WAKE UP with BroadwayWorld - Thursday, April 24, 2014 - CABARET and THE GREAT IMMENSITY Open, NPH on LETTERMAN 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.

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

• CABARET -- with Alan Cumming, reprising his role as the Emcee, and Michelle Williams, making her Broadway debut -- opens tonight on Broadway! We'll be bringing you the reviews live, as always, so stay tuned...
• Also opening tonight is The Civilians' THE GREAT IMMENSITY at The Public Theater!
• Harvey Fierstein's CASA VALENTINA opened last night (check out the Review Roundup here), and BWW was there to capture all of the first-night shenanigans. Come back later on for coverage!
• The SAG Foundation Career Conversations series continues today with Marisa Tomei. Our own Richard Ridge will be conducting the interview, as usual!
• Set your DVR! HEDWIG star Neil Patrick Harris will visit THE LATE SHOW with David Letterman tonight; plus, William Shatner's SHATNER'S WORLD is set to be broadcast nationwide today!

Cup of Joe: Perk up and revisit yesterday's big news...

• The 2014 Drama League Award nominations were announced. Check out BWW's photo and video coverage!
• Clive Davis says he's bringing MY FAIR LADY back to Broadway because it's "the greatest musical of all time"...
• Ryan Silverman, Robert Joy and more have joined SIDE SHOW, running at the Kennedy Center this summer.
• Also this summer, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY is set to return to the Menier Chocolate Factory in London!
• The World Premiere of the stage adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE announced its first round of casting, including Ian Bartholomew, Anna Carteret and more!
• More great casting news - the FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 50th anniversary concert has added Jackie Hoffman, Joshua Bell and more to the lineup.
• Next Monday, Mel Brooks will bring a one-night-only solo show to the Geffen in Los Angeles!
• FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME will return to Lincoln Center Theater next month.
• More than 50 NYC student class presidents will attend a special matinee performance of ALL THE WAY on April 30. Now don't you wish you'd run for office in high school?
• THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY cast recording broke into the Billboard Top 200!
• And we got a first look at Julia Roberts' character poster for THE NORMAL HEART on HBO.

Broadway Weather Forecast: Whistle down the wind, let your voices carry... Sunny and windy. High of 60 degrees.

Quote of the Day: Theatre by the people, for the people...

First there was the theatre of people and animals, then of people and the devil. Now we need the theatre of people and people.
-- Edward Bond (via BrainyQuote)