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WAKE UP with BWW 1/26/2015 - Jim Dale at the Hall of Fame, APPLICATION PENDING and More!
By: Jessica Showers Jan. 26, 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: Two awards ceremonies are held today, YouTube star Christina Bianco leads APPLICATION PENDING off-Broadway, and a slew of concerts spread across the city!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Jim Dale hosts the 2015 Theater Hall of Fame ceremony tonight, while Rob McClure presents the Clive Barnes Awards!
- APPLICATION PENDING, starring Christina Bianco, begins previews off-Broadway!
- Jason Robert Brown performs at SubCulture this evening, and BROADWAY UNPLUGGED welcomes SIDE SHOW's Erin Davie and Emily Padgett to Town Hall...
- THE BOOK OF MORMON's Gavin Creel gets a noisey welcome home at Joe's Pub tonight!
- The cast of IF/THEN performs tunes by Kitt & Yorkey tonight at 54 Below.
- And the new musical A TASTE OF CHOCOLATE gets NYC readings this week!
NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- Sills, Chlumsky, Hammond and Robertson will star alongside Renée Fleming in LIVING ON LOVE!
- Two-time Olivier nominee Scarlett Strallen will join 'A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE' on Broadway.
- Tim Minchin's GROUNDHOG DAY musical is aiming for a 2016 debut at the Old Vic!
- In other West End news, Lara Pulver and Peter Davison have boarded GYPSY, MADE IN DAGENHAM will close in April, and we got a first look (right) at SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE!
- INTO THE WOODS is now the No. 6 highest grossing movie musical in history!
- Norm Lewis and Danny Holgate will be honored at Amas Musical Theatre's 46th Anniversary Gala.
- Stage and screen star Alec Baldwin is writing a memoir...
- The 2015 Artios Awards were held on Friday - check out photos and the winners list!
- And see the list of Broadway stars topping this year's SAG Awards; plus check out the winners of the 2015 Producer's Guild Awards!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Steady snow all day with a high around 30 degrees. Stay safe and warm, everyone - Winter Storm Juno is headed to NYC this week!
Quote of the Day: A word from tonight's awards ceremony host and stage vet Jim Dale...
"I'm still a kid inside, and adventure is adventure wherever you find it."
-- Jim Dale (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: MATILDA composer/lyricist Tim Minchin's solo concert DVDs, out now in the U.S.!
Video of the Day: Watch Jessica Lange perform David Bowie's "Heroes" on AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Celia Keenan-Bolger, who turns 37 today!
Tony nominee Keenan-Bolger last appeared on Broadway in 2014's The Glass Menagerie, which earned her a Drama Desk Award. Before that, she led Peter and the Starcatcher, Les Miserables and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Among her off-Broadway credits are The Oldest Boy, A Small Fire, Bachelorette, Saved, Little Fish and Summer of '42.
Photo by T. Charles Erickson
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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