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WAKE UP with BWW 5/26/2015 - 'UNMADE BED' Reunion, 10 OUT OF 12, 'STRATAGEM' and More
By: Jessica Showers May. 26, 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: SONGS FROM AN UNMADE BED comes to SubCulture, 10 OUT OF 12 begins off-Broadway, BEAUX' STRATAGEM opens in London and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- The original cast of NYTW's SONGS FROM AN UNMADE BED reunites in concert tonight!
- Anne Washburn's new play 10 OUT OF 12 begins at Soho Rep.
- Mitchell Jarvis brings 'JACQUES BREL' to Rockwood this evening...
- THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM opens at London's National Theatre tonight.
- And Elton John tunes take over 54 Below tonight!
NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- We got a first look (right) at EVER AFTER at Paper Mill Playhouse, plus a peek at BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM in London!
- Jill Santoriello is working on a new musical called IT HAPPENED IN KEY WEST...
- Broadway celebrities are celebrating Ireland's legalization of same-sex marriage.
- Roger Rees is on leave from Broadway's THE VISIT.
- And Tony nominee Anne Meara has passed away...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 84 degrees and mostly sunny today, with rain late tonight!
Quote of the Day: A word from birthday boy Matt Stone...
"Do goofy stories make people nice? What if, in their goofiness, these stories somehow inspire that in the right way. Is that a social good?"
-- Matt Stone (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: A clip of Michael Fassbender & Marion Cotillard in the new MACBETH film, which just premiered at Cannes!
Video of the Day: Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda's commencement address at Wesleyan University!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Matt Stone, who turns 44 today!
Stone, along with Trey Parker and Robert Lopez, wrote the book, music and lyrics for Broadway's The Book of Mormon, which won three Tony Awards in 2011. With Parker, Stone is the co-creator of the edgy cartoon comedy South Park; he has four Emmys for his work on the series. The duo also wrote the screenplay for Team America: World Police and are working on a South Park movie.
Photo by Dan Wooller/Rex Images
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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