Wake Up With BWW 10/9: TORCH SONG Begins Previews, and More!

By: Oct. 09, 2018
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Wake Up With BWW 10/9: TORCH SONG Begins Previews, and More!
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Today's Call Sheet:

-TORCH SONG begins previews on Broadway tonight!

-THE JONATHAN LARSON PROJECT debuts at Feinstein's/54 Below tonight!

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-Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Steven Levenson, and Val Emmich will appear on TODAY this morning!

What we're geeking out over: As If! Dove Cameron Will Star In A Musical Adaptation of CLUELESS

Wake Up With BWW 10/9: TORCH SONG Begins Previews, and More!

What we're watching: Watch the Official 'Look What I Found' Music Video from A STAR IS BORN

Social Butterfly: Jesse Tyler Ferguson Does Some Call-and-Response With Our Favorite Musical Characters

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And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Tony Shalhoub, who turns 65 today!

Wake Up With BWW 10/9: TORCH SONG Begins Previews, and More!

Tony Shalhoub most recently won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for THE BAND'S VISIT.

Shalhoub is a Golden Globe Award-winning actor with a diverse resume of engaging roles. Mr. Shalhoub recently starred in The Price on Broadway with Mark Ruffalo, Jessica Hecht and Danny DeVito, following the world premiere of The Band's Visit Off-Broadway.

He is perhaps best known for his starring role as the obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk in the popular television series "Monk," for which he won a Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards. Additional television credits include "Nurse Jackie," "Too Big to Fail" and "Wings."

Shalhoub's feature film credits include Big Night, The Siege, Galaxy Quest, Men in Black, Men in Black II and Pain & Gain. Shalhoub voiced the character of Luigi in the popular animated movies Cars, Cars II and Cars III. Also, he voiced the role of Splinter in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie franchise.

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