WAKE UP with BWW 9/22/2015 - 42nd STREET on Tour, BARBECUE Off-Broadway and More!
By: Jessica Khan Sep. 22, 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: 42nd STREET takes its show on the road!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- The new 42nd STREET national tour kicks off today in Salt Lake City!
- Robert O'Hara's BARBECUE begins tonight at The Public Theater.
- And the companies of off-Broadway's LOST GIRLS and HIR meet the press today, so stay tuned for photos!
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NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- LORD OF THE DANCE: DANGEROUS GAMES with Michael Flatley is headed to Broadway this fall!
- Broadway's SCHOOL OF ROCK has found its full company.
- HAMILTON will play a benefit show for Wesleyan University next month, plus listen to the musical's cast recording!
- We got a first look (right) at IN YOUR ARMS at The Old Globe, plus a peek at the BULLETS OVER BROADWAY tour cast press preview, and pics of Keira Knightley in rehearsal for THERESE RAQUIN!
- Chita Rivera, The Gershwins will be inducted into the Great American Songbook Hall of Fame...
- THE ROYALE, WAR and more are set for Lincoln Center in 2015-16.
- Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen will host the 2015 Theatre Awards!
- And BWW will be at this weekend's BC/EFA Broadway Flea Market! Will you?
Broadway Weather Forecast: Cloudy with a high of 73 degrees today.
What we're listening to: "Over Hill, Over Dale" from the A ROCKIN' Midsummer Night's Dream cast recording, out this Friday!
What we're watching: The premiere of Ryan Murphy's new series SCREAM QUEENS, airing tonight on FOX!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Brad Oscar, who turns 51 today!
Oscar was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for his portrayal of 'Nostradamus' in Broadway's SOMETHING ROTTEN! Before that, he starred in BIG FISH, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, SPAMALOT, THE PRODUCERS (which earned him a Tony nod in 2001), JEKYLL & HYDE and ASPECTS OF LOVE, as well as concert productions of ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, FUNNY GIRL and DREAMGIRLS. The actor has also appeared in the US tours of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and THE PRODUCERS and off-Broadway in DO RE MI and FORBIDDEN BROADWAY 1993, 1994 and the 1992 Christmas edition.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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