WAKE UP with BWW 3/4/2015 - 'HUNCHBACK' Swings Into Paper Mill and More!
By: Jessica Showers Mar. 04, 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: 'HUNCHBACK' swings into New Jersey and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME begins tonight at Paper Mill!
- JERRY'S GIRLS opens this evening in London, with BE BOP A LULA! beginning in the West End, and A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE launching its UK tour!
- And the company of CLINTON THE MUSICAL meets the press today, so stay tuned for photos!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Cirque du Soleil is looking for a permanent home on Broadway!
- HAMILTON has unveiled (right) its Broadway artwork...
- Oprah turned down a Broadway debut in 'NIGHT, MOTHER.
- The 'GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE' tour kicks off in Chicago this fall!
- Mary-Louise Parker and Kenneth Welsh are set to star in HEISENBERG at MTC!
- Amy Morton will helm Rajiv Joseph's GUARDS AT THE TAJ at the Atlantic.
- Ashford & Simpson's INVISIBLE LIFE musical will premiere in NYC this summer...
- HEDWIG's Lena Hall leads readings of the new play CEDAR STREET this week.
- We got a peek at Nettles & Hughes in CHICAGO, plus highlights from BEAUTIFUL in the West End and Broadway's FISH IN THE DARK!
- The new WAITRESS musical could be coming to Broadway after its run at A.R.T. ...
- And ANTIGONE with Juliette Binoche is set for Kennedy Center's 2015-16 season!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Cloudy with occasional rain. High of 43 degrees. Sounds a little bit like spring?
Quote of the Day: A word from 'HUNCHBACK' lyricist Stephen Schwartz...
"I wouldn't do a project if it weren't a story I wanted to tell. That's rewarding in itself, as a writer, if you're working on a story that you enjoy telling."
-- Stephen Schwartz (via BrainyQuote)
What we're listening to: ABC's GALAVANT soundtrack, out now!
Video of the Day: Watch the first trailer for the film adaptation of THE LADY IN THE VAN, starring Maggie Smith!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Steven Weber, who turns 54 today!
Weber last appeared on Broadway in 2009's The Philanthropist. Before that, he starred in The Producers, Loot, Home Front and The Real Thing. The actor also appeared off-Broadway in Come Back, Little Sheba. Among Weber's many small screen credits are Helix, Chasing Life, NCIS: New Orleans, Murder in the First, Dallas, Wilfred, Falling Skies, Happy Town, Brothers & Sisters, Without a Trace, Studio 60, Monk, Wings and more.
Photo by Tibrina Hobson
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!