WAKE UP with BWW 9/24/2015 - DAMES AT SEA, IN YOUR ARMS and More!
By: Jessica Khan Sep. 24, 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: DAMES AT SEA sails into previews, IN YOUR ARMS dances its way into San Diego, ANTIGONE arrives at BAM and more!
Next up in our series of stars introducing BWW's morning feature is Jason Danieley (portrait by Walter McBride), who last starred on Broadway in THE VISIT and has also appeared in NEXT TO NORMAL, CURTAINS, THE FULL MONTY and CANDIDE!
Photo by Walter McBride
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- DAMES AT SEA docks on Broadway tonight!
- Gattelli and Flaherty's dance-theatre musical IN YOUR ARMS opens tonight at The Old Globe.
- Juliette Binoche stars in ANTIGONE, starting tonight at BAM...
- JUDGMENT AT NUREMBURG, with Richard Dreyfuss, launches LATW's 2015-16 season.
- And the company of Paper Mill's starry THE BANDSTAND meets the press, so stay tuned for photos!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- We got a first look (right) at DADDY LONG LEGS, plus highlights fom Deaf West's SPRING AWAKENING!
- AMÉLIE has extended another week in Berkeley!
- Kacee Clanton, Robert W. Arbogast and more have signed on for BREAKING THROUGH at Pasadena Playhouse.
- Darren Criss harkened back to his StarKid days by sorting Broadway characters into Hogwarts...
- And FROZEN's "Let It Go," sung by Idina Menzel, is now certified 8 times Platinum!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 82 degrees and sunny - what a gorgeous week!
Quote of the Day: A word from Donna McKechnie, who leads IN YOUR ARMS at The Old Globe...
"I was terribly shy, but I was always in harmony when I was dancing."
-- Donna McKechnie (via IMDb)
Video of the Day: Put on your tap shoes for DAMES AT SEA, starting tonight on Broadway!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to John Logan, who turns 54 today!
Logan wrote the 2010 Tony-winning play RED, penned I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS, starring Bette Midler, and wrote the book for Sting's THE LAST SHIP. Among Logan's other plays are NEVER THE SINNER, HAUPTMANN, RIVERVIEW and PETER AND ALICE. He also received an Oscar nomination for co-writing Best-Picture winner GLADIATOR in 2000. He earned another nomination for THE AVIATOR with Leonardo DiCaprio and also wrote for the films STAR TREK: NEMESIS, THE LAST SAMURAI, SWEENEY TODD (which got him a Golden Globe), RANGO, an adaptation of CORIOLANUS, HUGO, SKYFALL and the two upcoming Bond films, and finally the TV series PENNY DREADFUL.
Photo by Walter McBride
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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