WAKE UP with BWW 3/6/2015 - 17 AGAIN, SWITZERLAND, THE AUDIENCE and More!
By: Jessica Showers Mar. 06, 2015
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: Darren Criss is 17 AGAIN, Laura Linney leads SWITZERLAND in LA, and THE LIQUID PLAIN and THE AUDIENCE open this weekend!
Next up in our series of stars introducing BWW's morning feature is Patrick Page (portrait by Walter McBride), star of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at Paper Mill, who has appeared on Broadway in CASA VALENTINA, A TIME TO KILL, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, SPIDER-MAN, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, THE GRINCH, JULIUS CAESAR, THE LION KING, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and more!
Photo by Walter McBride
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP ITEMS:
- Darren Criss leads a reading of the new 17 AGAIN musical adaptation today!
- Laura Linney and Seth Numrich star in SWITZERLAND, beginning tonight at the Geffen.
- THE ORIGINALIST starts performances at Arena Stage, and George Street's BUYER & CELLAR, starring John Tartaglia, opens tonight!
- Signature's THE LIQUID PLAIN opens off-Broadway this weekend.
- And THE AUDIENCE with Helen Mirren opens on Broadway this Sunday!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Anna Chlumsky are hosting the 2015 Lucille Lortel Awards!
- MCC Theater has added Halley Feiffer's 'A FUNNY THING...' to its 2015-16 season.
- Benjamin Scheuer's THE LION will launch a national tour this fall!
- Kelli O'Hara, Blythe Danner and more will tribute Polly Bergen this month...
- Carol Burnett is coming to Staten Island this spring, and ALADDIN's James Monroe Iglehart will perform at 54 Below in May.
- We got a peek at the first poster (right) for AMERICAN BUFFALO in the West End!
- Speaking of London, NEWSIES is eyeing a run across the pond in a couple of years...
- Mark Rylance is bringing FARINELLI AND THE KING to the West End.
- And BIRDMAN's Andrea Riseborough will lead AS YOU LIKE IT at the National this fall!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Sunny today with a high of 29 degrees. And the sunshine continues this weekend with highs in the 40s!
Quote of the Day: A word from SWITZERLAND's Laura Linney...
"I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking what's universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No matter where you are, certain things unite everybody."
-- Laura Linney (via BrainyQuote)
Video of the Day: Watch a new promo for Broadway's AN AMERICAN IN PARIS!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Stephen Schwartz, who turns 67 today!
The Tony nominated composer/lyricist has written for Broadway's Pippin, Godspell, Wicked, Fosse, Rags, Working, The Magic Show and Butterflies Are Free, as well as Children of Eden, Captain Louie, and the upcoming Houdini musical. He has also penned lyrics for the films Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (currently in musical form at Paper Mill Playhouse), The Prince of Egypt and Enchanted.
Photo by Jessica Fallon Gordon
See you bright and early on Monday, BroadwayWorld!