WAKE UP with BWW 3/2/2016 - Wayne Brady Honors Emerging Artists and More!

By: Jessica Khan Mar. 02, 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? Today's big news: Wayne Brady honors Jon Viktor Corpuz, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Nellie McKay and more at Lincoln Center's Emerging Artist Awards!

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- Wayne Brady hosts the 2016 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Awards ceremony this evening!
- Lucy Prebble's THE EFFECT starts tonight at Barrow Street Theatre.
- And Jerry Seinfeld continues his sold-out residency at the Beacon tonight!

Tierney & Boone in DIRTY DANCING!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Julie White will host BROADWAY BACKWARDS 2016, featuring Chita Rivera and more!
- Darko Tresnjak revealed more about the upcoming ANASTASIA premiere in Hartford...
- Michael Urie is hosting the 2016 Drama Desk Awards!
- We got a first look (right) at the DIRTY DANCING North American tour, MOTOWN in London, plus a peek at photos and interviews from TUCK EVERLASTING in rehearsal, and shots from RTC's 50th anniversary gala!
- DRY POWDER will play an extended run at The Public.
- Daisy Ridley will be featured on Babs' new album...
- Cameron Mackintosh is theatre's first official billionaire.
- Casting is underway for Disney Channel's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 4!
- Nicole Scherzinger has signed on for ABC's DIRTY DANCING reboot.
- And SOMETHING ROTTEN!'s Brian d'Arcy James will star in CBS's SUPERIOR DONUTS pilot!

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 46 degrees, blustery and sunny!

Quote of the Day: A word from birthday boy John Cullum...

"I could make thousands of dollars in Broadway musicals, but among the best experiences I had was doing 'Hamlet' in Milwaukee and a version of 'Cyrano' that my wife wrote for me on a bus-and-truck tour."
-- John Cullum (via BrainyQuote)

What we're looking forward to listening to: Ben Folds, Regina Spektor, Common and more singing on the HAMILTON MIXTAPE album, out later this year!

What we're watching: GYPSY, starring Imelda Staunton, now streaming on BroadwayHD!

Lara Pulver and Imelda Staunton in GYPSY in the West End.
Photo by Johan Persson

Video of the Day: Check out the latest installment in our KID CRITICS series to see what our reviewers thought of Broadway's AN AMERICAN IN PARIS!

And a Happy Birthday shout-out to John Cullum, who turns 86 today!

Prolific stage actor John Cullum last starred on Broadway in CASA VALENTINA. Before that, he appeared in THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, CYMBELINE, 110 IN THE SHADE (Tony nomination in 2007), THE GRINCH, SOMETHING GOOD, URINETOWN (another Tony nod in 2002), SHOW BOAT, ASPECTS OF LOVE, SHENANDOAH (which won him his first Tony Award in 1975), PRIVATE LIVES, DEATHTRAP, ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (his second Tony win in 1978), 1776, MAN OF LA MANCHA, ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER (his first Tony nomination in 1966), HAMLET, CAMELOT, SAINT JOAN and more. Among his off-Broadway credits are DETROIT, THE OTHER SIDE, PURLIE at Encores! and FINIAN'S RAINBOW in concert, CANDIDE, ROSE'S DILEMMA, ALL MY SONS, KING LEAR and more. He also helmed off-Broadway's PEOPLE IN SHOW BUSINESS MAKE LONG GOODBYES. Cullum also returned to HAMLET and 1776 on the big screen, and counts INHERIT THE WIND, KILL YOUR DARLINGS, LOVE IS STRANGE, and the upcoming CHRISTINE among his film credits. The actor also recently starred on the small screen in THE MIDDLE.

Nick Westrate and John Cullum in CASA VALENTINA.
Photo by Matthew Murphy

See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!

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