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WAKE UP with BWW 2/5/2015 - Off-Broadway Extravaganza - TEXAS IN PARIS, 'LOVE & SEX', 'KILL ME' and More!
By: Jessica Showers Feb. 05, 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: Off-Broadway is teeming with new shows, including TEXAS IN PARIS, THE MYSTERY OF LOVE AND SEX, KILL ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- York Theatre Company's TEXAS IN PARIS opens this evening, while Anton Dudley's CITY OF opens tonight at Playwrights Realm!
- Diane Lane and Tony Shalhoub lead LCT's THE MYSTERY OF LOVE AND SEX, starting tonight!
- Stolen Chair's KILL ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT, starring Nathan Darrow, begins previews off-Broadway...
- After a delay, Signature Theatre's BIG LOVE gets underway tonight, and Labyrinth Theater's THE INSURGENTS starts up off-Broadway.
- Laura Osnes and Ryan Silverman star in workshops of SOMEWHERE IN TIME today and tomorrow!
- And 'HUNCHBACK' stars Patrick Page, Ciara Renee and more come to BROADWAY SESSIONS...
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Christopher Ashley will direct a spring lab of Kitt & Yorkey's FREAKY FRIDAY musical!
- Despite rumors of a Broadway transfer, HAMILTON has extended again at the Public...
- We got a first look (right) at Patti LuPone in LA Opera's GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES, plus a peek at Encores! LADY, BE GOOD!
- THE TOXIC AVENGER, led by Constantine Maroulis, could be coming to Broadway this year!
- TOP HAT, with a new book, is getting a developmental lab in NYC this summer.
- Symphony Space's 2015 Gala, hosted by Danny Burstein, will honor Harold Prince.
- Lisa D'Amour and Heidi Schreck are among the finalists for this year's Susan Smith Blackburn Prize...
- And the 2015 Drama Desk Awards will be held at the Town Hall in May!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Snow off and on this morning with sunshine later; high of 31 degrees.
Quote of the Day: A word from birthday boy Darren Criss...
"I always shoot for the moon in my work, so that I'm happy when I land on the roof."
-- Darren Criss (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: The new WNET series 66TH & BROADWAY, premiering tonight on THIRTEEN! Get a sneak peek below...
Video of the Day: The first promo for the Broadway-bound FIRST WIVES CLUB musical!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Darren Criss, who turns 28 today!
Criss last appeared on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in 2012. He rose to fame as 'Harry Potter' in StarKid Productions' musical spoof A Very Potter Musical in Chicago before landing the role of 'Blaine Anderson' in FOX's musical dramedy series GLEE. Criss made his big screen debut in Girl Most Likely and has since lent his voice to the animated films The Wind Rises and The Tale of The Princess Kaguya. He is also in the process of recording a full-length solo album.
Photo courtesy FOX.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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