WAKE UP with BWW 7/7/2015 - PENN & TELLER, NYMF and More!
By: Jessica Showers Jul. 07, 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: Penn & Teller bring magic and humor to Broadway tonight, NYMF launches today and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Penn & Teller return to Broadway tonight!
- The New York Musical Theatre Festival launches its 2015 season today.
- WHAT WOMEN DO (AND MEN TOO) gets a reading in NYC tonight...
- 59E59 kicks off this year's East to Edinburgh Festival today.
- And PTP/NYC's 'EXECUTION', 'JUDITH' and VINEGAR TOM begin in rep off-Broadway!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- American Ballet Theatre's Misty Copeland will join ON THE TOWN in August - meet the new star here!
- A new work by Duncan Sheik & Kyle Jarrow is among NAMT's 2015 festival lineup.
- Javier Munoz will serve as HAMILTON's alternate on Broadway...
- Caroline Bowman, Kara Lindsay and more are set for Broadway in Bryant Park this week.
- We got a first look at Bard SummerScape's starry OKLAHOMA!, plus a peek (right) at Brescia in Ogunquit's VICTOR / VICTORIA, and photos from THE MENTALISTS at Wyndham's!
- And last but certainly not least, an audience member tried to charge his phone onstage at Broadway's HAND TO GOD. Click here for BWW's reader reactions, and scroll down for HAND TO GOD's perfect response...
Broadway Weather Forecast: Cloudy with a high of 83 degrees; scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. Don't forget your raincoat!
Quote of the Day: A word from the quiet half of Penn & Teller's act...
"When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable."
-- Teller (via BrainyQuote)
What we're looking forward to listening to: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME cast album, out this fall!
Video of the Day: See HAND TO GOD's hilarious reaction to the infamous phone-charging incident!
The audience really phoned it in at #HandtoGodBway Friday night: www.bit.ly/ChargePhone
Posted by Hand To God Broadway on Monday, July 6, 2015
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Jim Gaffigan, who turns 49 today!
Stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan also has a theatrical side. He made his Broadway debut in 2011's That Championship Season. He has published a memoir, Dad Is Fat (2013), and the book Food: A Love Story (2014). Among his recent comedy recordings are Beyond the Pale, King Baby, Mr. Universe and Obsessed. Gaffigan is married to actress Jeannie Noth, with whom he has two daughters, Marre & Katie Louise, and three sons, Jack, Michael & Patrick. The proud dad co-created and will star in The Jim Gaffigan Show, an upcoming TV Land series based on his life.
in THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON. Photo by Joan Marcus.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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