WAKE UP with BWW 10/16/14 - ON THE TOWN Opens, Hall Joins HEDWIG and More!

- We got a first look (right) at Emma Stone in costume for CABARET, plus Ewan McGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal and more in THE REAL THING (here)!
- Neil Patrick Harris will be hosting this year's Oscars ceremony!
- Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS will be broadcast next month as part of PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES series.
- BroadwayWorld will take part in the AT THIS STAGE expo at the Minskoff Theatre later this month...
- Yesterday was a photo-filled day! We got a first look at LCT3's BROWNSVILLE SONG and ELMER GANTRY at D.C.'s Signature Theatre (here).

Broadway Weather Forecast: Morning thunderstorms with a cloudy but rain-free evening! High of 70 degrees.

Quote of the Day: In honor of ON THE TOWN's opening night, hear from legendary choreographer Jerome Robbins on his inspiration for the show...

"He comes in with photos of ships and sailors, and for two hours we didn't do anything but look at pictures and talk about that time, who these men were and what the women were doing. As a 23-year-old, I sat there thinking, 'Is he out of his mind?' I hadn't learned a step of the ballet yet."
-- Jerome Robbins (via Great-Quotes)

Video of the Day: The new, GREASE-themed Chanel No. 5 "The One That I Want" promo film, directed by STRICTLY BALLROOM helmer Baz Luhrmann!

And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Angela Lansbury, who turns 89 today!

Lansbury's last appearance on Broadway was in Gore Vidal's The Best Man in 2012. Before that, the prolific actress starred on the Great White Way in A Little Night Music, Blithe Spirit (which earned her a Tony in 2009, in which she just starred in the West End, and which she will take on tour in the US this winter), Mame (her first Tony in 1966), Sweeney Todd (another Tony Award), The King and I, Gypsy (another Tony!), Dear World (yet another Tony), and more. Lansbury has won six Golden Globes and received an honorary Oscar last year after 70 years in the film industry.