WAKE UP with BWW 5/6/2015 - ZORBA!, CARRIE in London and More!
By: Jessica Showers May. 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? Today's big news: ZORBA! opens at Encores! and CARRIE makes its London debut!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Encores! ZORBA! kicks off tonight at the City Center, starring John Turturro!
- Working Theater brings playwrights, directors and communities together in FIVE BOROUGHS / ONE CITY...
- Long Wharf ends its 50th season with the premiere of Joe DiPietro's THE SECOND MRS. WILSON.
- And Evelyn Hoskins and Kim Criswell lead the London premiere of CARRIE, opening tonight!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- The winners of the 2015 Theatre World Awards were announced - here's the full list!
- Tony Yazbeck will star in the National Tour of Broadway's ON THE TOWN, launching next year!
- The Shakespeare Society will honor Helen Mirren and Lily Rabe...
- Lea DeLaria is set to host the 60th Annual Obie Awards!
- West End star Danielle Hope is headed back to 54 Below next month.
- We got a look (right) at Kelli O'Hara and more at the New York Pops' 2015 Gala, plus a peek at FINDING NEVERLAND in the recording studio!
- Tony producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner have been tapped for the KENNEDY CENTER HONORS...
- Kristin Chenoweth will launch her US tour from Park City, Utah this summer!
- And Mandy Patinkin and Rita Moreno are voicing the new animated series NINA'S WORLD.
Broadway Weather Forecast: Morning rain, partly cloudy this afternoon with a high of 69 degrees!
Quote of the Day: A word from ZORBA! leading man John Turturro...
"My interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in."
-- John Turturro (via BrainyQuote)
Video of the Day: Watch Josh Groban perform "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on DANCING WITH THE STARS!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Roma Downey, who turns 55 today!
Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Downey made her Broadway debut in 1989's The Circle. She is well known for her role as the angel 'Monica' in the TV series Touched by an Angel, and as 'Mary' in The Bible (which she also executive produced). She and her husband Mark Burnett later produced a movie version, Son of God; its sequel, A.D.: The Bible Continues, premiered this Easter on NBC. Downey has written three children's books and also produces the children's series Little Angels.
at last year's People's Choice Awards.
Photo by Francis Specker/CBS
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!