WAKE UP with BWW 11/6/14 - STICKS AND BONES, BAND WAGON, OF MICE AND MEN and More!
By: Jessica Showers Nov. 06, 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: STICKS AND BONES opens off-Broadway, Encores! THE BAND WAGON begins tonight, OF MICE AND MEN hits the big screen and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- STICKS AND BONES, with Bill Pullman and more, opens off-Broadway!
- Encores! THE BAND WAGON with Brian Stokes Mitchell and more, begins this evening...
- Broadway's OF MICE AND MEN, starring James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, hits theaters tonight!
- Joy Behar's new solo show ME, MY MOUTH AND I begins tonight.
- Kerry Butler and Alan Campbell lead two CLINTON: THE MUSICAL readings this week!
- And the new musical 'NINE FATHERS OF ARIEL' gets a workship in NYC today and tomorrow.
for INTO THE WOODS!
WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Faith Prince, Christine Sherrill and Carmen Cusack will lead the Broadway-Bound FIRST WIVES CLUB in Chicago!
- Minnie Driver joined the cast of NBC's PETER PAN LIVE!
- Original star John Cameron Mitchell could be stepping back into HEDWIG's stilettos on Broadway...
- The INTO THE WOODS movie unveiled (right) a bunch of animated character posters!
- We got a first look at highlights from LITTLE DANCER in D.C. and LOST LAKE off-Broadway!
- Merritt Wever and more have been tapped for MCC's THE NETHER.
- MEMPHIS has extended through next fall in the West End!
- Kelli O'Hara and Matthew Morrison will join the New York Pops for their holiday program this December.
- Speaking of Holiday shows, THE TEMPTATIONS and THE FOUR TOPS are coming to Broadway's Palace Theatre this winter...
- And ABC has set a winter premiere for Alan Menken's musical series GALAVANT.
Broadway Weather Forecast: Rainy all day with a high of 57 (low of 46). Bust out your water-proof gear, and head to the theatre anyway!
Quote of the Day: STICKS AND BONES' Bill Pullman on living your lines...
"There's a point you get to on the stage where you're not remembering lines but living them, and you reach this pure moment which, really, is more intense than what you can achieve in life."
-- Bill Pullman (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: Shakespeare's Globe productions -- on the couch! The company just launched an on-demand "Globe Player," featuring TWELFTH NIGHT with Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry and more.
Video of the Day: Like we could choose anything else?! Check out the just-released, brand-new trailer for INTO THE WOODS!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Emma Stone, who turns 26 today!
Stone is about to make her Broadway debut in Cabaret this season. She first appeared on the big screen in Superbad, and later co-starred in Zombieland before taking the lead role in Easy A, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Since then, she has starred in Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Help, The Croods, and the Amazing Spider-Man films.
Photo by Pari Dukovic.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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