WAKE UP with BWW 12/18/14 - INTO THE WOODS Off-Broadway, Billy Magnussen Rocks for Charity and More!
By: Jessica Showers Dec. 18, 2014
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: Roundabout welcomes INTO THE WOODS tonight, Billy Magnussen and his band rock for charity, and WE MUST BREATHE responds to the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Gardner in Chicago!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Fiasco's reimagined INTO THE WOODS begins previews off-Broadway tonight!
- INTO THE WOODS film star Billy Magnussen and his band Reserved For Rondee play a holiday charity concert tonight in NYC.
- It's the last day to bid on Kristin Chenoweth's costume piece from a cut scene in WICKED to support Maddie's Corrner!
- Set your DVR! Sting is appearing on Bravo's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE tonight.
- And Chicago's Victory Gardens hosts 'WE MUST BREATHE', an event in response to the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and more...
WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- HBO will screen Audra McDonald's Tony-winning turn in LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL!
- Broadway's SIDE SHOW revival will be recorded for the Lincoln Center Library.
- IT'S ONLY A PLAY has recouped on Broadway!
- The Broadway-bound DOCTOR ZHIVAGO announced its full cast!
- We got a first look (right) at Kristin Scott Thomas in THE AUDIENCE in the West End.
- Bryce Pinkham is taking a leave of absence from 'GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE'...
- Broadway's BEAUTIFUL is holding national open casting calls this winter!
- Alice Ripley & Aaron Lazar will lead a reading of THE WONDERFUL MR. AND MRS. O'LEARY next month.
- And finally, Second Stage is moving forward with plans to purchase Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre...
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 43 degrees and mostly sunny with a clear night!
Quote of the Day: In celebration of Elton John's wedding to his longtime partner David Furnish this weekend, here are some words from the music icon...
"If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything. Songs will outlast the artist and they will go on for ever if they are good."
-- Elton John (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: The final episode of THE COLBERT REPORT, airing tonight. Watch a clip from earlier this week!
Video of the Day: Get a sneak peek at Fiasco Theater's INTO THE WOODS, beginning tonight off-Broadway!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Katie Holmes, who turns 36 today!
Holmes made her Broadway debut in 2008's All My Sons and returned to the stage in 2012 for Dead Accounts. The actress kickstarted her career in the TV drama Dawson's Creek and has since appeared on the big screen in The Ice Storm, Abandon, Batman Begins, Thank You for Smoking, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and more recently, The Giver. She also starred as 'Jackie' in The Kennedys mini-series.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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