WAKE UP with BroadwayWorld - Monday, April 21, 2014 - 'AUTUMN', ANNAPURNA, Anti-Piracy 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? For your most important theatre meal of the day, we've rounded up the big news you missed yesterday, what's on the agenda today, and a few extras to start your day off right.

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend!

The Bacon: See what's on the griddle today...

• Kicking off a big week of Broadway openings is THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN, starring Stephen Spinella and Estelle Parsons. Be sure to check back for our Review Roundup tonight!
• And ANNAPURNA with Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally opens off-Broadway tonight!
• Plus, VIOLET and THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN opened last night. Read the critical consensus here and here, respectively, and come back for curtain call photos and opening night footage later on!
• The Dramatists Guild's Anti-Piracy Committee is hosting its inaugural awareness event tonight, featuring Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Flaherty, Andrew Lippa, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Stephen Schwartz and many more.
• The O'Neill Center is putting on its 14th Annual Monte Cristo Awards gala in honor of Meryl Streep.
• And MURDER FOR TWO's Murderous Musical Mondays concert series continues tonight with the Pace New Musicals Writer's Room!

Cup of Joe: Perk up and revisit Friday, Saturday and Sunday's big stories...

• HBO's THE NORMAL HEART revealed its first full trailer! Watch it here. Plus, Billy Crystal's 700 SUNDAYS aired on HBO!
• Broadway leads Idina Menzel, Bryan Cranston and James Franco will appear in this year's Easter Bonnet Competition to support BC/EFA!
• Clint Eastwood's JERSEY BOYS movie will hit the big screen in nearly 50 countries.
• Pop star Sara Bareilles shared a sneak peek at a recent reading of WAITRESS: THE MUSICAL!
• A fully healed Christopher Sieber finally joined the cast of MATILDA as the Trunchbull on Friday night!
• Singer and THE VOICE judge Christina Aguilera will star in EVITA for a new experience called "Broadway 4D", set for release in 2015.
• A preview of the new SAILOR MOON musical will be live-streamed in Tokyo later this year.
• Leslie Uggams is set to star in Connecticut Rep's GYPSY as 'Mama Rose'!
• Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's BRIGHT STAR will play The Old Globe in San Diego this fall.
• And in other big regional theatre news, the Williamstown Theatre Festival announced this season's casting; plus Delaware Theatre Company's production of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' is eyeing a New York City run...

Broadway Weather Forecast: Sunny with a high of 61 degrees. ZERO percent chance of rain. Beautiful.

Quote of the Day: On dressing up for the theatre...

"I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different."
-- Harold Prince (via BrainyQuote)

What we're looking forward to: Hearing the Drama League and Drama Desk nominees later this week! Awards season is starting to get real, and we love it.