Broadway AM Report, 7/13/2016 - Ektor Rivera, SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS and More!
By: Jessica Khan Jul. 13, 2016
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: Ektor Rivera joins Broadway's ON YOUR FEET! this evening, The Muny's starry YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN begins, and SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS opens tonight off-Broadway!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Jason Danieley has signed on for Williamstown Theatre Festival's AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER!
- We got a look (right) at Bianca Marroquin's history-making return to Broadway's CHICAGO, plus a peek at Leslie Odom Jr.'s album launch event, and footage of this year's Jimmy Awards opening number!
- Second Stage Theatre Uptown will put on SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER this season.
- WICKED will welcome Jeremy Woodard as its new 'Fiyero' in Houston...
- Christopher Maring is getting Columbia's 2016 T. Fellowship.
- And Irving Berlin will be the subject of an upcoming TV series!
Broadway Weather Forecast: A high of 83 and cloudy, with a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon!
What looking forward to listening to: Dan and Laura Curtis's OVERTURE album, featuring a slew of Broadway and West End talent!
Video of the Day: Get a good laugh at Stephen Colbert and ALL THE WAY's Bryan Cranston in a skit titled 'Too Much Exposition Theater"!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Sir Patrick Stewart, who turns 76 today!
Stewart last starred on Broadway opposite Ian McKellen in NO MAN'S LAND and WAITING FOR GODOT. Before that, he appeared in A LIFE IN THE THEATRE, MACBETH (which earned him a Tony nomination in 2008), THE CARETAKER, A CHRISTMAS CAROL (which he also directed), THE RIDE DOWN MT. MORGAN, THE TEMPEST and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The actor launched his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and rose to fame playing 'Captain Jean-Luc Picard' in the cult TV series STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. He is also well known for portraying 'Professor Charles Xavier' in the X-MEN film series. Stewart can currently be seen in the series BLUNT TALK.
Photo by Jason Bell
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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