Wake Up With BWW 4/11: THE LION KING Trailer, and More!

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Power through the end of your week by catching up on the latest Broadway news!

A new trailer has been released for the upcoming live action Lion King film! The trailer marks 100 days until Simba arrives in theaters on July 19!

We've got your first listen to two of the track from the first episode of FX's Fosse/Verdon! Listen to "Big Spender" and "Cabaret" below!

We've also got your first listen at two brand new songs from the Beetlejuice musical! The show has released 'Dead Mom,' sung by Sophia Anne Caruso, and 'Say My Name' sung by Caruso and Alex Brightman. Listen below!

The lineup has been announced for a Stephen Schwartz celebration occurring in LA later this year. Guests set to attend include Idina Menzel, Megan Hilty, and more!

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1) Busy Phillpps, Mandy Moore Accuse GUYS AND DOLLS Film Executives of Sexism
by Kaitlin Milligan

During an interview with Busy Tonight, Mandy Moore revealed that she and host Busy Phillips are both up for the role of Adelaide in the a movie musical version of Guys and Dolls. However, Moore went on to say that the casting directors of the film are only casting male leads first before considering any female roles.. (more...)

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2) VIDEO: Disney Releases a New Trailer for THE LION KING
by Stage Tube

The brand-new trailer for Disney's 'The Lion King' is available today, marking 100 days until Simba arrives in theaters on July 19.. (more...)

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3) Menzel, Hilty, Callaway, and More Feature in Starry Lineup for Stephen Schwartz Celebration in LA

The Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts announces today An Evening of Wicked Fun Honoring Stephen Schwartz.. (more...)

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4) Listen to 'Cabaret' and 'Big Spender' from the Premiere of FOSSE/VERDON
by TV News Desk

Atlantic Records has announced plans for a musical companion soundtrack tied to Fosse/Verdon, FX's much anticipated new limited series from the producers of Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen and The Americans.. (more...)

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5) BWW TV: Why Broadway is Getting Behind THE PROM on Stage and Screen!
by BroadwayWorld TV

Ryan Murphy was making it clear that last night belonged to The Prom. The six-time Emmy Award winner Ryan Murphy hosted a special performance of the hit show to benefit Hetrick Martin, GLAAD and The Trevor Project, and the performance was followed by an equally special curtain call announcement.. (more...)

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BWW Exclusive: David Petro's Broadway Break Thru Failed to Pay Instructors, Suspends College Program for 2019

The theater community spans across the world, but it is also famously small. So when you don't pay people who work for you, it tends to get out, especially if those folks have Broadway connections. Such is the pickle that former performer and casting director David Petro seems to have found himself in. He allegedly hasn't paid various people who worked for him teaching master classes and word is now spreading.

Read more here.

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Set Your DVR...

-Adam Driver will appear on LATE NIGHT WITH Seth Meyers tonight!

-Josh Gad will appear on ELLEN today!

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What we're listening to: Hear 'Dead Mom' and 'Say My Name' From BEETLEJUICE On Broadway!

It's showtime, folks! The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in this edgy and irreverent musical comedy based on Tim Burton's dearly beloved film. Get a preview of the show's kooky, rockin' new score below with the anthems, "Dead Mom" and "Say My Name", featuring the show's stars Alex Brightman and Sophia Anne Caruso!

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Social Butterfly: BroadwayWorld Fans Name Their Dream Roles For Jeremy Jordan!

The doctor is in, as Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan stepped into the role of Dr. Pomatter in the hit musical Waitress this week! To celebrate the star's return to Broadway, we asked our BroadwayWorld readers to name what other roles they'd love to see him step into. Now we've compiled some of the most popular answers for you to enjoy! Check out all the dream casting here!

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And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Joel Grey, who turns 87 today!

In a career that was launched in the early 1950's, Joel Grey has created indelible stage roles each decade since: as the iconic M.C. in Cabaret (1966, Tony Award), as song and dance man George M. Cohan in George M! (1967, Tony nomination), as Charley VII in Goodtime Charlie (1975, Tony nomination), as Jacobowsky in The Grand Tour (1979, Tony nomination), as Olim in New York City Opera's Silverlake (1981), as Amos Hart in the landmark revival of Chicago (1996), and as the Wonderful Wizard of Oz in Wicked (2004).

Joel's non-musical stage roles include John Guare's Marco Polo Sings a Solo (1975) at the Public Theatre; the title role in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Chekhov's Platonov (1978); Larry Kramer's seminal The Normal Heart (1986) at the Public Theatre; the American Repertory Theatre's production of Ibsen's When We Dead Awaken (1991) at the Sao Paulo Biennale, directed by Robert Wilson; Herringbone at the Hartford Stage (1992); John Patrick Shanley's A Fool and Her Fortune (NY Stage and Film, 1992); and in the Roundabout Theatre production of Brian Friel's Give Me Your Answer, Do! (1999), for which he received a Drama Desk Award nomination.

Joel Grey is one of only eight actors to have won both the Tony and Academy award for the same role. In 1984, he was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and has received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is also the recipient of the Distinguished Artist Award from the Los Angeles Music Center. In 1993, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis presented Joel with the Municipal Arts Society medal naming him a Living New York Landmark. In October 2009, Grey performed at Carnegie Hall, alongside Lady Gaga, Bono, Rufus Wainwright and more to benefit (RED) and help stop AIDS in Africa. He is currently directing an all-star, one-night only staged reading of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart on Broadway to benefit The Actors Fund and Friends in Deed.

He directed the Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof, currently playing off-Broadway.

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See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!