WAKE UP with BWW 10/13/14 - HERE LIES LOVE in London, FIRST WIVES CLUB, Jeff Awards 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? Today's big news: HERE LIES LOVE rocks its opening night in London, THE FIRST WIVES CLUB gets a reading, and the Jeff Awards celebrate the best of Chicago theatre tonight!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- HERE LIES LOVE, starring Natalie Mendoza, opens tonight in the West End!
- A starry cast comes together for a benefit reading of THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (above)...
- Richard Kind hosts BORN FOR BROADWAY tonight to raise funds for Unite 2 Fight Paralysis.
- And Robin de Jesus, Lena Hall and more will tribute Prince in DEARLY BELOVED at 42West tonight!
- And the 2014 Jeff Awards will be held this evening in Chicago, so be sure to check back for a full list of the winners!
WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- Stephen Sondheim and David Ives are working on a new musical!
- We got a look at the new poster for Broadway's THE ELEPHANT MAN, starring Bradley Cooper!
- The NOH8 campaign (see the Keenan-Bolger siblings, right) is back!
- Jason Robert Brown's HONEYMOON IN VEGAS is getting a cast recording!
- Jim Parsons will lead Roundabout's winter reading of MERTON OF THE MOVIES.
- We got a first look at Broadway's ON THE TOWN, Chichester's GYPSY (here), and new shots from DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS in the West End!
- And finally, REBECCA con man Mark Hotton will serve three years in prison and pay $68,000 for his crimes against the musical's producing team...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 66, low of 52, with a chance of rain throughout the afternoon and evening. Dreary, yes, but also a good excuse to bust out your best, layered fall outfit!
Quote of the Day: In honor of tonight's DEARLY BELOVED tribute to Prince, a pithy quote from the man himself...
A strong spirit transcends rules.
-- Prince (via BrainyQuote)
What we're looking forward to listening to: The INTO THE WOODS film soundtrack, out December 16! Plus, Kristin Chenoweth's new live album, out next month!
Video of the Day: Harvey Fierstein made a special appearance on Saturday's episode of SNL, and you can check it out below!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Marie Osmond, who turns 55 today!
Osmond made her Broadway debut in the 1996 production of The King and I and returned to the stage for 2011's Donny & Marie - A Broadway Christmas -- a Broadway special loosely based the variety show hosted by Marie and her brother Donny in the late '70s. Osmond was also a popular country music artist in the '70s and '80s. Since her last appearance on Broadway, Osmond has appeared on CBS's The Talk, Dancing With the Stars and more.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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