WAKE UP with BWW 12/30/2015 - MOZART IN THE JUNGLE and More!

By: Dec. 30, 2015
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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: Broadway stars hit the small screen!

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- MOZART IN THE JUNGLE returns to Amazon today!
- Cady Huffman & Debra Jo Rupp guest star in two episodes of the web series HE'S WITH ME.
- And be sure to set your DVR! Kristin Chenoweth and more appear in CBS's I GET THAT A LOT tonight.

DRAGON BOAT RACING at Lincoln Center!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- NYC's interactive spectacle QUEEN OF THE NIGHT will close in January.
- Tonya Pinkins has rather suddenly withdrawn from off-Broadway's 'MOTHER COURAGE'...
- Lin-Manuel Miranda surprised the HAMILTON cast and crew with a STAR WARS screening!
- Lou Diamond Phillips' BURNING DESIRE will make its World Premiere in Connecticut this winter.
- We got a first look (right) at DRAGON BOAT RACING at Lincoln Center, plus a first listen to the cast of FOX's GREASE: LIVE singing "Summer Nights", and footage of Gina Rodriguez's touching tribute to Rita Moreno at the Kennedy Center Honors!
- Playwright Kenneth Lonergan is adapting HOWARDS END into a BBC miniseries.
- And Old Navy is selling kids' shirts discouraging working in the arts...

Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 48 and cloudy today, with rain tonight. Don't forget your umbrella!

What we're listening to: "Cynthia Erivo and Oliver Tompsett Sing Scott Alan," now on iTunes! The Deluxe Edition will be released on New Year's Day.

What we're watching: MOZART IN THE JUNGLE, featuring Bernadette Peters, returning to Amazon for Season 2 today!

Video of the Day: Watch Aretha Franklin and more pay tribute to Carole King at the Kennedy Center Honors!

And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Tracey Ullman, who turns 56 today!

UK native Tracey Ullman last appeared on Broadway in her one-woman show THE BIG LOVE in 1991, which earned her a Drama Desk nomination and a Theatre World Award. She has also taken the stage in Encores! THE BAND WAGON, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW at Shakespeare in the Park, in MY CITY in the West End, and in FOUR IN A MILLION at the Royal Court. She starred as 'Jack's Mother' in Rob Marshall's film adaptation of INTO THE WOODS last year and in the 2005 TV movie version of ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, as well as the films ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, SMALL TIME CROOKS and more. Among her TV credits are STATE OF THE UNION, TRACEY TAKES ON..., THE Tracey Ullman SHOW, THREE OF A KIND, GIRLS ON TOP and more.

Michael McKean and Tracey Ullman pose for Encores! THE BAND WAGON.
Photo by Joan Marcus
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!

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