Wake Up With BWW 1/28: RENT on FOX Photos and More!
By: Stephi Wild Jan. 28, 2019
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Happy Monday! Kick off your week with today's top stories!
The big story of the day is RENT on FOX, which aired semi-live last night, following an injury suffered by the production's Roger, Brennin Hunt. The majority of the show was taken from a recording of the previous evening's dress rehearsal, with the finale being broadcast live. The original Broadway company also made an appearance at the end, singing Seasons of Love with the cast.
We also received new production footage from the Puerto Rican production of Hamilton, featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda in the title role!
Check out all of this and more, below!
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1) The Original Cast of RENT Makes Appearance on Live Broadcast
by Stephanie Wild
The original Broadway company of RENT made an appearance during the live broadcast!. (more...)
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Brennin Hunt Injured During RENT Rehearsal
by Stephanie Wild
BroadwayWorld has learned that Brennin Hunt, who will play the role of Roger in RENT, live on FOX, suffered an injury during rehearsal. (more...)
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VIDEO: Bradley Cooper Makes Surprise Appearance at Lady Gaga's Show - Watch Them Sing 'Shallow' From A STAR IS BORN
by Stage Tube
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lady Gaga brought out special surprise guest Bradley Cooper at her show in Las Vegas last night. The pair sang the hit song 'Shallow' from the film in which they co-starred, A Star is Born.. (more...)
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VIDEO: Watch An All New HAMILTON Puerto Rico Montage Featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda
BroadwayWorld has a first look at all new footage of HAMILTON in Puerto Rico featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda! Check out the video!. (more...)
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Viva La Vie Boheme: A Historic Journey Through Jonathan Larson's New York & The Reality of RENT
by Alexa Criscitiello
In 1989, Jonathan Larson, a 29-year-old composer, began working on a musical adaptation of Puccini's La Boheme. Set amid the late 1980's, early 90's in New York City's East Village the musical would tell the story of a makeshift bohemian family of artists navigating poverty, homelessness, gay life, drug addiction and the AIDS epidemic.. (more...)
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Today's Call Sheet:
Go-go dancers, frisky housewives, jaded gays, lovelorn flappers - musical theater composer Will Buck has seen (and written) it all. And boy, is he ready to tell you about it. Featuring a bombshell cast of Broadway favorites and celebrating over a decade of collaboration, Buck tracks his career - the the ups, downs, and everything in between - through a hilarious, heartfelt evening of songs from more than six original pieces, all backed by stunning new orchestrations. The concert will showcase never-before-heard work from collaborators John Dietrich, Cory Conley, and Deb Poppel, including from O'Neill finalist ONLY ANNE and the upcoming GO (based on the Cory Krueckeberg film Getting Go).
RENT on FOX:
RENT on FOX aired last night, January 27. Check out some of our coverage of the event below!
The star-studded cast included actress Kiersey Clemons (Joanne Jefferson), Emmy nominee and Tony Award winner Brandon Victor Dixon (Tom Collins), singer/songwriter Jordan Fisher (Mark Cohen), actress and singer Vanessa Hudgens(Maureen Johnson), newcomer and singer/songwriter Brennin Hunt(Roger Davis), R&B/Pop superstar Mario (Benjamin Coffin III), recording artist Tinashe(Mimi Marquez) and performer Valentina (Angel Dumont Schunard).
Additionally, Keala Settle performed the iconic solo from "Seasons of Love" and join the ensemble in the live musical.
Get a First Look at RENT on FOX
The Cast of RENT on FOX Meets the OBC and More During Rehearsal
What Does RENT Really Mean to You? The Cast and Creative Team Answer!
BWW Exclusive: Out Tonight with RENT's Daphne Rubin-Vega on Her New Web Series TUESDAY NIGHTS and the Legacy of RENT!
Stage and screen star Daphne Rubin-Vega is most notably known for starring in two Pulitzer Prize winning shows, Rent and Anna in the Tropics, and she received Tony nominations for both.
Rubin-Vega (the original Mimi Marquez) and the rest of her RENT co-stars created a legacy, starring in a show that changed the face of musical theatre when it opened on Broadway in 1996, and continues today with FOX's upcoming live broadcast.
Daphne sat down with BroadwayWorld to discuss her latest project, Tuesday Nights, a web series chronicling the life of one woman, played by several different actresses.
What we're watching: Orfeh Performs 'Rodeo Drive' From PRETTY WOMAN on The View
The cast of Pretty Woman recently appeared on The View, where Orfeh lit up the stage with the song 'Rodeo Drive.'
Pretty Woman: The Musical is playing to sold-out audiences at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street), where it has shattered the box office record three times, and has been playing since July 20, 2018. Pretty Woman: The Musicalhas original music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, a book by Garry Marshall and the film's screenwriter J.F. Lawton, and direction and choreography by two-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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