WAKE UP with BWW 6/15/2015 - GLORIA, MY FAIR LADY at The Muny & More!
By: Jessica Showers Jun. 15, 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: It's another big night for off-Broadway with three openings, plus The Muny kicks off their summer season in St. Louis with MY FAIR LADY!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' GLORIA opens this evening at the Vineyard Theatre.
- Also opening tonight off-Broadway are LCT3's PRELUDES and The Barrow Group's THE PAVILION...
- The Muny launches its 97th season in St. Louis with a starry MY FAIR LADY!
- Jonathan Groff, Jan Maxwell, Laura Osnes and Julie Halston will appear at tonight's TDF Gala!
- And Julie Taymor kicks off FSLC's 2015 free summer talks with A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM...
NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- Sierra Boggess has joined SCHOOL OF ROCK on Broadway, plus Andrew Lloyd Webber will bring the show to London after its New York run!
- Jerry Mitchell is working on two brand new musicals for the West End...
- THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY national tour announced its itinerary.
- Robert Cuccioli is set to star in ROTHSCHILDS & SONS off-Broadway!
- We got a first look (right) at the World Premiere of Pasadena Playhouse's WATERFALL!
- Stage vets Kevin Spacey, Eddie Redmayne & Michael Ball appear on the Queen's Birthday Honours List...
- And Laura Benanti is engaged!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 84 degrees with evening thunderstorms - don't forget your umbrella tonight!
Quote of the Day: A word from birthday boy Neil Patrick Harris...
"It's good to have a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in your lifetime. If you get the chance to skydive, go skydiving. If you're offered a part in a weird Shakespeare play in San Diego, slap on some tights and rock out some iambic pentameter."
-- Neil Patrick Harris (via BrainyQuote)
Video of the Day: In honor of MY FAIR LADY's opening tonight in St. Louis, watch a clip from the 1964 film!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Neil Patrick Harris, who turns 42 today!
Harris won a Tony last year for his starring role in Broadway's Hediwg and the Angry Inch. Before that, he appeared in Children And Art, Assassins, Proof and Cabaret, as well as a concert version of Sweeney Todd, tick, tick... BOOM! at London Fringe and Luck, Pluck, and Virtue off-Broadway. He is a four-time host of the Tony Awards, emceed this year's Oscars ceremony and has hosted the Emmys twice. His new variety show, Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris, will debut as part of NBC's 2015-16 primetime lineup. Harris is well known for his Emmy-nominated role as 'Barney Stinson' in the long-running TV comedy How I Met Your Mother and kicked off his career as the iconic Doogie Howser, M.D.
Photo by Heather Wines/CBS
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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