WAKE UP with BWW 1/27/2016 - IF/THEN Tour Greets New Faces!

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: IF/THEN gets fresh faces on tour, three shows begin off-Broadway and more!

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- Jackie Burns, Tamyra Gray and Matthew Hydzik join IF/THEN on tour in Dallas!
- THE WOODSMAN (more here), SMART PEOPLE (more here) and I AND YOU begin this evening off-Broadway...
- And be sure to set your DVR! THE COLOR PURPLE's Danielle Brooks visits THE LATE SHOW tonight.

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- HAMILTON will launch a national tour from San Francisco next March, while ALADDIN is hitting the road next April!
- Groff, Henry, Donnell, Osnes and more are set for the New York Pops' 2016-17 season.
- We got a first look at the art for SPONGEBOB, a sneak peek in rehearsal (right) with THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM, and more behind-the-scenes stills from GREASE: LIVE!
- Timothy Olyphant wiill star in Atlantic's HOLD ON TO ME DARLING.
- HANGMEN has recouped in the West End, while GAME OF THRONES' Kit Harington will star in DOCTOR FAUSTUS in London!
- And Dominique Morisseau, Lynn Nottage & Sarah Burgess are among the finalists for this year's Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 42 degrees and cloudy today!

What we're watching: Music supervisor Tom Kitt's "behind the music" featurette for FOX's GREASE: LIVE!