Meryl Streep News

Lovely and talented, with a slightly wicked streak that means she's just as much fun offstage as she is when she's onstage, actress/director/playwright Lydia Bushfield is a Nashville theater treasure, who's been part of the local scene so long that most people assume she was born and bred her. Fact is, she's not. Instead, she's one of the many talented people who've found themselves transported and transplated to Music City USA, pursuing their artistic bliss while entertaining audiences every time they set foot onstage.

Tony Award-winner Victoria Clark will host "Backstage at Encores!," a Studio 5 at City Centerevent, on Monday, February 6 at 6:30 pm at City Center. Joining Clark for an informal conversation will be Encores! Artistic Director Jack Viertel, Tony Award-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick and composer/arranger Jeanine Tesori. Studio Five events take place in the Barbara and David Zalaznick Studio at City Center, 130 West 56th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues).

As BroadwayWorld reported back in 2010, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep have been in talks to star in the film adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play, August: Osage County. Producers at the Weinstein Company, which is developing the project alongside the show's producer Jean Dourmanian, had been hopeful to begin filming in the summer of 2011, however the project was sidelined for what was believed to be scheduling conflicts. Not much has been mentioned on its progress since.

Tony, Emmy and Grammy award-winning actress and comedienne LILY TOMLIN will perform at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County on April 15, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall. As an exciting new addition to the Center's 2011-2012 Comedy Planet Series, LILY TOMLIN's performance is poised to be an unforgettable night of fun and sidesplitting laughter.

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced 10 Finalists for its prestigious playwriting award, now celebrating its thirty-fourth year. The ten Finalists for the 2011-2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, chosen from over 100 submitted plays, are:

Running February 1-26, Caroline, or Change will be performed in the Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage, 820 East Genesee Street.

Running February 1-26, Caroline, or Change will be performed in the Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage, 820 East Genesee Street.

BroadwayWorld brought you the winners as they were announced throughout the evening; check below for a complete list!

Tony, Emmy and Grammy award-winning actress and comedienne LILY TOMLIN will perform at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County on April 15, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall. As an exciting new addition to the Center's 2011-2012 Comedy Planet Series, LILY TOMLIN's performance is poised to be an unforgettable night of fun and sidesplitting laughter.

Two-time Actor® recipient and nine-time SAG Award® nominee Don Cheadle will be a presenter at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executive Producer Jeff Margolis announced today.

Off-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre announces an additional two-week of its hit 20th anniversary production of Brian Friel's Tony Award-winning play DANCING AT LUGHNASA, with performances now set to run through January 29, 2012 on the Irish Repertory's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage (132 West 22nd Street).

Nominees for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards for outstanding performances in 2011 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center's SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) earlier this month launched five new award categories recognising international achievements in film as follows: Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress.