WAKE UP with BWW 4/7/2015 - HAND TO GOD, GROUNDED, DISENCHANTED! and More!
By: Jessica Showers Apr. 07, 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: HAND TO GOD opens on Broadway, Anne Hathaway returns to the stage, DISENCHANTED! brings a twist to fairytale princesses off-Broadway and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- HAND TO GOD opens on Broadway tonight - check back later for our live Review Roundup!
- GROUNDED, starring Anne Hathaway, begins previews at the Public...
- DISENCHANTED! officially opens off-Broadway this evening!
- Bobby Steggert leads a reading of SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, and GRINDR The Opera gets its first staged reading in NYC today.
- John Tiffany and Enda Walsh's THE TWITS starts tonight at the Royal Court.
- Plus, Jeremy Jordan and more join Michael Mott in THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS HOW tonight at 54 Below!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Christopher Fitzgerald and Tim Kazurinsky have joined AN ACT OF GOD!
- Alicia Silverstone will star in OF GOOD STOCK at MTC this summer.
- We got a stunning first look (right) at Broadway's THE KING AND I!
- David Mamet's SPEED-THE-PLOW is headed to the big screen...
- SIDE SHOW and 'SUNDAY IN THE PARK' topped the 2015 Helen Hayes Awards!
- 'HUNCHBACK' is not coming to Broadway...
- The Actors Fund's 2015 gala will honor Bloomberg & Freeman!
- Broadway stars are calling for NYC Mayor de Blasio to reverse adoption funding cuts, while Broadway's Bob Gaynor is battling a serious illness and needs support...
- And stage, screen & cabaret star Julie Wilson passed away this weekend at the age of 90.
Broadway Weather Forecast: Light rain this afternoon and evening with a high of 57 degrees. Dress in layers!
Quote of the Day: A word from GROUNDED star Anne Hathaway...
"So as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve. I want to work with people that frighten me and excite me, and characters that I don't believe I'm the best person for the part but I'm still gonna try anyway. Those are my favorite roles."
-- Anne Hathaway (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: ALLEGIANCE's George Takei in his new YouTube reality series, IT TAKEIS TWO!
Video of the Day: Broadway legend Lea Salonga performing "Blackbird" with the South Vocal Ensemble as part of a master class held at Council Rock High School South in Holland, Pa., last month!
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!