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WAKE UP with BWW 2/13/2015 - THE LAST FIVE YEARS, ON THE 20TH CENTURY, Valentine's Day and More!
By: Jessica Showers Feb. 13, 2015
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY begins tonight, THE LAST FIVE YEARS movie debuts and Broadway's THE AUDIENCE starts on Valentine's Day!
We couldn't resist Jeremy Jordan's yawning face to get you up and at 'em this morning... Not only is his beautiful self gracing the big screen, but he'll also be leading PARADE at Lincoln Center on Monday!
Photo by Walter McBride
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP ITEMS:
- ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, starring Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher, starts previews tonight!
- THE LAST FIVE YEARS film, starring Jeremy Jordan and Anna Kendrick, hits theaters today!
- And THE AUDIENCE with Helen Mirren begins performances this Saturday.
- Plus, Saturday is Valentine's Day - take your sweetheart or your friends out for a night at the theatre!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Disney's FROZEN could hit the stage by 2017, directed by Alex Timbers!
- Lena Hall, Mario Cantone, Norm Lewis and more have signed on for BROADWAY BACKWARDS!
- Emma Thompson is in talks to play 'Mrs. Potts' in the live-action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST...
- We got a first look (right) at ONE DAY off-Broadway, plus Kerry Ellis as 'Grizabella' in London's CATS!
- Judith Light is set for a reading of WONDERFUL - A NEW PLAY...
- Arena Stage's 2015-16 season will feature Pasek & Paul's DEAR EVAN HANSEN and more.
- Plus, tons of news from the West End! Lily James & Richard Madden will star in Kenneth Branagh's ROMEO AND JULIET; Jennifer Coolidge has joined FOLLIES in Concert; Kate Fleetwood will lead HIGH SOCIETY; and THE AUDIENCE has started assembling its Prime Ministers!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Sunny with a high of 23 degrees today, with snow on Saturday and some flurries on Sunday!
Quote of the Day: A word from THE LAST FIVE YEARS star Anna Kendrick...
"An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition."
-- Anna Kendrick (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: Do you have to ask? THE LAST FIVE YEARS movie, out in theaters and on demand today!
Video of the Day: In case you couldn't get enough of Anna Kendrick, watch her sing with Conan!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Stockard Channing, who turns 71 today!
Six-time Tony nominee Channing is currently starring on Broadway in It's Only a Play. Among her other Broadway credits are Other Desert Cities, Pal Joey, The Lion in Winter, The Little Foxes, Four Baboons Adoring the Sun, Six Degrees of Separation, Love Letters, The House of Blue Leaves, Joe Egg (which won her a 1985 Tony Award), The Golden Age, The Rink, They're Playing Our Song, No Hard Feelings and Two Gentlemen of Verona. The actress is also known for her portrayal of 'First Lady Abbey Bartlet' on The West Wing and for playing 'Betty Rizzo' in the Grease movie, as well as her performance in the film version of Six Degrees of Separation, which earned her an Oscar nomination. She also recently starred on TV in The Good Wife.
and Maulik Pancholy in IT'S ONLY A PLAY.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early on Monday, BroadwayWorld!
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