WAKE UP with BWW 10/29/14 - LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART, PUNK ROCK and More!
By: Jessica Showers Oct. 29, 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: LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART and PUNK ROCK start off-Broadway, and Broadway Green Alliance and BASYIDE! THE MUSICAL! get spooky with Halloween-themed events!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART, starring Michael Chernus, Tracee Chimo, America Ferrera and Austin Lysy, opens at Second Stage tonight!
- Simon Stephens' PUNK ROCK begins previews off-Broadway this evening...
- Broadway Green Alliance hosts its HALLOGREEN textile drive and costume swap today.
- BAYSIDE! THE MUSICAL! kicks off its Halloween Edition, based on the "Mystery Weekend" episode of SAVED BY THE BELL, tonight!
- And MOTOWN's Tracy McDowell brings STORY OF A GIRL to 54 Below.
WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Goodspeed Musicals' 2015 season will feature THE HONEYMOONERS premiere and more!
- Barlett Sher will direct FIDDLER ON THE ROOF on Broadway next November, with Danny Burstein up for the role of 'Tevye'.
- THE VISIT, starring Chita Rivera, could appear on Broadway next year...
- AMERICAN PSYCHO is getting a developmental NYC lab in January.
- A fan made off with HEDWIG's iconic wig at Saturday's performance...
- We got a peek at highlights from Broadway's THE LAST SHIP!
- Plus a first look at MTC's LOST LAKE and Chester See (right) in ROCK OF AGES.
- And finally, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre set its 2015 season, with PETER PAN, THE SEAGULL and more!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Mostly cloudy with a high of 68 degrees. Middle-of-the-road weather for the middle of the week!
Quote of the Day: LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART star America Ferrera on her convictions...
"I feel like my convictions and my passions come from my very personal experience and the life that I've led. I feel the very naturally tendency to stand up for and use my voice for the things that I know about and the things that I feel passionate about."
-- America Ferrera (via BrainyQuote)
What we're looking forward to listening to: SHE & HIM's new CLASSICS album, out December 2! Among the tracks are "Time After Time" from IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN and more.
Audio of the Day: Listen to THE VOICE UK's Christina Marie sing Scott Alan's new song "I'm Coming Home To You". Alan's new album GREATEST HITS: VOLUME ONE is set for release November 4!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Richard Dreyfuss, who turns 67 today!
Dreyfuss last appeared on Broadway in 2004's Sly Fox. Before that, he starred in Death and the Maiden, Total Abandon and But, Seriously... The actor won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1978 for The Goodbye Girl and was nominated in 1995 for Mr. Holland's Opus. Among his other film credits are American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and more.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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