WAKE UP with BWW 9/3/2015 - Tyler Perry, CLUE, LORD OF THE FLIES and More!
By: Jessica Khan Sep. 03, 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: CLUE gets the cabaret treatment, Tyler Perry brings MADEA to the stage, LORD OF THE FLIES starts up at Regent's Park and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Michael Urie and more tribute CLUE at 54 Below this evening!
- Tyler Perry takes the Beacon Theatre stage in MADEA ON THE RUN tonight.
- LORD OF THE FLIES opens tonight at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.
- And LaChanze, Brenda Braxton and more will appear in tonight's VILLAIN: DEBLANKS at The Triad...
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Michael Feinstein is returning to the NY cabaret scene in a new partnership with 54 Below!
- Past MAMMA MIA! stars will reunite for the show's final Broadway performance.
- Dean Jones, star of Broadway's COMPANY and Disney family films, passed away at 84.
- We got a look at Alfie Boe, Montego Glover & Alex Finke joining LES MIZ, shots from THE CHRISTIANS and HAMLET IN BED off-Broadway, plus a sneak peek at photos and footage of DADDY LONG LEGS in rehearsal, and a preview (right) of Bryan Cranston as LBJ for HBO's ALL THE WAY!
- Lena Hall is going solo this fall, and Norm Lewis will bring holiday cheer to 54 Below this winter.
- Andrea Burns & Joshua Henry will join Jason Robert Brown at SubCulture next week...
- And Cate Blanchett will play Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin's upcoming biopic!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy with a high of 92 degrees. Stay cool, it's almost Friday!
Quote of the Day: A short scene from CLUE, which hit the big screen in 1985 and is coming to 54 Below tonight...
"Mrs. Peacock: Everything all right?
Colonel Mustard: Yep. Two corpses. Everything's fine." -- via IMDb
What we're watching: The tongue-in-cheek, scream-tastic title sequence for SCREAM QUEENS on FOX!
Video of the Day: Watch Kelli O'Hara playing to her strengths at last night's #Ham4Ham lottery!
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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