Pedro Almodovar News

Fresh off reports that he will be returning to the Australian stage next year in DIARY OF A MADMAN with Sydney's Company B, Variety reports today that Geoffrey Rush will star in the Australian premiere of 'The Drowsy Chaperone,' the first show of the Melbourne Theater Company's 2010 season.

Following last season's sold-out celebration, FLAMENCO FESTIVAL MIAMI - 'the hottest flamenco event in the country' (World Music Central) - returns by popular demand to South Florida with a month-long celebration throughout February 2009. Presented by the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and PerilloMusic, FLAMENCO FESTIVAL MIAMI will feature three headlining performances: ANTONIO GADES COMPANY in the U.S. premiere of CARMEN on February 12; Flamenco royalty ESTRELLA MORENTE on February 19; and LOS FARRUCO - the first family of flamenco dance - on February 28.

The Emelin Theatre, a non-profit performing arts center in Mamaroneck, NY, today announced that Giuseppe Tornatore, director of Cinema Paradiso, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Academy Award-nominated Director John Sayles will screen their latest movies at the Emelin and answer questions from the audience. Tornatore will screen The Unknown Woman on Wednesday, December 5 at 7:30 PM, and Sayles will screen Honeydripper on December 13 at 8:15 PM.

The Emelin Theatre, a non-profit performing arts center in Mamaroneck, NY, today announced the appointment of Michael Bush as its new Artistic Director.

The recipients of the National Board of Review Awards, which will be presented on January 9th in New York, have been announced.

This December, world-renowned flamenco dancer Joaquin Cortes - hailed as 'the very best of his generation' by Spain's El Pais newspaper -will return to New York City with his acclaimed solo show, Mi Soledad, for a strictly limited engagement at Broadway's Palace Theatre

SHREK: THE MUSICAL, a new Broadway-bound musical, with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Jason Moore, is in development.

On March 29, GLAAD Media Awards were handed out honoring individuals and projects in the media and entertainment industries.

Marie Jones' comedy salutes the sex appeal of older women