George Foster News

The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts kicks off its new Marcus Center Presents series with An Evening with Garrison Keillor on September 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Uihlein Hall.

Jim Caruso will present CBS News anchor Charles Osgood in 'A Columbus Day Special: A Voyage of Discovery,' with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, Mo Rocca, Harry Smith and many other surprise guests at Birdland on Monday, October 10 at 7pm. This event is part of the long-running Broadway at Birdland concert series.

The American Museum of Natural History's Margaret Mead Film Festival, held November 10-13, 2011, announces the seven outstanding nominees for the Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award.

NPR radio personality, author and performance artist Joe Frank returns to Steppenwolf Theatre for one night only with his new show Too Close To Home featuring noted guitarist James Harrah and directed by ensemble member Terry Kinney on Monday, October 10, 2011 at 7:30 pm in the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St. Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, September 16 at 11 am.

The CBS Television Network and filmmakers Jules and Gedeon Naudet and James Hanlon will present '9/11: 10 YEARS LATER,' an update of the critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning film, '9/11,' to be broadcast on CBS as a special presentation Sunday, Sept. 11 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), the 10th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center.

The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts kicks off its new Marcus Center Presents series with An Evening with Garrison Keillor on September 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Uihlein Hall.

The CBS Television Network and filmmakers Jules and Gedeon Naudet and James Hanlon will present '9/11: 10 YEARS LATER,' an update of the critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning film, '9/11,' to be broadcast on CBS as a special presentation Sunday, Sept. 11 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), the 10th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival expands its ongoing commitment to the development and production of new work with five new commissions announced today.

Award-winning broadcast icon Larry King will debut his new stage show LARRY KING: STANDING UP at The Mirage Saturday, June 11. Described as the 'Muhammad Ali of the broadcast interview,' King will take the stage at 10 p.m. inside the Terry Fator Theatre where audiences will also have the extraordinary opportunity to ask their own questions of the broadcast veteran in a Q&A at the end of the performance.

Larry King, the long-time host of CNN's Larry King Live and a two-time Peabody Award winner, will be the host of the 70th Annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony on May 23, at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City.

SNL alum Tina Fey returned to the show as a host on Saturday, where she spoofedthe classic Disney movie and recent Broadway musical, THE LITTLE MERMAID. Click below to chek out Fey channling Ariel!

The charming, witty, and always-entertaining writer and humorist Garrison Keillor, who is best known for his widely popular radio show A Prairie Home Companion, will be appearing live on Thursday, May 5 at the Morris Performing Arts Center.

True to his radio form, humorist celebrity speaker Garrison Keillor shares hilarious anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest, the people of Lake Wobegon, and 'late-life fatherhood.' With a wonderful, dry sense of humor, he captivates audiences and delivers with class, charisma, and wisdom. Keillor will be speaking at the Lund Auditorium on Sunday May 1 at 7:30 pm.

True to his radio form, humorist celebrity speaker Garrison Keillor shares hilarious anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest, the people of Lake Wobegon, and 'late-life fatherhood.' With a wonderful, dry sense of humor, he captivates audiences and delivers with class, charisma, and wisdom. Keillor will be speaking at the Lund Auditorium on Sunday May 1 at 7:30 pm.

Tina Fey and Justin Timberlake are set to return to Saturday Night Live in May.

Larry King is a name that has been woven into the fabric of American culture, being invited into the living rooms of millions of people every night for 25 years on CNN. He has been kissed by Marlon Brando; he's tussled with Jerry Seinfeld; he was the first to sit down with Paris Hilton after she left prison; he's interviewed people that never give interviews like the press-shy Frank Sinatra; and his coverage of 9/11 will forever be remembered. In today's society, you can't be considered a success until you've sat down across the table from the master: Larry King.

Publick Theatre Boston (http://www.publicktheatre.com), a resident company of the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA), presents the East Coast premiere of 9 Circles, the timely and dazzling new play by Bill Cain (Founder of Boston Shakespeare Company) March 17 - April 9, 2011 at the BCA Plaza Theatre, 539 Tremont Street, South End Boston.

Marin Theatre Company is proud to announce that 9 Circles by Bill Cain received the 2011 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award at a ceremony on April 2 during the 2011 Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Kentucky.

Garrison Keillor was born in 1942 in Anoka, Minnesota, and began his radio career as a freshman at the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1966.

NBC has issued pickups for three returning comedy series in 2011-12 that include 'The Office,' 'Parks and Recreation' and 'Community,' it was announced today by Bob Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment.