WAKE UP with BWW 10/1/2015 - Keira Knightley Onstage and More!
By: Jessica Khan Oct. 01, 2015
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: Keira Knightley makes her Broadway debut, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE hits the stage and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Roundabout's THÉRÈSE RAQUIN, starring Keira Knightley, starts previews tonight!
- Lynn Cohen and four other actresses are set for today's reinterpreted reading of THE TESTAMENT OF MARY...
- Anthony Burgess' A CLOCKWORK ORANGE heads off-Broadway this evening.
- Mercedes Ruehl leads FULL GALLOP, opening tonight at The Old Globe.
- And Cynthia Erivo and Tony Yazbeck join Jason Robert Brown in concert tonight!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- AMERICAN PSYCHO will begin performances at the Schoenfeld Theatre in March!
- Carly Rae Jepsen has joined FOX's GREASE LIVE as 'Frenchy'...
- We got a look (right) at Atlantic Theater's CLOUD NINE and the UK tour of THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH, plus the IF/THEN tour in rehearsal, as well as interviews with the ALLEGIANCE cast and a peek at them onstage, and footage from Elsie Fest!
- Justin Guarini, Deborah Cox, Alex Brightman and Tony Vincent have signed on for CELEBRITY KARAOKE.
- Paige Davis and John Cariani will lead a reading of DANCING LESSONS in NYC!
- And Donald R. Seawell, Denver Center founder and Broadway producer, has died at 103.
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 64 degrees and cloudy - happy first day of October, everybody!
Quote of the Day: A word from THÉRÈSE RAQUIN star Keira Knightley...
"I don't think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don't think you can fake it."
-- Keira Knightley (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: THIRTEEN's THEATER CLOSE-UP, featuring off-Broadway's RASHEEDA SPEAKING tonight!
Video of the Day: To celebrate Christian Borle's birthday, watch a medley from Broadway's SOMETHING ROTTEN! as performed on THE TONIGHT SHOW earlier this year!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Julie Andrews, who turns 80 today!
Stage and screen icon Julie Andrews last starred on Broadway in VICTOR / VICTORIA, which earned her a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award in 1996. Before that, she took the stage in CAMELOT and MY FAIR LADY and received a Tony nod for each. Andrews reprised her role in MY FAIR LADY in the West End. Her voice also appeared in DOCTOR DOLITTLE in London. She made her debut on the Great White Way in THE BOY FRIEND. She won an Oscar for her performance in the film MARY POPPINS in 1964 and was nominated for her role in THE SOUND OF MUSIC, which won her a Golden Globe in 1965. She has also appeared on the big screen in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, VICTOR / VICTORIA, THE PRINCESS DIARIES and more.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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