Jeff Daniels News

Circle Theatre presents REEFER MADNESS, directed by Matthew Gunnels, opening tonight, July 18, through August 26, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production photos below.

Talk Show Listings For Wednesday, July 18

Morgan Freeman and Michael Cain ('The Dark Knight Rises'), Mike Tyson ('Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth'), Jeff Daniels ('The Newsroom'), Chris Colfer ('Glee' and author, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell) and Judge Jeanine Pirro (author, Sly Fox) are among the guests now through July 20 on ABC's THE VIEW. (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET; broadcast live in stereo; CC; TV-14).

The Purple Rose Theatre Company has announced the 2012 / 2013 Season, which will feature two world premieres and two plays by award-winning playwrights. The theatre company's 22nd professional season will include: Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts, the world premiere of The Meaning of Almost Everything by Jeff Daniels, 33 Variations by Moises Kaufman and the world premiere of Miles & Ellie by Don Zolidis.

Talk Show Listings For Wednesday, July 18

Morgan Freeman and Michael Cain ('The Dark Knight Rises'), Mike Tyson ('Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth'), Jeff Daniels ('The Newsroom'), Chris Colfer ('Glee' and author, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell) and Judge Jeanine Pirro (author, Sly Fox) are among the guests JULY 16-20 on ABC's THE VIEW.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, HBO has officially picked up Aaron Sorkin's 'The Newsroom' for a second season. The series, which premiered on June 24, airs Sunday nights at 10pm. Additionally, the network has also renewed 'True Blood' for a sixth season.

Kristen Beth got to play Reno on Bway and is now understudying three principal roles in the Gershwin Tony winner.

For two weeks in July and August, 2012, East Hampton Studio will transform into America's first pop-up dance studio, as the hottest choreographers from Hollywood and Broadway hit the Hamptons for Dance House USA. Dancers of all levels will work with the best of the best to identify their "X-factor" through full days of classes, workshops, rehearsals, live nightly events, and collaboration with star choreographers, including Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba and Smash choreographer Josh Bergasse.

Beginning today, HBO is giving all audiences, including non-subscribers, a chance to watch the first episode of THE NEWSROOM, the new Aaron Sorkin drama series, free of charge on multiple platforms.

According to a report by E! Online, Tony Award winner John Gallagher, Jr., who played opposite Lea Michele in Spring Awakening in 2006, will sing in his new role on HBO's THE NEWSROOM, written and produced by Aaron Sorkin.

Created by Aaron Sorkin (Oscar(R) winner for writing 'The Social Network,' executive producer and writer of the multiple Emmy(R) winner 'The West Wing'), the new HBO drama series THE NEWSROOM follows the news team on their quixotic mission to reclaim the legacy of Murrow and Cronkite in the face of a fickle audience,corporate mandates and tangled personal relationships. Kicking off its ten-episode season SUNDAY, JUNE 24 (10:00-11:15 p.m. ET/PT), the series is executive produced by Sorkin, Scott Rudin (the Oscar(R) winner 'No Country for Old Men ') and Alan Poul (HBO's multiple Emmy(R) winner 'Six Feet Under').

THE NEWSROOM premieres on HBO this Sunday, June 24th at 10pm and there are plenty of reasons to theatre enthusiasts to tune in - a healthy handful, in fact, if you count the number of major theatrical players involeved with the project.

TMZ.com reports that Jeff Daniels has confirmed the news that the planned sequel to the 1994 hit comedy DUMB AND DUMBER is officially a no-go. According to the report, Daniels revealed that the film is 'like a parakeet without a head ... dead.'

Cape May Stage presents the 2009 Tony Award winner for Best Play: God of Carnage. Directed by Roy Steinberg (Guiding Light, Days of Our Lives) and starring John Viscardi, Michelle Eugene, Emmy nominee Fiona Hutchison (Guiding Light) and multiple Emmy winner Justin Deas (Guiding Light, Santa Barbara, As the World Turns), God of Carnage opens tonight, June 21 at 8:00pm at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse on Bank and Lafayette Streets.

The Purple Rose Theatre Company wraps up its 2011/12 Season with On Golden Pond, by Ernest Thompson.