WAKE UP with BWW 9/29/14 - THE LAST SHIP Sets Sail, 'BOGEYMAN' Opens and More!
By: Jessica Showers Sep. 29, 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 LAST SHIP sets sail on Broadway, STALKING THE BOGEYMAN opens at New World Stages, CHICAGO welcomes a new 'Mama', Kevin Spacey performs in D.C. and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- THE LAST SHIP, the new musical from Sting, John Logan and Brian Yorkey, begins previews on Broadway tonight!
- Roderick Hill leads STALKING THE BOGEYMAN, opening tonight off-Broadway.
- CHICAGO welcomes Carmen Ruby Floyd as 'Matron "Mama" Morton' tonight!
- J. Smith Cameron and Jefferson Mays star in Project Shaw's VILLAGE WOOING this evening...
- GMHC honors Terrence McNally tonight at Joe's Pub!
- And HOUSE OF CARDS star Kevin Spacey (above) performs in concert tonight in Washington, D.C.
WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- CHICAGO's Reinking, Neuwirth, Naughton and Grey are set to reunite onstage this fall!
- We got a look (right) at BILLY ELLIOT's special live taping and reunion in the West End!
- The Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger will officially star as 'Grizabella' in London's CATS this winter!
- We also got a first look at Billy Porter's WHILE I YET LIVE and the new musical FOUND off-Broadway.
- Plus, check out a sneak peek at Paper Mill's Broadway-bound CAN-CAN!
- If you missed SWEENEY TODD on PBS this weekend, watch it here!
- The feud between columnist Michael Riedel and FINDING NEVERLAND producer Harvey Weinstein has ended with a gracious gesture to support ALS...
- And finally, a big congratulations to Santino Fontana and Jessica Hershberg on their engagement!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Mostly cloudy with a high of 81 degrees today, with clouds sticking around through the evening.
Quote of the Day: THE LAST SHIP creator Sting on breathing life into songs...
I see songs not as a commodity used up when the album goes off the charts, which is often the case with pop songs. I see them as a body of work. Life should be breathed into them.
-- Sting (via BrainyQuote)
Video of the Day: Watch a clip of "What Say You, Meg" from the Chicago premiere of THE LAST SHIP!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Roger Bart, who turns 52 today!
Bart has starred on Broadway in Young Frankenstein, The Frogs, The Producers (which earned him a Tony nomination in 2001), You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown -- for which he won a Tony and a Drama Desk in 1999 -- Triumph of Love, King David and Big River. He also starred in a national tour of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in the late '90s and reprised his role as 'Carmen Ghia' for the 2005 film remake of The Producers. Bart also won a SAG Award for his portrayal of 'George Williams' in Desperate Housewives.
Photo by Paul Kolnik.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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