Bob Newhart News

New Conservatory Theatre Center has announced the line-up for a daring 2023-24 Season, continuing their decades-long commitment to creating new works with three world premieres, as well as producing two cult-hit musicals, a West Coast premiere, and an exciting limited holiday engagement with Katya Smirnoff-Skyy. 

“CASHINO,” the long-running LA and NYC cult hit made it’s debut at Birdland for one night only on Monday, April 3. Susie Mosher (Hairspray and host of Birdland’s “The Lineup”) and recording artist John Boswell starred as Pepper Cole and Johnny Niagra in the special concert version of the critically acclaimed multimedia musical show. See photos from the event.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this April with a full slate of nightly performances! See who is performing and learn how to purchase tickets!

Kitlyn Productions presents the world premiere of Aces!, written by Davis Gordon Gilbert, starring Dana Adkins, Denise Carey, Kitty Murray, Christine Tringali Nunes, Denise Strand, and Yo Younger and directed by award-winning actress Judith Chapman ('The Young and the Restless').

Brynn Thayer’s Let Me In premieres at the newly remodeled Theatre 60 Arts Complex February 25, 2023. Brynn also directs this co-production by DSE Productions and Theatre Planners with the cast of Jorge Garcia, Bryan McKinley and Rachael Meyers. I had the opportunity to throw out a few questions for Jorge to ponder.

The SHU Community Theatre presents a month of film programming in December. This month's highlights include sing-along screenings of Disney's Frozen and Frozen II on Dec. 30, and a Q&A with the filmmaker of Santaman, after the Dec. 18, screening of the new holiday film.

Elf: The Musical has delighted audiences and has appeared on stages across the country every Christmas season. Dutch Apple’s Buddy the Elf, Matthew Michael, took some time out from a busy rehearsal schedule to chat with us about his experiences.

Bunbury Productions has announced that the comedy smash hit Mono is coming to Adelaide for a week playing in the Dunstan Playhouse, 1 – 5 February 2023. Tickets are on sale from 10.00am Friday 30 September through Ticketek. 

Four local libraries have joined The Park Theatre for a special preview screening of the critically-acclaimed movie Marcel The Shell With Shoes On. The special premiere preview screening is on Friday, August 5 at 5pm.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Arts and Writers Bloc present “An Evening with James Burrows,” featuring Jason Bateman moderating a conversation with the legendary TV sitcom director whose extensive credits include “Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Taxi,” “Cheers,” “Frasier,” “Friends” and “Will & Grace,” in conjunction with the release of his memoir, Directed by James Burrows, on Monday, June 6, 2022, 7:30 pm, at The Wallis.

Pigs Do Fly Productions is set to stage a production of Jerry Mayer’s ‘comedy of crosswords and romance,’ 2 Across. The show will run from March 4th through March 20th at the Empire Stage in Fort Lauderdale.

Santa Monica Playhouse returns to live theatre with the premiere of a new incarnation of Jerry and Steve Mayer's musical about the trials and tribulations of 'aging' directed by veteran (and frequent Mayer) director Chris DeCarlo opening March 12, 2022 for a limited run.

Rehearsals will begin shortly for 2 Across, Pigs Do Fly Productions' upcoming 'reprise' production of Jerry Mayer's 'comedy of crosswords and romance'.

Hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley will be speaking tonight with CBS Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook, as well as Michael Mina (Chief Science Officer at EMed) and Kim Prather, Ph.D., (Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry, UC San Diego) about the new Omicron variant and what it means for Broadway and beyond on tonight's episode of 'Stars In The House' to benefit The Actors Fund.

Join Gwen Stefani's Night at the Movies featuring a special presentation of Elf on Monday, December 13 at 5PM PT/8PM ET for an intimate, IMAX-exclusive fan event streamed live from Stefani's home in Los Angeles.

Bunbury Productions has announced the first national tour of “Mono”, a comedy tour de farce from three of Australia’s best loved performers.

Noted television director and producer John Erman, who directed episodes of many of the great television shows and TV movies and mini-series from the early sixties all the way into the 2000’s, died in New York on June 25th after a brief illness.

Today (May 5) in live streaming: The Chaos Twins' season finale, Christine Pedi visits Backstage Live, Bob Newhart & Friends on Stars in the House and so much more!

Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm ET) with Bob Newhart & Friends. Celebrating Bob Newhart with cast members from 'The Bob Newhart Show' and 'Newhart' with Bob Newhart, Peter Bonerz, Jim Burrows, Julia Duffy, Tony Papenfuss, John Voldstad and William Sanderson.

Marilyn Michaels is celebrating seventy years as a performer, and for her anniversary she is giving all her fans a gift: a sixteen cut CD that illustrates why she made it in the business and why she's still going strong.