WAKE UP with BWW 3/26/2015 - THE VISIT Begins, NEW YORK SPRING SPECTACULAR Opens and More!
By: Jessica Showers Mar. 26, 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: Broadway's THE VISIT and the Rockettes' SPRING SPECTACULAR start tonight!
Next up in our series of stars introducing BWW's morning feature is Laura Benanti (portrait by Walter McBride), currrent star of off-Broadway's NEW YORK SPRING SPECTACULAR, who has appeared on Broadway in WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, IN THE NEXT ROOM, GYPSY, THE WEDDING SINGER, NINE, SOMETHING GOOD, INTO THE WOODS, SWING! and THE SOUND OF MUSIC!
Photo by Walter McBride
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- THE VISIT, starring Chita Rivera, begins previews tonight on Broadway.
- Laura Benanti leads the NEW YORK SPRING SPECTACULAR, officially opening tonight!
- Off-Broadway's THE BULLPEN heads to Otisville Correctional Institution for two performances.
- Kelli O'Hara, Blythe Danner and more pay tribute to Polly Bergen this afternoon...
- And you can Snapchat with PHANTOM's Julia Udine today!
Photo by Walter McBride
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Garry Marshall has officially secured the rights to adapt PRETTY WOMAN for Broadway!
- Ramin Karimloo is leaving Broadway's LES MIZ this August.
- THE FANTASTICKS will close off-Broadway on its 55th anniversary...
- We got a sneak peek (right) at Chita Rivera and more in THE VISIT; plus BUZZER at the Public!
- AIRLINE HIGHWAY unveiled its official poster.
- This year's National August Wilson Monologue Competition is set for May!
- Tim Curry & Alfred Molina are among the honorees at The Actors Fund's 2015 Tonys Viewing Party...
- The new West End GYPSY cast album will be out next month.
- HBO has cancelled LOOKING, starring Jonathan Groff, but will present the finale as a special!
- Lea Michele is headed to the big screen in THE LAYOVER, and Anna Kendrick will star in TABLE 19!
Broadway Weather Forecast: High of 62 degrees and heavy rain this morning, with showers continuing this afternoon. Don't forget your rain gear!
Quote of the Day: A word from SPRING SPECTACULAR star Derek Hough...
"For me, there's nothing more masculine than when I'm completely in control of my body and can call upon my body to do whatever I want it to do."
-- Derek Hough (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: THE MAKING OF THE NEW YORK SPRING SPECTACULAR, airing on TV tonight in time for the show's opening!
Tomorrow - don't miss our TV special, "The Making of the New York Spring Spectacular!" Come behind-the-scenes of our new show at Radio City Music Hall. Set your DVRs - 9a ET on AMC, IFC and SundanceTV, or 10a ET on WE tv.
Posted by New York Spring Spectacular on Wednesday, March 25, 2015
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to T.R. Knight, who turns 42 today!
Knight will join Broadway's It's Only a Play later this month. He made his debut on the Great White Way in Noises Off and has also appeared in A Life in the Theatre and Tartuffe. Among his off-Broadway credits are Pocatello, Romeo and Juliet, Boy, Scattergood, This Lime Tree Bower and Macbeth. Knight is well known for his role as 'Dr. George O'Malley' on ABC's Grey's Anatomy and has also starred on TV in The Good Wife.
Photo by Jeremy Daniel
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!