Frances McDormand News

We sit down with the talented and lively Judith Hawking on her exciting role in the new play THE MOST DESERVING at the Denver Center and her passion for the arts and her craft.

The 2013 Next Wave Festival performances at the BAM Fisher conclude this December with three thought-provoking theater and offerings.

With his signature humorous glow, playwright David Lindsay-Abaire uses 'Good People' to explore the struggles, shifting loyalties and unshakeable hopes that come with having next to nothing in America. Variety proclaimed when the show opened on Broadway in 2011 that 'If 'Good People' isn't a hit, there is no justice in the land.'

Bob Odenkirk, Oliver Platt, Kate Walsh and Glenn Howerton are among the stars joining Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman and Colin Hanks in the FX limited series Fargo

Six events for the public are scheduled for the Ware Center this coming First Today - there's something for everyone, all ages. All but the film ARE FREE.

Bruce Graham, author of The Outgoing Tide playing through Oct. 13 at Chenango River Theatre, will be coming in to see the production on Friday, Oct. 4. He will stay after the show to participate in the theatre's traditional second Friday "TalkBack". The TalkBack is an opportunity for the audience to ask questions of the director, cast and in this case, the author, about the play.

Six events for the public are scheduled for the Ware Center this coming First Friday - there's something for everyone, all ages. All but the film ARE FREE.

Park Square Theatre announces a 2013-2014 Season composed entirely of area, regional and world premieres - opening with David Lindsay-Abaire's dark comedy Good People and closing with the first ever stage depiction of Nero Wolfe, the famously eccentric detective genius created by best-selling author Rex Stout. The talent bringing these stories to life includes bold-faced names and theatre favorites, including the Minnesota stage debut of James Denton of Desperate Housewives fame, the return of Emmy-nominee Linda Kelsey playing Mary Todd Lincoln and the Park Square directing debuts of Joe Chvala and Amy Rummenie.

Emerging Pictures, North America's premier independent supplier of alternative content for movie theatres, today announced it will host a national screening event in theatres across the U.S. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer of the Brooklyn Academy Of Music, presents the 2013 Next Wave Festival. The festival runs from today, September 17 through December 22 and comprises opera, theater, music, and dance productions in the institution's three mainstage venues: the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, the BAM Harvey Theater, and the BAM Richard B. Fisher Building.

Emerging Pictures, North America's premier independent supplier of alternative content for movie theatres, today announced it will host a national screening event in theatres across the U.S. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Betty R. and Ralph Sheffer Foundation and The League of Professional Theatre Women will present Award-winning actress TYNE DALY for the next Oral History interview on Monday, October 7, 2013 at 6:00 pm at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts on 65th Street & Amsterdam Avenue. Admission is free, but seats will be on a first-come-first-seated basis. (Photos are available here: http://bit.ly/TynePhoto) The next Oral History will be on January 13, 2014.

Loretta Lynn talks about why she chose Zooey Deschanel to portray her on Broadway in the new musical COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER in a recent interview with Marie Claire.

Deadline.com reports that John Gallagher, Jr. (The Newsroom) will join Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins in HBO's OLIVE KITTERIDGE miniseries, directed by Lisa Cholodenko.

The Walt Disney Studios unveiled new details about its upcoming animation slate this morning at the D23 Expo, showcasing new imagery, signature music and behind-the-scenes stories surrounding the roster of upcoming animated adventures. The presentation included information about the just-announced feature film “Zootopia”(working title) from Walt Disney Animation Studios, and the newest film in Disneytoon Studios' Disney Fairies franchise, plus never-before-shared voice cast announcements for upcoming Disney•Pixar titles that include Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Neil Patrick Harris and Diane Keaton, among a host of others.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Neil Patrick Harris will be among the voice cast of Pixar's upcoming animated adventure THE GOOD DINOSAUR.

Broadway's Cory Michael Smith will have a full plate in the next several months, with both TV and film projects on the horizon.

Thornton will play 'Lorne Malvo,' a rootless, manipulative man who meets a small town insurance salesman and sets him on a path of destruction.

The results of this year's Block Island One-on-Ones, Make It Snappy: Plays in a New York Minute, will run July 19-21. The evening comprises ten fully realized mini-musicals, each featuring original music by Eric March.