WAKE UP with BWW 1/7/2015 - UNDER THE RADAR, 'PRAY FOR YOU SO HARD' and More!

By: Jan. 07, 2015
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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? Today's big news: UNDER THE RADAR launches today, 'PRAY FOR YOU SO HARD' begins previews, Takei talks ALLEGIANCE and more!

Next up in our series of Broadway stars introducing BWW's morning feature is cabaret star and Tony nominee Liz Callaway, (portrait by Walter McBride), who has appeared on Broadway in The Look of Love, Something Wonderful, Miss Saigon, The Three Musketeers, Baby, Cats and Merrily We Roll Along!

Liz Callaway wants you to WAKE UP with BWW!
Photo by Walter McBride

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- The Public Theater's 11th annual UNDER THE RADAR festival kicks off today!
- Atlantic Theater's I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU SO HARD begins previews off-Broadway.
- RAP GUIDE TO RELIGION returns to Soho Playhouse!
- And George Takei and Telly Leung will appear at CORE tonight to preview ALLEGIANCE...

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Hugh Jackman's movie musical THE GREATEST SHOWMAN ON EARTH will hit theaters Christmas Day 2016!
- Sting's THE LAST SHIP will close this month on Broadway...
- We got a look (right) at new art for Broadway's GIGI, starring Vanessa Hudgens!
- Bradley Cooper's THE ELEPHANT MAN is eyeing a spring bow in London.
- Broadway's THE HEIDI CHRONICLES, starring Elisabeth Moss, has set its full cast!
- Telly Leung has joined MTC's THE WORLD OF EXTREME HAPPINESS.
- Jackie Hoffman will star in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS off-Broadway!
- The Pulitzer-winning play THE FLICK will return to NYC this May...
- And BWW announced our 2014 NY Cabaret Award winners, with Ann Hampton Callaway as Performer of the Year!

Broadway Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy with strong winds and a high of 26 degrees. Bust out that scarf!

Quote of the Day: Liz Callaway on being the first...

"I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a song."
-- Liz Callaway (via BrainyQuote)

What we're watching: ABC's rebroadcast of the first two episodes of GALAVANT, airing tonight!

What we're listening to: Lea Michele and Darren Criss singing 'Suddenly Seymour' from LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS on GLEE!

And a Happy Birthday shout-out to stage and screen actor Robert Petkoff!

Petkoff last appeared on Broadway in All the Way. Before that, he starred onstage in Anything Goes, Ragtime, Spamalot, Fiddler on the Roof and Epic Proportions. He also appeared in the West End in The Royal Family.

Bryan Cranston and Robert Petkoff in ALL THE WAY
Photo by Evgenia Eliseeva

See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!



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