WAKE UP with BWW 7/17/14 - VIOLET Hits 100, Durang as 'Vanya', INTO THE WOODS in San Diego and More!
By: Jessica Showers Jul. 17, 2014
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: VIOLET marks 100 performances, Christopher Durang is 'Vanya' tonight at Bucks County, INTO THE WOODS reappears in San Diego, and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
with pics of Sutton Foster
and company!
- VIOLET hits 100 performances on Broadway today - check out our fun animation (above) and stay tuned for photos from the festivities!
- Playwright Christopher Durang stars as 'Vanya' in his own Tony-winning play tonight at Bucks County.
- MOTHER JONES AND THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE, featuring Robin De Jesús, opens at NYMF; plus the festival's FABLE comes to 54 Below!
- BROADWAY IN BRYANT PARK will feature LES MIS, PIPPIN and more today...
- Fiasco's intimate restaging of INTO THE WOODS opens tonight in San Diego!
- And the cast of Primary Stages' POOR BEHAVIOR meets the press - BWW will be bringing you coverage later on!
Hunter Foster and more in
PUMP BOYS & DINETTES!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- ITV is taking NBC's lead and prepping for a live UK broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC!
- Bryan Cranston will stay on for another term as LBJ in HBO's adaptation of ALL THE WAY.
- We got a first look at Fiasco Theater's reimagined INTO THE WOODS at The Old Globe, plus pics from Encores! PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES (left)!
- THE MUPPETS could be on their way to Broadway!
- And we found out that Tim Minchin (MATILDA) is working on the new GROUNDHOG DAY musical...
Broadway Weather Forecast: 80 degrees and partly cloudy. But no rain if you're heading over to Bryant Park today!
Quote of the Day: A relevant quote from playwright Christopher Durang, who is starring in his own Tony-winning play tonight at Bucks County Playhouse...
Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job.
-- Christopher Durang (via BrainyQuote)
What we're looking forward to: Seeing who gets the lead in the UK version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE! Who do you think should play 'Maria'? Should Carrie Underwood fly across the pond?
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Donald Sutherland, who turns 79 today!
Sutherland has starred on Broadway in Buck White (1969) and Lolita (1981), but he is best known these days as 'President Snow' (pictured below), the eerie, calculating leader of the Capitol in the Hunger Games film franchise. He will soon appear in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2, as well as The Calling, Forsaken, and Basmati Blues. He also recently starred as 'Michel Dorn' in the TV series Crossing Lines. Among Sutherland's past screen credits are The Dirty Dozen, The Eagle Has Landed, M*A*S*H, JFK, Pride & Prejudice and more. Oh, and he's Kiefer Sutherland's dad (in case you were wondering).
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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