WAKE UP with BWW 9/24/14 - Lohan in SPEED-THE-PLOW, Porter's WHILE I YET LIVE and More!
By: Jessica Showers Sep. 24, 2014
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: Lindsay Lohan makes her West End debut in SPEED-THE-PLOW tonight, Billy Porter's WHILE I YET LIVE begins previews and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- SPEED-THE-PLOW, starring Lindsay Lohan (seen above in Liz & Dick), opens in the West End!
- Billy Porter's WHILE I YET LIVE -- starring S. Epatha Merkerson, Lillias White and more -- begins previews at Primary Stages!
- Irish Rep's PORT AUTHORITY and Barrow Street's 'RIDING THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS' begin performances off-Broadway tonight.
- And EVITA's Christina DeCicco leads LITTLE FISH, beginning this evening...
WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Barbra Streisand has made history; PARTNERS officially debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it her 10th No. 1 overall, and her sixth No. 1 album over the last six decades!
- Speaking of albums, Bette Midler will release her first new recording in 8 years in November.
- Comedian Sarah Silverman is working on a Broadway-bound musical based on her memoir THE BEDWETTER...
- Andrea Martin is joining PIPPIN on tour, and Lucie Arnaz is returning to the Broadway production!
- See the full list of 2014 New York Innovative Theatre Award winners!
- Dee Roscioli is replacing Teal Wicks in Goodspeed's THE CIRCUS IN WINTER...
- In a strange twist, GLEE has been ordered to change its name in the UK.
- And rumor is MAD MEN's John Slattery and Jon Hamm are headed for Broadway!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 74 and mostly cloudy today with heavy rain tonight. Don't forget your umbrella!
Quote of the Day: Lindsay Lohan on becoming a caricature...
I just feel as though it's become a situation where people have manifested this caricature of who I am, and they act as if there's no real person inside of it.
-- Lindsay Lohan (via BrainyQuote)
Video of the Day: A flashback to Lindsay Lohan in 2004's MEAN GIRLS (which we hope is eventually becoming a musical)!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to John Logan, who turns 53 today!
Logan wrote the book for Sting's new musical The Last Ship and premiered two plays in 2013 -- Peter and Alice in the West End and I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, starring Bette Midler on Broadway. Among his other works are Never the Sinner, Hauptman and Riverview. His play about Mark Rothko, Red, appeared in the West End and on Broadway; the production earned six Tony Awards. Logan was nominated for an Oscar for co-writing Gladiator in 2000, and again in 2004 for The Aviator. Logan also received a Golden Globe for his work on Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd film adaptation. After writing Skyfall, he is set to pen the next two Bond films. He also created the new TV series Penny Dreadful.
Photo by Walter McBride.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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