WAKE UP with BWW 2/19/2015 - ONE DAY, THE NOMAD and More!
By: Jessica Showers Feb. 19, 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: ONE DAY opens tonight, Tony winner Elizabeth Swados' THE NOMAD begins at the Flea and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- The new rock musical ONE DAY opens off-Broadway tonight!
- Elizabeth Swados & Erin Courtney's new musical THE NOMAD begins tonight at The Flea.
- Lincoln Center Education is hosting a panel on theatre and autism today...
- And be sure to don your best goth or steampunk garb and head over to NEVERMORE tonight!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE winner Ricky Ubeda will board Broadway's ON THE TOWN next week!
- Duncan Sheik's new musical WHISPER HOUSE will be workshopped in Boston this week...
- Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will voice roles in the NEW YORK SPRING SPECTACULAR!
- We got a look (right) at the cast of FINDING NEVERLAND posing for Vogue!
- Joe Iconis' DIARY OF A WIMPY KID musical will premiere at CTC in Minneapolis next spring...
- And Amazon has renewed MOZART IN THE JUNGLE with Bernadette Peters for a second season!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Windy and partly cloudy with a high of 25 degrees.
Quote of the Day: A word on comedy from new SPRING SPECTACULAR star Tina Fey...
"When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real."
-- Tina Fey (via BrainyQuote)
What we're looking forward to listening to: The 50th Anniversary SOUND OF MUSIC vinyl edition with Julie Andrews, out next month!
Video of the Day: Jeremy Jordan performing "Moving Too Fast" from THE LAST FIVE YEARS yesterday morning on GMA!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Hugh Panaro, who turns 51 today!
Panaro is best known for starring in the title role in Broadway's Phantom of the Opera several times since 1999. He is also one of the few actors to play both Raoul (1991) and the Phantom. Before he joined Phantom, Panaro played 'Marius' in Broadway's Les Miserables. He has also appeared on the Great White Way in Lestat, Side Show, Show Boat (also in the West End) and The Red Shoes. Panaro also took the stage in New York productions of Call Me Madam and Merrily We Roll Along, as well as Mack and Mabel with the Rockettes. Regionally, Panaro has appeared in 5th Avenue Theatre's Sunday in the Park with George, Walnut Street's Oliver! and Les Miserables at The Muny.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!