WAKE UP with BWW 11/3/14 - THE OLDEST BOY, Patti LuPone, Alice Ripley, Jessie Mueller and Mary Rodgers!
By: Jessica Showers Nov. 03, 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: THE OLDEST BOY opens, Patti LuPone, Alice Ripley, Jessie Mueller and more bring their talents to three different cabaret shows tonight, and Broadway joins together in celebration of Mary Rodgers Guettel!
Next up in our series of Broadway stars introducing BWW's morning feature is Jeremy Jordan (portrait by Walter McBride), who just made his NYC solo debut with BREAKING CHARACTER, is known for his roles in NEWSIES, BONNIE AND CLYDE, ROCK OF AGES and WEST SIDE STORY, and will soon appear on the big screen in THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
Photo by Walter McBride.
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Lincoln Center Theater opens Sarah Ruhl's new play THE OLDEST BOY off-Broadway tonight!
- Patti LuPone brings FAR AWAY PLACES part 2 to 54 Below this evening...
- Alice Ripley presents her new solo show THE GIRL WITH THE POLKA DOT EYES at Joe's Pub tonight!
- Jessie Mueller and more bring A NIGHT AT THE TONYS to this year's Chicago Humanities Festival.
- And Broadway celebrates the life of Mary Rodgers Guettel at Town Hall this evening!
meets the press!
WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- BILLY ELLIOT's Stephen Daldry is in talks to direct the WICKED film adaptation!
- NBC's PETER PAN LIVE! company met the press (right), and BWW brought you photos...
- We also got a look at Jeremy Jordan in his NYC solo concert debut, titled BREAKING CHARACTER!
- Kyle Dean Massey is staying with the PIPPIN national tour for its D.C. run.
- And Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka and their kids pulled out all the stops for this year's family Halloween costume!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Sunny with a high of 60 degrees (low of 41).
Quote of the Day: THE OLDEST BOY playwright Sarah Ruhl on the fluidity and freedom of identity...
"...if identity is fluid, then we might actually be free. And furthermore, if identity is fluid, then we might actually be connected--in Whitman's sense--if we can be the leaves of grass and also the masses on the Brooklyn Bridge, then we can leave the ego behind and be world for a moment. And this is one reason why we go to theater, either to identify with others, or to be others, for the moment..."
-- Sarah Ruhl, "100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater" (via Goodreads)
Video of the Day: Bradley Cooper stopped by CBS SUNDAY MORNING this weekend to talk about his journey bringing THE ELEPHANT MAN to Broadway. Check out the full interview below!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Terrence McNally, who turns 76 today!
McNally's It's Only a Play is currently running on Broadway with a star-packed cast, and Lips Together, Teeth Apart just opened at Second Stage. Among the playwright's many other works are Mothers and Sons, Master Class (Tony winner for Best Play), Catch Me If You Can, Ragtime (which won him a Tony for Best Book of a Musical), Frankie and Johnny and the Clair de Lune, The Full Monty, Love! Valour! Compassion! (another Tony for Best Play), Kiss of the Spider Woman (and again, a Tony for Best Book of a Musical) and more. His play Corpus Christi -- a homosexual re-telling of the story of Jesus -- stirred up controversy in 1997 when it premiered at Manhattan Theatre Club, and subsequently around the globe.
Photo by Walter McBride.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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