WAKE UP with BWW 9/15/14 - UPRISING OF LOVE, Angela Lansbury, ROCK OF AGES and More!
By: Jessica Showers Sep. 15, 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: The Broadway community joins together for an UPRISING OF LOVE tonight, Angela Lansbury will be honored by the American Theatre Wing, an original ROCK OF AGES cast member returns and more!
Next up in our series of Broadway stars introducing BWW's morning feature is Billy Porter (portrait by Walter McBride), Tony winner for KINKY BOOTS -- and also featured in tonight's UPRISING OF LOVE benefit! Porter has also appeared in SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE, GREASE, FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE and MISS SAIGON. Mirror Porter and meet Monday with a grin, then head on down to the news!
Photo by Walter McBride.
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Stephen Schwartz's UPRISING OF LOVE benefit comes to Broadway's Gershwin Theatre tonight with a slew of stars!
- Angela Lansbury (below as 'Mrs. Potts') will be honored at tonight's American Theatre Wing gala...
- Original cast member Mitchell Jarvis returns to ROCK OF AGES tonight!
- It's an evening of benefits, with Chita Rivera and more taking part in AN EVENING OF SONG to support Art Attack Foundation.
- And Mint Theater opens a rare revival of THE FATAL WEAKNESS tonight off-Broadway!
WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- Ryan Silverman, Robert Joy and Matthew Hydzik will reprise their roles in Broadway's SIDE SHOW!
- We got a first look (right) at Keke Palmer and Sherri Shepherd in CINDERELLA, plus photos from the KINKY BOOTS tour!
- PIECE OF MY HEART could be headed to Broadway in Spring 2015...
- We got a peek at new poster art for ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, starring Kristin Chenoweth!
- After news that AMERICAN PSYCHO would not be opening off-Broadway this season, rumors surfaced of a Broadway opening instead...
- Teal Wicks and Aaron Ramey will star in Goodspeed's THE CIRCUS IN WINTER this fall!
- Congrats! Cheyenne Jackson has tied the knot with fiancé Jason Landau.
- And Tony nominee and West End star Donald Sinden passed away at the age of 90...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 72 degrees and sunny. Beautiful weather always makes Mondays better!
Quote of the Day: Some lines from WICKED in honor of tonight's UPRISING OF LOVE benefit...
I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led to those who help us most to grow
If we let them and we help them in return.
What we're watching: THE RESIDUALS, Season 1. BroadwayWorld just announced that we will be partnering with the series to premiere Season 2, and we're so excited!
Video of Day: In honor of Angela Lansbury's tribute at tonight's American Theatre Wing gala, flash back to her performance of "A Little Priest" in SWEENEY TODD as part of the 1982 tour cast, opposite George Hearn in the title role!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Tommy Lee Jones, who turns 68 today!
Among Jones's Broadway credits are A Patriot for Me (1969), Four on a Garden (1971) and Ulysses in Nighttown (1974). He will next be seen on the big screen in Criminal and won an Oscar in 1993 for his role in The Fugitive, with other film credits including Men in Black, No Country for Old Men, Batman Forever, Man of the House, Natural Born Killers, Coal Miner's Daughter, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (which he also directed) and Lincoln. He also appeared in the 1985 TV movie version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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