Broadway AM Report, 7/29/2016 - CATS Returns, Jenna Ushkowitz Joins WAITRESS and More!

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

THIS WEEKEND'S BIG NEWS: CATS claws its way back to Broadway on Sunday, GLEE's Jenna Ushkowitz joins Broadway's WAITRESS tonight, and GHOST QUARTET plays in concert in Brooklyn today!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Idina Menzel is set for Lifetime's BEACHES remake!
- THE FLAMINGO KID musical will hit Broadway in Spring 2018.
- THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL is recording a cast album before diving into the Great White Way...
- We got a first look (right) at the new cast of SOMETHING ROTTEN!, plus scenes from CATS on Broadway, highlights from TROILUS AND CRESSIDA at Shakespeare in the Park, footage from A CHORUS LINE in rehearsal at the Hollywood Bowl, and shots from Jennifer Damiano's 54 Below solo debut!
- Bay Street Theater has cancelled its PRINCE OF EGYPT concert...
- Bette Midler will mentor on the upcoming season of NBC's THE VOICE.
- And Lin-Manuel Miranda will host this year's PBS Arts Fall Festival!

Broadway Weather Forecast: Thunderstorms today and Sunday, but mostly clear on Saturday! Highs in the 80s.

Quote of the Day: A word from Jenna Ushkowitz, who takes her first bow in WAITRESS tonight...

"I wanted to be a vet when I was little, so it never really dawned on me that acting was my career, it sort of chose me more than I chose it."
-- Jenna Ushkowitz (via BrainyQuote)

What we're listening to: The SHE LOVES ME cast recording, out online and in stores today. Go into the studio with the cast below!

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What we're watching: INDIGNATION, starring Broadway vets Danny Burstein, Linda Emond and more. The film hits theaters today - watch the trailer below!

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Video of the Day: Watch highlights from CATS, officially returning to Broadway this Sunday!

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And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Josh Radnor, who turns 42 today!

Josh Radnor just appeared in WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT off-Broadway and will soon bring his first-ever play, SACRED VALLEY, to the Vassar Powerhouse reading series. The actor last starred in DISGRACED on Broadway, and before that in THE GRADUATE. He also took the stage in EIGHT DAYS (BACKWARDS) Off-Broadway and in COMPANY in concert in Los Angeles. Radnor is best known for playing 'Ted Mosby' in the Emmy-winning sitcom HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. His writing and directorial debut on film was 2010's HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE, followed by the movie LIBERAL ARTS. Radnor most recently appeared on TV in MERCY STREET.