WAKE UP with BWW 10/27/14 - ROCK OF AGES & WICKED Get New Stars, OH HELL NO! Off-Broadway, Encores! Gala and More!
By: Jessica Khan Oct. 27, 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: ROCK OF AGES and West End's WICKED gain new stars, OH HELL NO! begins off-Broadway, stars gather for a slew of galas and benefits tonight, and Broadway hunk Jeremy Jordan makes his 54 Below debut!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- YouTube star Chester See joins ROCK OF AGES as 'Stacee Jaxx,' and Jennifer DiNoia starts her run as 'Elphaba' in West End's WICKED tonight!
- David Mixner debuts his autobiographical show OH HELL NO! this evening...
- Kelli O'Hara, Steven Pasquale and more will appear at tonight's Encores! gala, plus Andrew Lippa hosts a Dramatists Guild Fund benefit.
- Stars gather today for readings of Shaw's LEAGUE OF YOUTH and new musical THE NEXT BIG THING...
- Julia Stiles, Bobby Cannavale and more will battle it out in CELEBRITY CHARADES tonight!
- And Jeremy Jordan (above) brings BREAKING CHARACTER to 54 Below.
WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- We got a first look (right) at Michael C. Hall on stage in HEDWIG!
- A two-disc deluxe edition of the INTO THE WOODS film soundtrack will be released in December.
- Roundabout's NOISES OFF, starring Andrea Martin, will open on Broadway next winter...
- Jim Parsons will lead NBC's BUDDY'S MUSICAL CHRISTMAS, based on Broadway's ELF!
- BC/EFA's GYPSY OF THE YEAR competition will return this December...
- KINKY BOOTS is heading to Seoul this winter!
- The Muny in St. Louis unveiled its 2015 season, featuring INTO THE WOODS and three premieres.
- And finally, a HUGE congratulations to Sutton Foster and screenwriter Ted Griffin, who tied the knot on Saturday!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 64 degrees and sunny. Happy Monday!
Quote of the Day: A word from OH HELL NO!'s David Mixner...
"Passed down from generation to generation, storytelling was an art in my family."
-- David Mixner (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: National Theatre Live's FRANKENSTEIN, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller! The production encores tonight and Wednesday, just in time for Halloweekend!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to John Cleese, who turns 75 today!
Cleese has appeared on Broadway in Cambridge Circus, Half a Sixpence, and, of course, Spamalot. He co-founded Monty Python, which went on to create the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the films An Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. More recently, Cleese has starred in two James Bond films (as 'Q'), two Harry Potter films (as 'Nearly Headless Nick') and the last three Shrek movies (as 'King Harold).
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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