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WAKE UP with BWW 2/18/2015 - CHURCHILL and VERITE Off-Broadway!
By: Jessica Showers Feb. 18, 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: CHURCHILL and VERITÉ open off-Broadway tonight and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Ronald Keaton's CHURCHILL opens off-Broadway tonight!
- PITCH PERFECT star Anna Camp leads LCT3's VERITÉ, opening tonight.
- Joanna Gleason and more join in concert at 54 Below this evening...
- And PETER PAN LIVE!'s Allison Williams comes to the 92Y tonight!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- GLEE star Darren Criss will be Broadway's next HEDWIG!
- Sally Struthers, Annie Golden and Mary Testa are set for York's CHEER WARS readings.
- We got a first look (right) at JOHN & JEN; new shots from Miranda's HAMILTON; Lane & Shalhoub in THE MYSTERY OF LOVE & SEX; plus a peek at Evan Rachel Wood in FTR: DEAR JOHN HUGHES!
- The hunt is on for angels to join Jim Parsons in Broadway's AN ACT OF GOD...
- THE 39 STEPS is returning to New York for an open-ended run off-Broadway!
- Speaking of off-Broadway, we got a look at pics from ABUNDANCE and FASHIONS FOR MEN (here).
- Vanessa Redgrave is set for Rattlestick's LAST TRAIN TO PARIS reading...
- And WICKED's Christine Dwyer will lead MURDER BALLAD in D.C. this spring!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Mostly cloudy -- with possible snow flurries -- and a high of 33 degrees. Middle-of-the-road for the middle of the week!
Quote of the Day: In honor of CHURCHILL's opening tonight, a word from the leader himself...
"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential."
-- Winston Churchill (via BrainyQuote)
Video of the Day: A new music video featuring Tam Mutu (as Yurii Zhivago) and Kelli Barrett (as Lara) performing "Now" from Broadway's DOCTOR ZHIVAGO!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Christopher Sieber, who turns 46 today!
Sieber, a two-time Tony Award nominee who currently stars as 'Miss Trunchbull' in Broadway's Matilda, has also appeared on the Great White Way in Pippin, La Cage aux Folles, Shrek the Musical, Spamalot, Into the Woods, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Triumph of Love, Chicago and Beauty and the Beast. He has also taken the stage off-Broadway in The Kid, Avow and The Boys in the Band. The actor has starred on TV in the series Two of a Kind with the Olsen Twins and It's All Relative, with appearances on Pushing Daisies, Sex and the City, Elementary and The Good Wife.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!