Broadway AM Report, 11/14/2016 - DEAR EVAN HANSEN, GREAT COMET and More!

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it?

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TODAY'S BIG NEWS:

- DEAR EVAN HANSEN begins previews on Broadway, while 'GREAT COMET' takes its official opening bows tonight!
- TCG hosts its 2016 Gala, ROCKERS ON BROADWAY returns to support BC/EFA, and Billy Porter directs Wesley Taylor's starry 'PROUD OF US' benefit for The Actors Fund.
- Playwrights Sarah Ruhl (more here) and Lindsey Ferrentino will be honored in separate ceremonies...
- THE 24 HOUR PLAYS returns to the Great White Way this evening.
- And Glenn Close and more are being inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame!

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NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:

- Bernadette Peters will host a Q&A with Lonny Price after this week's 'MERRILY' documentary screening.
- Leonard Cohen passed away last Thursday - see what the Broadway community had to say about the music icon...
- We got a first look (right) at 'GREAT COMET' on Broadway, footage inside rehearsal for Fiasco's INTO THE WOODS and THE BODYGUARD on tour (pics here), a peek backstage for ROCKERS ON BROADWAY, shots from La MaMa's 55th anniversary gala, and an interview with JERSEY BOYS' Mark Ballas!
- Temple University students used Broadway as inspiration for their protest in reaction to the election.
- Off-Broadway's EVERY BRILLIANT THING is headed to HBO this winter!
- And stage and screen actor Owiso Odera has died suddenly after collapsing onstage during a play rehearsal...

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Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 63 and partly cloudy to kick off your week!