WAKE UP with BWW 3/18/2016 - FIDDLER Album, THE EFFECT, Sutton Foster & More!

By: Mar. 18, 2016
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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? This weekend's big news: FIDDLER releases its new cast album, THE EFFECT bows off-Broadway and more!

Next up in our series of stars introducing BWW's morning feature is Nikki Renee Daniels (portrait by Walter McBride), star of MCP's THE SECRET GARDEN and the upcoming Encores! production of 1776!

Nikki Renee Daniels wants you to WAKE UP with BWW!
Photo by Walter McBride

THIS WEEKEND'S TOP ITEMS:

- Broadway's FIDDLER ON THE ROOF celebrates 100 performances and its new cast album today!
- Lucy Prebble's THE EFFECT opens off-Broadway this Sunday...
- And the company of FULLY COMMITTED meets the press, so stay tuned for coverage.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN's Dreyfuss & Platt!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Jack O'Brien's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is landing in New York next spring!
- SHE LOVES ME opened on Broadway last night - read all the reviews!
- We met (right) and chatted with the cast of DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Second Stage!
- ALL THE WAY, starring Bryan Cranston, will debut this May on HBO.
- 2 BROKE GIRLS' Beth Behrs is making her NYC stage debut in MCC's 'A FUNNY THING...'
- Judi Dench has donated SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE's sets in hopes of founding a new festival.
- NC Stage will premiere the new BRAVE NEW WORLD musical!
- And NYC has created a grant program to up diversity in the city's cultural institutions...

Broadway Weather Forecast: Sunny with a high of 58 today, dropping to 47 tomorrow, with...snow on Sunday. Enjoy your Friday while it lasts, people!

Quote of the Day: A word from birthday girl Sutton Foster...

"I don't think of myself as a dancer. I think of myself as a singer-actress who moves really well."
-- Sutton Foster (via BrainyQuote)

What we're listening to (and watching): THE PASSION soundtrack, out today! The live event airs this Sunday on FOX.

Video of the Day: St. Patrick's Day might be over, but our Irish spirit isn't - watch RIVERDANCE's appearance as part of yesterday's TODAY SHOW lineup!

And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Sutton Foster, who turns 41 today!
Two-time Tony Award-winner Sutton Foster, currently staring in TV Land's YOUNGER and soon to be seen in Netflix's GILMORE GIRLS reboot, last appeared on Broadway in VIOLET and before that in ANYTHING GOES, SHREK THE MUSICAL, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, LITTLE WOMEN, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, ANNIE, GREASE and LES MISERABLES.
Sutton Foster performing in 'DEFYING GRAVITY' in Sydney last month.
Photo by Robert Catto

See you bright and early on Monday, BroadwayWorld!


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