WAKE UP with BWW 3/11/2015 - THE FIRST WIVES CLUB Opens in Chicago and More!
By: Jessica Showers Mar. 11, 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: THE FIRST WIVES CLUB holds its first "meeting" in Chicago tonight and more!
Next up in our series of stars introducing BWW's morning feature is Judy Gold (portrait by Walter McBride), current star of CLINTON THE MUSICAL, who has also appeared off-Broadway in DISASTER!, LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE, 25 QUESTIONS FOR A JEWISH MOTHER and THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES!
Photo by Walter McBride
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- The Broadway-bound FIRST WIVES CLUB musical opens tonight in Chicago!
- A HAPPY END opens this evening off-Broadway.
- Joel Grey and Barbara Carroll will be honored at tonight's EIGHT OVER EIGHTY benefit...
- Olympia Dukakis and Estelle Parsons appear in ASPHODEL at the 92Y!
- And be sure to tune in! Vanessa Hudgens and the cast of GIGI are performing on GMA today.
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- THE HONEYMOONERS musical pulled out of its Goodspeed run to vie for a spot on Broadway!
- THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY National Tour will launch from Iowa this fall.
- Alec Baldwin is returning to the New York stage in ALL MY SONS this summer...
- Steppenwolf's AIRLINE HIGHWAY on Broadway has set its full cast.
- The West End's Imelda Staunton, Lara Pulver and company are recording a new GYPSY cast album!
- We got a peek at BC/EFA's 10th anniversary BROADWAY BACKWARDS show!
- And a first look at footage and the poster for off-Broadway's CLINTON THE MUSICAL.
- Plus a glimpse (right) of Huntington's THE COLORED MUSEUM, directed by Tony winner Billy Porter!
- Lucie Arnaz is set to direct Klea Blackhurst in a lab performance of HAZEL: A MUSICAL MAID IN AMERICA...
- Aaron Tveit, Betty Buckley and more will appear at Vineyard Theatre's 2015 Gala!
- ABC will air a behind-the-scenes special on THE SOUND OF MUSIC next week.
- And finally, Tony Bennett will be performing at Lady Gaga's wedding!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Foggy this morning with a little bit of sun later. Whopping high of 61 degrees. Yes, please!
Quote of the Day: A word from FIRST WIVES CLUB star Faith Prince...
"I'm a character actress. I'm the girl next door, the aunt, the quirky cousin. You have to innately know who you are and be happy with that."
-- Faith Prince (via BrainyQuote)
What we're looking forward to listening to: SIDE SHOW's 'ADDED ATTRACTIONS' live 54 Below album, out in May!
Video of the Day: Watch Christian Borle get into character for Broadway's SOMETHING ROTTEN!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Stephen Bogardus, who turns 61 today!
Bogardus last appeared on the Great White Way in Irving Berlin's White Christmas. He has also starred on Broadway in Old Acquaintance, Man of La Mancha, James Joyce's The Dead, High Society, King David, Love! Valour! Compassion! (for which he was nominated for a Tony in 1995), Falsettos, The Grapes of Wrath and more. Among his off-Broadway credits are Passion, Go Back To Where You Are, Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story and more. The actor has also appeared on TV in The Blacklist, Smash, Law & Order, Without a Trace and Monk.
GO BACK TO WHERE YOU ARE in 2011.
Photo by Joan Marcus.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!