WAKE UP with BWW 4/20/2015 - LIVING ON LOVE, Easter Bonnet, Outer Critics Circle Noms and More!
By: Jessica Showers Apr. 20, 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: LIVING ON LOVE opens on Broadway, this year's Easter Bonnet Competition heats up, and the 2015 Outer Critics Circle noms will be announced!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- LIVING ON LOVE opens on Broadway tonight - check back for our live Review Roundup!
- BC/EFA's EASTER BONNET competition kicks off today with a slew of stars...
- Raul Esparza and Katie Finneran will announce the 2015 Outer Critics Circle nominees this morning!
- And Alan Cumming hosts PS122's 2015 gala, honoring Claire Danes and more this evening.
NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- Derek Klena and Taylor Louderman might be the stars of the new MAGIC MIKE musical...
- Jenn Colella, Chad Kimball, Rodney Hicks and more will lead the new musical COME FROM AWAY at La Jolla.
- We got a first look (right) at Christine Baranski in rehearsal for FOLLIES in concert at Royal Albert Hall!
- First Lady Michelle Obama visited HAMILTON.
- Thom Sesma, J. Elaine Marcos & Bie Sukrit have joined Emily Padgett in the world premiere of WATERFALL!
- The Old Globe will present works from Flaherty, Gattelli, Hwang, LaChiusa and more for its 2015-16 season...
- And Second Stage has finally closed on Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Windy with heavy rain and thunder possible this morning. High of 62 degrees.
Quote of the Day: In honor of LIVING ON LOVE's opening, a word from leading lady Renée Fleming...
"I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks."
-- Renee Fleming (via BrainyQuote)
Video of the Day: In case you missed it on Friday - watch HAMILTON pay homage to A CHORUS LINE on the musical's 40th anniversary (and see photos here)!
Couldn't be with us for the 40th Anniversary tribute to A Chorus Line after last night's performance of Hamilton? We've got you covered - enjoy our celebration of this 'one singular sensation'!
Posted by The Public Theater on Friday, April 17, 2015
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Billy Magnussen, who turns 30 today!
Magnussen, who recently starred as 'Rapunzel's Prince' in the Into the Woods film adaptation, last appeared on Broadway in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which earned him a Tony nomination in 2013. He made his debut on the Great White Way in The Ritz in 2007. Among his TV credits are The Good Wife, The Divide, Boardwalk Empire, CSI and more, and his upcoming big screen projects include The Great Gilly Hopkins and Bridge of Spies.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!