Alfred Molina News

Yesterday, I had the exceptional privilege of conducting an InDepth InterView with legendary Oscar-winning Hollywood and Broadway legend Julie Andrews, star of films like MARY POPPINS, THE SOUND OF MUSIC; original TV musicals like Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA; and stage shows like the original productions of MY FAIR LADY, CAMELOT and VICTOR/VICTORIA. In our exclusive conversation we discussed everything from her favorite cast albums and theatre scores to working with Robert Wise on THE SOUND OF MUSIC and STAR! to ENCHANTED, THE PRINCESS DIARIES, SHREK and this summer's smash-hit Pharrell Williams/Neptunes-composed animated musical DESPICABLE ME. We also discuss plans for a US tour and the resounding success of her children's book series - even after all these years she still was at the top of the book charts and featured in the top movie of the week last week! Additionally, We also discuss her opinions on co-stars Russell Brand and Steve Carell, rock music in the theatre, GLEE, the Obamas, Sondheim, the Tony Awards and much more. Here is much more than a mere spoonful of the endless vat of sweetness - as well as generosity, beauty, elegance and class - that defines Ms. Julie Andrews.

Weekend movie box office update: July 16 - July 18, 2010.

Weekend movie box office estimates: July 17 - July 18, 2010.

As the former captain and current coach of the New London Lady Leopard Varsity Cheer Squad, Doretha Bolingbroke will do anything to keep the cheer bloodline intact. Her daughter Halle is poised to become captain, but when Doretha's old rival Nuella Percy returns from exile with her own cheerleading-machine daughter Charmain, the women must wage an epic battle for control of the squad and cheerdom itself. Inspired by Henry IV, Part 1 and the true story of Wanda Holloway.

SplashNewsOnline acquired on-set photos of Julie Taymor's film adaptation of THE TEMPEST, to be released this December. The film was shot in Hawaii with stars Helen Mirren ('Prospera'), Jeremy Irons, Alfred Molina, Ben Whishaw, Felicity Jones, and Russell Brand. The photos can be viewed here.

Beginning Saturday, July 3, L.A. Theatre Works Radio Theatre Series will air Moving Bodies by Arthur Giron, starring Emily Bergl, Jessica Chastain, Jill Gascoine, Matthew Gaydos, Harry Groener, Arye Gross, Kathryn Hahn, Mark Harelick, Katharine Leonard, Mary McGowan, Alec Medlock, Alfred Molina, Jenny O'Hara, Raphael Sbarge, Joe Spano and John Vickery.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that stage and film star Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite; Hairspray) and Off Broadway vet Ashley Austin Morris (Die Mommie Die) will appear in the July cast of Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's smash hit show Love, Loss, and What I Wore.

'In The Wings,' the American Theatre Wing's online video series about the people who work behind the scenes to make theatre magic, has just been recognized by The Telly Awards with its Silver Telly (its top recognition).

he Donmar Warehouse production of RED broke the house record at the Golden Theatre in its final week on Broadway. RED, the biggest Tony Award winner of the 2009-2010 season, grossed $724,155.50 for eight performances in the week ending June 27, breaking the record set by Avenue Q on December 31, 2006 for a nine performance week.

RED, the biggest Tony Award-winner of the season, ends its strictly limited engagement on Sunday, June 27 at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street). The production will have played 101 performances and 22 previews.

RED, currently playing at The Golden Theatre on Broadway starring Alfred Molina and Eddie Redmayne, dedicated a special 7:00pm performance on June 20,2010 to The Actors Fund, granting proceeds to the fund in support of their programs and services. BroadwayWorld brings you Alfred Molina's curtain speech below.

Last weekend, I had the exceptional privilege of conducting an InDepth InterView with 2010 Tony-winning Best Featured Actress In A Play: the luminous and winsomely witty film and stage star Scarlett Johannson. We talked about her work in the theatre on this year's highly-praised revival of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, as well as her feelings on musicals, Stephen Sondheim, and growing up in New York, which then veered off into a considerable discussion of her film work and working with actors like Hugh Jackman, Robert Downey Jr. and Penelope Cruz, as well as directors like Woody Allen and Christopher Nolan. Additionally, we discussed her love of musicals, her favorite shows, scores and cast albums, singing showtunes with Hugh Jackman, her thoughts on a Woody Allen musical, what Sondheim roles she would like to play, GLEE, and, of course, a detailed and descriptive discussion of the entire process of bringing BRIDGE to the stage. This is the complete InDepth InterView you have all been waiting for - of course, two sneek peek samples have gone up on BWW this week and have so far been quoted and reprinted in US WEEKLY, Perez Hilton and Oh No They Didn't, just to name a few, all of whom also reprinted her e-mail response to me. She is without a doubt one of the brightest stars of our age and it was a extreme privilege for me to help her shine some light on the more obscure corners of her career, as well as the highs - on Broadway, in Hollywood and elsewhere. Enjoy!

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that stage and film star Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite; Hairspray) and Off Broadway vet Ashley Austin Morris (Die Mommie Die) will appear in the July cast of Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's smash hit show Love, Loss, and What I Wore.

Beginning Saturday, July 3, L.A. Theatre Works Radio Theatre Series will air Moving Bodies by Arthur Giron, starring Emily Bergl, Jessica Chastain, Jill Gascoine, Matthew Gaydos, Harry Groener, Arye Gross, Kathryn Hahn, Mark Harelick, Katharine Leonard, Mary McGowan, Alec Medlock, Alfred Molina, Jenny O'Hara, Raphael Sbarge, Joe Spano and John Vickery.

The Donmar Warehouse production of RED has recouped its $2.25 million production costs as of the week ending June 20, 2010, officially entering the hit column. The production, the biggest Tony Award-winner of the 2009-2010 season, ends its strictly limited engagement on Sunday, June 27 at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street), playing 101 performances and 22 previews.

This weekend, I had the exceptional privilege of conducting an InDepth InterView with 2010 Tony-winning Best Featured Actress In A Play: the luminous and winsomely witty film and stage star Scarlett Johansson. We talked about her work in the theatre on this year's highly-praised revival of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, as well as her feelings on musicals, Sondheim, and growing up in New York, which then veered off into a considerable discussion of her film work and working with actors like Hugh Jackman, Robert Downey Jr. and Penelope Cruz, as well as directors like Woody Allen and Christopher Nolan. In this second sample portion of the forthcoming interview we talk about her love of musicals, her favorite shows, scores and cast albums, singing showtunes with Hugh Jackman, her thoughts on a Woody Allen musical, what Sondheim roles she would like to play, GLEE, and more. The complete InDepth InterView will be available next Friday, but here is another small sampling to curb your appetite until then. A special early-summer treat!

RED, currently playing at The Golden Theatre on Broadway and starring Alfred Molina and Eddie Redmayne, will dedicate a special 7:00pm performance on June 20,2010 to The Actors Fund, granting proceeds to the fund in support of their programs and services.

RED, the biggest Tony Award-winner of the season, is now in its final two weeks on Broadway. The show's strictly limited engagement ends on Sunday, June 27 at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street). The production will have played 101 performances and 22 previews.

Stage and screen favorite Lea Michele was featured on 'Live with Regis & Kelly' today, June 15.

From the team that brought the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' trilogy to the big screen, Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films present PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME, an epic action-adventure set in the mystical lands of Persia, playing at Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre, May 28 through June 16.