WAKE UP with BWW 6/26/2015 - 'FIVE POINTS', GREY GARDENS Auction and More!
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: NYC readings, a GREY GARDENS auction and more!
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP ITEMS:
- Katie Thompson & more take part in a reading of Lyons & Pakchar's new musical 'FIVE POINTS' today.
- Little Edie Beale's letters will be auctioned off today & tomorrow before GREY GARDENS heads to Bay Street...
- And be sure to set your DVR - Penn & Teller visit NBC's JIMMY FALLON tonight!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- CLUELESS is officially on the way to becoming a jukebox musical!
- Lawrence Wright's CAMP DAVID is heading to Broadway next season.
- Harry Potter's parents will take the stage in a new West End play from J.K. Rowling & John Tiffany!
- ALADDIN has locked in its London home, with MISS SAIGON prepping for a move across the pond.
- Anthony Warlow will step in for Kelsey Grammer in FINDING NEVERLAND!
- We got a look at highlights from Encores! A NEW BRAIN...
- Culture Project will premiere Stacyann Chin's MOTHERSTRUCK, directed by Cynthia Nixon.
- THE KING & I and more are set for Broadway in Bryant Park, kicking off next month.
- And Outfest 2015 is set to honor HEDWIG's John Cameron Mitchell!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Cloudy with a high of 78 today; highs in the 70s again Saturday & Sunday, but with scattered rain and thunderstorms. It's an umbrella-all-the-time kind of weekend!
Quote of the Day: A word from the Broadway-bound Penn Jillette...
"Don't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it'll make you bugnutty."
-- Penn Jillette (via BrainyQuote)
What we're watching: The new Netflix documentary on Nina Simone, WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE?, streaming today!
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