WAKE UP with BWW 7/28/2015 - Pinkham Back on Broadway, UP HERE and More!

By: Jessica Showers Jul. 28, 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: A murderer returns to Broadway, UP HERE opens in La Jolla and more!

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- Bryce Pinkham returns to Broadway's A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER tonight.
- The FROZEN writing team's new musical UP HERE opens tonight at La Jolla Playhouse!
- Liz Callaway's FOR THE RECORD concert & live recording is set for tonight at the Met Room...

Ryan Silverman backstage at INTO THE WOODS!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Isaiah Johnson, Joaquina Kalukango and Kyle Scatliffe have joined Broadway's THE COLOR PURPLE!
- Michael McGrath has signed on for Roundabout's SHE LOVES ME.
- Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears and Elton John are working on a new musical...
- We got a peek backstage (right) at The Muny's INTO THE WOODS, plus photos and highlights of Jennifer Holliday in SOPHISTICATED LADIES at ZACH Theatre, and a look at Ken Fallin's illustration for MRS. SMITH'S BROADWAY CAT-TACULAR!
- The FROZEN writers have left Disney's BOB THE MUSICAL, with Michael Chabon and Bret McKenzie taking their place...
- MTI has secured the rights to Jason Robert Brown's HONEYMOON IN VEGAS.
- And Vice President Joe Biden stopped by HAMILTON last night!

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 90 degrees and lots of sun. Wear sunscreen and stay hydrated, kids!

Quote of the Day: A word from UP HERE's Robert Lopez...

"I like to think my sense of humor is sort of smart and dumb at the same time. I like to work on multiple levels - smart and dumb, funny and sad, profound and mundane, cynical and hopeful."
-- Robert Lopez (via BrainyQuote)

Video of the Day: To celebrate National Dance Day over the weekend, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS released a heartfelt tribute video. Check it out below!

And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Sally Struthers, who turns 68 today!

Struthers last starred on Broadway in Grease and before that The Odd Couple and Wally's Cafe. She also played 'Miss Hannigan' in the '98 national tour of Annie. She is currently appearing in Nice Work If You Can Get It opposite Valerie Harper at Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine. Struthers has also taken the Ogunquit stage in Hello, Dolly!, The Fully Monty, Fiddler on the Roof, All Shook Up, Chicago, Legally Blonde, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Among her other regional credits are Nonsense, Love Letters, Cinderella, The Drowsy Chaperone, Always...Patsy Cline, 9 to 5 and more. The actress is well known for her roles as 'Gloria Stivic' on the sit-com All in the Family and 'Babette' in Gilmore Girls.

Sally Struthers and Carter Calvert
in El Portal Theatre's ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE in 2014.

See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!

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