evening's 'VOICES FOR THE VOICELESS' foster kids benefit, MARIE AND ROSETTA opens Off-Broadway, and Cynthia Erivo and Joshua Henry star in a benefit performance of THE LAST FIVE YEARS!
(TONS OF) NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope will star in AN AMERICAN IN PARIS in London!
- You can audition to dance on NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE!
- SCHOOL OF ROCK's Alex Brightman has been tapped as host of this year's BROADWAY SALUTES.
- HAMILTON'S AMERICA and more will be part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival...
- We got a look (right) at FUN HOME's final Broadway curtain call, photos of Eden Espinosa in EVITA in Tennessee, highlights from THE PROM in Atlanta and FOLLIES in St. Louis, footage from OH, HELLO's meet & greet, plus Richard Ridge's interview with WAITRESS stars Jessie Mueller, Drew Gehling and Jenna Ushkowitz!
- Broadway for Hillary has set the date for its first star-studded phone bank...
- Jessica Hecht and Tony Shalhoub will read ABOUT ALICE at The New Yorker Festival.
- Neil Patrick Harris, Laura Benanti, Joel Grey and more are set for TECTONIC AT 25.
- And GREASE: LIVE! topped the 2016 Creative Emmy Awards - here's the full list!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 79 and sunny - a beautiful way to start off the week!
What we're geeking out over: Barbra Streisand's "Send in the Clowns" Trump parody from a recent Hillary Clinton fundraiser...
What we're watching: Fox Sports' HAMILTON spoof, GAROPPOLO: A SECOND STRING MUSICAL!
It's the musical that's sweeping the nation... @RobRiggle in "Garoppolo: A Second String Musical". #RigglesPicks pic.twitter.com/FJpK87fl0z
- FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 11, 2016
What we're listening to: The vinyl edition of the WICKED Original Cast Recording, out now!
Video of the Day: Get ready for tonight's LAST FIVE YEARS benefit with Cynthia Erivo and Jason Robert Brown's rendition of "I Can Do Better Than That" at Elsie Fest!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Will Chase, who turns 46 today!
Will Chase is currently starring as Shakespeare in Broadway's SOMETHING ROTTEN! His previous Broadway credits include THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (which earned him a Tony nod in 2013), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, THE STORY OF MY LIFE, Billy Elliot, HIGH FIDELITY, LENNON, THE FULL MONTY, AIDA, RENT and MISS SAIGON. The actor has also taken the stage in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN at Signature Theatre in Arlington, Va., THE PAJAMA GAME at The Muny in St. Louis, and OKLAHOMA! at the Lyric Theatre, Chase is also well known for portraying 'Luke Wheeler' on ABC's NASHVILLE and for his role as 'Michael Swift' in the musical TV drama SMASH.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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