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WAKE UP with BWW 9/5/14 - WINTER'S TALE in Central Park, 'MIGHTY REAL' Off-Broadway, Joan Rivers and More!
By: Jessica Showers Sep. 05, 2014
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: THE WINTER'S TALE begins at the Delacorte, 'MIGHTY REAL' starts performances off-Broadway, RUTHLESS! benefits BC/EFA, we remember Joan Rivers and more!
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP ITEMS:
- THE WINTER'S TALE, featuring Lindsay Mendez and Christopher Fitzgerald, begins tonight in Central Park!
- Anthony Wayne stars in MIGHTY REAL: A FABULOUS SYLVESTER MUSICAL, beginning off-Broadway this evening.
- Sophia Anne Caruso and more lead RUTHLESS! in concert tonight to support BC/EFA...
- On the regional front - Malcolm Jamal Warner stars in Huntington's GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, Jayne Houdyshell treads the boards in Arena Stage's THE SHOPLIFTERS, and Nicole Ari Parker takes the throne in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA in New Jersey!
- Finally, the company of Roundabout's THE REAL THING meets the press, so come back later today for photos!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Legendary comedienne Joan Rivers passed away yesterday afternoon. She was 81. Read messages from her colleagues and admirers, and take a look back at her multifaceted career...
- DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is coming to Broadway next year!
- Ronan Raftery has joined the cast of Roundabout's THE REAL THING.
- NEWSIES announced its full touring company and gave us a sneak peek at rehearsals!
- We got a first look (right) at Kyle Taylor Parker in the KINKY BOOTS tour...
- Shirley Jones will join her son Patrick Cassidy on tour in THE MUSIC MAN.
- Tom Hanks, Sting, Lily Tomlin and more are among the 37th Annual Kennedy Center honorees.
- Kristin Chenoweth is a busy woman! The actress just signed a record deal, and her album COMING HOME and a PBS special are set for this fall.
- Patrick Page, Michael Arden, Ciara Renee and more will star in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at La Jolla Playhouse!
- And Ben Forster is up for a guest stint in EVITA in the West End.
Broadway Weather Forecast: Mostly sunny and in the 80s for today and Sunday, with thunderstorms and a high of 90 degrees on Saturday.
Quote of the Day: Joan Rivers on enraged comedians...
Every comedian is furious. Age makes me angry. I'm unhappy at not being able to open packages anymore. I'm angry that libraries have gone. I hate children on planes. I'm very shallow, so they tend to be little things. To be honest, I think I was probably angry the day I was born, you know, about diapers or something.
-- Joan Rivers (via BrainyQuote)
What we're looking forward to: Idina Menzel's holiday album! Yes, yes, we know it's not even fall. But we don't care. It hits the shelves next month!
Video of the Day: In honor of Joan Rivers, who died yesterday at the age of 81, watch a vintage clip of the comedienne on The Ed Sullivan Show!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Carol Lawrence, who turns 82 today!
Lawrence is best known for originating the role of 'Maria' in West Side Story on Broadway in 1957, for which she received a Tony nomination. The actress has also appeared on the Great White Way in South Pacific, Shangri-La, Ziegfeld Follies of 1957, Saratoga, Subways Are for Sleeping, Night Life, I Do!, I Do!, Kiss of the Spider Woman and more. Among her many TV appearances are Breaking Point, Rawhide, The Fugitive, Hawaii 5-0, Murder She Wrote, Saved by the Bell and Sex and the City, as well as General Hospital.
See you bright and early on Monday, BroadwayWorld!
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