Fred Willard News

The Grove Theatre invites you to plan your holiday outings At The Grove Theatre.

The Grove Theatre invites you to plan your holiday outings At The Grove Theatre.

Fred Willard and the sketch comedy group, the MoHos, come to The Grove in 'I Saw MoHos Kissing Santa Claus' on Sunday, December 12th at 7:00 pm.

The Grove Theatre is proud to present Fred Willard and the MoHos in 'I Saw MoHos Kissing Santa Claus' on Sunday, December 19th at 7:00 pm.

This January, TV Land is delivering a star-powered full hour of original comedy with the premiere of 'Retired at 35' on January 19th, 2011 at 10:30 PM ET/PT following the return of cable's #1 sitcom 'Hot in Cleveland.' 'Retired at 35' is TV Land's second original sitcom and stars veteran actors George Segal and Jessica Walter and newcomers Johnathan McClain, Josh McDermitt and Ryan Michelle Bathe. TV Land's first original sitcom, 'Hot in Cleveland,' premiered last year and became basic cable's #1 sitcom of all time among the network's target audience of A24-54 and total viewers. In its 10-episode run it even out-delivered shows like 'Mad Men,' 'Real Housewives of New Jersey,' 'Top Chef' and 'Nip/Tuck.'

Sara Rue, Barry Watson, Valerie Harper and Fred Willard have been cast in ABC Family's upcoming original movie, 'Always and Forever' (working title). The movie, which has begun principal photography in Atlanta, is set to premiere in Spring 2011 on ABC Family.

The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute has always been a location known for multiple celebrity sightings and many certainly turned out last Saturday, Nov 6th, for the opening night of 'BARRYMORE' starring Jack Betts as the famous thespian. The standing room only crowd included representatives of stage, film and TV with Julie Newmar, Fred Willard, Rip Taylor, Thao Penghlis, John Glover, Don Swayze, Ned VanZandt, Larry Pressman, as well as Ana Strasberg and John Barrymore, Jr. The evening's festivities included a birthday celebration for the opening's hostess, Doris Roberts.

New Jersey Repertory Company has announced the cast of its world premiere production of 'Character Assassins' by Charlie Schulman. Directed by Dana Benningfield, this ingenious and relentlessly surprising comedy will run September 23 - October 31, 2010, at NJ Rep, 179 Broadway in Long Branch.

Reprise Theatre Company has just announced additional casting for A Party With Marty, an evening of comedy and song with Martin Short and featuring Jason Alexander.

Cabrillo Music Theatre, the Ovation Award-winning Resident Musical Production Company of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, is proud to announce that all performances of HAPPY DAYS, A New Musical will be dedicated to the memory of Tom Bosley. At an Opening Night reception, Producer Garry Marshall and musical icon Paul Williams will pay tribute to this great man of television, film and theatre. Also there to celebrate and pay tribute will be Producer Arnold Margolin, Writer/Producer Ed Scharlach, Actor Scott Baio ('Chachi'), Actress Cathy Silvers ('Jenny Piccalo'), at a VIP reception prior to the Opening Night Performance of HAPPY DAYS, A New Musical, on Friday, October 22 beginning at 5:30pm. Additionally, Mr. Marshall will address the opening night audience with some thoughts and remembrances of the wonderfully talented 'Mr. C.'

Stephanie J. Block, Broadway star of '9 to 5: The Musical,' 'Wicked,' 'The Pirate Queen,' and 'The Boy From Oz,' will star opposite Jason Alexander, Artistic Director of Reprise Theatre Company, in 'They're Playing Our Song,' the opening production of the company's 2010-2011 season, playing September 28 to October 10 (press opening September 29) at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

Reprise Theatre Company presents two one-night only special events: An Evening with Sutton Foster for one performance only on Monday, October 4, 2010 at 8:00 pm, and Betty Buckley in Concert with Seth Rudetsky on Monday, February 21,2011 at 8:00pm. Both events will be presented at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. An Evening with Sutton Foster Betty Buckley in Concert with Seth Rudetsky are the latest in Reprise Theatre Company's tradition of presenting Broadway stars in concert, which have included Patti LuPone, Carol Burnett, Ben Vereen, Kristin Chenoweth, and Brian Stokes Mitchell.

