WAKE UP with BWW 12/28/2015 - GOTTA DANCE Opens in Chicago!
By: Jessica Khan Dec. 28, 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: GOTTA DANCE opens in the Windy City and Linda Lavin returns to Broadway!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- The Broadway-bound GOTTA DANCE officially opens in Chicago tonight!
- OUR MOTHER'S BRIEF AFFAIR, starring Linda Lavin, starts this evening at MTC.
- And be sure to check back for clips from this morning's GMA, featuring Broadway's ON YOUR FEET!
THE MASTER BUILDER!
NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- George Takei has reserved a seat for Donald Trump at every performance of ALLEGIANCE...
- Lin-Manuel Miranda's HAMILTON behind-the-scenes book is off to the printer!
- We got a first look (right) at Ralph Fiennes in THE MASTER BUILDER, vintage glamour shots of off-Broadway's THE 39 STEPS, and a sneak peek at Jane Lynch in CBS's ANGEL FROM HELL!
- HAMLET, starring David Tennant, and more are set for the Barbican's 'RSC Shakespeare on Screen' film series.
- Plus, BWW is kicking off New Year's week celebrating the musicals and plays of 2015, and be sure to read Michael Dale's feature on the hot-button theatre topics of this year!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 42 and cloudy for the start of your New Year's week.
Quote of the Day: A word from birthday boy Malcolm Gets...
"Once you have a central character who announces in the first five minutes of the show that he feels whooped by life and that he's had enough, I'm in. I'm hooked."
-- Malcolm Gets (via BrainyQuote)
What we're listening to: Tony winner John Gallagher Jr.'s new single from his album DANGEROUS STRANGERS!
Video of the Day: Watch the cast of THE FIRST NOEL bring holiday spirit to this weekend's #Ham4Ham!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Maggie Smith, who turns 81 today!
Dame Maggie Smith was last seen on Broadway in LETTICE AND LOVAGE, which won her a Tony Award in 1990. Before that, she starred in NIGHT AND DAY, PRIVATE LIVES and NEW FACES OF 1956. For her work on the London stage, she was won five Best Actress Evening Standard Awards for THE PRIVATE EAR AND THE PUBLIC EYE, HEDDA GABLER, VIRGINIA, THE WAY OF THE WORLD and THREE TALL WOMEN. The actress has also appeared in the West End in A DELICATE BALANCE and THE BREATH OF LIFE, and in Stratford Shakespeare Festival's ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA and MACBETH. Among her more than 50 film credits are her Oscar-nominated roles in OTHELLO, TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT, A ROOM WITH A VIEW and GOSFORD PARK, her Oscar-winning turns in THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE and CALIFORNIA SUITE. More recently, she has starred on the silver screen in SISTER ACT, THE FIRST WIVES CLUB, THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, the HARRY POTTER series, and in the TV drama DOWNTON ABBEY. This year, she played 'Miss Mary Shepherd' in THE LADY IN THE VAN.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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