Elizabeth Taylor News

Dolly Parton, Colin Farrell, Sean Hayes, Chris Colfer, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Allison Janney, Melissa Etheridge, Joel McHale, Kirsten Dunst, and Chaz Bono were among the celebrities who joined the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) as it honored Kristin Chenoweth, NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt, and the best in television and journalism last night at the 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles, hosted by Amy Poehler and Rashida Jones. Check out highlights from the event by clicking below!

The 2009 Drama Desk Award winner and 2010 Bistro Award winner Celebrity Autobiography performs Monday, April 11 at 9:00pm at New York's Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street, with a cast that is scheduled to include Mario Cantone, Tate Donovan, Susie Essman, Tovah Feldshuh, Marsha Mason, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, and Alan Zweibel. The evening will feature a special tribute to Elizabeth Taylor, who is a central character in one of Celebrity Autobiography's signature pieces.

The 2009 Drama Desk Award winner and 2010 Bistro Award winner Celebrity Autobiography performs Monday, April 11 at 9:00pm at New York's Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street, with a cast that is scheduled to include Mario Cantone, Tate Donovan, Susie Essman, Tovah Feldshuh, Marsha Mason, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, and Alan Zweibel. The evening will feature a special tribute to Elizabeth Taylor, who is a central character in one of Celebrity Autobiography's signature pieces.

In honor of Academy Award winning actress Elizabeth Taylor, who recently passed away, American Stage Theatre Company has announced two efforts to commemorate her life during the theatre's run of Edward Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, of which she starred in the film version.

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'The Simpsons' will re-air a 1992 episode of the show featuring the voice talents of Elizabeth Taylor this Sunday, April 3rd.

Legendary entertainer Carol Burnett comes to DPAC, the new Durham Performing Arts Center on Saturday, April 2, 2011, for Laughter and Reflection with Carol Burnett: A Conversation with Carol where the Audience Asks the Questions.

In recognition of the centennial of Williams' birth, I conducted a very unscientific survey among Nashville theater folk to determine which of his plays are the most popular and the best loved. Perhaps surprisingly, the top vote-getters in our informal survey were A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof and Summer and Smoke, shows that have been given memorable (so memorable, in fact, that people continue to talk about them) productions in Music City in the last century. Members of the Nashville theaterati have definite ideas where Williams' plays are concerned.

'The Simpsons' will re-air a 1992 episode of the show featuring the voice talents of Elizabeth Taylor this Sunday, April 3rd.

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The Broadway community mourns the loss of Elizabeth Taylor, legendary stage and screen star, who died Wednesday at the age of 79 in Los Angeles. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York were dimmed in her memory on Friday, March 25th, at exactly 8:00pm for one minute.

ollowing its most lucrative successful January/February ever, Executive Producer Michael Sterling of Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's in Studio City, CA says 'We are blessed to have enjoyed the most lucrative beginning of any year since our 2006 opening. This success is largely due to the unprecedented advance sales of our annual 6-week musical theatre talent competition LA's Next Great Stage Star 2011, and a series of spectacular debuts by such outstanding Broadway/Nightclub headliners as Nita Whitaker, Jason Graae, Maxine Lapiduss, and Suzanne Petrela. Notable Southland Musical Directors such as James Lent, Nelson Kole, John Boswell, and Michael Orland (of American Idol) also contributed to our 2011 kickoff.'

Though the late Dame Elizabeth Taylor was known to many as an actress, she was arguably equally well-known for her work in supporting gay rights and AIDS awareness. Taylor accepted the Vanguard Award from Carrie Fisher at the 11th annual GLAAD Media Awards in 2000.

Following the news this week of the passing of Elizabeth Taylor, we are taking a look back at some of her most memorable screen appearances over the years, beginning with LASSIE COME HOME and NATIONAL VELVET, and ranging from Vincente Minnelli's loveable comedies FATHER OF THE BRIDE and its equal sequel FATHER'S LITTLE DIVIDEND, to her unforgettable dramatic performance in A PLACE IN THE SUN, to the series of legendary pictures produced alongside her (sometime) husband and (always) love of her life Richard Burton, in roles ranging from Antony and Cleopatra in, of course, CLEOPATRA, to BOOM! Based on Tennessee Williams' THE MILK TRAIN DOESN'T STOP HERE ANYMORE - with a screenplay by Williams himself (his sole screen adaptation) - and one of the greatest films in cinematic history, based on one of the most important plays of the latter half of the twentieth century: Edward Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? That's not even mentioning her iconic performance in Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF and SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER - plus, BUTTERFIELD 8 (her first Oscar win), A PLACE IN THE SUN and GIANT. Who knows, there may even be time for a little FLINSTONES action, as well! Here we have a surefire spangled salute to one of the last great stars Broadway and Hollywood has known.

Yesterday, March 24, Elton John paid tribute to his late friend, Elizabeth Taylor, at his concert in Pittsburgh. Said John during the concert: '[It is] a sad day becuase I lost a friend and you lost a hero....[who] stood up when no one was prepared to stand up and be counted against AIDS. God bless you, Elizabeth. God knows how we're going to replace you. This is for you and your beautiful memory and for all of the people you helped saved.'

Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced it is honoring and celebrating the life of Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor with a wide range of special programming across multiple talk/entertainment channels.

The Broadway community mourns the loss of Elizabeth Taylor, legendary stage and screen star, who died yesterday at the age of 79 in Los Angeles. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in her memory on Friday, March 25th, at exactly 8:00pm for one minute.

Her peers have begun speaking out on passing; adding their voices to the chorus of remembrances and thoughts are Florence Henderson and Margaret O'Brien.

As Hollywood reacts to the death of Elizabeth Taylor, TV Guide Network honors the late actress with an original one-hour special, 'Elizabeth Taylor: A Life, A Legacy.'

Dame ElizaBeth Taylor has passed away this morning at the age of 79 due to heart failure. According to ABC News, all four of her children were with her when she passed.