Reprise Theatre Company presents A Party With Marty, an evening of comedy and song with Martin Short and featuring Jason Alexander for one performance only on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 8:00 pm, at the Saban Theatre, Beverly Hills (formerly the Wilshire Theatre). This world premiere event features old friends, and former cast mates from "The Producers," Martin Short and Reprise Theatre Company Artistic Director Jason Alexander doing what they do best - making people laugh! Ticket sales for this event support Reprise Theatre Company and their mission to produce great musical theatre as well as arts education programs that bring the magic of theatre to underserved members of our community. Reprise Theatre Company is headed by Artistic Director Jason Alexander, who is best known for his 9-year stint as George Costanza on "Seinfeld." Christine Bernardi is Managing Director and Gilles Chiasson is Producing Director of Reprise Theatre Company. Tickets are available for "A Party With Marty" and go on sale to the public on October 4 and are available online at www.reprise.org , ticketmaster.com, by calling the Saban Theatre box office at (323) 655-0111, and at all Ticketmaster Outlets. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Martin Short began his career in Canada's "SCTV Comedy Network" for which he received an Emmy Award. Short's proven ability as a comedic chameleon and his host of hilarious impressions brought him to the attention of "Saturday Night Live." From there, he made his big screen debut in "Three Amigos," Other films include "Inner Space", "Three Fugitives", "Clifford", "Mars Attacks", "The Big Picture", Father of the Bride 1 & 2 and "Jiminy Glick in LALAWOOD, among others Short has received 15 Emmy nominations for his work in television which includes "Merlin", "Alice in Wonderland," "The Martin Short Show", "Primetime Glick" and this season's "Damages", for which he was most recently nominated. A veteran of the theater in Canada and on Broadway, Short has received accolades for his varied work on stage including "The Goodbye Girl" (Tony nomination, Theatre World Award, Outer Critics Circle Award), "Little Me" (Tony Award, Outer Critics Circle Award), and "The Producers" (with Jason Alexander) and in 2006, his musical-comedy Broadway hit "Fame Becomes Me." In 1994, Short was awarded the "Order of Canada" and in 2000 was inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame. However, all of the above is a distant second to his love and respect for his wife Nancy and their three children Katherine, Oliver and Henry. About Reprise Theatre Company Since its inception in 1997, Reprise Theatre Company has been a focus of the Los Angeles musical theatre community, producing productions of great American musicals, and a wide variety of concerts, staged-readings, special events and outreach programs. In May 2007, Jason Alexander became Artistic Director. Christine Bernardi is Managing Director and Gilles Chiasson is Producing Director of Reprise. Since its inaugural production of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "Promises, Promises," which starred Mr. Alexander, Reprise has brought to the stage vibrant productions from all eras of American musical theatre including the Gershwins' "Of Thee I Sing" and "Strike Up the Band," Cole Porter's "Anything Goes," and Rodgers and Hart's "The Boys from Syracuse" and "Babes in Arms," Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel," as well as Richard Rodgers' later "No Strings." The "Golden Era" has been well represented - Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg with "Finian's Rainbow," Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe with "Brigadoon," Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green with "On the Town" and "Wonderful Town," Irving Berlin with "Call Me Madam," Robert Wright and George Forrest with "Kismet," both of the Richard Adler and Jerry Ross musicals "The Pajama Game" and "Damn Yankees," Johnny Mercer and Gene dePaul with "Li'l Abner," Jule Styne with "Bells are Ringing," and Frank Loesser with "The Most Happy Fella" and "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." Musical theatre reached a new peak of popularity in the sixties, along with new creative talents, and Reprise has presented shows by many of them including Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt with "The Fantasticks," Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick with "She Loves Me," Gerome Ragni, James Rado and Galt MacDermot's "Hair," Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone with "1776," Charles Adams and Lee Strouse with "Applause," Stephen Schwartz with "Pippin," Cy Coleman with "On the Twentieth Century" (libretto by Betty Comden and Adolph Green), "City of Angels" (lyrics by David Zippel), and "I Love My Wife" (libretto by Michael Stewart), Jerry Herman with "Mack and Mabel," Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's "Once on This Island," and four Stephen Sondheim musicals - "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," "Company," "Sweeney Todd," and "Sunday in the Park with George." Many of the great stage performers working today, as well as those who make their residence primarily in Los Angeles, have appeared in Reprise shows including Scott Bakula, Christine Baranski, Brent Barrett, Orson Bean, Jodi Benson, Stephen Bogardus, Dan Butler, Len Cariou, Carolee Carmello, Vicki Carr, Patrick Cassidy, Anthony Crivello, Jason Danieley, Lea DeLaria, Cleavant Derricks, Manoel Feliciano, Rodney Gilfry, Kelsey Grammer, Josh Grisetti, Harry Groener, Bob Gunton, Sam Harris, Gregory Harrison, Simon Helberg, Mimi Hines, Judy Kaye, Jane Krakowski, Marc Kudish, Ledisi, Vicki Lewis, Judith Light, Rebecca Luker, Eric McCormack, Maureen McGovern, Joey McIntyre, Donna McKechnie, Andrea Marcovicci, Marin Mazzie, Julie Migenes, Karen Morrow, Burke Moses, Kelli O'Hara, John O'Hurley, Ken Page, Robert Picardo, David Hyde Pierce, Larry Raben, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Roger Rees, Charles Nelson Reilly, Cathy Rigby, Alexandra Silber, Douglas Sills, Rex Smith, Brent Spiner, Lea Thompson, Steven Weber, Lee Wilkof, Ruth Williamson, Marisa Jaret Winokur, Lillias White, Fred Willard, and Rachel York.

