WAKE UP with BWW 9/10/14 - 'CURIOUS INCIDENT' Begins, BOOTYCANDY Opens, COSBY SHOW Alum Takes the Stage and More!
By: Jessica Showers Sep. 10, 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: 'CURIOUS INCIDENT' begins performances, BOOTYCANDY celebrates its off-Broadway opening, Ira Glass, Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Lois Smith take the stage around the country and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME begins previews on Broadway!
- Robert O'Hara's new play BOOTYCANDY opens tonight at Playwrights Horizons.
- Ira Glass stars in THREE ACTS, TWO DANCERS, ONE RADIO HOST at The Town Hall...
- THE COSBY SHOW's Malcolm-Jamal Warner (above) leads GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER in Boston!
- Lois Smith stars in MARJORIE PRIME, which begins tonight in L.A.
- Set your DVR! Hugh Jackman will appear on THE TONIGHT SHOW this evening!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine and the original cast are set for an INTO THE WOODS reunion in November!
- The Broadway League decided to honor Joan Rivers last night after all...
- Kelli O'Hara will play 'Mrs. Darling' in NBC's PETER PAN LIVE!
- Scott J. Campbell will play BEAUTIFUL's 'Gerry Goffin' beginning September 23.
- We got a first look at Broadway's THIS IS OUR YOUTH, INDIAN INK (here) and the 'NICE WORK' National Tour (right)!
- And the SISTER ACT Second National Tour will star Kerissa Arrington and Maggie Clennon Reberg!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Mostly sunny with a high of 79 degrees. Beautiful!
Quote of the Day: In honor of 'CURIOUS INCIDENT' starting tonight, have a quote from the amazing novel!
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."
-- Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (the novel) (via Goodreads)
What we're looking forward to reading: Seth Rudetsky's first book in his new series called SETH'S BROADWAY DIARY, featuring stories from stars such as Patti LuPone, Chita Rivera, Raúl Esparza, Jonathan Groff and more.
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Kate Burton, who turns 57 today!
Burton has been nominated for three Tony Awards, for her roles in 2002's The Elephant Man and Hedda Gabler and 2006's The Constant Wife on Broadway. Among her other Broadway credits are Present Laughter, Alice in Wonderland, Doonesbury, Wild Honey, Some Americans Abroad, Jake's Women, Company, An American Daughter, The Beauty Queen of Leenane and Spring Awakening. The actress is also known for her role as 'Ellis Grey' in the TV medical drama Grey's Anatomy; she currently stars in Scandal as 'Vice President Sally Langston'.
Photo by T. Charles Erickson.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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