WAKE UP with BWW 12/9/2015 - Pinkins, McArdle, Broadbent and More!
By: Jessica Khan Dec. 09, 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: Off-Broadway is packed with opening shows, WICKED welcomes new faces on tour, Jim Broadbent takes on 'Scrooge' and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Tonya Pinkins takes the lead in 'MOTHER COURAGE', beginning this evening at Classic Stage, while Andrea McArdle stars in the new comedy 2 ACROSS, opening tonight off-Broadway!
- ELF THE MUSICAL returns to New York City tonight at Madison Square Garden.
- The WICKED tour welcomes a new Elphaba, Glinda, Nessarose and Boq tonight in St. Louis...
- Jim Broadbent stars in A CHRISTMAS CAROL, opening tonight in the West End!
- And be sure to set your DVR! NBC airs a one-hour special on THE ILLUSIONISTS.
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- HAMILTON will play an open-ended run in Chicago!
- GOTTA DANCE! will bow on Broadway this coming fall.
- Abigail Breslin will star in ABC's musical remake DIRTY DANCING!
- We got a look (right) at Wayne Brady and more in BC/EFA's GYPSY OF THE YEAR, plus a peek at Roundabout's THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER reading, and Lin-Manuel Miranda and more at the KENNEDY CENTER HONORS!
- And Eve Plumb has signed on for FOX's GREASE LIVE! as the T-Birds' shop teacher...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 54 degrees and partly cloudy for your hump day!
Quote of the Day: A word from birthday girl Judi Dench...
"I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it." - Judi Dench (via BrainyQuote)
What we're looking forward to listening to: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME cast album, now available for pre-order!
What we can't stop watching: WICKED's Rachel Tucker and Kara Lindsay singing a folk duet of "I'm Not That Girl" for the #OutofOz series!
Video of the Day: Watch the stars of KINKY BOOTS and HAMILTON rap battle it out at BC/EFA's GYPSY OF THE YEAR!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Judi Dench, who turns 81 today!
Dame Judi Dench is currently starring in THE WINTER'S TALE as part of Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company's inaugural season and last appeared in the West End in PETER AND ALICE. Before that, she took the Broadway stage in INTO THE WOODS, AMY'S VIEW (which won her a Tony in 1999), KING HENRY V and TWELFTH NIGHT. Among her other London credits are A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, THE GOOD COMPANIONS and CABARET. She has won six Olivier Awards. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company and her career has encompassed award-winning work for the RSC and National Theatre as well as a glittering screen career. Her film roles include Queen Victoria in MRS BROWN, M in the Bond series, Elizabeth I in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, for which she won an Oscar, and lauded portrayals in CHOCOLAT, IRIS, MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS, NOTES ON A SCANDAL and PHILOMENA.
Photo by Catherine Ashmore.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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