WAKE UP with BWW 6/19/2015 - Father's Day Weekend!
By: Jessica Showers Jun. 19, 2015
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: Benefits, readings, concerts, and more, all in time for Father's Day!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Hunter Foster and more are set for Bucks County Playhouse's VILLAIN: DEBLANKS BC/EFA benefit tonight!
- THE TRIAL, starring Rory Kinnear, begins this evening at the Young Vic...
- James Naughton & Tom Wopat are appearing in an NYC reading of SECONDHAND LIONS today.
- The Midtown Men are returning to NYC this weekend at the Beacon Theatre!
- And set your DVR! Renee Fleming leads THE MERRY WIDOW, directed by Susan Stroman, on THIRTEEN.
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Jose Llana & Hoon Lee will succeed Ken Watanabe in THE KING AND I on Broadway!
- Bernadette Peters will sign & read from her new children's book 'STELLA AND CHARLIE' next week...
- Justin Guarini, Rose Hemingway and more will star in MOONSHINE: THAT HEE HAW MUSICAL in Dallas.
- IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU is getting a cast recording!
- We got a look (right) at photos from ON YOUR FEET!'s Chicago opening.
- And Michael Cerveris, Ruthie Ann Miles and more will headline NYCLU's 'FREEDOM' benefit concert...
Broadway Weather Forecast: Rainy with a high of 85 today, cooler and dry on Saturday, and thunderstorms on Sunday. Rain, rain. Go away!
Quote of the Day: A word from birthday girl Phylicia Rashad...
"What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being."
-- Phylicia Rashad (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: RUBBLE KINGS, a new documentary narrated by John Leguizamo, hitting select theaters today!
Video of the Day: Watch AN ACT OF GOD's Jim Parsons on INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Phylicia Rashad, who turns 67 today!
Rashad last appeared on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Before that, she starred in August: Osage County, Cymbeline, A Wonderful Life, Gem of the Ocean, A Raisin in the Sun (which won her a Tony Award in 2004), Jelly's Last Jam, Into the Woods, Dreamgirls and The Wiz. Among her off-Broadway credits are Bernarda Alba, The Story, Helen, Blue, The Vagina Monologues and Everybody's Ruby. She often directs regional productions throughout the U.S. Rashad is well known for her Emmy-nominated role as 'Clair Huxtable' on The Cosby Show. Among her recent film credits are A Raisin in the Sun, Frankie & Alice, For Colored Girls and the TV movie remake of Steel Magnolias.
for IMMEDIATE FAMILY at the Taper this year.
Photo by Craig Schwartz.
See you bright and early on Monday, BroadwayWorld!
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