Broadway AM Report, 6/9/2016 - SHINING CITY at Irish Rep and More!

By: Jun. 09, 2016
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Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it?

Next up in our series of stars introducing BWW's morning feature
is DISASTER's Kerry Butler
(portrait by Walter McBride)!

TODAY'S BIG NEWS: SHINING CITY starring Matthew Broderick opens tonight at Irish Repertory Theatre!

Janet McTeer & Company in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Ten shows will be performing at this Sunday's Tony Awards ceremony. Check out the full list!
- Gillian Lynne, the original choreographer of CATS, is "very angry" over the hiring of Andy Blankenbuehler for the revival.
- We got an explanation of how much money HAMILTON is making and where that money goes. Fascinating stuff!
- Check out photos from the opening nights of A FUNNY THING HAPPENED...at MCC and THE PURPLE LIGHTS OF JOPPA ILLINOIS at Atlantic Theater Company. We also got a peek into Shakespeare in the Park's all-female TAMING OF THE SHREW (right), a first look at photos and video of FUNNY GIRL starring Shoshana Bean, video from the closing performance of AMERICAN PSYCHO and a new song by Tim Minchin from the Broadway-bound GROUNDHOG DAY musical! Plus a few more videos from STARS IN THE ALLEY featuring the casts of MATILDA, CHICAGO, SOMETHING ROTTEN and KINKY BOOTS!
- Group tickets for the Broadway revival of MISS SAIGON are now on sale...
- And Lea Michele will star in a new Hulu sci-fi anthology series entitled DIMENSION 404!

Broadway Weather Forecast: Sunny with a high of 74 degrees, but expect some gusty winds!

What we're geeking out over: These sweet photos of James Monroe Iglehart and his cat Zoe in the newest Tails of Broadway!


What we're looking forward to watching: Aaron Tveit is heading to the LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT on Friday. Set your DVRs!

What we're watching now: The premiere episode of SO YA WANNA BE A BROADWAY STAR?!

Video of the Day: Check out this amazing 360 degree video of the cast of HAMILTON rehearsing for the Tony Awards!


See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!


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