WAKE UP with BWW 11/6/2015 - ALLEGIANCE Opens, JERSEY BOYS Hits 10 Years and More!
By: Jessica Khan Nov. 06, 2015
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: ALLEGIANCE brings George Takei to Broadway, JERSEY BOYS hits a milestone and more!
We had so much fun taking mug-shots of our fans at this year's BC/EFA Broadway Flea Market that we're adding a new weekly Friday morning tradition -- we call it Fan Fridays!
This week, meet Richard Hillman!
Hometown: New York City
Last Show He Saw: WHORL INSIDE A LOOP
His Favorite Show: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Broadway Star He Wants to Meet: Noël Coward
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP ITEMS:
- George Takei's ALLEGIANCE opens on Broadway this Sunday!
- Taylor Mac's HIR bows off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons.
- JERSEY BOYS celebrates 10 years on the Great White Way...
- THE LILLIPUT TROUPE premieres off-Broadway this evening.
- And be sure to set your DVR - HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda appears on TONIGHT!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Bart, Butler, Pascal, Prince, Rudetsky and more will bring DISASTER! to Broadway this spring!
- THE BANDSTAND, starring Laura Osnes & Corey Cott, is headed to Broadway next season!
- Edward Hibbert replaces Peter Bartlett in SOMETHING ROTTEN! next week.
- The transgender-centered musical SOUTHERN COMFORT heads to The Public next year.
- We got a first look (right) at THE STATIONMASTER in the UK, a peek at highlights from Broadway's ALLEGIANCE, and new footage from FIRST DAUGHTER SUITE!
- Works by Joe Iconis, Georgia Stitt and more are set for Feinstein's/54 Below's NEW MUSICALS series.
- HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda & biographer Ron Chernow will be honored by the N-Y Historical Society next week...
- And THE WIZ LIVE's Uzo Aduba will star in THE MAIDS at Trafalgar Studios!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 75 and cloudy today, colder Saturday, and crisp and sunny on Sunday!
Quote of the Day: A word from the legendary George Takei...
"And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again."
-- George Takei (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: Chita Rivera: A LOT OF LIVIN' TO DO, airing tonight on PBS!
Video of the Day: Watch ALADDIN's Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed cover Ed SHeeran's "Thinking Out Loud"!
Thinking Out Loud | ALADDIN on Broadway Cast | Disney SessionsCourtney Reed and Adam Jacobs take on our favorite Ed SHeeran song, "Thinking Out Loud", in this week's Disney Sessions video.
Posted by Aladdin - The Musical on Thursday, November 5, 2015
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Michael Cerveris, who turns 55 today!
Cerveris just won a Tony Award for his performance in Broadway's FUN HOME. Among his past credits are EVITA, IN THE NEXT ROOM, HEDDA GABLER, CYMBELINE, LOVEMUSIK, SWEENEY TODD, ASSASSINS (which earned him his first Tony in 2004), TITANIC and THE WHO'S TOMMY. He has also appeared off-Broadway in ROAD SHOW, KING LEAR, AN OAK TREE, WINTERTIME, FIFTH OF JULY, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH and more, as well as concert productions of FAUST, THE APPLE TREE, SPRING AWAKENING, PASSION, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE and CHESS. Cerveris also recently appeared in the TV series THE GOOD WIFE, TREME and FRINGE.
Sydney Lucas and Michael Ceveris in FUN HOME.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early on Monday, BroadwayWorld!
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