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DVR Alert: MISERY's Bruce Willis Set for Today's 'LIVE'

By: Dec. 21, 2015
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LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL welcomes Bruce Willis to the show today, December 21, to speak about making his Broadway debut in MISERY. In addition, the cast of "Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic" performs for the "LIVE" audience.

Other upcoming guests for the week include Broadway's Carol Burnett and Ariana Grande on December 24th and CAROL BURNETT, ARIANA GRANDE and on Christmas Day, December 25th, the smash-hit musical FROZEN is brought to life when "LIVE" presents "Disney on Ice: Frozen." The show wraps up with legendary band EARTH, WIND & FIRE performing a hit from their new holiday CD.

Broadway's new suspense thriller Misery, starring two-time Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe Award winnerBruce Willis and three-time Emmy Award winner Laurie Metcalf, is currently in previews at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre (235 W 44th Street), and officially opened Sunday, November 15, 2015, in a strictly limited 16-week engagement.

Written by two-time Academy Award winner William Goldman and directed by Will Frears,Miseryfollows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon (Bruce Willis), who is rescued from a car crash by his "Number One Fan," Annie Wilkes (Laurie Metcalf), and wakes up captive in her secluded home. While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads the manuscript to his newest novel and becomes enraged when she discovers the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain. Annie forces Paul to write a new "Misery" novel, and he quickly realizes Annie has no intention of letting him go anywhere. The irate Annie has Paul writing as if his life depends on it, and if he does not make her deadline, it will.




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