WAKE UP with BWW 1/29/2015 - GIGI, A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, STARCATCHER and More!
By: Jessica Showers Jan. 29, 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: GIGI opens in D.C., Peter Dinklage and Taylor Schilling take to the stage, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER heads off on another adventure and more!
Next up in our series of stars introducing BWW's morning feature is Conor Ryan (portrait by Walter McBride), star of Keen Company's upcoming JOHN & JEN revival. Ryan last appeared on Broadway in CINDERELLA.
Photo by Walter McBride
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- The Broadway-bound GIGI, starring Vanessa Hudgens, opens tonight in Washington, D.C.
- GAME OF THRONES' Peter Dinklage and OITNB's Taylor Schilling lead A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, opening tonight off-Broadway!
- Kyle Taylor Parker steps into Lola's KINKY BOOTS on Broadway tonight!
- Hampstead Theatre's DI AND VIV AND ROSE opens in the West End this evening...
- The new tour of PETER AND THE STAR CATCHER launches today in Connecticut.
- And the companies of Encores! LADY BE GOOD and Broadway's ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY meet the press today, so stay tuned for photos!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- We got a first look (right) at the new TUCK EVERLASTING musical, plus GIGI in D.C., Carly Hughes in CHICAGO (here), and HAMILTON at the Public!
- Chazz Palminteri will star in a reading of the Broadway-hopeful BREAKING BOBBY STONE.
- The West End's KING CHARLES III could be heading to Broadway this fall...
- Geoffrey Rush will officially play OLIVER! composer Lionel Bart in the biopic CONSIDER YOURSELF!
- Brian d'Arcy James, Stephanie J. Block, Montego Glover and more will appear in the NY Pops' 2015-16 season.
- And 82-year-old Tony winner Joel Grey has come out as gay!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy with a high of 34 - enjoy the lack of snow while it lasts!
Quote of the Day: A word from advice guru and birthday girl Oprah...
"Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you."
-- Oprah Winfrey (via BrainyQuote)
Video of the Day: BWW's exclusive footage of the full 15-minute musical DR. WILLIAMS from ONE NIGHT STAND, starring Cheyenne Jackson and Jesse Tyler Ferguson!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Oprah Winfrey, who turns 61 today!
Winfrey last produced The Color Purple on Broadway in 2005; the production was nominated for a 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical. The actress has it in her sights to lead Tony Kushner's new version of The Visit on the Great White Way soon. Before creating her own TV channel (OWN), Winfrey hosted The Oprah Winfrey Show daytime talk show from 1986 to 2011. She recently appeared on the big screen in the MLK biopic Selma, as well as Lee Daniels' The Butler. Winfrey was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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