WAKE UP with BWW 12/30/14 - 37th Annual KENNEDY CENTER HONORS and More!
By: Jessica Showers Dec. 30, 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: A slew of stars gather for tonight's KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, Bernadette Peters comes to Bravo and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Laura Benanti, Kelli O'Hara, Jessie Mueller, Meryl Streep, the cast of THE LAST SHIP and more will appear in tonight's KENNEDY CENTER HONORS on CBS!
- Amy Spanger, Donna Vivino, Ben Fankhauser and more gather for A VERY BROADWAY HOLIDAY this evening at 54 Below...
- And set your DVR! Bernadette Peters guest stars in tonight's episode of Bravo's GIRLFRIENDS' GUIDE TO DIVORCE.
WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- We got a first look (right) at Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson in CONSTELLATIONS!
- Nikki M. James will leave Broadway's LES MISERABLES next month...
- Sheryl Crow's DINER musical has sold out its run at D.C.'s Signature Theatre - read the reviews!
- INTO THE WOODS officially opened at No. 2 at the box office!
- We got a sneak peek at Ben Forster in a new promo for ELF: THE MUSICAL's UK tour...
- Ahrens & Flaherty's LITTLE DANCER is eyeing a West Coast run this summer.
- And several Broadway vets are among the new major characters joining GLEE's final season!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Cloudy this morning with sunshine in the afternoon, and temperatures in the mid-30s.
Quote of the Day: A word from birthday girl and INTO THE WOODS star Tracey Ullman...
"It's funny - if you impersonate somebody, they have no idea it's them."
-- Tracey Ullman (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: THE TODAY SHOW anchors and crew starred in TODAY: THE MUSICAL, Kathie Lee Gifford's original musical comedy (featuring Regis Philbin) yesterday morning. Check it out below!
Video of the Day: The Warblers' full performance of Ed Sheeran's 'Sing,' coming up in GLEE's final season!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Tracey Ullman, who turns 55 today!
Ullman just graced the big screen as 'Jack's Mother' in Rob Marshall's adaptation of Into the Woods. She made her Broadway debut with her one-woman show The Big Love in 1991, for which she received a Drama Desk nomination. She also took part in Encores! The Band Wagon this fall. Before starring in her own TV comedy series The Tracey Ullman Show, the actress appeared in British sketch shows A Kick Up the Eighties and Three of a Kind, as well as Girls on Top. Her more recent TV projects include Tracey Takes On..., Ally McBeal, the TV movie version of Once Upon a Mattress, Mumbai Calling, State of the Union and a small arc on How I Met Your Mother.
Christine Baranski and Meryl Streep.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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