WAKE UP with BWW 11/25/2015 - A CHRISTMAS STORY, SCROOGE, TIGER at Tea and Broadway on TV!
By: Jessica Khan Nov. 25, 2015
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: The holiday season starts in earnest with A CHRISTMAS STORY and SCROOGE taking over theaters across the country, plus it's a big night for Broadway appearances on TV!
Next up in our series of stars introducing BWW's morning feature is Melanie Moore (portrait by Walter McBride), who is currently starring in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and was last seen in FINDING NEVERLAND!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Company XIV's sexy off-Broadway revival of NUTCRACKER ROUGE starts tonight!
- A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL begins tonight at Paper Mill.
- Jason Graae leads SCROOGE IN LOVE!, premiering tonight in San Francisco...
- THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA roars back into the West End this evening.
- And be sure to set your DVR! THE LION KING's Alton Fitzgerald White and more appear on CBS's CODE BLACK, Tony winner Bryan Cranston stops by INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO, and FINDING NEVERLAND's Matthew Morrison and THE WIZ LIVE's Uzo Aduba visit 'LATE NIGHT' tonight!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- The 70th Annual Tony Awards will return to the Beacon Theatre this June!
- Stephen Karam's THE HUMANS is moving to Broadway this season.
- Rachel York and Betty Buckley will star in GREY GARDENS in Los Angeles this summer.
- FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS is getting the musical treatment next year!
- We got a first look (right) at photos at highlights of David Arquette in SHERLOCK HOLMES, a peek at Broadway's best rehearsing for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, footage of Sondheim, Streisand & Estefan accepting the 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom, plus shots of LITTLE EYOLF and THE HOMECOMING across the pond!
- Sierra Boggess is back in SCHOOL OF ROCK after suffering an ankle injury.
- Alec Baldwin, Ellen Barkin and more have signed on for the Arthur Miller centennial celebration.
- Josh Groban will continue on tour this summer, joined by Sarah McLachlan!
- And stage and TV star David Canary has died at 77...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 50 degrees and sunny. Gorgeous Thanksgiving Eve!
Quote of the Day: A word from tonight's INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO guest Bryan Cranston...
"Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career."
-- Bryan Cranston (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: NBC's behind-the-scenes look at THE WIZ LIVE -- THE MAKING OF THE WIZ LIVE -- airing tonight!
Video of the Day: Get your hand-jive on with the brand-new promo for FOX's GREASE: LIVE!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to John Larroquette, who turns 68 today!
Larroquette last starred on Broadway in GORE VIDAL'S THE BEST MAN, and before that in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING opposite Daniel Radcliffe, for which he won a 2011 Tony, Drama Desk and Theatre World Award for his portrayal of 'J.B. Biggley'. The actor also appeared off-Broadway in OLIVER PARKER! and made his stage musical debut in Dr. Seuss' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS as 'Old Max' in Los Angeles in 2009. He is well known for his Emmy-winning role as 'Dan Fielding' in the TV series NIGHT COURT, 'Mike McBride' in Hallmark's MCBRIDE, 'John Hemingway' on THE JOHN LARROQUETTE SHOW, 'Lionel Tribbey' on THE WEST WING and 'Carl Sack' in BOSTON LEGAL.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early on Friday, BroadwayWorld! Happy Thanksgiving!
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