WAKE UP with BWW 10/20/14 - A DELICATE BALANCE, BILLY & RAY, HERE LIES LOVE's New 'Imelda' and More!
By: Jessica Showers Oct. 20, 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: Albee's A DELICATE BALANCE begins on Broadway, BILLY & RAY and 'BROWNSVILLE SONG' open off-Broadway, HERE LIES LOVE welcomes a new 'Imelda' and more!
Next up in our series of Broadway stars introducing BWW's morning feature is Tony winner Lena Hall (portrait by Walter McBride), now starring as 'Yitzhak' opposite Michael C. Hall in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. Greet your Monday with coy smile, and brush up on the news!
Photo by Walter McBride.
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Edward Albee's A DELICATE BALANCE, starring Glenn Close, John Lithgow and more, begins previews tonight!
- Vincent Kartheiser and Larry Pine star as BILLY & RAY, opening tonight, plus LCT3's 'BROWNSVILLE SONG' (B-SIDE FOR TRAY) opens this evening off-Broadway!
- HERE LIES LOVE welcomes Jaygee Macapugay as its new 'Imelda' this evening!
- Abingdon honors Dick Cavett at its annual gala tonight...
- Red Bull presents a one-night-only reading of THE TEMPEST, starring Michael Cerveris.
- And the company of off-Broadway's WIESENTHAL meets the press today, so stay tuned for photos!
THE BELLE OF AMHERST
WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- HERE LIES LOVE announced it will end its NYC run in January...
- We got a first look at MEMPHIS in the West End, AMAZING GRACE in Chicago, and THE BELLE OF AMHERST (right) with Joely Richardson off-Broadway!
- NEXT TO NORMAL's Alice Ripley will star in A CHRISTMAS MEMORY off-Broadway.
- Jennifer Holliday will lead a three-city tour of THE COLOR PURPLE...
- We learned Elaine Paige's 50th Anniversary Tour will be filmed!
- BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL announced its full London company.
- And singer Ronan Keating will join the West End cast of ONCE next month!
Broadway Weather Forecast: A hum-drum Monday - high of 61 degrees and cloudy.
Quote of the Day: An insightful observation from A DELICATE BALANCE star Glenn Close...
"It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways."
-- Glenn Close (via BrainyQuote)
Video of the Day: Tony winner Laura Benanti and Connie Britton singing on ABC's NASHVILLE! Benanti is guest starring this season as 'Sadie Stone'.
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Dan Fogler, who turns 38 today!
Fogler won a Tony Award for his 2005 Broadway debut in THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, in which he played 'William Barfee'. Among his big screen credits are KUNG FU PANDA and this year's DON PEYOTE, which he co-wrote and directed.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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