WAKE UP with BWW 2/10/2015 - APPLICATION PENDING, JOHN & JEN, BEAUTIFUL in London and More!
By: Jessica Showers Feb. 10, 2015
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: APPLICATION PENDING, opening tonight, showcases Christina Bianco's versatility, JOHN & JEN and ROCKET TO THE MOON begin off-Broadway, BEAUTIFUL starts performances in the West End and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- APPLICATION PENDING, starring Christina Bianco, opens off-Broadway tonight!
- Kate Baldwin and Conor Ryan lead JOHN & JEN, beginning previews tonight...
- Clifford Odets' ROCKET TO THE MOON kicks off this evening off-Broadway.
- BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL starts previews in the West End!
- ONCE begins in Toronto tonight with an all-Canadian cast.
- Chazz Palminteri stars in an NYC reading of BREAKING BOBBY STONE today...
- And PETER PAN LIVE!'s Lost Boys reunite in concert tonight!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Hamlisch & Sklar's Broadway-bound musical GOTTA DANCE will debut in Chicago, helmed by Jerry Mitchell!
- Williamstown will welcome a slew of stars, including married actors Audra McDonald & Will Swenson, for its 2015 festival season!
- Broadway choreographer Twyla Tharp is heading out on tour this year!
- INTO THE WOODS' Anna Kendrick is performing a 'special' number at the Oscars!
- We got a first look at Signature's BIG LOVE (right), plus Tituss Burgess as 'The Witch' in INTO THE WOODS!
- Michael Gambon has decided to retire from the theatre. We wish him well!
- Playwrights Horizons' 2015-16 season will feature new works by Taylor Mac and more.
- And Hunter Foster is coming back to Bucks County to direct NATIONAL PASTIME and COMPANY this season...
Broadway Weather Forecast: Mostly cloudy with a high of 39 degrees!
Quote of the Day: A word from stage great Michael Gambon...
"There are more important ways of earning a living, aren't there? Like being a neurosurgeon. But some plays are very important, aren't they?"
-- Michael Gambon (via BrainyQuote)
Video of the Day: An animated look at Alison Bechdel's FUN HOME and its journey to the stage! Plus meet the company here...
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Chloe Grace Moretz, who turns 18 today!
Moretz made her stage debut last year in The Library at The Public Theater; the play centers on a survivor of a deadly high school shooting. Moretz launched her career at the age of 7 in the TV series The Guardian and has since starred on the big screen in The Amityville Horror, (500) Days of Summer, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Kick-Ass, Let Me In, Hugo, Dark Shadows, Carrie, If I Stay and The Equalizer. She will soon appear in the films Dark Places and The 5th Wave.
Photo by Joan Marcus.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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