Ed Asner News

BroadwayWorld is sad to report that Rip Taylor, known for his appearances on both stage and screen died on Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 84 in Beverly Hills CA.

Hadestown star and 2019 Tony Award winner André de Shields has emerged from the underworld to star in the latest episode of the acclaimed public-radio children's podcast, Circle Round.

The 11th Annual Burbank International Film Festival announced its winners at their closing night Awards Show and Reception held at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel on September 8. This year's honorees included Ed Asner, Marion Ross, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel. Over 200 short and full-length films by up-and-coming filmmakers were screened during September 4-8 at the AMC Burbank 16.

Executive producer of the world premiere of Jessica Cavanagh's Self-Injurious Behavior, Ronnie Marmo, and producer Bren Rapp, with the assistance of Joanne Lara of Autism Works Now, Matthew Asner and Navah Paskowitz Asner of The Ed Asner Family Center and others on the front lines in the community, have designed an innovative and engrossing schedule of programming, centering on the challenges and experiences of the autistic community as part of the run of this buzzed about play. 

The Ojai Film Festival celebrates twenty years of bringing film to Ojai. This year the festival pays tribute to vintage Hollywood with Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring actors Pat Boone and Eva Marie Saint. Continuing a longstanding tradition, this annual festival spotlights ecology with FOCUS EARTH - a full day dedicated to environmental films and eco-shorts. The film Living In The Future's Past, a beautifully photographed environmental documentary, directed by Susan Kucera and narrated/produced by Jeff Bridges, headlines this event. A reception and Q&A with the director follows the film screening on November 10, at 4 pm.

Theatre 68 is delighted to present a?oeDeath With Dignitya??Comes In A Milkshake,a?? another world premiere by Sam Henry Kass. This will be the fifth collaboration between director Ronnie Marmo and Sam Henry Kass, The show will open October 18, 2019, with one preview October 17 at Theatre 68

Author Mark Larson reflects on his new book, Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater, in conversation with Deanna Dunagan, ensemble member Francis Guinan, and other artists to be announced. A book signing will follow in Front Bar. This event will be held Monday, October 14 at 7pm in Steppenwolf's 1700 Theatre.

Friends, colleagues, and students of the highly regarded and much loved actor, teacher, writer, and director E. Katherine Kerr will gather on Monday, September 30, 2019, at 6:00 P.M. at Playwrights Horizons Peter Jay Sharp Theater to celebrate her life.

USA Network has released the first trailer for Briarpatch, the anthology drama series starring Rosario Dawson and featuring Alan Cumming.

A series of special events will surround the world premiere of the play Self-Injurious Behavior at Theatre 68 in North Hollywood aimed not only at raising public awareness of the issues faced by families affected by autism, but at direct outreach to Los Angeles families facing them as well as autistic individuals themselves.

The 11th Annual Burbank International Film Festival (BIFF) will honor Ed Asner, Marion Ross, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel on September 4th-8th at the AMC 16 Theatre in Downtown Burbank. Opening Night will begin with celebrity arrivals, media red carpet and the World Premiere of the documentary film Stallone: Frank, That Is. The film stars Frank Stallone and is about his life as a guitarist, singer, actor and Golden Globe and Grammy-nominated songwriter. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Frank Stallone and the filmmakers.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and the Tony award for a?oeBest Play,a?? Arthur Miller's a?oeDeath of a Salesmana?? stays strikingly relevant in our times. With the original run nearly sold out, Ruskin Group Theatre announces that they will extend the schedule through September 15th. The new schedule will include 8pm Thursdays - Saturdays, 2pm Sundays (no performances during Labor Day weekend, August 29th - September 1st). Considered to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th Century, subsequent productions on Broadway have won three Tony awards for a?oeBest Revival.a?? 

Gilda's LaughFest, the nation's first ever community- wide festival of laughter, today announced that the 10th year of the festival will be held March 5-15, 2020. In addition to announcing official festival dates and to celebrate the festival's 10th anniversary, LaughFest in partnership with Emmy award-winning producer and accomplished performer and writer Teresa Thome, and Fubble Entertainment will host a special production of Thome's Warm Cheese.

Gilda's LaughFest, the nation's first ever community-wide festival of laughter, today announced that the 10th year of the festival will be held March 5-15, 2020. In addition to announcing official festival dates and to celebrate the festival's 10th anniversary, LaughFest in partnership with Emmy award-winning producer and accomplished performer and writer Teresa Thome, and Fubble Entertainment will host a special production of Thome's Warm Cheese.

Ed Asner will present Missing Person, a play with music starring Susan Campanaro composed by Lynn Portas with book by Ms. Campanaro for 5 performances only (August 21-24) at The Playroom Theater (151 West 46th Street- just east of Broadway).

Otherworld Theatrea?? proudly announces two festivals to mark the end of the Summer. a??Genre-thon a??on August 23rd-25tha?? a??& a??The 7th Annual Juggernaut Film Festivala??, September 5th-8th.

In his feature film directorial debut, Stephen Moyer helms a star-studded cast in this powerful and emotional drama about an estranged family coming back together when the youngest sibling, Colleen (Anna Paquin), mysteriously dies. Left to sort through her belongings, Colleen's father (Ed Asner), three siblings (Melissa Leo, Cynthia Nixon and Denis O'Hare), and ex-husband (Rhys Ifans) revisit their memories and make peace together. Inspired by autobiographical events, Denis O'Hare makes his feature screenplay debut with this poignant and heartfelt story. The film comes to digital 9/10. 

On this episode of BroadwayRadio's 'Tell Me More,' Matt Tamanini talks to scholar and author Mark Larson whose book 'Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater' is available now. In this 650 page tome, Larson chronicles the rise of the Second City's theatre community starting with Second City and the Compass Players in the 1950s and 60s, and via over 300 interviews tells the story to Chicago's gritty climb to theatrical prominence.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and the Tony award for "Best Play," Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" stays strikingly relevant in our times. With the original run nearly sold out, Ruskin Group Theatre announces that they will extend the schedule through August 25th. The new schedule will include 8pm Thursdays - Saturdays, 2pm Sundays. Considered to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th Century, subsequent productions on Broadway have won three Tony awards for "Best Revival." 

Alan Cumming and Ed Asner have joined the cast of Briarpatch on USA Network, according to Variety. The two appear in the anthology series in recurring roles, alongside the show's star Rosario Dawson.