WAKE UP with BWW 10/15/14 - HOLIDAY INN at Goodspeed, Sting Q&A, 'LENNON', 'GOING ONCE!' and More!
By: Jessica Showers Oct. 15, 2014
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: Goodspeed's HOLIDAY INN premieres tonight, Sting talks THE LAST SHIP on Twitter, LENNON and GOING ONCE! LAUGHING TWICE!! open off-Broadway and more!
Photo by Diane Sobolewski.
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Goodspeed's World Premiere of IRVING BERLIN's HOLIDAY INN opens tonight - get a first look at the cast in action HERE!
- Sting and Michael Esper talk THE LAST SHIP in tonight's Twitter/Weev Q&A...
- LENNON:THROUGH A GLASS ONION opens tonight at Union Square.
- The new comedy GOING ONCE! LAUGHING TWICE!! opens off-Broadway, and MARE IN THE MEN'S ROOM begins previews!
- And Sierra Boggess explores her journey as a "middle child" at 54 Below this evening...
WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- We got a first look (right) at Broadway's DISGRACED, Carol Burnett in LOVE LETTERS (here), and highlights from the KINKY BOOTS tour!
- YouTube star Chester See will make his Broadway debut in ROCK OF AGES this month.
- The Bollywood movie MONSOON WEDDING is being adapted into a musical...
- Actors' Equity honored IF/THEN for its 'Excellence in Diversity'.
- Drew Seeley and Keith Hines will join the JERSEY BOYS National Tour next week!
- RUTHLESS is returning off-Broadway this month.
- And DANCE OF DEATH, BRIGADOON, NORMAL HEART and more topped the 2014 Jeff Awards in Chicago...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 74 with thiunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Don't forget your rain gear for tonight's show!
Quote of the Day: A word on innate funniness in honor of Carol Burnett's return to Broadway in LOVE LETTERS...
Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing.
-- Carol Burnett (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: The classic film adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, starring Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine and James Garner, out now on Blu-ray!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Linda Lavin, who turns 77 today!
A prolific, award-winning stage actress, Lavin last starred on Broadway in 2012's The Lyons. Before that, she appeared in Collected Stories, Hollywood Arms, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Sisters Rosensweig, Gypsy, Broadway Bound (which earned her a Tony in 1987), The Enemy Is Dead, Paul Sills' Story Theatre, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Cop-Out, Something Different, It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman, The Riot Act and A Family Affair. She played a recurring role on Barney Miller before taking the lead in CBS's Alice for almost a decade; she won two Golden Globes and was nominated for an Emmy.
Photo by Carol Rosegg.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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