WAKE UP with BWW 9/11/14 - THIS IS OUR YOUTH Opens, Yale Drama Prize and More!
By: Jessica Showers Sep. 11, 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: THIS IS OUR YOUTH takes its first official bows on Broadway tonight, the Yale Drama Series Award ceremony will be held this evening, and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- THIS IS OUR YOUTH, with Michael Cera (above), Kieran Culkin and Tavi Gevinson, opens tonight on Broadway. Check back this evening for our Review Roundup!
- The 2014 Yale Drama Series Prize will be awarded tonight at Lincoln Center Theater.
- And the company of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST international tour meets the press today, so stay tuned for BWW's coverage!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- London's WOLF HALL and BRING UP THE BODIES could transfer to Broadway!
- Vanessa Hudgens is starring in the Broadway-Bound revival of GIGI, playing the Kennedy Center this winter.
- BWW went behind the scenes with Barbra Streisand and her son Jason Gould in the recording studio for PARTNERS!
- Ericka Nicole Malone's gospel musical IN LOVE WITH TYRONE is eyeing a 2015 Broadway run...
- It's a 'VANYA AND SONIA' reunion! Billy Magnussen (in our header today) is joining Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce for a reading of A SONG AT TWILIGHT!
- Joan Rivers's daughter Melissa gave a moving eulogy at her mother's funeral on Sunday; read it here.
- We got a closer look (right) at Lindsay Lohan in SPEED-THE-PLOW!
- And Shia LaBeouf has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in his CABARET meltdown case...
Broadway Weather Forecast: Clouds and sun throughout the day with a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. High of 86 degrees.
Quote of the Day: An apt and human quote from THIS IS OUR YOUTH star Michael Cera...
I may not have gone to high school every day, but I spent whole a lot of my adolescence feeling vulnerable and confused and alone... just like everybody else.
-- Michael Cera (via BrainyQuote)
What we're looking forward to: The live MISS SAIGON revival album, out on September 22 and featuring Eva Noblezada and more!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Harry Connick, Jr., who turns 47 today!
Connick, Jr. has been nominated for two Tony Awards -- the first for his work on the music and lyrics for 2002's Thou Shalt Not, and the second for his role in 2006's The Pajama Game. He most recently starred on Broadway in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and Harry Connick, Jr. in Concert. The two-time Emmy winner has appeared on-screen in Independence Day, Hope Floats, the 2001 TV movie version of South Pacific, Will & Grace, Bug, Dolphin Tale and more. Three-time Grammy winner and a prolific recording artist, Connick, Jr. has sold more than 28 million albums worldwide.
Photo by Palma Kolansky.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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