WAKE UP with BWW 11/4/14 - Bette Midler, Scott Alan, BY THE WATER, GUN LOGISTICS and More!

By: Nov. 04, 2014
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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: Bette Midler releases her new album IT'S THE GIRLS, BY THE WATER begins off-Broadway and more!

Next up in our series of Broadway stars introducing BWW's morning feature is Stephen Trask (portrait by Walter McBride), composer and lyricist behind HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH and ROCKY.

Stephen Trask wants you to WAKE UP with BWW!
Photo by Walter McBride.

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- Bette Midler's new album IT'S THE GIRLS is out today, as is Scott Alan's GREATEST HITS - VOLUME ONE!
- BY THE WATER begins performances tonight off-Broadway, and the Pearl's MAJOR BARBARA NYC revival starts this evening.
- Atlantic Theater kicks off its 'Amplified' series with Max Posner's GUN LOGISTICS today.
- And Farah Alvin, Kate Shindle and Katie Thompson lead VANISHING POINT in concert tonight at 54 Below!

CABARET's Emma Stone, Alan Cumming
and more in Vanity Fair!

WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- PIPPIN is packing up the big top -- the musical is set to close on Broadway in January.
- IT'S ONLY A PLAY might be extending on Broadway with Martin Short...
- Emma Stone and the cast of CABARET posed (right) for Vanity Fair!
- We got a sneak peek at THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME in rehearsal in California, and WHITE CHRISTMAS backstage in the West End.
- Bette Midler is taking IT'S THE GIRLS on tour in May!
- Broadway's ON THE TOWN revival is recording a two-disc cast album.
- Idina Menzel, Sting, Nick Jonas and more have joined Macy's 2014 Thanksgiving Day Parade lineup!
- And Ian McDiarmid, Susannah Fielding and more will star in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE at the Almeida.

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 66 degrees and partly cloudy. Every time we think winter is coming it hides! No complaints here.

Quote of the Day: A word from the Divine Miss M...

"I learned to accept the audience's happiness for me, which is one of the hardest things for me to learn."
-- Bette Midler (via BrainyQuote)

What we're listening to: Bette Midler, Bette Midler and more Bette Midler! Her new album IT'S THE GIRLS is out today, and we can't get enough. Sample all the songs below!

And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Daisy Eagan, who turns 35 today!

Eagan started her Broadway career as alternate for Les Miserables' Young Cosette, Young Eponine and Gavroche and went on to win a Tony Award in 1991 for her role as Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden. She is the youngest female actress to win a Tony to date. She also starred in James Joyce's The Dead.

Daisy Eagan at Broadway Workshop in 2011.
Photo by Monica Simoes.

See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!


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