WAKE UP with BWW 2/26/2015 - JOHN & JEN and More!
By: Jessica Showers Feb. 26, 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: A rare revival of JOHN & JEN opens off-Broadway and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- JOHN & JEN, with Kate Baldwin and Conor Ryan, opens off-Broadway tonight!
- Judith Light leads a reading of WONDERFUL - A NEW PLAY today.
- And the companies of HAND TO GOD and FINDING NEVERLAND meet the press, so stay tuned for photos!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Jonathan Groff will take over as 'King George' in HAMILTON next week!
- The original stars of Disney's ALADDIN have extended their contracts into 2016!
- Nathan Lane will return to IT'S ONLY A PLAY next month...
- We got a first look (right) at Kristin Chenoweth and more in ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY!
- Kevin Spacey will be honored with a special award at this year's Olivier ceremony.
- Nickelodeon announced its plans to bring a SPONGEBOB musical to Broaddway...
- A PIECE OF MY HEART is Broadway-bound, with industry readings set for this week.
- And Lady Gaga will star in the next season of AMERICAN HORROR STORY!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Light snow off and on, high of 32 degrees. Stay warm and dry on your way to the show tonight!
Quote of the Day: A word from JOHN & JEN star Kate Baldwin...
"Even with revivals, I don't really pay attention to previous incarnations. I always just go with the script and with the director and am willing to treat it as brand new."
-- Kate Baldwin (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: The pilot episode of TV Land's YOUNGER, starring Sutton Foster, now on Amazon!
Video of the Day: A clip from Disney's all-new short FROZEN FEVER!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Michael Cumpsty, who turns 55 today!
Cumpsty last appeared on Broadway in 2014's Machinal. Before that, he starred in The Winslow Boy, End of the Rainbow (for which he was nominated for a 2012 Tony), Sunday in the Park with George, The Constant Wife, Democracy, Enchanted April, 42nd Street, Copenhagen, Electra, 1776, Racing Demon, Translations, The Heiress, Timon of Athens, La Bête and Artist Descending a Staircase. The actor has also appeared off-Broadway in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Richard III, Hamlet, All's Well That Ends Well, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, King John, and Romeo and Juliet. Cumpsty's TV credits include Boardwalk Empire, Nurse Jackie and All My Children, in addition to the films Eat Pray Love, The Visitor, State of Grace and more.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!