Minnie Driver News

NBC has officially picked up six episodes of NEXT CALLER (A.K.A. NEXT CALLER PLEASE). The Dane Cook/Collette Wolfe single-camera comedy from writer Stephen Falk, Lionsgate and Universal TV, is about a testosterone-wielding DJ and his new feminist co-host who host a relationship radio show in New York City.

The first-ever Sundance London film and music festival came to a close on April 29th, capping off four days of film screenings and music performances hosted by Robert Redford, Sundance Enterprises, Sundance Institute and AEG Europe, with the support of Presenting Partner Sony Entertainment Network.

Rehearsals begin today, 30th April, for Harvey Fierstein's acclaimed Torch Song Trilogy. The production will be directed by Douglas Hodge and will play at the Menier Chocolate Factory 30 May - 12 August. Full casting is confirmed as follows: David Bedella will be playing Arnold Beckoff, Joe McFadden will be playing Ed, Sara Kestelman will be playing Mrs Beckoff, Tom Harries will be playing Alan, Perry Millward will be playing David and Laura Pyper will be playing Laurel.

Berkshire Playwrights Lab will present the Berkshire Playwrights Lab 5th Season Gala Celebration on June 9 at 7:30pm and staged readings of new plays on July 11, July 23, August 8, and August 22 at 7:30pm at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, Mass.). The company will also co-present with Bard College at Simon's Rock the New York University Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program's Berkshire Musical Theatre Lab on June 24 at 2:00pm at the McConnell Theatre (Bard College at Simon's Rock Daniel Arts Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, Mass.).

SHOWTIME today announced season two premiere of the online-turned-television comedy series WEB THERAPY on Monday, July 2nd at 11 p.m. ET/PT and the season three premiere of the provocative, unscripted series THE REAL L WORD on Thursday, July 12th at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

According to TVLine.com, actress Minnie Driver is set to star in the upcoming NBC comedy pilot LADY FRIENDS. Driver will star opposite Andrea Anders in the Keri Lizer comedy.

Today we are completing our triptych look at the leading ladies of the new BAM production of RICHARD III, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Kevin Spacey, with a solo spotlight on a stage and screen star known for her wide range of roles in dramas, comedies, musicals, television and film - the one and only Haydn Gwynne. In addition to all about her intense preparation for her role in the searing and prescient Shakespearean historical tragedy, Gwynne also recounts her experiences working with Mendes, Spacey and the previous ladies who have participated in this RICHARD III spotlight with whom she shares the stage every night now through March 4, Gemma Jones and Maureen Anderman. Besides all about RICHARD III and its international tour begun at the Old Vic in London's West End and ending up in New York at BAM, Gwynne and I also discuss her recent stage work in Elton John and Lee Hall's Tony-winning international hit BILLY ELLIOT and working with theatre and film director Stephen Daldry on it, as well as some remembrances of her other notable stage and screen roles, old and new - prior musicals (such as CITY OF ANGELS), as well as her recent guest-starring stint on the hit BBC series SHERLOCK included, as well as a look ahead to her new feature film, HUNKY DORY, starring Minnie Driver. All of that and much, much more!

Showtime has just announced that it has renewed its browser-based show WEB THERAPY for a Season 2. The comedy will include celebrity guests such as Meryl Streep, Conan O'Brien, Molly Shannon, Minnie Driver, Selma Blair and Rosie O'Donnell for a 10-epsiode run in 2012.

Showtime has just announced that it has renewed its browser-based show WEB THERAPY for a Season 2. The comedy will include celebrity guests such as Meryl Streep, Conan O'Brien, Molly Shannon, Minnie Driver, Selma Blair and Rosie O'Donnell for a 10-epsiode run in 2012.

SHOWTIME has ordered up a second season of WEB THERAPY, the network's online-turned-television comedy series starring Emmy® Award winner Lisa Kudrow, it was announced today by SHOWTIME President of Entertainment David Nevins. Kudrow stars as "Fiona Wallice," the self-professed and self-serving psychotherapist who treats patients for three minutes via webcam. Season two will be comprised of at least ten, half-hour episodes and will air on the network in 2012.

Members of The Creative Coalition will meet with the White House's Office of Public Engagement and will be highlighted as America's Champions of Change. The effort is part of President Barack Obama's Winning the Future initiative (whitehouse.gov/champions) to 'out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world.'

Talk show listings for Friday, July 15.

Talk show listings for Friday, July 15.

Starting this week, Discovery Communication's Military Channel will air a series of PSAs produced by The Creative Coalition in partnership with Blue Star Families, with support from the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) and Health Net, Inc. Directed by actor and President of The Creative Coalition Tim Daly, the PSAs promote a toll-free suicide prevention help line.

Starting this week, Discovery Communication's Military Channel will air a series of PSAs produced by The Creative Coalition in partnership with Blue Star Families, with support from the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) and Health Net, Inc. Directed by actor and President of The Creative Coalition Tim Daly, the PSAs promote a toll-free suicide prevention help line.

Michael Feinstein, the five-time Grammy-nominated interpreter of the Great American Songbook, joins the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for a program celebrating the music of "Ol' Blue Eyes," Frank Sinatra.

Michael Feinstein, the five-time Grammy-nominated interpreter of the Great American Songbook, joins the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for a program celebrating the music of 'Ol' Blue Eyes,' Frank Sinatra. The June 11 concert at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) closes the NJSO's 2011-12 POPS series in grand style.

According to Deadline.com, Will Sasso has been cast as Curly in the upcoming film based on the world-famous slapstick TV series 'The Three Stooges.' Although casting is expected to officially be completed by the end of the week, Hank Azaria is a main contender to play Moe; James Marsden is being considered to play Larry.