WAKE UP with BWW 3/3/2016 - FAMILIAR, IRONBOUND, SCHOOL OF ROCK in San Fran & More!

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: FAMILIAR opens off-Broadway, SCHOOL OF ROCK hits the West Coast and more!

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- FAMILIAR with Tamara Tunie opens at Playwrights Horizons, and RED SPEEDO bows at NYTW!
- Marin Ireland stars in the NY premiere of IRONBOUND, beginning tonight off-Broadway...
- SCHOOL OF ROCK gets its first youth production in San Francisco.
- And the company of WAITRESS meets the press, so stay tuned for coverage!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Alysha Umphress and more will star in Paper Mill's PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES this spring!
- ON YOUR FEET! just recorded a cast album!
- HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD is sticking to the stage.
- Sheridan Smith has been absent from FUNNY GIRL due to a family emergency...
- We got a look (right) at Uzo Aduba and more celebrating THE MAIDS' opening across the pond.
- A revamped GHOST is set to launch a UK tour in August, and SIDE SHOW will make its London debut at Southwark Playhouse this fall!
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Laura Osnes & Montego Glover have joined the NY Pops' 33rd birthday gala.
- The new Steve Jobs musical THE CRAZY ONES will debut this month at Feinstein's/54 Below.
- MODERN FAMILY star Sarah Hyland is the latest to board ABC's DIRTY DANCING remake!
- And Broadway musical director Jack F. Lee has passed away at 86...

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 40 degrees and partly cloudy today, with a chance of snow late tonight.

Quote of the Day: A word from FAMILIAR star Tamara Tunie...

"I truly believe that when a person makes a concrete decision and takes action towards a goal that they've set, that the universe will step in and provide opportunities."
-- Tamara Tunie (via BrainyQuote)

What we're watching: Broadway's FIDDLER ON THE ROOF cast performing with Stephen Colbert on THE LATE SHOW!