WAKE UP with BroadwayWorld - Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - Scott Alan, Marilyn Maye, LOS MONOLOGOS DE LA VAGINA 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...
- Eve Ensler's LOS MONOLOGOS DE LA VAGINA begins performances Off-Broadway tonight!
- Marilyn Maye, who has performed on THE TONIGHT SHOW a record 76 times, will perform a tribute to host Johnny Carson tonight at 54 Below...
- The soundtrack for LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY'S RETURN, featuring the vocal talents of Broadway's Lea Michele, Kelsey Grammer, Bernadette Peters, Megan Hilty, Patrick Stewart and more, is out today!
- Speaking of albums, Scott Alan releases his first solo album, ANYTHING WORTH HOLDING ON TO...
- DVR Alert! Neil Patrick Harris will appear on LIVE WITH KELLY & MICHAEL today, and THE NORMAL HEART's Matt Bomer is set to visit JIMMY FALLON tonight!
- Finally, Encores! IRMA LA DOUCE is putting on a dress rehearsal today, so be sure to come back later for BWW's sneak performance preview!
Cup of Joe: Perk up and revisit yesterday's big stories...
- ALL THE WAY, FUN HOME and THE NIGHT ALIVE won 2014 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards!
- Also in awards season news, Neil Patrick Harris, Susan Stroman and more are nominated for 2014 Astaire Awards...
- ROCKY's Alex Timbers will helm the new musical UP THERE by Robert and Kristen Lopez at La Jolla Playhouse next year. And then please, please come to Broadway!
- Tori Amos' THE LIGHT PRINCESS musical, which ran at the National last year, is getting a cast recording, and its creator is aiming for Broadway...
- According to Cameron Mackintosh, MARTIN GUERRE is being revised for a West End revival run.
- The Tony Awards Pop Up Shop will feature an 'UNTOLD STORIES OF BROADWAY' event, including Caissie Levy, Brian Yorkey and more next week.
- To add to the festivities leading up to The Tony Awards, Norm Lewis is set to host the STARS IN THE ALLEY concert on May 21!
- Next week, THE ME NOBODY KNOWS is getting an industry reading, featuring choreography by Taye Diggs and direction by Stafford Arima...
- We got a first look at off-Broadway's BOOGIE STOMP (here) and Signature Theatre's THE THREEPENNY OPERA in D.C. (here)!
- FOX has finally commented on the whole Naya Rivera GLEE firing fiasco and says she has NOT been let go from the series...
- And last but not least, we had to plug Randy Rainbow's hilarious episode of CHEWING THE SCENERY from yesterday; he channels ALADDIN for his own, totally epic, Tony nominations recap!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Today is copying yesterday's solid spring weather! Partly cloudy with a high of 67.
Quote of the Day: On happy accidents...
"The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life."
-- Arthur Miller (via BrainyQuote)
What we're listening to: Scott Alan's ANYTHING WORTH HOLDING ON TO, just released today. Our own Editor-in-Chief Robert Diamond has a personal connection to the composer, and this EP is Alan's first real solo outing. It's not light, by any means, but intimate and serious and deep.
Video of the Day: In honor of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES' return to New York -- this time in Spanish -- watch a clip (or all of the videos, if you want!) from the original production, performed solo by Eve Ensler!
And finally, a Happy Birthday flashback shout-out to Orson Welles!
Welles, born on May 6, 1915 (he passed away in 1985), wrote, directed, produced and starred in many Broadway productions, beginning in 1934 with Romeo and Juliet. As an actor, he also appeared in Broadway's Panic, Ten Million Ghosts, Dr. Faustus, Julius Caesar, Heartbreak House, Danton's Death and King Lear. He staged Macbeth, Horse Eats Hat, The Shoemaker's Holiday, Native Son, Around the World and many other works, but he is probably best known for helming the revolutionary stage production Caesar in 1937. Welles also wrote a stage adaptation of Moby Dick, which was produced in 1962. Also famous for his radio and film work, among his most notable pieces were the terrifying 1938 broadcast of The War of the Worlds, and the classic 1941 film Citizen Kane.
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
