WAKE UP with BWW 1/7/2016 - BROADWAY: BEYOND THE GOLDEN AGE & More!
By: Jessica Khan Jan. 07, 2016
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: BROADWAY: BEYOND THE GOLDEN AGE makes its debut in Palm Springs and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Rick McKay's film BROADWAY: BEYOND THE GOLDEN AGE premieres tonight in Palm Springs!
- HASAN MINHAJ: HOMECOMING KING returns to Cherry Lane tonight...
- GREY GARDENS, starring Sheila Hancock and Jenna Russell, makes its European premiere!
- Jeff Daniels stops by INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO to discuss Broadway and more this evening.
- And the company of off-Broadway's SMOKEFALL meets the press, so stay tuned for coverage!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- ALLEGIANCE will close on Broadway next month but is planning a tour and international productions!
- We got a look (right) at Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Hudgens and more in new GREASE: LIVE cast photos!
- Emma Rice's first season at Shakespeare's Globe will include IMOGEN, MACBETH and more.
- Tony winner Bartlett Sher will helm ROMEO AND JULIET at the Lyric Opera of Chicago...
- And Sutton Foster's YOUNGER has been picked up for Season 3, featuring Matthew Morrison!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 45 degrees and partly cloudy today.
Quote of the Day: A word from comedian and entertainment icon Jerry Seinfeld, who launches his Beacon Theatre residency tonight...
"To me, if life boils down to one thing, it's movement. To live is to keep moving."
-- Jerry Seinfeld (via BrainyQuote)
What we're reading: Taylor Mac's new play HIR; the playwright is appearing tonight at The Drama Book Shop to sign copies!
What we're watching: Rick McKay's much anticipated film BROADWAY: BEYOND THE GOLDEN AGE, debuting tonight at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Check out a trailer below!
Video of the Day: Watch the new trailer for off-Broadway's upcoming show THE WOODSMAN!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Robert Petkoff!
Petkoff just finished a run as 'Richard Hannay' in 39 STEPS off-Broadway. He last starred on Broadway in ALL THE WAY and before that, in ANYTHING GOES, RAGTIME, MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and EPIC PROPORTIONS. Among his other off-Broadway credits are HAPPINESS and MORE STATELY MANSIONS. Petkoff has also taken the stage in TANTALUS in Denver and across the UK, in THE ROYAL FAMILY at Theater Royal Haymarket, and in UK tour of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. He made his musical debut as 'George' in SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at Chicago Shakespeare Theater in 2002. The actor has appeared on the big screen in IRRATIONAL MAN, MILK & MONEY, the TV movie LIBERACE, and on the small screen in THE GOOD WIFE, LAW & ORDER and more.
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