New Jersey Repertory Company has announced the cast of its world premiere production of 'Character Assassins' by Charlie Schulman. Directed by Dana Benningfield, this ingenious and relentlessly surprising comedy will run September 23 - October 31, 2010, at NJ Rep, 179 Broadway in Long Branch.

Tribufan Productions presents Red Carpet Screenings of the Michael Jackson's Fan Feature Documentary, The Way He Makes Them Feel, filmed by Joelle Arqueros, Todd Lampe and ErinRose Widner.

Stephanie J. Block, Broadway star of '9 to 5: The Musical,' 'Wicked,' 'The Pirate Queen,' and 'The Boy From Oz,' will star opposite Jason Alexander, Artistic Director of Reprise Theatre Company, in 'They're Playing Our Song,' the opening production of the company's 2010-2011 season, playing September 28 to October 10 (press opening September 29) at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

On Monday, August 23, 'Expecting Mary,' which opens in theaters on September 10, hosted a special screening at the Crosby Street Hotel to benefit The Actor's Fund. BroadwayWorld brings you coverage of the arrivals below.

On Saturday, August 21, The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were held in Los Angeles. GLEE's Jane Lynch & Ryan Murphy, Dexter's John Lithgow & Clyde Phillips, Mad Men's Christina Hendricks & Matthew Weiner, Lost's Elizabeth Mitchell & Damon Lindelof, Modern Family's Rico Rodriguez & Steve Levitan and SNL's Seth Meyers & Andy Samberg all served as presenters for the evening. BroadwayWorld brings you coverage of the starry red carpet below.

The Actors Fund has announced that J & J Productions and Wonderstar Productions will present a screening of the film 'Expecting Mary' in order to benefit the Actors Fund. The screening, which will be held on August 23 at 6:30pm, will mark the film's official New York premiere.

The Actors Fund has announced that J & J Productions and Wonderstar Productions will present a screening of the film 'Expecting Mary' in order to benefit the Actors Fund. The screening, which will be held on August 23 at 6:30pm, will mark the film's official New York premiere.