WAKE UP with BWW 9/2/2015 - ROY COHN, CHARLIE BROWN, MOONSHINE and More!

By: Jessica Khan Sep. 02, 2015

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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: IN BED WITH ROY COHN gets intimate off-Broadway, stage kids bring 'CHARLIE BROWN' to life, 'MOONSHINE' starts up in Dallas and more!

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- IN BED WITH ROY COHN, starring Christopher Daftsios, opens tonight off-Broadway.
- Broadway kids bring YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN to 54 Below.
- The world premiere of MOONSHINE: THAT HEE HAW MUSICAL begins tonight in Dallas!
- Ivo van Hove helms Simon Stephens' SONG FROM FAR AWAY, starting tonight at the Young Vic.
- Set your DVR! Broadway's THE ILLUSIONISTS will perform on AMERICA'S GOT TALENT this evening...
- And the company of FOOL FOR LOVE meets the press, so stay tuned for photos!

Abbott & Tierney in DIRTY DANCING!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- A MAMMA MIA! movie sequel is imminent, hopefully starring Meryl Streep!
- Zachary Levi has replaced Josh Radnor in Broadway's SHE LOVES ME, while THERESE RAQUIN set its full cast.
- The Imperial, Richard Rodgers & Playhouse Square dimmed their lights in honor of Kyle Jean-Baptiste last night (click here for video).
- Barbra Streisand's GYPSY movie could be getting the green light soon...
- We got a fresh look (right) at the DIRTY DANCING tour, plus highlights from WHORL INSIDE A LOOP!
- DAMES AT SEA announced the winning tap dancers from Monday's contest.
- And Broadway's Josh Gad will play legendary film critic Roger Ebert in a new comedy!

Broadway Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy with a high of 89 degrees (and looks like more of the same for this week)!

What we're reading: ARTEMIS FOWL, to prep for Disney's upcoming live-action film adaptation, directed and written by Kenneth Branagh and Conor McPherson!

What we're watching: The first U.S. trailer for MACBETH, starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard!

And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Joshua Henry, who turns 31 today!

Henry will return to Broadway in 'SHUFFLE ALONG' this season. He recently appeared in a concert production of PARADE, as well as Sutton Foster's summer concert with the New York Pops, and was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in 2014's VIOLET and 2011's THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS. Among his other Broadway credits are BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL, THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS, AMERICAN IDIOT and IN THE HEIGHTS. He made his acting debut as 'Judas' in Paper Mill Playhouse's GODSPELL in 2006.

Colin Donnell and Joshua Henry in VIOLET.
Photo by Joan Marcus

See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!

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