James McAvoy News

The Jewish Plays Project, LABA and Highbrow are co-producers of SIX by Zohar Tirosh-Polk, a fully staged work featured in OPEN: The New Jewish Theater Residency at the 14th Street Y (344 East 14th Street). SIX will perform on June 23rd at 8:00 pm, June 24th at 3 pm and June 25th at 7 pm. Tickets are free by reservation at www.jewishplaysproject.org/tickets.

According to the Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye, Michael Grandage is bringing together UK's cream of the crop for his fledgling West End theatre company's new season at Noel Coward Theatre, beginning Dec. 1.

Syfy's hit drama series Being Human, starring Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath and Sam Huntington, begins production on its third season today in Montreal. Anna Fricke (Men in Trees, Everwood) is Executive Producer/Showrunner with Muse Entertainment producing thirteen 1-hour episodes for Syfy.

Golden Globe -nominee James McAvoy (Atonement, X-Men First Class) will star opposite Academy Award-nominee Jessica Chastain (The Help, The Tree of Life) in the double-feature film project for Myriad Pictures, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her.

The winners of the most prestigious event in the UK theatrical calendar, the 36th Olivier Awards with MasterCard, were announced tonight (15 April 2012) at the Royal Opera House as part of a glamorous and star-studded night of entertainment from the West End's finest talent.

The 36th Olivier Awards welcomed the United Kingdom's biggest stars tonight, April 15, at the Royal Opera House in London. See photos of Matthew Warchus, Tim Minchin and Bertie Carvel with Sophia Kiely, Eleanor Worthington Cox, Kerry Ingram and Cleo Demetriou, winners of Best Actress in a Musical for Matilda the Musical, plus Ruth Wilson, Jonny Lee Miller, Zach Braff, Susannah Fielding, Peter Darling, John Berry, Hayley Atwell, Dan Stevens and more in the winners room below!

We're live in London for this year's Olivier Awards!

The 36th Olivier Awards with MasterCard will offer a star-studded night of awards and exclusive entertainment at the Royal Opera House on Sunday 15 April hosted by West End stars Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton. The list of presenters includes Hayley Atwell, Douglas Booth, Zach Braff, Jim Carter, Tom Chambers, Tyne Daly, Jack Davenport, Agyness Deyn, Jonathan Edwards, Susannah Fielding, Vittorio Grigolo, Lenny Henry, Ronan Keating, Katherine Kelly, Harry Lloyd, James McAvoy, Natascha McElhone, Laurie Metcalf, Elaine Paige, Dan Stevens, Sir Patrick Stewart, David Suchet, Kara Tointon, Will Young, Zoe Wanamaker, Jodie Whittaker and Barbara Windsor with a few more surprises on the night.

Sonar Entertainment Inc. and Ecosse Films have joined forces to develop and produce QUARTERMAIN. The new 10x60 action-adventure series is based on the classic swashbuckling stories by iconic Victorian-era author H. Rider Haggard.

Andrew Lloyd Webber is developing a musical about the Stephen Ward, the man who introduced call girl Christine Keeler to war secretary John Profumo. The resulting Profumo Affair scandal began the end of Harold MacMillan's government in 1960s Britain. According to a post by Michael Riedel on nypost.com, SUNSET BOULEVARD scriptwriter Christopher Hampton may be asked to write the script for Lloyd Webber's new project.

AMC announced today that David Morrissey has been cast in the role of The Governor in the networks' critically acclaimed hit series, THE WALKING DEAD. The Governor, a character from Robert Kirkman's graphic novel, is the leader of Woodbury, a small settlement of survivors, and becomes the chief antagonist for Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his group.

Director Joe Dowling today announced the three plays that will comprise the Guthrie's 2012 celebration of prolific British playwright, screenwriter and director Christopher Hampton. A Guthrie commission of Appomattox, a new play based upon Hampton's original 2007 opera collaboration with composer Philip Glass, will be joined by Tales from Hollywood and Total Eclipse.

The Rosecommon Arts Centre presents a few good shows this month of February including RHINOCEROS, THE RAILWAY CHILDREN, a performance by Conal Gallen, and a screening of INSIDE I'M DANCING.

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced full casting for the upcoming world premiere of REGRETS by Matt Charman, directed by Carolyn Cantor.

BBC AMERICA announced that Madonna will make a rare talk show appearance and her first on The Graham Norton Show on Saturday, January 14, 10:30pm ET/PT as part of the Ministry of Laughs comedy block.

Now in its 38th year, the People's Choice Awards are voted on entirely by the public for fan favorites in music, movies and television. Kaley Cuoco was the host of the of the show tonight, and this year's winners have been announced!

The awards ceremony for THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS will be broadcast live tonight on CBS at 9/8c.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, Walt Disney Pictures' magical tale of four children traveling through a wardrobe to the mystical land of Narnia, will air as the 'ABC Friday Movie of the Week,' DECEMBER 30 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, Walt Disney Pictures' magical tale of four children traveling through a wardrobe to the mystical land of Narnia, will air as the 'ABC Friday Movie of the Week,' DECEMBER 30 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

In the debut episode of BBC America's new miniseries STATE OF PLAY, a political suicide starts the media guessing. When Sonia Baker, a young political researcher, falls on the London Underground tracks and is killed, her high-profile boss Labor Member of Parliament Stephen Collins, is devastated.