WAKE UP with BWW 6/26/2015 - 'FIVE POINTS', GREY GARDENS Auction and More!
By: Jessica Showers Jun. 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? This weekend's big news: NYC readings, a GREY GARDENS auction and more!
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP ITEMS:
- Katie Thompson & more take part in a reading of Lyons & Pakchar's new musical 'FIVE POINTS' today.
- Little Edie Beale's letters will be auctioned off today & tomorrow before GREY GARDENS heads to Bay Street...
- And be sure to set your DVR - Penn & Teller visit NBC's JIMMY FALLON tonight!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- CLUELESS is officially on the way to becoming a jukebox musical!
- Lawrence Wright's CAMP DAVID is heading to Broadway next season.
- Harry Potter's parents will take the stage in a new West End play from J.K. Rowling & John Tiffany!
- ALADDIN has locked in its London home, with MISS SAIGON prepping for a move across the pond.
- Anthony Warlow will step in for Kelsey Grammer in FINDING NEVERLAND!
- We got a look at highlights from Encores! A NEW BRAIN...
- Culture Project will premiere Stacyann Chin's MOTHERSTRUCK, directed by Cynthia Nixon.
- THE KING & I and more are set for Broadway in Bryant Park, kicking off next month.
- And Outfest 2015 is set to honor HEDWIG's John Cameron Mitchell!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Cloudy with a high of 78 today; highs in the 70s again Saturday & Sunday, but with scattered rain and thunderstorms. It's an umbrella-all-the-time kind of weekend!
Quote of the Day: A word from the Broadway-bound Penn Jillette...
"Don't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it'll make you bugnutty."
-- Penn Jillette (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: The new Netflix documentary on Nina Simone, WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE?, streaming today!
Video of the Day: In honor of Anthony Warlow returning to Broadway in FINDING NEVERLAND, check out our full roundup and watch a clip of him performing live below!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Sean Hayes, who turns 45 today!
Hayes last starred on Broadway in Promises, Promises (which earned him a Tony nomination), and before that, off-Broadway in Damn Yankees. He also hosted the Tony Awards in 2010. The actor is well known for his Emmy-winning, Golden Globe-nominated role as 'Jack McFarland' on Will & Grace. He has also appeared in Up All Night, Smash, The Millers more. With his friend Todd Milliner, he created Hazy Mills Productions, which has produced the TV series Hot in Cleveland, Grimm, The Soul Man, Hollywood Game Night and Sean Saves the World (in which he played the title role). Hayes tied the knot last year - check out a photo of he and his husband, Scott Icenogle, below!
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