Helen Hunt News

The Regional Emmy-Award Winning musical theatre training organization, Young Artists of America (YAA), is now welcoming 4th and 5th grade students into their Summer Performing Arts Intensives. Previously, the program, known to many as the premiere training ground for dedicated musical theatre students in the Mid-Atlantic, was only open to students in middle school and high school. Starting in June of 2020, elementary school students (ages 9+) will be welcomed into the new daytime program, Kids Academy, an introduction to musical theatre led by the region's top teaching artists.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that James Lipton, executive producer, writer, and host of the Bravo cable television series Inside the Actors Studio, has died at age 93.

Screen and stage actor Lynn Cohen has passed away.

The Historic Stanley Hotel and Comedy Works Entertainment has announced two shows with Paul Reiser on February 29th at The Stanley Hotel Concert Hall in Estes Park at 6:00pm and 8:30pm. Special room offers are also available with the purchase of a comedy ticket. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 24th at 10am at www.stanleylive.com. General admission tickets are $39.50. A limited amount of VIP tickets will be available which include a post-show meet and greet and photo opportunity with the artist for $75.00.

As 2019 comes to a close, we're taking a look back on some of the most memorable performances of the year.

In the 1990s, sitcom “Mad About You” chronicled the lives of a New York City couple. Now stars Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser visit TODAY to talk about the show's revival. Hunt says they got “artistically greedy” and decided to reboot the show. Reiser adds, “Our motto was 'don't let this suck.'”

One of America's favorite TV couples, the Buchmans, are coming back to television in the 'Mad About You' reboot. TODAY's Natalie Morales sat down with the show's stars, Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt, and took a tour of their new set.

After explaining why she had a Star Wars-themed sweet potato instead of a slice of cake for her recent birthday, Helen Hunt invites James and his family to accompany her to a screening of The Rise of Skywalker this coming Christmas. There's just one problem with that...

Deadline reports that stage and screen legend Carol Burnett will reprise her role in the upcoming Spectrum Original 'Mad About You' revival. Burnett plays Theresa Semple, Jamie (Helen Hunt)'s mom.

On the heels of its recent win for 'Best Documentary' from the Independent Filmmakers Showcase (IFS), Director and Producer Mitzi Kapture's (“Silk Stalkings”) riveting new documentary The Process is now available on Amazon Prime Video, beginning November 1st.

Sean Bean has joined the cast of TNT's Snowpiercer season two as a new series regular, alongside Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs, according to Deadline. 

When a 12-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper (Jon Tenney) struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, Jackie (Helen Hunt). Facing a recent affair, great strain is put on the family that slowly gnaws away at Jackie's grip on reality. But after a malicious presence manifests itself in their home and puts their son, Connor (Judah Lewis), in mortal danger, the cold, hard truth about evil in the Harper household is finally uncovered.

The Broad Stage announces an expanded number of American Sign Language (ASL) interpreted performances for the 2019-2020 season in an effort to create an inclusive environment for all audience members and ensure that as many people as possible are able to experience the magic of live performance. The first ASL interpreted performance will be The Moth Mainstage in Los Angeles on October 4.

In the new episode of hit digital series Hiking with Kevin, SNL legend Kevin Nealon is joined by Friends star Lisa Kudrow, who opens up about playing Phoebe Buffay and reveals that she had a really hard time portraying the iconic character:

 CBS All Access, CBS' digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, today announced that Whoopi Goldberg, Jovan Adepo, Owen Teague, Brad William Henke and Daniel Sunjata have joined the cast of its original limited event series THE STAND, based on Stephen King's bestselling novel of the same name. They join previously announced cast members James Marsden, Amber Heard, Odessa Young and Henry Zaga.

The Buchmans are back!  Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt reprise their roles in the Sony Pictures Television-produced limited event series on Wednesday, November 20 when the first six episodes drop ad-free exclusively on Spectrum's On Demand platform.  The final six episodes will release on Wednesday, December 18.

Out of 18 entries, Jim Moss' THE COW SAYS, Brick Brickel's FOR THE LOVE OF MARY, and Deb Bostock-Kelley's ONCE UPON UHHH...stand out.

MASTERPIECE on PBS has released the trailer for World on Fire, an adrenalized, emotionally gripping and resonant World War II drama that follows the intertwining fates of ordinary people in five countries as they grapple with the effects of the war on their everyday lives.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, John Pankow and Richard Kind have joined the cast of the upcoming 'Mad About You' revival, alongside Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt. They will reprise their roles from the original series.