WAKE UP with BWW 2/11/2016 - SMART PEOPLE, Birbiglia Off-Broadway, MOTOWN in London and More!
By: Jessica Khan Feb. 11, 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: SMART PEOPLE and Mike Birbiglia bow off-Broadway, MOTOWN heads to London and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- SMART PEOPLE opens tonight at Second Stage!
- Comedian Mike Birbiglia brings THANK GOD FOR JOKES off-Broadway.
- MOTOWN THE MUSICAL starts previews in the West End.
- Audra McDonald is among the lineup for Lincoln Center's American Songbook Gala honoring Lorne Michaels...
- And the company of Cirque du Soleil's PARAMOUR meets the press, so stay tuned for coverage!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Aaron Sorkin is adapting TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD for Broadway!
- WICKED will become Broadway's 10th longest-running show on Sunday.
- We got a look (right) at SHAPING SOUND at the Beacon, highlights from A BRONX TALE and Encores! CABIN IN THE SKY (here), plus a peek at FIDDLER ON THE ROOF in the recording studio, and shots of NELL GWYNN, starring Gemma Arterton in London!
- John Rando is set to direct a new reading of THE STING...
- Tracy Letts' SUPERIOR DONUTS is being adapted for CBS.
- And you can guess Paper Mill's upcoming season by following the hints!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 31 and cloudy for your Thursday.
Quote of the Day: A word from comedian Mike Birbiglia, headed off-Broadway tonight...
"With a monologue, you can be unendingly elliptical."
-- Mike Birbiglia (via BrainyQuote)
What we're looking forward to reading: The script for HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, set for release on Harry Potter's birthday this summer!
What we can't wait to listen to: The AMERICAN PSYCHO London Cast Recording, out this March!
What we're itching to watch: Sutton Foster in Netflix's GILMORE GIRLS revival. Get ready with a clip of the actress in BUNHEADS below!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Brandy Norwood, who turns 37 today!
Brandy made her Broadway debut last year as 'Roxie Hart' in the long-running hit CHICAGO. She signed with Atlantic Records in 1994 and released her self-titled debut album the following year. Her second CD, NEVER SAY NEVER, sold 16 million copies and earned Brandy her first GRAMMY Award. She went on to release FULL MOON and APHRODISIAC in the early 2000s and served as a judge on the first season of AMERICA'S GOT TALENT. Her most recent album, TWO ELEVEN, hit the shelves in 2012. Among her TV credits are MOESHA and the TV movie adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA opposite Jason Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg and Whitney Houston, DROP DEAD DIVA and THE GAME, as well as the BET new sitcom ZOE EVER AFTER.
Photo by Jeremy Daniel
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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