WAKE UP with BWW 12/16/14 - CONSTELLATIONS, New WICKED Witches, ELF on NBC and More!
By: Jessica Showers Dec. 16, 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: CONSTELLATIONS begins on Broadway, WICKED welcomes two new witches, CITY OF ANGELS debuts in London and Jim Parsons lends his voice to ELF on NBC!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- CONSTELLATIONS, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, begins previews on Broadway tonight!
- WICKED welcomes a whole slew of new cast members tonight, including Caroline Bowman and Kara Lindsay.
- CITY OF ANGELS, with Samantha Barks, Hadley Fraser and more, opens at the Donmar Warehouse this evening...
- The cast of BEAUTIFUL stops by Apple Store Soho today to chat about their Grammy nominated album!
- And Jim Parsons leads the stop-motion special ELF: BUDDY'S MUSICAL CHRISTMAS on NBC tonight!
WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Encores! announced its 2015 Off-Center season, featuring Jonathan Groff, Ellen Greene and Sutton Foster!
- We got a first look (right) at The Temptations & Four Tops, coming to Broadway.
- We got a sneak peek inside rehearsals for HAMILTON, which just announced its full cast...
- Martin Short, Katie Finneran and more will attend Williamstown Theatre Festival's 2015 gala.
- PITCH PERFECT's Anna Camp and more are set for VERITE off-Broadway!
- We got a look at yet another new INTO THE WOODS promo...
- Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh are bringing OLIVER! back to the big screen!
- And speaking of films, BIRDMAN and INTO THE WOODS are among the nominees for the Critics Choice Movie Awards.
Broadway Weather Forecast: Cloudy with rain this afternoon and evening, with a high of 50 degrees.
Quote of the Day: ELF star Jim Parsons on what he calls home...
"Theatre was my first love. I can't take the theatre out of me. And I wouldn't want to. To me, it's home."
-- Jim Parsons (via BrainyQuote)
What we're listening to: THE LAST SHIP cast recording, out today. Go inside the studio with the cast below!
What we're watching: ELF: BUDDY'S MUSICAL CHRISTMAS, airing tonight on NBC. Watch a clip from the special below!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to LaChanze, who turns 53 today!
LaChanze currently stars opposite Idina Menzel in Broadway's If/Then. Her past Broadway credits include The Color Purple, for which she won a 2006 Tony Award, Ragtime, Company, Once on This Island, Dreamgirls and Uptown...It's Hot! LaChanze also appeared in the Actors Fund of America benefit concert of Funny Girl in 2002 and Encores! The Wiz in 2009. She most recently appeared on the big screen in Side Effects and The Help.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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