Hugh Jackman News

Samantha Barks, star of the upcoming film LES MISERABLES, is one of six young actors who will be honored with the 'Hollywood Spotlight Award' at this year's Hollywood Film Awards gala ceremony to be held October 22 at the Beverly Hilton. Barks is set to play Eponine in the film version of Les Miserables - the role she played at the 25th anniversary concert.

There has been much speculation about what the song might be, and the film's leading man Hugh Jackman sat down yesterday with The Telegraph to talk details on the addition of the new solo for Jean Valjean.

Click below to watch a clip of Les Misérables' Samantha Barks singing 'Too Far Gone' with Russell Crowe and Alan Doyle at their 'Indoor Garden Party' on October 13th at The Gramercy Theatre in New York City!

It's one of the most anticipated events of the year in New York City - The Rink at Rockefeller Center opens for the 2012-2013 winter season on Tuesday, October 16. Set against the Art Deco backdrop of Rockefeller Center, the First Skate of the Year will feature Broadway's CHAPLIN star Rob McClure performing antics with Chef Yuhi Fujinaga of The Sea Grill and Chef Antonio Prontelli of Rock Center Cafe at 10:00am. This year marks the world-famous ice rink's 76th season.

There has been much speculation about what the song might be, and the film's leading man Hugh Jackman sat down yesterday with The Telegraph to talk details on the addition of the new solo for Jean Valjean.

Alexis Fishman has been chosen the winner of The 7th Annual NYMF Next Broadway Sensation (NBS) Over 200 people auditioned for NYMF's Next Broadway Sensation.

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. today announced that acclaimed soprano Renee Fleming has performed the original song 'Still Dream' on the soundtrack for the upcoming Rise of the Guardians, which also features a score by Four-Time Academy Award nominated and Grammy Award winning composer Alexandre Desplat. Varese Sarabande will release the soundtrack on November 13, preceding the film's nationwide release on November 21.

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2012 marks Mercury Musical Developments' 20th Anniversary and to celebrate they are holding an all-star 20th Anniversary Gala Concert at the Novello Theatre in London today, Sunday 14th October 2012 at 8pm, hosted by Anita Dobson.

Opus, which runs from Nov. 2-18 on Stage West at the Herberger Theater Center, 222. E. Monroe, is the story of a world-class string quartet whose musical genius goes off his medication and becomes completely erratic.

Christmas can't get here fast enough, because that's when LES MISERABLES hits the big screen. Check out all of the recently released posters for the film below, featuring Hugh Jackman as 'Jean Valjean', Anne Hathaway as 'Fantine', Russell Crowe as 'Javert', Amanda Seyfried as 'Cosette' and the original poster showcasing the iconic image of young Cosette!

Russell Crowe and Alan Doyle present THE INDOOR GARDEN PARTY, an informal evening of tunes and stories from the Crowe/Doyle songbook with Scott Grimes, Kevin Durand, Size2Shoes and special guests tonight, October 13th at The Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street. The show begins at 8 p.m.

Today the spotlight falls on Kim Thorton Nygren, who just recently ended a critically acclaimed run in Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre's Dixie Swim Club, in which she played the randy, sexy Lexie. Kim's a fixture at ye olde dinner barn-not only because of her onstage performances in such shows as Rumors and 'Til Beth Do Us Part-but also because she works in the venerable venue's box office, dealing with audience members, inquisitive callers and the errant door-to-door salesman. In fact, she's so much a part of Chaffin's Barn that it's hard to imagine one without the other.

Happy Birthday Hugh Jackman! Jackman will next be seen in the role of Jean Valjean in the upcoming and highly anticipated Les Misérables film. Jackman is also working on Broadway's Harry Houdini, set for the stage in 2013. He has also appeared on the Great White Way in Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway, A Steady Rain and The Boy From Oz. He played Curly in the West End's Oklahoma!, and appeared in an Off-Broadway production of Carousel, along with hosting the Tony Awards three times.

A new extended TV spot for Dreamworks Animation's RISE OF THE GUARDIANS has been released. The film will open in theaters on November 21st and features the voices of Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher and Jude Law. Check out the spot below!

2012 marks Mercury Musical Developments' 20th Anniversary and to celebrate they are holding an all-star 20th Anniversary Gala Concert at the Novello Theatre in London on Sunday 14th October 2012 at 8pm, hosted by Anita Dobson.

A three-day genre-bending celebration of music will be uncovered at the Brisbane Powerhouse on October 26-28 as Restrung returns to Brisbane for the second time. Catered to local audiences with a truly omnivorous music taste, Restrung bridges the borders between rock, folk, world music, jazz, contemporary classical and electronica.

The American Film Institute's annual festival announced the line up for its Centerpiece Galas today. Featured in the top spots will be Ang Lee's Life Of Pi, Walter Salles' On The Road, DreamWorks Animation's Rise Of The Guardians and Jacques Audiard's Rust And Bone starring Marion Cotillard. Also included will be the world premiere of HITCHCOCK, starring Anthony Hopkins in the title role.

Christmas can't get here fast enough, because that's when Les Miserables hits the big screen. Check out a just-released poster for the film below, which features Russell Crowe as 'Javert' and the tagline: 'I Am The Law.'

The world's largest solo theatre festival, established in 2010 at Theatre ROW on 42nd Street in Manhattan, has grown to more than twice its original size. One hundred solo productions will be presented between today, October 11 and November 18, 2012, among them fifteen shows by artists who successfully performed at the United Solo Festival in the past.