WAKE UP with BWW 3/3/2015 - LES MIZ, HAMILTON and ON THE TOWN Welcome Fresh Faces and More!

By: Mar. 03, 2015
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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: LES MIZ, HAMILTON and ON THE TOWN welcome fresh faces tonight, Peter Gallagher and Kevin Spacey take on familiar roles, and SMASH alums gather in concert!

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- Broadway's LES MISERABLES welcomes a new Fantine, Eponine, Marius, Enjolras and Thenardiers tonight!
- Jonathan Groff steps into HAMILTON as 'King George' this evening...
- LITTLE DANCER's Tiler Peck boards Broadway's ON THE TOWN this week.
- Kevin Spacey reprises his role as CLARENCE DARROW, beginning tonight at the Old Vic.
- Out since Saturday due to illness, Peter Gallagher returns to ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY tonight!
- And SMASH stars Jeremy Jordan, Andy Mientus and Krysta Rodriguez reunite in concert tonight at 54 Below!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Clive Owen will make his Broadway debut in Roundabout's OLD TIMES!
- Rebecca Naomi Jones will succeed Lena Hall in HEDWIG on Broadway, plus the show is preparing to launch a national tour!
- ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY will now open March 15 after Peter Gallagher's absence.
- THE NETHER, starring Merritt Wever, has extended off-Broadway.
- Tena Stivicic won the 2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play 3 WINTERS...
- We got a first look at footage from Cuba's RENT, plus stunning new posters (right) for LES MISERABLES in London!
- Nick Offerman will star in the World Premiere of A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES in Boston...
- Adrienne Barbeau is set to play 'Berthe' on the PIPPIN national tour.
- And Jeremy Jordan has signed on for CBS's SUPERGIRL alongside fellow stage vet Laura Benanti!

Broadway Weather Forecast: Cloudy with snow this afternoon; high of 35 degrees.

Quote of the Day: A word from HAMILTON's newest star Jonathan Groff...

"Make sure that you always follow your heart and your gut, and let yourself be who you want to be, and who you know you are. And don't let anyone steal your joy."
-- Jonathan Groff (via BrainyQuote)

What we're listening to: The two-disc ON THE TOWN cast recording, out today!

Video of the Day: Watch highlights of Imelda Staunton as 'Mama Rose' in GYPSY in the West End!

And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Matthew James Thomas, who turns 27 today!

Thomas last appeared on Broadway in the title role of Pippin (which he reprised on the US tour last fall). The British native kicked off his career on the Great White Way in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. He also recently starred in Sheryl Crow's new musical Diner at D.C.'s Signature Theatre. Among his London stage credits are Fame, Whistle Down the Wind, Oliver!, Dick Whittington, Popcorn, Romeo & Juliet and more. Thomas has also appeared on the big screen in Billy Elliot and About a Boy.

Matthew James Thomas in DINER.
Photo by Carol Rosegg

See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!



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