Meryl Streep News

Stage and screen superstar Meryl Streep is set to continue her streak of music-themed films highlighted by the Christmas release of hotly anticipated big screen movie musical INTO THE WOODS with yet another project centering on song, this one titled RICKY AND THE FLASH.

Oscar- and Tony-winning costume designer Ann Roth and Broadway lighting designer Shirley Prendergast are among the winners of 2014 Distinguished Achievement Awards from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology.

John Patrick Shanley, playwright, screenwriter and director, Oscar, Tony, Writers' Guild and Pulitzer Prize winner, will be the Honoree of the 33rd Annual William Inge Theatre Festival in Independence, Kansas, at Independence Community College.

After a nationwide search, full casting has been announced for the highly anticipated Las Vegas production of MAMMA MIA!, which begins performances at The New Tropicana resort in Las Vegas May 8. The talented cast features MAMMA MIA! alumni, including all three Dynamos as well as several Las Vegas locals who will join the company.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the initial list of presenters set for the upcoming 41st Chaplin Award Gala honoring Academy Award nominee Rob Reiner

Recent Tony Award-winning Best Actor James Corden discusses his hotly anticipated new role in the forthcoming stage to screen iteration of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's celebrated fairy tale-themed musical INTO THE WOODS as part of a new interview.

NextStop Theatre Company completes its inaugural main stage season with an ambitious new production of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, running May 1-June 1, 2014. Directed by NextStop's Artistic Director Evan Hoffmann, the production will feature a cast of seventeen and a ten-piece orchestra in the company's intimate 114-seat black box theater in Herndon, VA.

According to the Daily Mail, Benedict Cumberbatch as solidified his place as Hamlet in the West End. The Shakespearean drama will run at the Barbican Theatre, beginning in August 2015 and will be produced by Sonia Friedman and directed by Lyndsey Turner.

Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Joe Masteroff, John Kander and Fred Ebb's Tony winning musical Cabaret, starring Tony Award-winner Alan Cumming and Golden Globe-winner Michelle Williams, begins previews tomorrow, Friday March 21. Cabaret officially opens on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street). This is a 24-week limited engagement. Scroll down to learn more about the full company, plus watch a TV spot for the production below!

JIMMY KIMMEL will unveil the third installment of the Spanish-language Scandal spoof 'Escandalo' on tonight's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE.

Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe Award Winner John Lithgow brings his critically acclaimed show, Stories by Heart to celebrate the Long Wharf Theatre 2014 Gala, taking place on Friday, June 6.

NEW DRAMATISTS,Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, proudly announces that they will honor five-time Tony Award winning director/choreographer Susan Stroman with their 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 65th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, to be held Thursday, May 22 at the New York Marriott Marquis. Among the Stroman collaborators offering tributes will be Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines and New York City Ballet's Tiler Peck performing a selection from Little Dancer, Taylor Mac performing a selection from The Last Two People on Earth, Tony nominee Marin Mazzie performing from Bullets Over Broadway; and Contact collaborator John Weidman, and cast members from The Scottsboro Boys.The event co-chairs are Letty Aronson, Roy Furman, and Julian Schlossberg.

Wearing a dress made out of coffee filters, Lady Gaga stopped by last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE airing this week from the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas and spoke about her experience performing at the annual event.

Tracy Letts' 'August: Osage County,' opening tonight, March 13 and directed by Tony Daniel, portrays a family attempting to support each other in a crisis. Three sisters and their significant others come home to be with their mother when their father disappears. They soon learn that he has committed suicide.

Last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE narrowed it down to the four BBQ spots people mentioned the most, and host Jimmy Kimmel and Guillermo set out to discover which one is Austin's best.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. 'Cats,' 'Evita' and 'Joseph' all appear, Broadway In Chicago brings new shows and old friends, the 'Annie' film, 'Rent' and next year at the Paramount, two versions of JRB's first show, and Davenport's dishes out the talent.

Center Stage at Southampton Cultural Center will present the Long Island premiere of Tracy Letts', Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning August: Osage County, from Thursday, March 20 through April 6,, 2014 at SCC's Levitas Center for the Arts.

Late night host Jimmy Kimmel will be a guest on Toronto mayor Rob Ford and his brother, Doug Ford's YouTube show Ford Nation

On last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, Kimmel was able to reveal the identities of those actors and give viewers an exclusive sneak preview of True Detective season two.

NYC socialite Gail Maidman recently attended the opening night of the NY Philharmonic's rapturously received production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's celebrated musical SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET outfitted in a dress emblazoned with a particularly pertinent pattern - that of the acclaimed composer/lyricist himself!