WAKE UP with BWW 10/8/14 - 'MORMON' for Actors Fund, THE BIRDS & THE BEES, Cumming & Burnett on TV and More!
By: Jessica Showers Oct. 08, 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: BOOK OF MORMON benefits The Actors Fund, the littlest Keenan-Bolger's THE BIRDS & THE BEES begins tonight, and Cumming and Burnett make the talk show rounds!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- THE BOOK OF MORMON hosts a special performance to benefit The Actors Fund today!
- Maggie Keenan-Bolger and Rachel Sullivan's THE BIRDS & THE BEES: UNABRIDGED begins performances.
- Broadway will dim its lights tonight in honor of Tony winner Marian Seldes...
- And don't forget to set your DVR! CABARET's Alan Cumming visits LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL this morning, and LOVE LETTERS' Carol Burnett (above) comes to COLBERT tonight!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- ONCE has set its Broadway closing date but is planning several international productions!
- NBC's PETER PAN LIVE announced its full cast, including the Pirates, Lost Boys and Darling kids! Plus, we got a new look (right) at Allison Williams as Peter!
- The National Tour of Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS has set its cast!
- Maria Zamora will star in the premiere of MANHATTAN PRISIENNE off-Broadway this winter.
- Fiasco Theater's reimagined INTO THE WOODS will open off-Broadway in January!
- A cancer diagnosis has postponed the Public's production of THE TOTAL BENT...
- NBC Universal will continue to expand its stage division. More Broadway? Yes, please!
- And original HAIR star Steve Curry passed away last month at the age of 68.
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 72 and partly cloudy; clear tonight with a low around 53 degrees. It's scarf season - all the more reason to showcase your fancy collection at the theatre!
Quote of the Day: CABARET's Alan Cumming on his childish side...
I had to be a grown-up when I should have been a little boy, and now that I'm a grown-up my little-boyness has exploded out of me. I've lived my life backwards.
-- Alan Cumming (via BrainyQuote)
What we're looking forward to listening to: Bette Midler's new 'It's the Girls' album, out next month! It will be Midler's first studio album in eight years and will include songs from girl groups who have influenced her career.
Video of the Day: To wet your appetite for Carol Burnett on COLBERT, check out her hilarious appearance on Monday night's FALLON!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Sigourney Weaver, who turns 64 today!
Weaver starred last year in Christopher Durang's Tony-winning play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Before that, she appeared on Broadway in Sex and Longing, Hurlyburly (for which she was nominated for a Tony in 1985) and The Constant Wife. Among her off-Broadway credits are Das Lusitania Songspiel -- which earned her a Drama Desk nod -- Beyond Therapy, The Merchant of Venice, The Mercy Seat and more. On the big screen, Weaver is well known for her role as 'Ellen Ripley' in the four Alien films, which earned her an Oscar nomination in 1986. She has also starred in Ghostbusters, Gorillas in the Mist, Working Girl, Avatar and more.
Photo by T. Charles Erickson.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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