David Carradine News

Some great shows are coming up next week including a special free screening of GHOSTBUSTERS on Monday on the beach on Coney Island; a dedication to the diversity, daring, and charm of our country with short films on Independence Day

Today we are shining a light on one of the most respected and revered stage and screen stars of the last several decades who is known the world over for not only his stirring and commanding dramatic performances and touching and rib-tickling comedies on film, but also for his iconic roles on the stage playing Shakespeare, and, perhaps most of all, for his essaying of Captain Von Trapp in the celebrated Robert Wise film adaptation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Tony Award-winning THE SOUND OF MUSIC - the elegant, graceful and eminently gifted Christopher Plummer. Looking back at a career spanning nearly seven decades, today we will focus on Plummer's most important and most fondly remembered roles to date - ranging from Sidney Lumet's STAGE STRUCK in 1958 to his Shakespeare stage work, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER, TV's THE THORN BIRDS, and, of course, his Academy Award-winning turn in last year's BEGINNERS - with a look ahead to the exceptionally enticing new Fathom in-cinema presentation of Des McAnuff's Stratford Shakespeare Festival production of THE TEMPEST starring Plummer as Prospero, in movie theaters nationwide on June 14 - what the 83-year-old actor has promised will be his final Shakespeare performance onstage. So, if there were ever a time to take a look back at one of the most remarkable Broadway/Hollywood crossover stars of the last century or the current one as he reaches yet another peek in a career populated with many highs, now is certainly the time! After all, as the oldest Oscar-winner to date, a midsummer night's dream has evidently quite quickly turned to a winter's tale - but with sound and fury signifying much, as we will see.

Kumu Kahua Theatre brings one of American fiction's most distinct voices to the stage in an adaptation of Lois-Ann Yamanaka's Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre. The production is a world premiere and is Sponsored by the Iolani Class of '58.

According to Deadline, actor Bill Paxton is currently in talks to direct KUNG FU, which will be based on the 1972 TV show which starred David Carradine. Paxton has most recently been seen starring in the hit HBO series 'Big Love', which recently ended its run.

Final Casting is announced for the Common Tongue Theatre's 1st New York reading of Neil Wechsler's Yale Drama Award Winning play, GRENADINE.

Lila Dupree of The Common Tongue Theatre will present the first New York reading of Neil Wechsler's Yale Drama Award winning play, GRENADINE.

Lila Dupree of The Common Tongue Theatre will present the first New York reading of Neil Wechsler's Yale Drama Award winning play, GRENADINE.

The Gateway's 2011 season is filled with award-winning musicals from the golden age of Broadway to the present era.

The Gateway's 2011 season is filled with award-winning musicals from the golden age of Broadway to the present era.

Dave Soldier is a composer/performer, and a scientist in his day job as Dave Sulzer, Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Pharmacology at Columbia University Medical School.

An ancient apocalypse engulfs the world and legendary cult B Movie producer Roger Corman creates another epic creature battle -- starring David Carradine in his final film role -- in the June Syfy Saturday Original Movies.

An ancient apocalypse engulfs the world and legendary cult B Movie producer Roger Corman creates another epic creature battle -- starring David Carradine in his final film role -- in the June Syfy Saturday Original Movies.

An ancient apocalypse engulfs the world and legendary cult B Movie producer Roger Corman creates another epic creature battle -- starring David Carradine in his final film role -- in the June Syfy Saturday Original Movies.

Comedy Works is pleased to announce that ROB SCHNEIDER will perform at the Comedy Works Landmark Village January 22 and 23.

Comedy Works is pleased to announce that ROB SCHNEIDER will perform at the Comedy Works Landmark Village January 22 and 23.

Comedy Works is pleased to announce that ROB SCHNEIDER will perform at the Comedy Works Landmark Village January 22 and 23.

On behalf of her family, 2009 Tony Award nominee Martha Plimpton, niece of David Carradine, has issued a statement about the actor's passing.

CBS News is reported the sad news that Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series 'Kung Fu' who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok.

Returning after a three year hiatus, Author Services Inc, located one block west of Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd, is once again hosting live music and story-readings of L. Ron Hubbard's 'Stories from the Golden Age,' with some of the world's most talented musicians and Hollywood's most recognized actors, including Chick Corea, Edgar Winter, Karen Black and David Carradine.