WAKE UP with BWW 10/2/14 - THE COUNTRY HOUSE, THE REAL THING, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 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? Today's big news: THE COUNTRY HOUSE opens on Broadway, THE REAL THING begins previews, PORT AUTHORITY and 'MIDNIGHT EXPRESS' open off-Broadway, SPEED-THE-PLOW officially debuts in the West End and more!
Next up in our series of Broadway stars introducing BWW's morning feature is Lindsay Nicole Chambers (portrait by Walter McBride), star of SUBMISSIONS ONLY who has also appeared on the Great White Way in LYSISTRATA JONES, LEGALLY BLONDE and HAIRSPRAY, plus TRIASSIC PARQ and FORBIDDEN BROADWAY off-Broadway. Get ready for a busy Thursday and scroll down to the news!
Photo by Walter McBride.
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- MTC's THE COUNTRY HOUSE, featuring Blythe Danner, opens tonight on Broadway. Be sure to check back for our live Review Roundup!
- ONCE composer Marketa Irglova will stop by the Broadway production this evening, so stay tuned for photos!
- Roundabout's THE REAL THING with Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal begins previews...
- Irish Rep's PORT AUTHORITY (more here) and 'RIDING THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS' open off-Broadway.
- SPEED-THE-PLOW, starring Lindsay Lohan, opens tonight in the West End...
- A new musical adaptation of Barry Manilow's COPACABANA kicks off a UK tour today!
- And Sigourney Weaver hosts THEATER CLOSE UP, which launches tonight with Mint Theater's LONDON WALL.
WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is officially coming to Broadway this spring!
- West End star Ruth Wilson has joined Jake Gyllenhaal in MTC's CONSTELLATIONS.
- CHICAGO vet Amy Spanger will return to Broadway as 'Roxie' next month!
- Richard Jay-Alexander directs BROADWAY & BEYOND, starring Norm Lewis, Deborah Voigt, Sierra Boggess and more in November.
- Broadway's 'CURIOUS INCIDENT' unveiled new production shots (right)...
- THE VIEW's Joy Behar is headed off-Broadway with ME, MY MOUTH AND I!
- Kevin Spacey's NOW: IN THE WINGS ON A WORLD STAGE will air on Ovation early next month.
- And London theatre critic David Benedict is penning a new Sondheim biography called HOW DID IT HAPPEN...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 69 degrees and partly cloudy all day; low in the high 50s tonight.
Quote of the Day: Composer Marketa Irglova on ONCE being adopted in new ways...
Making something and sending it out into the world and then people not only responding to it but adopting it for their own and making a separate thing for it, that's beautiful. It just shows you how much you can affect other people... the butterfly effect of everything you put out into the world.
-- Marketa Irglova (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: The film version of Stuart Brayson and Tim Rice's epic new musical FROM HERE TO ETERNITY screens in the US, beginning tonight! Check out BWW's review of the album here.
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Sting, who turns 62 today!
Sting wrote the music and lyrics for the new musical THE LAST SHIP, premiering on Broadway this season. Sting is best known as the lead singer/songwriter for The Police. His work with the band and as a solo artist have earned him 16 Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe, an Emmy and several Oscar nominations for Best Original Song. Sting, who has 11 solo albums and 5 with The Police, has sold over 100 million records worldwide.
Photo by Amy Boyle.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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