WAKE UP with BWW 1/6/2016 - SKELETON CREW, UNDER THE RADAR & More!
By: Jessica Khan Jan. 06, 2016
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: SKELETON CREW begins off-Broadway and The Public's UNDER THE RADAR gets underway!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Dominique Morisseau's SKELETON CREW starts previews tonight at Atlantic Theater.
- GUYS AND DOLLS opens in the West End this evening...
- And The Public Theater's UNDER THE RADAR festival launches today!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- The 2016 Tonys calendar is set!
- After the HAMILTON digital lottery crashed yesterday, today's will be live as the kinks are worked out.
- DISASTER! has found its full Broadway company, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson's FULLY COMMITTED announced its complete creative team!
- CLEVER LITTLE LIES will close early off-Broadway.
- We got a first look (right) at NFL legend Eddie George in Broadway's CHICAGO!
- Chester Gregory is joining the MOTOWN THE MUSICAL tour as Berry Gordy.
- THE WIZ LIVE's Derek McLane is among the nominees for the 20th Art Directors Guild Awards...
- LES MIZ star Samantha Barks is set to star in the movie musical adaptation of STRIKE!
- And RUNAWAYS composer Liz Swados has passed away at 64...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 41 degrees and sunny today!
Quote of the Day: A word from birthday boy Eddie Redmayne...
"Listen, acting is not surgery, it's entertainment. You're doing something to hopefully move people, to make them laugh, to transport them. But actors are vulnerable, and the reason we're vulnerable is that we're always trying to recreate human behaviour."
-- Eddie Redmayne (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: Brynn O'Malley's guest appearance on NBC's MYSTERIES OF LAURA tonight!
Video of the Day: Watch Anthony Warlow bring "Tradition" to Oz with the Australian cast of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Eddie Redmayne, who turns 34 today!
Redmayne last appeared on Broadway in RED, for which he won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. The following year, he starred in RICHARD II at the Donmar Warehouse. Among his past London theatre credits include NOW OR LATER at the Royal Court, HECUBA at Donmar, THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA? at the Almeida, MASTER HAROLD...AND THE BOYS at Everyman, TWELFTH NIGHT at Shakespeare's Globe and OLIVER! at the London Palladium. The actor is well known for his role as 'Marius' in Tom Hooper's 2012 film adaptation of LES MISERABLES and recently won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and a SAG Award for portraying Stephen Hawking in THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING. He has also appeared on the big screen in JUPITER ASCENDING, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE and more. Redmayne will soon be seen in Hooper's film THE DANISH GIRL, as well as the Harry Potter spin-off movie FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM.
Photo by Michael Yada.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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