Barbara Walters News

Preview performances began Saturday, September 12th, for the critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of William Shakespeare's HAMLET with Jude Law in the title role, directed by Michael Grandage. The production officially opened last night, October 6th, at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street). HAMLET will play a strictly limited run of 12 weeks only.

This September, Cindy Adams, the nation's undisputable Queen of Celebrity Gossip, will debut ONLY IN NEW YORK, an evening of gossip and celebrities and who did what to whom, for four performances only, Tuesday, September 29 through Friday, October 2, 2009.

GLEE stars Lea Michele and Cory Monteith visited ABC's 'The View' on Wednesday September 30th. You can watch the segment right here on STAGE TUBE.

CNN executives have confirmed that the Divine Miss M. herself, Bette Midler, will join Joy Behar in the launch of Behar's new talkshow, HLN's 'The Joy Behar Show,' premiering tomorrow, September 29 at 9pm EST. Midler no doubt signifies cache for talk show hosts: she was Johnny Carson's last guest on The Tonight Show.

This September, Cindy Adams, the nation's undisputable Queen of Celebrity Gossip, will debut ONLY IN NEW YORK, an evening of gossip and celebrities and who did what to whom, for four performances only, Tuesday, September 29 through Friday, October 2, 2009.

Tommy Tune, the nine-time Tony Award-winning performer and choreographer will be honored as a 'Living Landmark' along with five other individuals in November by the New York Landmarks Conservancy.

Totally J'Blammee'd Music is proud to present the revamped, expanded, and acclaimed one-man improvisational tribute show, johnpaulgeorgeringo, starring Dave Jay.

It is difficult to imagine a greater fan of the recent Tony Award-winning Passing Strange than Spike Lee. After seeing the show twice in the same weekend during its stint at The Public Theater, Lee's 'nightmare,' he tells Blackbook.com was that 'at some point it was going to close and that it was just all going to all go away.' Hence the inspiration for his new documentary, 'Passing Strange,' which documents the stage show he filmed in July just prior to the show's closing. After winning several awards at Sundance, 'Passing Strange' is now playing at the IFC in New York, on the IFC channel and will soon be broadcast on PBS. Lee sat down this week with original creators Stew and Heidi Rodewald and Blackbook.com to discuss of 'Strange.'

Totally J'Blammee'd Music is proud to present the revamped, expanded, and acclaimed one-man improvisational tribute show, johnpaulgeorgeringo, starring Dave Jay.

Oscar(TM)-winning actor Robin Williams, the extraordinary actresses of The Golden Girls, the voices of Donald Duck and Goofy, and other incomparable contributors to the Disney legacy will be honored on Sept. 10 at the 2009 Disney Legends Awards during the D23 EXPO at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Comedian Kathy Griffin returns to Mandalay Bay on Friday, October 30 for two hilarious performances

ABC's 'The View' took home the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host at the event this evening. After years of coming up empty handed in the Daytime Emmy's talk show host category, the ladies of 'The View' won the day.

This September, Cindy Adams, the nation's undisputable Queen of Celebrity Gossip, will debut ONLY IN NEW YORK, an evening of gossip and celebrities and who did what to whom, for four performances only, Tuesday, September 29 through Friday, October 2, 2009.

The complete cast, all-star band and crew of HAIR gave a performance from the Tony Award-winning musical live on ABC's 'The View' on Wednesday, August 5th. The performance was the largest Broadway cast appearance in the history of 'The View,' and took place during season finale week before the show breaks for its summer hiatus.

PASSING STRANGE is coming to the big screen in Spike Lee's new film adaptation. The official trailer has been released and we are excited to show it to BroadwayWorld.com Visitors!

Julie & Julia is the new comedy-drama, written and directed by Nora Ephron, depicting events in the life of famed chef Julia Child. Ephron's screenplay is adapted from two books: My Life in France, Child's autobiography, written with Alex Prud'homme, and a memoir by Julie Powell. The film had a New York City premiere on Wednesday, July 30th, 2009 at the Ziegfeld Theatre. BroadwayWorld.com cameras were there as the stars arrived!

Cast members from the five-time Tony Award nominated smash-hit musical ROCK OF AGES will be rollin' onto your television set this week with appearances on ABC's 'The View' and IFC's 'Z ROCK.'

On Tuesday July 21st and Monday July, 27th, the five-time Tony Award® nominated smash-hit musical ROCK OF AGES welcomed true rock and roll royalty onstage after the soul shaking and face melting performances! Band members from JOURNEY, EXTREME (who both have songs in the show) and RATT greeted the cast and BroadwayWorld.com has the EXCLUSIVE photos!

Cast members from the five-time Tony Award nominated smash-hit musical ROCK OF AGES will be rollin' onto your television set this week with appearances on ABC's 'The View' and IFC's 'Z ROCK.'

Award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin will perform her witty comedy routine inside the Mandalay Bay Theater Friday, July 3.