WAKE UP with BWW 4/29/2015 - Criss in HEDWIG, McDonald at Carnegie and More!
By: Jessica Showers Apr. 29, 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: Broadway gets a new HEDWIG, Audra lights up Carnegie Hall and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Darren Criss gets gussied up for Broadway's HEDWIG tonight!
- Audra McDonald brings her Tony-winning prowess to Carnegie Hall this evening...
- PERMISSION, starring Justin Bartha and Elizabeth Reaser, begins performances off-Broadway!
- And Tony Sheldon, Emily Padgett and Adam Kantor are among the lineup for G'DAY BROADWAY at the Metropolitan Room.
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- The 2015 Tony Award nominations were announced (click here for a show-by-show tally), and Alan Cumming & Kristin Chenoweth will be hosting this year's ceremony!
- We got a peek at Bruce Willis & Mary-Louise Parker making the big announcement.
- LIVING ON LOVE is set to close on Broadway this weekend...
- Julie Andrews will present Tony Walton with the 2015 Goodspeed Musicals Award!
- We got a first look (right) at Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in the new MACBETH film, plus shots from IMMEDIATE FAMILY (here), helmed by Phylicia Rashad in LA!
- And stage vet Lea DeLaria was promoted to series regular for ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK season 4.
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 74 and mostly sunny! Are we finally done with all the rain? Fingers crossed!
Quote of the Day: A word from Broadway's newest HEDWIG, Darren Criss...
"...I'm a believer that there's artistry in everything from a lawn gnome to a desk chair to a symphony to an Andy Warhol painting. There's art in absolutely everything."
-- Darren Criss (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: Broadway's ROMEO & JULIET, starring Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad, out now on DVD!
Video of the Day: See INTO THE WOODS co-stars Billy Magnussen and MacKenzie Mauzy in a short film for Shakespeare's SONNET 108!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Kate Mulgrew, who hits the big 6-0 today!
Mulgrew, well known for her role as 'Red' on the Netflix prison drama Orange Is the New Black, last appeared on Broadway in Equus and White Liars & Black Comedy. Among her off-Broadway credits are Somewhere Fun, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, Edward Albee's The American Dream and The Sandbox, Iphigenia 2.0 (which earned her an Obie Award), Our Leading Lady, Tea at Five, Mary Stuart, and Titus Andronicus. She has also starred in the TV series Mrs. Columbo (her first Golden Globe nomination), Star Trek: Voyager and Ryan's Hope.
Photo by Carol Rosegg
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!