Dyan Cannon News

Heritage Players Present DEATHTRAP: A THRILLER IN TWO ACTS by Ira Levin. It will run from Oct. 11 through Oct. 27. Performances will be held at the Thomas Rice Auditorium on the campus of Spring Grove Hospital Center located in Catonsville, MD.

The Jungle Theater continues its 2013 season with DEATHTRAP, Ira Levin's 1978 Tony-nominated play, which holds the record for the longest running comedy-thriller on Broadway.

Bristol Riverside Theatre opens the New Year with the fun and sinister Deathtrap by Ira Levin, running January 29-February 24. Directed by Richard Edelman, the cast includes BRT favorites Keith Baker, Barbara McCulloh and Jo Twiss, joined by Mordecai Lawner and Robert Ross.

The Warner Archive Collection (WAC) - the Warner Bros. Digital Distribution (WBDD) division dedicated to releasing on DVD previously unavailable films and television shows - today announced the launch of its first Blu-ray titles. The two titles, Deathtrap and Gypsy, will debut today, November 20. Beginning in February 2013, WAC expects to release a minimum of one to two Blu-ray titles per month. Future titles include The Hudsucker Proxy and Fearless.

The Warner Archive Collection (WAC) - the Warner Bros. Digital Distribution (WBDD) division dedicated to releasing on DVD previously unavailable films and television shows - today announced the launch of its first Blu-ray titles. The two titles, Deathtrap and Gypsy, will debut on November 20. Beginning in February 2013, WAC expects to release a minimum of one to two Blu-ray titles per month. Future titles include The Hudsucker Proxy and Fearless.

Michael Riedel reports in today's New York Post that Bette Midler is the top candidate to play legendary Hollywood agent Sue Mengers on Broadway in a new play by Tony-winner John Logan. Riedel reports that 'She's interested in Logan's play - as yet untitled - because, says a source, "a one-person show isn't as risky as shouldering a big musical." That - and the fact that Mengers is a hell of a character.'

BIO Channel brings two of it's original hit series back, starting with 'My Ghost Story,' showcasing real people who captured their paranormal experience on camera, returning with new episodes on Saturday, October 15 at 10PM ET/9PM CT/11PM PT and BIO's #1 original series 'Celebrity Ghost Stories' premieres season four on Saturday, October 29 at 9PM ET/8PM CT/10PM PT.

Talk show listings for Thursday, September 22.

Barnes And Noble bookstores are set to welcome Tom Perrotta, Calvin Trillin, Jackie Collins, Michael Moore, Goldie Hawn, Joel Osteen, Jermaine Jackson, Perez Hilton, Eoin Colfer, Jane Lynch, Karl Marlantes, Dyan Cannon, Florence Henderson, Neal Stephenson, Lee Child, John Lithgow, Alton Brown, Molly Shannon, Peter Carey & John Freeman with Phil Klay & Samantha Smith, Jim Lehrer in conversation with Jon Meacham, Toure with Charles Blow, Marc Lamont Hill & Nelson George, Mary McDonough in conversation with Richard Thomas, and many more this month.

Today we lost one of the greats: the gentle giant of directors, Sidney Lumet. What a resume! Just to pick seven of perhaps the best known of the bunch, the bunch in question being over 100 titles strong: 12 ANGRY MEN, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, SERPICO, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, NETWORK and BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD - the films spanning fifty years from MEN in 1957 and DEVIL in 2007 - it is clear to see why Lumet was one of the most cherished and celebrated directors in Hollywood, especially known for his tough, gritty New York stories and his pristine stage-to-screen transfers. For an excellent example of the latter (in addition to LONG DAY'S JOURNEY and the others) check out DEATHTRAP - based on Ira Levin's play, the longest-running thriller in Broadway history - featuring Michael Caine in one of his best roles and Christopher Reeve and Dyan Cannon in their finest performances on film. For an example of the former genre, look no further than NETWORK, containing one of the strongest screenplays ever penned, from the fiery and ferocious pen of Paddy Cheyefsky, and Faye Dunaway in her Oscar-winning performance for all the ages. As far as theatrical screenplays on screen, Lumet would be hard-pressed to even come close to the power, prescience and transformative brilliance at the core of the conceit of that film - yet he did just that; with his final, 2007 film no less. I am speaking, of course, of the underrated and riveting BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, with Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris. Taking an original screenplay that could just as well have been written for the stage - shades of 12 ANGRY MEN, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, NETWORK and SERPICO, certainly - Lumet made a bristling, biting brilliant work of staggering craft and ingenuity - all with verve, energy and drive of a man a quarter of his age at the time (80). His films were classics in his own time and, now, in his passing, they are just as timeless - if not more so. With each passing year, new layers of truth, beauty, sadness and soulfulness can be found in the countless frames in the innumerable unforgettable scenes in his many masterpieces.

Asolo Repertory Theatre presents Deathtrap, Ira Levin's classic mystery thriller. Directed by Peter Amster, Deathtrap runs from April 1-May 14, 2011.

Asolo Repertory Theatre presents Deathtrap, Ira Levin's classic mystery thriller. Directed by Peter Amster, Deathtrap runs from April 1-May 14, 2011.

ABC's 'Brothers & Sisters' and 'Damages' star Michael Nouri has been cast on ABC's Emmy Award-winning daytime drama 'All My Children.' The film, television and stage actor will be playing the role of Caleb McGraw, it was announced today by Brian Frons, president, Daytime, Disney-ABC Television Group.

ABC's 'Brothers & Sisters' and 'Damages' star Michael Nouri has been cast on ABC's Emmy Award-winning daytime drama 'All My Children.' The film, television and stage actor will be playing the role of Caleb McGraw, it was announced today by Brian Frons, president, Daytime, Disney-ABC Television Group.

Discoveries Talent in Raleigh has succeeded in convincing Master Coach Timothy O'Keefe to fly to NC and perform his intensive On Camera Workshop for us!

'Yesterday's Angel,' a series of films to celebrate the work of Natalie Wood, will be shown at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater August 19 through 25.

'Yesterday's Angel,' a series of films to celebrate the work of Natalie Wood, will be shown at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater August 19 through 25.

'Yesterday's Angel,' a series of films to celebrate the work of Natalie Wood, will be shown at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater August 19 through 25.

David Shepherd and Brian Daniels for D & B Productions Ltd in association with Live From Leicester Square present SANDRA BERNHARD: WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING Sandra Bernhard has been combining comedy and rock 'n' roll and courting controversy for 25 years.