Liz Lewis News

Casting Society has announced nominations in the theatre, television, commercials, short film and short form series for the 2023 Artios Awards.

Anita Durst, the founder of ChaShaMa, held a two-day celebration to honor theater streaming service BroadwayHD, Bonnie Comley & Stewart F. Lane, and Gary Rosenberg of Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.

ChaShaMa held a kick-off party celebrating BroadwayHD, the premiere theater streaming service, at Anita's Way in Times Square.

ChaShaMa’s founder Anita Durst hosted an Art Soiree kick-off event celebrating BroadwayHD, the premiere theater streaming service.

After an extended pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic, The Heller Awards will return in-person Thursday, November 10th, 2022 at the Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles.

The cast includes Seth Gilliam (The Walking Dead, Teen Wolf), Nia Sioux, (Dance Moms, Runnin From My Roots), Emery Kelly (Alexa and Katie, Big Shot), Larry Saperstein (High School Musical: the Musical: The Series), Del Zamora (True Blood) and Steven Thomas Capp (Fat Camp, Reach, How I Met Your Mother) and more.

Thursday, November 7th, the Talent Managers Association announced the 15th Annual Heller Awards at the Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles. 

The Talent Managers Association Announces The 2019 Heller Award Nominees

Maggie Politi & Spiro Marcos, Executive producers and co-founders of NikoFrank Productions are delighted to co-host a brand new podcast, The Cool Kids Table celebrating kindness in the entertainment business. The podcast, produced by Willie Dee (Safe Word) of Loving You Productions, welcomes a new guest each week to talk humbly about the ups and downs of their perspective journey's and offer advice to all the dreamers paving their own road towards success.

On Tuesday, November 27, various NYC casting offices will participate in COATS FOR MONOLOGUES.

On Sunday, November 12, various NYC casting offices participated in the latest edition of MEALS FOR MONOLOGUES AND SONGS.

A story that's messy, complicated, violent. A movie about FAMILY. Rocky from Da Bronx Productions presents GROWING UP FAT & ALBANIAN, a new film by Elza Zagreda directed by award winning filmmaker Dhimitri Ismailaj (Cannes International Film Festival) and Elza Zagreda.

A story that's messy, complicated, violent. A movie about FAMILY. Rocky from Da Bronx Productions presents GROWING UP FAT & ALBANIAN, a new film by Elza Zagreda directed by award winning filmmaker Dhimitri Ismailaj (Cannes International Film Festival) and Elza Zagreda.

Film icons Sharon Stone and Shirley MacLaine, and The Walking Dead star Michael Rooker have been confirmed to present the Lifetime Achievement awards at the 14TH ANNUAL HELLER AWARDS.

The Talent Managers Association (TMA) is proud to announce this year's Lifetime Achievement honor in Management will be given to Chuck Binder, who founded Binder & Associates in 1978. The TMA recently announced the agent and casting director nominees for the 14th Annual Heller Awards, along with two other Lifetime Achievement honorees: legendary agent Jack Gilardi (ICM Partners) and casting director Craig Fincannon (Fincannon and Associates).

The Talent Managers Association (TMA) announces this year's nominees for the 14th Annual Heller Awards. Each year, the TMA honors colleagues in talent representation and casting with a live ceremony. Lifetime achievement honors will be presented to legendary agent Jack Gilardi from ICM Partners and casting director Craig Fincannon of Fincannon and Associates. Additionally, awards are presented to agents and casting directors for their work throughout the year, who've been nominated by the TMA members. The organization will host this year's event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday, November 10, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM.

Warner Bros. Records (WBR) today announced two changes in its Brand Partnerships & Creative Synch Licensing team

Natalie Gershtein, Beautiful City Theatre's (BCT) Artistic Producer, is taking on another role, directing BCT's upcoming CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION written by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Annie Baker. CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION marks the first time BCT will open a show in New York City and transfer to Montreal. I had the chance to catch up with Gershtein about the evolution of BCT, directing CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION and what's next for BCT.

Beautiful City Theatre produces CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION, the New York Revival and Montreal Premiere of the 2010 Obie Award-winning play, opening January 29, 2015 at Schapiro Studio in New York City (605 W 115th St, New York NY), and in Montreal on February 6, 2015 at Studio 303 (372 rue St-Catherine W. #303, Montreal QC). The show will run on consecutive weekends in both cities, from January 29 - February 1, 2015 in New York, and February 6 - 8, 2015 in Montreal.

In Episode 219, award-winning musical theatre writer Joel B. New sat down with Caitlin D. Jones, an actor, writer, casting director, producer, and web content creator. Caitlin attended Nazareth College majoring in Music Theatre and Philosophy while also interning and later assisting at Liz Lewis Casting Partners. After casting numerous commercials, independent films, national tours, and voice overs, she founded SMAO Entertainment in January of 2011 to produce art that people can laugh at, or with, or both after producing her web series, Caitlin Jones Saves the Day! She currently is a Casting Director for Liz Lewis Casting Partners in both New York and Los Angeles and has recently premiered her cooking show, In the Kitchen with Caitlin, on Manhattan Neighborhood Network and YouTube.