Julie Wilson News

Tom Hanks took to social media on Sunday night to share an update on his condition after he and his wife, Rita Wilson, tested positive for coronavirus.

Variety reports that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have tested positive for the Coronavirus. They are the first celebrities to acknowledge publicly that they have been diagnosed.

The Actors Fund has teamed with SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley, to produce a daily mini-online show, entitled Stars in The House, featuring stars of stage and screen singing and performing live (from home!) on social media to promote support for The Fund's services.

Stars in The House continues tonight (8pm) with Patrick Wilson!

Broadway might be dark this month, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway today, March 20, 2020.

Check out the latest episode from SNL legend Kevin Nealon's hit digital series 'Hiking With Kevin,' in which this week's guest Owen Wilson discusses coming to LA with Wes Anderson and his brother Luke to work on “Bottle Rocket”: “[When] it started off, we were trying to make a more Scorsese, edgy movie, and then we just didn't really have the chops for it.”

Houston based author/ playwright/ publisher Bryan-Keyth Wilson will offer a free online writing class tonight, March 19, 2020, at 7 pm CST. This online class is for every level and will take writers on a step by step journey to creating their novels, plays or screenplays.

Passinart: A Theatre Company announces the cancellation of Seven Guitars by August Wilson at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center.

Groundbreaking musician/songwriter/producer Steven Wilson has announced today's premiere of a truly epic new track. “Personal Shopper” is available now for streaming and download.

Variety reports that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have tested positive for the Coronavirus. They are the first celebrities to acknowledge publicly that they have been diagnosed.

The Young Vic and LIFT Festival today announces that two-time Olivier award-winner, Golden Globe winner, and Tony and BAFTA nominated actress Ruth Wilson will star in the UK Premiere of The Second Woman. Nat Randall and Anna Breckon's internationally acclaimed show sits at the intersection of performance, video and film, as 100 different men are invited to appear opposite Ruth Wilson as 'Virginia' who performs the exact same scene again and again, for a full 24 hours. In their first collaboration since 2014, this Young Vic and LIFT co-production brings an exciting new version of this internationally acclaimed epic feat of endurance theatre and live cinema to London as part of LIFT 2020.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Julie Andrews is set to become the tenth woman to receive the 48th AFI Life Achievement Award. The award was going to be presented to Andrews on April 25, 2020 at a gala in Los Angeles. However, according to Page Six, the gala has been postponed as a response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Star of Showtime's 'Black Monday' and host of the podcast 'Bitch Sesh,' Casey Wilson, was overprepared for her recent arrest while protesting with Jane Fonda.

Variety reports that longtime 'Modern Family' star Julie Bowen has joined the cast of 'Raised by Wolves,' a new comedy on CBS.

Twenty-one Chicago high school students will compete in the finals of the 11th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition for a chance to represent Chicago in the National Competition at the August Wilson Theatre in New York City. Hundreds of students competed across the city in preliminary rounds. The finals will be held at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N Dearborn on Monday, March 9, 2020 at 6:00 pm. The August Wilson Monologue Competition is free and open to the public.

On April 8th, 2020 Join Portland Theatre veterans Norman Wilson and Courtney Freed for a glittering musical exploration of love, laughter and everything in between. Featuring some of the nation's greatest composers such as the Gershwins, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin and more! With Darcy White on piano, T.J. Arko on drums and Bernardo Gomez on bass, this special night on the Lakewood Mainstage will knock your socks off! Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at www.lakewood-center.org

The Dramatists Guild of America has announced that the recipient of the 2020 Lanford Wilson Award is Madhuri Shekar. The award will be presented at the Guild's annual awards ceremony on Monday, July 27, 2020, at Joe's Pub in New York.

Center Theatre Group has named Kyle Branch, Tyla Uzo and Fletcher Jones as the top performers of the August Wilson Monologue Competition (AWMC) Regional Finals held at the Mark Taper Forum on February 25, 2020. Branch and Uzo will go on to represent Los Angeles in the national finals on May 4, 2020. 

Waterwell today announced the complete cast for the next performance of The Courtroom, which is coming to Symphony Space in a special evening amplifying this intimate encounter with our nation's immigration court system. For this performance on Monday, March 9, Emmy Award®, two-time Golden Globe Award®, and two-time Tony Award® nominee Patrick Wilson will join members of the original cast.

An annual sold-out event that is an exclusive New York musical theater experience, BROADWAY BELTS FOR PFF! featured Broadway stars performing some of their favorite songs and original pieces to benefit the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF). The benefit began as a tribute to Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press theater critic, who died suddenly of pulmonary fibrosis in 2010. Julie Halston, a founding partner of the event, is one of the PFF's leading advocates nationwide and shined as the evening's host (Her Broadway credits include Tootsie, Hairspray, Gypsy, and You Can't Take It With You).