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WAKE UP with BWW 12/8/2015 - Turner as 'Scrooge', PLAID TIDINGS, Brian Friel and More!
By: Jessica Khan Dec. 08, 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: Kathleen Turner makes history as 'Scrooge', PLAID TIDINGS starts off-Broadway, Broadway dims its lights for Brian Friel and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Kathleen Turner stars as 'Scrooge' in A CHRISTMAS CAROL tonight at The Greene Space!
- Beahen, Luaces, McCarthy & Zuerlein lead York's PLAID TIDINGS, starting tonight.
- Peccadillo opens A WILDER CHRISTMAS; NYT Folksbiene hosts a gala performance of THE GOLDEN BRIDE.
- Deaf West's SPRING AWAKENING revival will be taped tonight for the Lincoln Center Archives!
- And Broadway dims its marquees tonight in honor of Tony-winning playwright Brian Friel.
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- SCHOOL OF ROCK will travel to the West End in 2016, with a US tour the following year!
- Chuck Cooper, LaChanze, Norm Lewis and more will star in Encores! CABIN IN THE SKY.
- WHORL INSIDE A LOOP could be heading to Broadway...
- Jackie Burns, Tamyra Gray and Matthew Hydzik will join Anthony Rapp on the IF/THEN tour, while the WICKED tour has found its new Elphaba, Glinda, Nessarose and Boq!
- We got a first look (right) at David Bowie's LAZARUS (which also announced a final extension), plus a peek at ALADDIN in Hamburg!
- THE WIZ LIVE's Queen Latifah will lead Lee Daniels' music pilot for FOX, Dick Van Dyke will host ABC's broadcast of MARY POPPINS, and Shear, Pasek & Paul are working on a new musical series for NBC...
- And HAMILTON, FUN HOME and THE KING AND I are among this year's GRAMMY nominees!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 49 degrees and partly cloudy today. Layer it up in style!
What we're watching: SNL's hilarious parody of THE WIZ LIVE!
Video of the Day: Watch Andrew Samonsky perform "Wondering" in THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY tour!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Graciela Daniele, who turns 76 today!
Ten-time Tony nominated choreographer and director Graciela Daniele last worked on Broadway's THE VISIT, starring Chita Rivera. Among her past credits are PAL JOEY, THE PIRATE QUEEN, CHITA RIVERA: THE DANCER'S LIFE, MARIE CRISTINE, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, RAGTIME, CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD, THE GOODBYE GIRL, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, DANGEROUS GAMES, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, THE RINK, ZORBA, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THE MOST HAPPY FELLA and A HISTORY OF AMERICAN FILM. She performed and acted as dance captain in CHICAGO and also appeared onstage in FOLLIES (in which she assisted Michael Bennett), COCO, PROMISES, PROMISES, HERE'S WHERE I BELONG and WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN? Daniele has worked with Woody Allen on three films, MIGHTY APHRODITE, EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU and BULLETS OVER BROADWAY. She has also choreographed for Ballet Hispanico and served as a director-in-residence at Lincoln Center.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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