Patricia Heaton News

Due to overwhelming demand, Mark St. Germain's runaway hit play FREUD'S LAST SESSION today put a new block of seats on sale through February 26th.

TV veteran Ed Asner will guest star on the ABC comedy THE MIDDLE in an episode entitled, 'The Paper Route'.

Martin Rayner, currently starring as Sigmund Freud in FREUD'S LAST SESSION, will be this week's special guest on the new radio talk show "State of the ARTS", hosted by Richard Pheneger on Bridgeport CT's WPKN (89.5 FM), tomorrow (Friday) at 12:40 PM. The interview may also be heard at wpkn.org.

On the Wednesday, February 15th episode of ABC's THE MIDDLE entitled, 'The Concert', Frankie pulls out all of the stops in an effort to get an over-excited Sue tickets to a Justin Bieber concert, Mike is thrilled over Brick's enthusiasm to win the school's spelling bee and coaches him for the event, and Axl and his friends attempt to break a road sign's 15-mile-per-hour speed limit - on foot.

Syndicated morning show 'LIVE! WITH KELLY announced the lineup of co-hosts and guests who will join host Kelly Ripa for five shows from Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, Ko Olina, Hawaii, during the week of February 20-24. Among those joining Ripa will be Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison.

As first reported on TVline.com, Broadway veteran Whoopi Goldberg will be making a guest star appearance on the ABC comedy THE MIDDLE. The news was announced at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Tuesday.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play by Mark St. Germain now in its second successful year in New York, is coming "for a session" at the Mercury Theater (3745 N. Southport, Chicago), making its Midwest Premiere previewing March 21, opening March 28 with tickets on sale through June 3. FREUD'S LAST SESSION won the 2011 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Play.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the play by Mark St. Germain now in its second successful year in New York, is coming "for a session" at the Mercury Theater (3745 N. Southport, Chicago), making its Midwest Premiere previewing March 21, opening March 28 with tickets on sale through June 3.

Playwright Mark St. Germain and the stars of his Off-Broadway play, FREUD'S LAST SESSION, will host special post performance discussions January 5, 12, 15, 21, 27 & 29 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street).

On tonight's episode of ABC's THE MIDDLE entitled 'A Christmas Gift', on a tipsy whim - and against Mike's wishes - Frankie decides to throw a Christmas Eve party at the house; Mike buys Frankie a much needed new dishwasher for Christmas, but has a hard time keeping it a secret when she begs him to replace the old one before the party.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play by Mark St. Germain, will celebrate its 500th New York performance this Saturday, November 26th at the 2pm matinee at New World Stages (240 West 50th Street).

'Thanksgiving II' - Mike begrudgingly invites his brother, Rusty (Norm Macdonald), who is temporarily living in a tent, and his father, Big Mike, who has recently broken his hip, to join him for the annual Heck family Thanksgiving. But when Frankie observes the macho Heck men's non-communicative nature, she encourages a not-so-receptive Mike to engage them in a real conversation and express their feelings. Meanwhile, Brick is ecstatic when he discovers that Bob is bringing his girlfriend, Linda - the local librarian who loves books as much as Brick does - to Thanksgiving; and Sue wants to start a mother-daughter tradition of baking a pie for the holiday, but ends up getting more sliced up than the crust, on 'The Middle,' WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

ABC's favorite funny families celebrate the season a little early this year with special holiday episodes TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 and WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 on the ABC Television Network. Nick Jonas, Paul Hipp and Jay Mohr are among the guest stars on the holiday-themed episodes.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play by Mark St. Germain, will celebrate its 500th New York performance this Saturday, November 26th at the 2pm matinee at New World Stages (240 West 50th Street).

Talk show listings for Tuesday, November 15.

On Wednesday night's episode of THE MIDDLE on ABC entitled, 'The Play', Frankie is thrilled when she learns that the Orson Community Theater is putting on a production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and that kids don't need to audition to be munchkins, as they will be automatically cast - which is a perfect scenario for a hapless Sue.

Elvis is IN the building! After a recent performance of FREUD'S LAST SESSION, Elvis Presley (as played by Eddie Clendening in Million Dollar Quartet) stopped by for a session with Dr. Sigmund Freud (Martin Rayner) on the iconic couch in Freud's onstage office.

Talk show listings for Tuesday, November 15.