Broadway AM Report, 5/11/2016 - DO I HEAR A WALTZ? Opens at Encores!

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TODAY'S BIG NEWS: DO I HEAR A WALTZ? begins at Encores!, NC Stage's BRAVE NEW WORLD musical with Justin Matthew Sargent starts tonight, and HAMILTON gets honored with the 2016 Brendan Gill Prize!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Audra McDonald is pregnant and will take maternity leave from SHUFFLE ALONG this summer, which means LADY DAY is postponed in the West End.
- Choreographer Savion Glover will join the cast of SHUFFLE ALONG this summer!
- Matthew Perry's END OF LONGING is among the lineup for MCC's 30th season...
- BIG RIVER, THE NEW YORKERS and THE GOLDEN APPLE are set for Encores! next year.
- We got a first look (right) at Kenneth Branagh in character for THE ENTERTAINER, plus a peek at O'Neill Center's George C. Wolfe tribute video, behind-the-scenes footage with THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, and a preview of the Rockettes' NEW YORK SPECTACULAR!
- Elena Shaddow, Jason Gotay and more have signed on for The Muny's 2016 season...
- Jude Law will lead Ivo van Hove's OBSESSION at the Barbican next year.
- And 'BEAUTIFUL' is heading down under next spring!

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 73 degrees and partly cloudy, with a nice, mid-week breeze!