Wake Up With BroadwayWorld October 17th, 2023

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 17, 2023 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: 

But first...

Photos: First Look at Lin-Manuel Miranda, Megan Mullally & More in PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS
by Michael Major
Disney+ has unveiled new photos from their upcoming series adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Get a first look at Lin-Manuel Miranda, Megan Mullally, and Glynn Turman in the series! (more...) 

HARMONY on Broadway to Offer $18.00 Tickets as Part of New Ticketing Initiative
by Chloe Rabinowitz
A new ticketing initiative is launching for the new Broadway production of Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman’s Harmony which begins previews at the Barrymore Theatre on Wednesday, October 18th. (more...) 

Janet Dacal, Justina Machado & More to Star in REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES: THE MUSICAL at A.R.T.
by Chloe Rabinowitz
Janet Dacal, Justina Machado, and more will star in REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES: THE MUSICAL at A.R.T. Don't miss this powerful production.. (more...) 

Video: Madonna Performs 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' From EVITA on New Tour
by Michael Major
Madonna paid tribute to her role in the film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita during her new 'Celebration World Tour.' While singing 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina,' the production's large screens display photos of the real Evá Peron. See the video! (more...) 

Video: Watch a Disney on Broadway Mashup on GMA With HERCULES, ALADDIN, FROZEN & More
by Michael Major
Disney on Broadway took over Good Morning America this morning with a special mashup performance with cast members from Aladdin, Newsies, Frozen, and The Lion King. The performance also featured a sneak peek at the upcoming Germany production of Hercules. Watch the video now!. (more...)

Susan Stroman

A five-time Tony Award winning director and choreographer most known for Crazy For You, Contact, The Scottsboro Boys, and The Producers. Her work has been honored with Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel and a record six Astaire Awards.

She directed and choreographed The Producers, winner of a record-making 12 Tony Awards including Best Direction and Best Choreography.

She co-created, directed and choreographed the Tony Award winning musical Contact for Lincoln Center Theater, which was honored with a 2003 Emmy Award for “Live from Lincoln Center”.

She directed and choreographed the critically acclaimed musical The Scottsboro Boys on Broadway and in the West End, where it was honored with the 2014 Evening Standard Award for Best Musical. She was most recently represented on Broadway by New York, New York. Other Broadway credits include POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. Other Broadway credits include Oklahoma!, Show Boat, Prince of Broadway, Bullets Over Broadway, Big Fish, Young Frankenstein, Thou Shalt Not, The Music Man, The Frogs, Big, Steel Pier, Picnic, and Crazy for You.

Off-Broadway credits include: The Beast in the Jungle, Dot, Flora the Red Menace, And the World Goes ’Round, Happiness and The Last Two People on Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville starring Mandy Patinkin and Taylor Mac.

For ten years she choreographed Madison Square Garden’s annual spectacular A Christmas Carol. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut directing and choreographing The Merry Widow, starring Renée Fleming.

Her London West End productions include Crazy For You, Oklahoma!, Show Boat, Contact, The Producers, and Young Frankenstein.

For New York City Ballet, she created Double Feature, a full-length ballet featuring the music of Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson, and For the Love of Duke, featuring the music of Duke Ellington. 

‍Other ballet credits include But Not For Me for the Martha Graham Company and Take Five…More or Less for Pacific Northwest Ballet. Her choreography received an Emmy Award nomination for the HBO presentation Liza – Live from Radio City Music Hall, starring Liza Minnelli. She received the American Choreography Award for her work in Columbia Pictures feature film Center Stage. She directed and choreographed The Producers: The Movie Musical, nominated for 4 Golden Globes. 

She directed and choreographed the Broadway bound Ahrens/Flaherty musical Little Dancer for The Kennedy Center and Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater. In collaboration with the Williamstown Theatre Festival, she directed the play Photograph 51 for Audible. 

She is an Associate Director for Lincoln Center Theater and a member of the Board of Directors for the Ronald O. Perelman Center for the Performing Arts located at the World Trade Center.

She is the recipient of the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater and an inductee of the Theater Hall of Fame in New York City.

Other birthdays on this day include:

Rob Marshall
Cameron Mackintosh
David Cromer
Arthur Miller 

See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!