WAKE UP with BWW 2/27/2015 - Cush Jumbo's JOSEPHINE AND I, LuPone Chats 'VERSAILLES' and More!
By: Jessica Showers Feb. 27, 2015
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: JOSEPHINE AND I begins off-Broadway and more!
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP ITEMS:
- Cush Jumbo's JOSEPHINE AND I begins tonight at The Public Theater!
- Marilyn Horne & Patti LuPone talk LA Opera's THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES in a livestreamed chat today...
- And Barbara Cook closes Lincoln Center's American Songbook series this Saturday.
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- The Chicago company of AIRLINE HIGHWAY will reprise their roles on Broadway.
- Donna McKechnie will standby for Chita Rivera in THE VISIT...
- The 2015 Drama League Awards will be held on May 15!
- John Legend, Rita Ora, Nick Jonas, Matthew Morrison and more will perform on the FINDING NEVERLAND concept album!
- Darren Criss will lead a reading of the new 17 AGAIN musical...
- Tiler Peck is dancing into ON THE TOWN next week.
- We got a first look at photos and highlights from Signature's KID VICTORY in D.C., plus a peek (above) at Larry David's FISH IN THE DARK on Broadway!
- Tony Blair has been added to the London production of THE AUDIENCE, and Cate Blanchett wants to tour Sydney Theatre Company's THE PRESENT.
- And you can 'build' a snowman to support Idina Menzel's A BroaderWay Foundation!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy with a high of 34 degrees today! Sunny, mid-30s on Saturday and Sunday, with rain Sunday night.
Quote of the Day: A word from FISH IN THE DARK's Larry David...
"I think we're all good and bad, but good's not funny. Bad is funny. Suppress the good and let the bad out, and then you can be funny."
-- Larry David (via BrainyQuote)
Video of the Day: Disney's INTO THE WOODS Blu-ray trailer, featuring Meryl Streep's cut song "She'll Be Back"!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Debra Monk, who turns 66 today!
Monk last appeared on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Before that, she starred in Curtains (which earned her a Drama Desk Award in 2007), Reckless, Thou Shalt Not, Ah, Wildnerness!, Steel Pier, Chicago, Company, Picnic, Redwood Curtain (which won her a Tony in 1993), Nick & Nora, Prelude to a Kiss and Pump Boys and Dinettes, for which she also wrote the book, music and lyrics. Monk has appeared on the big screen in The Bridges of Madison County, The First Wives Club, In & Out, The Music Man, The Producers and This Is Where I Leave You. The actress recently appeared on HBO's Girls and currently stars in the Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle. Her past TV credits include Reckless, Damages, Grey's Anatomy, NYPD Blue and more.
Photo by Walter McBride
See you bright and early on Monday, BroadwayWorld!