WAKE UP with BWW 11/18/14 - HONEYMOON IN VEGAS, BY THE WATER, 'UNTOLD STORIES' and More!
By: Jessica Showers Nov. 18, 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: HONEYMOON IN VEGAS begins performances, BY THE WATER opens off-Broadway, Jennifer Tepper releases 'UNTOLD STORIES' Volume 2, and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- HONEYMOON IN VEGAS begins previews tonight on Broadway!
- Manhattan Theatre Club's BY THE WATER opens off-Broadway this evening...
- David Hare's BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS opens tonight in the West End.
- And the company of MTC's CONSTELLATIONS meets the press, so stay tuned for photos!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Ruthie Ann Miles, Conrad Ricamora, Ashley Park and more have joined THE KING AND I on Broadway!
- Matt Doyle, Ann Harada and more will lead Vineyard's BROOKLYNITE off-Broadway.
- Adam Chanler-Berat and Douglas Sills are set to star in York's MY FAVORITE YEAR...
- We got a first look at highlights from SIDE SHOW and THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (here)!
- Plus production shots (right) from Sam Shepard's 'A PARTICLE OF DREAD' off-Broadway.
- Tom Hiddleston, Kristin Scott Thomas and more made the shortlist for this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
- Barbra Streisand will appear in MICHAEL BUBLE'S CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK on NBC next month!
- And the Hugh Jackman-led movie musical THE GREATEST SHOWMAN ON EARTH will start filming next summer!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Sunny, high of 34, and windy. Bundle up!
Quote of the Day: A word from HONEYMOON IN VEGAS star Tony Danza...
"Everyone kept telling me, Just be yourself. Be yourself. I kept thinking, there's got to be more to it than that!"
-- Tony Danza (via BrainyQuote)
What we're listening to: Kristin Chenoweth's new live album COMING HOME, out today!
What we're reading: Jennifer Ashley Tepper's THE UNTOLD STORIES OF BROADWAY, VOLUME 2. The book hits the shelves today!
What we're watching: Disney's new FROZEN sing-along edition, here today just in time for the holiday season!
Video of the Day: Idina Menzel's just-released music video for "Baby It's Cold Outside," featuring Michael Bublé!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Steven Pasquale, who turns 38 today!
Pasquale last starred on Broadway opposite Kelli O'Hara in The Bridges of Madison County. Before that, he appeared in Neil LaBute's reasons to be pretty. Among his off-Broadway credits are Far From Heaven, A Soldier's Play, Fat Pig, Beautiful Child, A Man of No Importance and more. Pasquale made his TV debut in Six Feet Under and has since appeared on the small screen in Rescue Me, Up All Night, Do No Harm and The Good Wife.
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY.
Photo by Joan Marcus.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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