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WAKE UP with BWW 10/21/14 - STICKS AND BONES, LOST LAKE, Susan Boyle, Billy Crystal and More!

By: Oct. 21, 2014
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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: Two more shows begin off-Broadway, JERSEY BOYS welcomes two new cast members on tour, and two stars -- Susan Boyle and Billy Crystal -- release their latest projects!

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- Susan Boyle and Billy Crystal have new releases today (scroll down for more)!
- STICKS AND BONES (more here) and LOST LAKE begin performances tonight off-Broadway!
- The JERSEY BOYS national tour gets a new 'Bob Gaudio' and 'Nick Massi' tonight in San Diego...
- In case you missed it the first time around, NBC is airing Barbra Streisand's appearance on FALLON again.
- The companies of Broadway's ELEPHANT MAN (see a poster here) and off-Broadway's POCATELLO (full cast) meet the press today, so please check back for photos!

SISTER ACT on tour!

WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Andy Karl, Michael McGrath, Mary Louise Wilson and more joined the cast of Broadway's ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY revival!
- IF/THEN and NEXT TO NORMAL's Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey are adapting THE VISITOR for Broadway...
- Norm Lewis has extended his run in PHANTOM again!
- We got a first look at highlights from Chicago's AMAZING GRACE, plus photos from the Public's FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE (follow this link), and the national tours of CAMELOT (here) and SISTER ACT (right)!
- The national tour of A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL announced its 'Ralphies' and more.
- And GLEE's Matthew Morrison is officially off the market -- he and Renee Peunte married in Maui over the weekend!

Broadway Weather Forecast: Cloudy with a high of 67 and rain in the afternoon; thundershowers throughout the night. Typical fall...

Quote of the Day: Billy Crystal on the "murky middle"...

"In my standup work, I always do these characters, older people who are just off to the side. It's easier to write a story about the guy who made it to the top, but the middle is so much more interesting, so much more murky."
-- Billy Crystal (via BrainyQuote)

What we're listening to: Susan Boyle's new studio album HOPE, out today!

What we're watching: Billy Crystal's 700 SUNDAYS, released today on DVD/Digital!

And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Aaron Tveit, who hits the big 3-0 today!

Tveit, who is set to appear in Assassins the Menier Chocolate Factory this fall, last starred on Broadway in Catch Me if You Can. His other credits include Next to Normal, Wicked and Hairspray, plus Rent on tour and at the Hollywood Bowl. Tveit played 'Enjolras' in Tom Hooper's 2012 film adaptation of Les Miserables and currently stars in USA's Graceland.

Aaron Tveit in GRACELAND.
Photo courtesy USA Network/James Minchin III.

See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!







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