Broadway AM Report, January 3, 2017 - Cher Gets a Musical and More!

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Welcome to 2017, readers!

TODAY'S BIG NEWS:

- Richard Nelson's THE GABRIELS election year play cycle heads out on tour today in D.C.
- PS122's COIL 2017 Festival launches with a virtual reality experience and more...
- And a reading of the new Cher biomusical begins today in New York City!

NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:

- The MEAN GIRLS musical is officially coming to D.C. in the fall!
- Viola Davis, Anna Kendrick and more will present at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards.
- Check out our picks for 2016's "Most Fascinating People in Theatre"...
- Stage vet Mark Rylance is being knighted in the Queen's New Year Honours!
- We got a look at the final curtain calls for FIDDLER (here), MATILDA (here) and SOMETHING ROTTEN (here), plus Cynthia Erivo singing "The Impossible Dream" at Kennedy Center!
- Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals are raking in record-breaking sales going into the new year.
- A member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has dropped out of Trump's inauguration performance.
- And BWW remembered (above, right) the amazing men and women we lost in 2016...

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 47 and rainy to kick off your first week of 2017!