WAKE UP WITH BROADWAYWORLD

Today's big news: NYTW's starry OTHELLO puts on a benefit show tonight, and YEN - with Lucas Hedges and more - begins this evening at MCC Theater!

Today's big news: The national tour of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL launches in Utica!

Today's big news: THE BODYGUARD kicks off its national tour in Minneapolis tonight!

It's a new year and a new dawn for BroadwayWorld! We're revamping our daily drama digest - the Broadway AM Report - with some new sections for 2017. Scroll down for a peek at what we'll be brewing for you each morning!

Today's big news: The 7th Annual Clive Barnes Award winners will be announced today!

This weekend's big news: BLUEPRINT SPECIALS, with Laura Osnes & Will Swenson, begins tonight at the Intrepid, and THE PRESENT, starring Cate Blanchett & Richard Roxburgh, opens on Broadway this Sunday!

Today's big news: The new Chinese dance drama CONFUCIUS comes to Lincoln Center, Viola Davis stops by INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO and more!

This weekend's big news: Mayer & Kitt's new adaptation of AS YOU LIKE IT opens tonight in Tokyo, and The Public Theater kicks off UNDER THE RADAR 2017!

This weekend's big news: A reading of the new Cher biomusical begins today in New York City!

This weekend's big news: A bunch of Broadway talent will help ring in the New Year in NYC, on TV and beyond!

Today's big news: We remember Debbie Reynolds, stage and screen star and mother of Carrie Fisher, who passed away yesterday.

Today's big news: Spice Girls star Mel B steps onto murderesses row in Broadway's CHICAGO, starting tonight!

Today's big news: Max von Essen stars in YOURS UNFAITHFULLY, beginning tonight Off-Broadway, and Stephen Colbert returns as host of the 39th KENNEDY CENTER HONORS!

Today's big news: The stars of HOLIDAY INN duet today on THEATER TALK, Christmas and the first day of Hanukkah are this weekend (in case you needed reminding), and NBC is airing an encore of HAIRSPRAY LIVE! on Monday!

Today's big news: New Yiddish Rep's GOD OF VENGEANCE, the inspiration for Broadway's upcoming INDECENT, begins tonight at La MaMa, and GMA celebrates Andrew Lloyd Webber this morning!

Today's big news: CAGNEY marks its 300th performance Off-Broadway tonight!

Today's big news: Christina Bianco premieres O COME, ALL YE DIVAS tonight in London!

Today's big news: WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT closes tonight Off-Broadway with a mystery star!

This weekend's big news: DEAD POETS SOCIETY closes Off-Broadway on Sunday with a special benefit performance, and the Broadway-bound musical adaptation of AMELIE, starring Phillipa Soo, opens tonight in Los Angeles!

Today's big news: The theatrical documentary SILENT NO MORE debuts at Carnegie Hall, and NO MAN'S LAND, starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, hits movie theaters tonight!

Today's big news: DREAMGIRLS, starring Amber Riley, officially opens in the West End!

Today's big news: Broadway's ALLEGIANCE hits the big screen today across the U.S. and Canada and more!

Today's big news: OTHELLO, starring Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo, officially bows at NYTW, and Kelli O'Hara and Will Chase lead Roundabout's starry KISS ME, KATE benefit concert!

Today's big news: The new a cappella musical IN TRANSIT officially opens on Broadway this Sunday!

Today's big news: THE BAND'S VISIT, featuring Tony Shalhoub and more, opens tonight at the Atlantic, and Irish Rep's immersive THE DEAD, 1904 officially bows Off-Broadway!