WAKE UP with BWW 9/3/2015 - Tyler Perry, CLUE, LORD OF THE FLIES and More!

By: Sep. 03, 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: CLUE gets the cabaret treatment, Tyler Perry brings MADEA to the stage, LORD OF THE FLIES starts up at Regent's Park and more!

TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:

- Michael Urie and more tribute CLUE at 54 Below this evening!
- Tyler Perry takes the Beacon Theatre stage in MADEA ON THE RUN tonight.
- LORD OF THE FLIES opens tonight at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.
- And LaChanze, Brenda Braxton and more will appear in tonight's VILLAIN: DEBLANKS at The Triad...

Bryan Cranston as LBJ!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Michael Feinstein is returning to the NY cabaret scene in a new partnership with 54 Below!
- Past MAMMA MIA! stars will reunite for the show's final Broadway performance.
- Dean Jones, star of Broadway's COMPANY and Disney family films, passed away at 84.
- We got a look at Alfie Boe, Montego Glover & Alex Finke joining LES MIZ, shots from THE CHRISTIANS and HAMLET IN BED off-Broadway, plus a sneak peek at photos and footage of DADDY LONG LEGS in rehearsal, and a preview (right) of Bryan Cranston as LBJ for HBO's ALL THE WAY!
- Lena Hall is going solo this fall, and Norm Lewis will bring holiday cheer to 54 Below this winter.
- Andrea Burns & Joshua Henry will join Jason Robert Brown at SubCulture next week...
- And Cate Blanchett will play Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin's upcoming biopic!

Broadway Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy with a high of 92 degrees. Stay cool, it's almost Friday!

Quote of the Day: A short scene from CLUE, which hit the big screen in 1985 and is coming to 54 Below tonight...

"Mrs. Peacock: Everything all right?
Colonel Mustard: Yep. Two corpses. Everything's fine." -- via IMDb

What we're watching: The tongue-in-cheek, scream-tastic title sequence for SCREAM QUEENS on FOX!

Video of the Day: Watch Kelli O'Hara playing to her strengths at last night's #Ham4Ham lottery!
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!


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