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WAKE UP with BWW 1/15/2015 - HONEYMOON IN VEGAS, Oscar Nominees and More!
By: Jessica Showers Jan. 15, 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: HONEYMOON IN VEGAS opens on Broadway, the 2015 OSCAR nominations are revealed and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- HONEYMOON IN VEGAS opens on Broadway tonight. Be sure to check back later for BWW's live Review Roundup!
- The 2015 OSCAR nominations are being unveiled as we speak - watch the live stream HERE! Plus, check out a new promo shot of host Neil Patrick Harris.
- JEOPARDY! dedicates a whole category to Broadway's ALADDIN tonight...
- Across the pond, Chichester's TAKEN AT MIDNIGHT (more here) and BAD JEWS open in the West End.
- And Dame Edna launches her GLORIOUS GOODBYE tour in Seattle today!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- GIGI has booked Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre for the spring!
- SOMETHING ROTTEN! announced its full cast and unveiled a new poster (right)!
- Broadway's DOCTOR ZHIVAGO also set its full company.
- 'GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE' is kicking off a national tour in Chicago this fall!
- Gloria Estefan is set to headline a benefit concert for Viva Broadway in September...
- SMASH's Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty will reunite for The Actors Fund's BOMBSHELL concert!
- AC is recognizing Barbra Streisand with its 2015 Board of Governors Award.
- And speaking of awards, last year's TONY AWARDS and PETER PAN LIVE! are among the 2015 DGA nominations!
- FISH IN THE DARK's Rosie Perez might be leaving THE VIEW...
- And finally, we got a first look at KINKY BOOTS in South Korea and new shots of Jennifer Nettles in Broadway's CHICAGO!
Broadway Weather Forecast: 37 degrees and sunny!
Quote of the Day: A humorous word from birthday girl Andrea Martin...
"I don't like to cry in public, unless I'm getting paid for it."
-- Andrea Martin (via BrainyQuote)
Video of the Day: Jeremy Jordan's rendition of Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back To Me Now," which he performed last week at 54 Below!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Andrea Martin, who turns 68 today!
Martin last appeared on Broadway in Act One, and before that, Pippin -- which won her a 2013 Tony Award -- Exit the King, Young Frankenstein, Fiddler on the Roof, Oklahoma!, Candide and My Favorite Year, for which she scooped up her first Tony and a Drama Desk Award in 1993. Among her film credits are Black Christmas, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and more. She also recently appeared in the TV series Working the Engels.
Photo by Joan Marcus.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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