Baz Luhrmann News

Hugh Jackman is scheduled to appear on Jimmy Kimmel December 4th and The View December 5th in promotion of his new film 'AUSTRALIA.' The film takes place in northern Australia prior to World War II. An English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.

The International Press Academy has announced the nominees for the 13th Annual Satellite Awards. The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards. The awards, given by the Intl. Press Academy, will take place Dec. 14 at Century City's InterContinental Hotel.

IMDB.com is reporting that direct Baz Luhrmann has been sized to direct the feature film adaption of the Broadway hit WICKED. Winnie Holzman, who wrote the book for the musical is said to write the screenplay as well. Variety recently reported that the film was in its early development stages, and clearly the next step has been reached. No schedule for filming or production has been officially announced.

The New York Premiere of 'Australia' took place at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City on November 24, 2008. The film is set in northern Australia prior to World War II.

Academy Award-winning actress Nicole Kidman and international superstar Hugh Jackman, who are co-starring in the upcoming movie 'Australia,' will present an award together on 'The 42nd Annual CMA Awards.' Known as 'Country Music's Biggest Night(TM),' 'The 42nd Annual CMA Awards' airs live from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Wednesday, Nov. 12 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Academy Award-winning actress Nicole Kidman and international superstar Hugh Jackman, who are co-starring in the upcoming movie 'Australia,' will present an award together on 'The 42nd Annual CMA Awards.' Known as 'Country Music's Biggest Night(TM),' 'The 42nd Annual CMA Awards' airs live from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Wednesday, Nov. 12 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Shakespeare Festival/LA, an arts education organization that builds communities around the appreciation and production of Shakespeare, will present Baz Luhrmann, Mark Gordon and Steven Seidel with Crystal Quill Awards, acknowledging their enduring contribution to arts education.

The 2009 season at the Almeida Theatre will include five premieres, two major revivals and a Shakespeare.

Internationally acclaimed discipline-bending WaxFactory finally returns home to N.Y.C., after three years and sold-out runs in Europe, Latin America and Australia, to present the world premiere of its latest original creation, BLIND.NESS (Love is a four-letter word), an in depth and daring examination of what happens when love goes terribly wrong.

Internationally acclaimed discipline-bending WaxFactory finally returns home to N.Y.C., after three years and sold-out runs in Europe, Latin America and Australia, to present the world premiere of its latest original creation, BLIND.NESS (Love is a four-letter word), an in depth and daring examination of what happens when love goes terribly wrong.

A frank and intimate chat with Lorna Luft, who's performing in York's Larry Grossman revue this weekend in NYC.

The Weinstein Co. is going to start producing for Broadway.

The newest edition of the American Theatre Wing's 'Working in the Theatre' will feature 'Broadway Producers' on CUNY TV on Sunday, June 1 at 5 p.m.

The newest edition of the American Theatre Wing's 'Working in the Theatre' will feature 'Broadway Producers' on CUNY TV on Sunday, June 1 at 5 p.m.

Casting announced for workshop of Broadway bound musical 'Pure Country.'

Producers Randall L. Wreghitt, Chris Presley and Ellen Rusconi announced today that PURE COUNTRY, a brand-new original musical, will have its World Premiere as part of the 2008-2009 Broadway Season.

Three Graces (Joy Kabanuck, Kelly Levesque and Sara Gettelfinger) will release their self-titled debut album March 4 on Decca Records.

When the Brisbane season of The Phantom of the Opera begins playing in Brisbane on February 6, Alexander Lewis will assume the leading role of Raoul

Well known to film audiences for roles as varied as Professor Sprout from the Harry Potter films and her BAFTA Award-winning performance in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence, acclaimed stage and screen actress Miriam Margolyes will make her Broadway debut as Madame Morrible in the musical Wicked, beginning performances January 22.

Further casting has been announced for the two night only concert version of the smash hit London musical Jerry Springer The Opera which will play Carnegie Hall for two nights only on January 29 and 30, 2008. Joining Harvey Keitel are Max von Essen, Emily Skinner, Linda Balgord, Lawrence Clayton, Luke Grooms, Sean Jennes, Patricia Phillips, Sam Kitchin and Laura Shoop.