WAKE UP with BWW 6/23/2015 - Peters Signs 'STELLA & CHARLIE', HAIRSPRAY at The Muny!
By: Jessica Showers Jun. 23, 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: Bernadette Peters signs her new kids book in NYC, HAIRSPRAY dances into The Muny and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Bernadette Peters signs and reads from her new children's book 'STELLA AND CHARLIE' today!
- SEA OF SOULS (more here) and A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE commence off-Broadway tonight.
- Ryann Redmond leads HAIRSPRAY, kicking off tonight at The Muny in St. Louis!
- Ben Fankhauser & Phillip Boykin star in BIG RIVER, beginning tonight in Sacramento...
- And Lyric Theatre's starry OKLAHOMA! starts tonight with Mateja Govich, Kirsten Scott and more.
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- BOMBSHELL is officially getting a full-fledged stage show!
- A.R.T.'s WAITRESS world premiere has found its full company.
- Sutton Foster is hosting the 2015 Jimmy Awards!
- We got a peek at photos (right) and highlights from BROADWAY BARES 2015, plus a look at BAM's INTO THE WOODS reunion!
- DOWNTON ABBEY could be headed to the stage...
- KINKY BOOTS co-creators Harvey Fierstein & Cyndi Lauper will receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- GLEE's Amber Riley is set to star in a new Christmas TV movie musical...
- And NBC will premiere Neil Patrick Harris' new variety show this September!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 92 degrees with strong thunderstorms. Be careful out there today!
Quote of the Day: A word from birthday girl Frances McDormand...
"I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character you're trying to be."
-- Frances McDormand (via BrainyQuote)
What we're listening to: Lea DeLaria's new album "House of David: delaria + bowie = jazz", out digitally today!
Video of the Day: In honor of The Muny's production, flash back to "Good Morning, Baltimore" from the HAIRSPRAY movie!
McDormand last appeared on Broadway in Good People, which won her a Tony and a Drama Desk Award in 2011. Before that, she starred in The Country Girl, A Streetcar Named Desire and Awake and Sing! Among her off-Broadway credits are an oak tree, Far Away, The Swan, The Sisters Rosenweig and more. She won an Oscar in 1997 for her role in the Coen brothers' film Fargo and was also nominated for the movies Mississippi Burning, Almost Famous and North Country. More recently, McDormand appeared in the title role for the TV miniseries adaptation of Olive Kitteridge.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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