WAKE UP with BWW 2/18/2016 - THE HUMANS, OLD HATS, ROBBER BRIDEGROOM and More!
By: Jessica Khan Feb. 18, 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: THE HUMANS opens on Broadway, OLD HATS returns to Signature Theatre and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- THE HUMANS opens on Broadway, OLD HATS takes its first official bow at Signature Theatre, and THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM begins performances!
- NYPL for the Performing Arts' SHAKESPEARE'S STAR TURN IN AMERICA exhibition opens today...
- Real-life fiancés Adams & Bellisario lead THE LAST MATCH, opening tonight at The Old Globe.
- And the companies of AMERICAN PSYCHO and THE SECRET GARDEN meet the press, so stay tuned for coverage!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Nic Rouleau will return as 'Elder Price' in THE BOOK OF MORMON next week on Broadway!
- Jeff Richmond is writing music for Broadway's FULLY COMMITTED.
- Oscar Williams will depart Broadway's FUN HOME this spring, and Sandy Duncan has officially left FINDING NEVERLAND...
- Kevin Kline and Nina Arianda are set for a reading of PRESENT LAUGHTER.
- Tituss Burgess, Beth Malone, Krysta Rodriguez, Tony Yazbeck and more signed on for BC/EFA's BROADWAY BACKWARDS!
- We got a first look (right) at Mae Whitman and more in THE MYSTERY OF LOVE & SEX in L.A.
- Michael Crawford will reprise SOME MOTHERS DO 'AVE 'EM for a BBC special this March.
- And WONDERFUL TOWN and TOOTSIE star George Gaynes has passed away at 98...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 37 and partly cloudy today, chilly and clear tonight!
What we wish we could be watching: Alan Cumming's Q&A with Mary Louise Wilson after tonight's screening of SHE'S THE BEST THING IN IT. Check out the trailer for the film below!
Video of the Day: Meryl Streep takes on opera in the new trailer for FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Christopher Sieber, who turns 47 today!
Two-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber currently stars on Broadway as 'Miss Trunchbull' in MATILDA THE MUSICAL. Among his past credits on the Great White Way are PIPPIN, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, SHREK THE MUSICAL, MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT (also in the West End), INTO THE WOODS, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, TRIUMPH OF LOVE, CHICAGO and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, as well as concert productions of ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY and HAIR. Among his off-Broadway credits are THE KID, AVOW, THE BOYS IN THE BAND, PAL JOEY and A CHRISTMAS CAROL. He also recently took the stage in THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD at A.R.T. Sieber has appeared on the small screen in THE GOOD WIFE, PUSHING DAISIES, ELEMENTARY and more.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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