WAKE UP with BWW 11/10/2015 - THE COLOR PURPLE, LORD OF THE DANCE and More!

- Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano and Helene Yorke have joined AMERICAN PSYCHO on Broadway!
- Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's BRIGHT STAR has moved up its Broadway opening, while CHINA DOLL is delayed...
- Leslie Uggams will star in Colman Domingo's DOT, directed by Susan Stroman at the Vineyard.
- We got a look (right) at Jennifer Diamond in her Feinstein's/54 Below debut, as well as highlights of Daisy Eagan and more in GHOST LIGHT, and footage from TRIP OF LOVE!
- HAMILTON continues to break sales records on Broadway...
- Foster, Peters, Sting, MacFarlane and more are set for Live from Lincoln Center's 'SINATRA' PBS special.
- And A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN, starring Mary Bridget Davies, will head out on tour next year!

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 61 degrees and rainy today - don't forget your umbrella!

Quote of the Day: A word from THE COLOR PURPLE star Jennifer Hudson...

"My grandmother always taught me, 'If you don't have a home, family, and church, you don't have anything.'"
-- Jennifer Hudson (via BrainyQuote)

What we're looking forward to listening to: Annaleigh Ashford's live recording of LOST IN THE STARS, out this Friday!

What we're reading: The new edition of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel THE COLOR PURPLE, out today!

Audio of the Day: "If Only You Would Listen" from School of Rock, currently in previews on Broadway!

And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Tim Rice, who turns 71 today!

Three-time Tony winner, Tim Rice has written the lyrics for countless Broadway productions, among them ALADDIN, EVITA, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, AIDA, THE LION KING, KING DAVID, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT and CHESS, as well as FROM HERE TO ETERNITY in the West End. He is best known as Andrew Lloyd Webber's collaborator and for his work with Alan Menken and Elton John for Disney. He won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Grammy for "A Whole New World" from the movie ALADDIN and an Oscar and a Golden Globe for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from the animated film THE LION KING. He took home his third Academy Award for "You Must Love Me" in the film version of EVITA.