WAKE UP with BWW 3/25/2015 - CLINTON THE MUSICAL Starts Its Campaign and More!
By: Jessica Showers Mar. 25, 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: CLINTON THE MUSICAL starts its campaign off-Broadway tonight and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- CLINTON THE MUSICAL begins previews off-Broadway tonight!
- MUSIC HALL, starring Jeffrey Binder, comes to 59E59.
- Jane Fonda and more will appear at L.A. Theatre Works' 40th Anniversary Gala this evening...
- And John Patrick Shanley and more headline the 2015 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival this week!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- The CABARET National Tour will launch from Providence in 2016!
- Brandy is headed to Broadway's CHICAGO!
- STARS IN THE ALLEY will draw out Broadway's best in late May.
- Brian Stokes Mitchell will receive the New Dramtatists' Distinguished Achievement Award!
- A teenage playwright is adapting Mark Twain's 'TOM SAWYER' for Broadway...
- SKYLIGHT is taking a week's hiatus in April.
- Bernadette Peters will return to host this year's BROADWAY BARKS in July!
- Randolph-Wright's BORN FOR THIS, TIGER STYLE! is set to premiere during Alliance's 2015-16 season.
- We got a first look (above, right) at Anthony Warlow in MAN OF LA MANCHA in D.C. (plus highlights)!
- And WICKED is hosting an open casting call in NYC next month!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Rainy this afternoon with a high of 49 degrees.
Quote of the Day: A word from birthday boy Elton John...
"Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours."
-- Elton John (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: Tituss Burgess (who is amazing in 'KIMMY SCHMIDT' on Netflix, by the way) singing 'Stay With Me' at Sondheim's birthday tribute...
Video of the Day: Watch Josh Groban's 'Pure Imagination' music video!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Elton John, who turns 68 today!
Music icon Sir Elton John has composed for Broadway's Billy Elliot, Lestat, Aida (which won him a Tony in 2000) and The Lion King, as well as writing additional music for Holler If Ya Hear Me. He also produced Next Fall. Elton John has sold more than 300 million records and has won six Grammy Awards, an Oscar, and a Golden Globe. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and has since been added to the Songwriter's Hall of Fame and is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. Among his film credits as an actor are Tommy, Spice World, The Road to El Dorado and The Million Dollar Piano. He and his longtime partner David Furnish finally wed in December last year.
Photo by John Heller/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/ZUMAPress.com
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!