WAKE UP with BWW 10/13/2015 - UGLY LIES THE BONE Opens, IF/THEN, NEWSIES & LOVE LETTERS on Tour!
By: Jessica Khan Oct. 13, 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: Mamie Gummer returns to the stage, CHICAGO gets a new Billy, IF/THEN and LOVE LETTERS head out on tour and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Roundabout's UGLY LIES THE BONE, starring Mamie Gummer, opens tonight!
- Jason Danieley joins Broadway's CHICAGO as 'Billy Flynn' this evening.
- The IF/THEN tour, with Idina Menzel, LaChanze and Anthony Rapp, kicks off in Denver, NEWSIES welcomes some fresh faces on tour in Hartford, and the LOVE LETTERS national tour, starring Ali MacGraw & Ryan O'Neal, launches today in Beverly Hills!
- Lin-Manuel Miranda's IN THE HEIGHTS opens tonight at King's Cross Theatre in London...
- And HAMILTON's Miranda, Daveed Diggs and more will appear on BET's Hip Hop Awards tonight.
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Andrew Lloyd Webber is granting SCHOOL OF ROCK rights for youth performances before the show's first Broadway bow!
- Boublil & Schonberg have finished their revised MARTIN GUERRE...
- We got a first look (right) at 3-D Theatricals' THE ADDAMS FAMILY!
- Actors' Equity celebrated 65 years of the Gypsy Robe Ceremony yesterday.
- KINKY BOOTS' Natalie Joy Johnson is launching her cabaret residency at The Duplex next week.
- Victor Garber and Rainer Andreesen got hitched!
- And HEDWIG's Taye Diggs has signed on for FOX's drama series ROSEWOOD...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 73 degrees with a slight chance of rain. Hello, Fall?
Quote of the Day: A word from UGLY LIES THE BONE star Mamie Gummer...
"I feel like I'm a secondary artist, a kind of a conduit for the writer, and if it's a good writer, then I have a great road map." -- Mamie Gummer (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL LIVE, out today on Blu-ray!
Video of the Day: See what might happen if and when HAMILTON hits high schools in this hilarious parody!
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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