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: CONSTELLATIONS opens on Broadway, THE WOODSMAN begins off-Broadway, and stage vets come to the small screen!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- MTC's CONSTELLATIONS, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, opens tonight on Broadway. Come back later for BWW's live Review Roundup!
- THE WOODSMAN begins previews off-Broadway this evening...
- Cheyenne Jackson starts his Café Carlyle residency tonight!
- And set your DVR! Lots of Broadway vets appear on TV tonight -- THE VISIT's Roger Rees on FOREVER, CABARET's Sienna Miller on FALLON, and Marissa Jaret Winokur in TLC's ALL ABOUT SEX!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- PHANTOM will welcome James Barbour in the title role this winter...
- Roundabout will premiere Joshua Harmon's SIGNIFICANT OTHER, helmed by Trip Cullman, this spring!
- We got a first look (right) at YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU's new cast members Anna Chlumsky & Richard Thomas, plus a peek at 'WOMEN ON THE VERGE' in the West End!
- Douglas Sills has signed on for Encores! LADY, BE GOOD.
- JEOPARDY! will feature Broadway's ALADDIN this week...
- And Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen will lead a TV adaptation of Harwood's play THE DRESSER!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Sunny with a high of 32 degrees!
Quote of the Day: CONSTELLATIONS star Ruth Wilson on playing meaty parts...
"For me, there is a stigma attached to playing beautiful parts. They are often empty characters whom the action happens around. I'm more drawn to characters with a complex internal life, who have a burning frustration underneath that keeps them going."
-- Ruth Wilson (via BrainyQuote)
What we're listening to: Jason Robert Brown's HONEYMOON IN VEGAS cast recording, out today!
Video of the Day: BWW's exclusive sneak peek at THE WOODSMAN, beginning tonight off-Broadway!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Orlando Bloom, who turns 38 today!
Bloom appeared opposite Condola Rashad in Broadway's Romeo and Juliet in 2013. Before that, he made his professional stage debut in the West End's In Celebration in 2007. The actor is best known for his role as 'Legolas' in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit films, as well as 'Will Turner' in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He has also starred on the big screen in Elizabethtown, Troy, New York, I Love You and more.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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