WAKE UP with BWW 4/1/2015 - AIRLINE HIGHWAY and LIVING ON LOVE Begin and More!
By: Jessica Showers Apr. 01, 2015
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: AIRLINE HIGHWAY and LIVING ON LOVE bring NOLA and comedic romance to Broadway, and 39 STEPS returns to NYC tonight!
Happy April Fools' Day! Did you spot BWW's phony article... or two?
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- AIRLINE HIGHWAY (more here) and LIVING ON LOVE begin previews on Broadway tonight!
- The off-Broadway revival of THE 39 STEPS starts previews!
- Hilary Mantel will appear this month at Broadway's WOLF HALL: PARTS 1 & 2 to sign her novels.
- Olympia Dukakis, Bill Irwin & Carey Perloff are set for 92Y's 'Why Theater Matters' panel this evening.
- Broadway is dimming its lights in honor of Gene Saks tonight...
- And the company of Jesse Eisenberg's THE SPOILS meets the press, so stay tuned for photos!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- OUR MOTHER'S BRIEF AFFAIR is coming to Broadway next winter, starring Linda Lavin!
- HONEYMOON IN VEGAS will close early on Broadway this Sunday...
- Laura Benanti, Victor Garber, Brian Stokes Mitchell and more have joined the NY Pops' 2015 gala!
- Bobby Cannavale, Ethan Hawke, Wallace Shawn and more will reunite in a benefit reading of HURLYBURLY.
- Justin Bartha and Elizabeth Reaser will lead the world premiere of PERMISSION at MCC!
- We got a first look (right) at Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel in ENO's SWEENEY TODD...
- The BULLETS OVER BROADWAY tour will launch in Cleveland.
- And Playwright David Adjmi finally won the copyright battle over his Three's Company-inspired play '3C'!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 54 degrees and sunny!
Quote of the Day: A word from LIVING ON LOVE star Renee Fleming...
"I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks."
-- Renee Fleming (via BrainyQuote)
Video of the Day: Watch Jeremy Jordan perform 'Don't Rain On My Parade' at MCC Theater's MISCAST Gala!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Debbie Reynolds, who turns 83 today!
Reynolds last starred on Broadway in Woman of the Year. Before that, she appeared in Debbie and Irene, the latter for which she was nominated for a Tony in 1973. She also starred in Annie Get Your Gun on the West Coast. It was her first leading film role in Singing' in the Rain opposite Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor that kick-started her career. Among her other movie credits are Susan Slept Here, The Catered Affair, Bundle of Joy, Tammy and the Bachelor, How the West Was Won, The Unsinkable Molly Brown (which earned her an Oscar nomination), The Singing Nun and more. She also received an Emmy nod for playing Grace's mother on the sitcom 'Will & Grace' and starred in the 2013 TV movie Behind the Candelabra. Reynolds was also recently honored with the Screen Actors Guild's Life Achievement Award.
Photo by Walter McBride
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!