WAKE UP with BWW 3/30/2015 - Vineyard, MISCAST, MUFTI Galas and More!
By: Jessica Showers Mar. 30, 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: It's an evening of galas and benefits for Vineyard, MCC, York and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Aaron Tveit, Betty Buckley and more will appear at Vineyard Theatre's 2015 Gala tonight!
- Aasif Mandvi hosts MCC Theater's 2015 MISCAST Gala this evening.
- Tony nominee John Tartaglia emcees York Theatre Company's '100 MUSICALS IN MUFTI' benefit!
- SWEENEY TODD, with Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson, begins tonight in London.
- Gonzalez, James, Leung and Pascal lead SEASONS OF BROADWAY at BB King's tonight.
- And BROADWAY BY THE YEAR continues tonight at Town Hall featuring the musicals of 1941-1965...
Photo by Walter McBride
NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND:
- Craig Zadan could be announcing NBC's next live musical today...
- Idina Menzel has announced her 2015 WORLD TOUR dates!
- Audra McDonald is in final talks to join Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST as 'Garderobe'.
- New musicals by David Yazbek and Billie Joe Armstrong are set for the Atlantic's 2015-16 season.
- We got a peek at the stars of Broadway's SKYLIGHT in the spotlight...
- Broadway's ALLEGIANCE is holding open call auditions in Toronto!
- The 54 SINGS series took 'Show of the Year' at the 2015 MAC Awards.
- The new BAT OUT OF HELL musical is aiming for a 2016 premiere...
- INTO THE WOODS is now the No. 5 highest grossing movie musical!
- Bernadette Peters will narrate the storybook ELOISE on a new recording.
- Finally, Tony Award-winner Gene Saks has died at 93, and SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE star B.J. Crosby has passed away at 63...
Broadway Weather Forecast: Possible rain early, then partly cloudy throughout the day with a high of 56 degrees!
Quote of the Day: A word from birthday boy Warren Beatty...
"You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play."
-- Warren Beatty (via BrainyQuote)
What we're looking forward to listening to: The upcoming cast album for off-Broadway's JOHN & JEN, starring Kate Baldwin and Conor Ryan!
Video of the Day: Watch highlights from La Mirada's immersive CARRIE THE MUSICAL!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Warren Beatty, who turns 78 today!
Beatty made his Broadway debut in 1959's A Loss of Roses, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He made his film debut in Elia Kazan's Splendor in the Grass, which earned him a Golden Globe nod in 1961. Among his other big screen credits are Tennessee Williams' The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, All Fall Down with Angela Lansbury, 1967's Bonnie and Clyde -- for which he produced, assembled the writers/director and chose his co-stars -- The Only Game in Town with Elizabeth Taylor, Mike Nichols' The Fortune, Shampoo (which he co-wrote), Heaven Can Wait (which he directed, produced, wrote and acted in and which won three Golden Globes), and the Oscar-winning films Reds, Dick Tracy and Bugsy.
Photo by Jordan Strauss
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!