WAKE UP with BWW 4/8/2015 - GIGI, BUZZER, CALL MY PUBLICIST and More!
By: Jessica Showers Apr. 08, 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: GIGI opens on Broadway, BUZZER starts at the Public, and reality TV hits the stage in Las Vegas!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- GIGI, starring Vanessa Hudgens, opens on Broadway tonight - be sure to check back for our Review Roundup!
- Tracey Scott Wilson's BUZZER opens this evening at The Public Theater.
- CALL MY PUBLICIST is set for a one-night-only performance at York Theatre Company!
- And the new DUCK COMMANDER MUSICAL starts tonight in Las Vegas...
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- John Turturro is set to star in ZORBA! for Encores!
- O'Donovan, Bryan-Brown & Abramson will receive 2015 Tony Honors...
- Cherry Jones & Denis O'Hare will announce the 2015 Drama League nominees.
- We got a first look (right) at AN AMERICAN IN PARIS on Broadway; plus photos and footage of HAND TO GOD, and a peek at WOLF HALL!
- Bebe Neuwirth, Tituss Burgess and more have joined THE 24 HOUR MUSICALS 2015.
- Harry Connick, Jr. is headed out on tour this summer!
- Evelyn Hoskins and Kim Criswell will lead the London premiere of CARRIE.
- And Broadway choreographer Eugene 'Luigi' Louis Facciuto has passed away at 90...
Broadway Weather Forecast: Cloudy with a high of 46 degrees; rain tonight. Don't forget your raincoat!
Quote of the Day: A word from GIGI star Vanessa Hudgens...
"I don't like being stagnant. I want to continue to grow and just be better at what I do, and the only way to do that is to keep stepping outside of your comfort zone."
-- Vanessa Hudgens (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: Stratford Festival's KING JOHN, in movie theaters today!
Video of the Day: In honor of GIGI's opening, watch highlights from the musical below!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Stephanie Pope, who turns 51 today!
Pope last appeared on Broadway in Pippin. Before that, she played roles in Fosse, Chicago, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Jelly's Last Jam, The Will Rogers Follies, Sweet Charity and Big Deal. She also traveled with the Thoroughly Modern Millie and Chicago national tours. The actress has also performed off-Broadway in Ziegfeld Follies of 1936, and in the West End in Smokey Joe's Cafe.