Richard Pryor News

The Chicago Tribune reports that Chicago's downtown Marriott Hotel will host a reading for UNSPEAKABLE, a new play based on the life of comedian Richard Pryor.

On Monday, November 14, the internationally acclaimed revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO celebrated its 15th anniversary on Broadway! BroadwayWorld was on hand for the milestone performance, and brings you photos from the festivities below!

Creative Mind Entertainment & OBC DreamTheatre in association with Randolph Sturrup and Mike Muse present a by-invitation-only reading of the new play UNSPEAKABLE: a dramatic fantasia, which explores the 'tragic genius of comedian Richard Pryor' in Los Angeles on November 9th.

BroadwayWorld.com has learned that Isaiah Washington is set to join Loretta Devine and cast of Unspeakable in LA in a new reading. Creative Mind Entertainment & OBC DreamTheatre in association with Randolph Sturrup and Mike Muse will present a by-invitation-only reading of the new play UNSPEAKABLE: a dramatic fantasia, which explores the 'tragic genius of comedian Richard Pryor' in Los Angeles on November 9th.

Shout! Factory and Indigo, Inc. announced today an alliance to produce and distribute an as-yet-untitled Richard Pryor box set, which will feature the legendary comedian's most beloved and well-known concert material, alongside previously unreleased content.

Creative Mind Entertainment & OBC DreamTheatre in association with Randolph Sturrup and Mike Muse present a by-invitation-only reading of the new play UNSPEAKABLE: a dramatic fantasia, which explores the 'tragic genius of comedian Richard Pryor' in Los Angeles on November 9th.

Creative Mind Entertainment & OBC DreamTheatre in association with Randolph Sturrup and Mike Muse proudly present UNSPEAKABLE: a dramatic fantasia. Explosive, underground actor and award winning filmmaker join forces to explore the tragic genius of comedian Richard Pryor.

This October, the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize salutes Will Ferrell. The program airs Monday, October 31 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS stations nationwide. Taped at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on October 23, the 90-minute special features a star-studded cast of Ferrell's friends and colleagues including top entertainers Billie Joe Armstrong of the band Green Day, Ed Asner, Jack Black, Matthew Broderick, Gwen Ifill, Adam McKay, Tim Meadows, Conan O'Brien, John C. Reilly, Paul Rudd, Andy Samberg, Molly Shannon and Ben Stiller. The evening pays tribute to the humor and accomplishments of the television icon and motion picture star.

Creative Mind Entertainment & OBC DreamTheatre in association with Randolph Sturrup and Mike Muse proudly present UNSPEAKABLE: a dramatic fantasia. Explosive, underground actor and award winning filmmaker join forces to explore the tragic genius of comedian Richard Pryor.

Since 1998, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor has been awarded to some of the biggest names in entertainment: Richard Pryor, Carl Reiner, Neil Simon, and George Carlin, to name a few. This year, the Kennedy Center will present the 14th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Will Ferrell on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 7 p.m. The award, named to honor one of America's-and the world's-greatest humorists, will feature a lineup of the biggest names in comedy.

Irrepressible actor John Leguizamo certainly needs no introduction. A star of TV, such films as Carlito's Way, To Wong Foo and Moulin Rouge, and on Broadway with his own plays Mambo Mouth, Sexaholix...A Love Story, Klass Klown, and most recently Ghetto Klown, Leguizamo will be reviving Ghetto Klown @ the Ricardo Montalban Theatre on Vine St in Hollywood September 30-October 16. Ladies and gentlemen: the one and only, John Leguizamo!

THE WIZ, which debuted on Broadway in 1975, won seven Tony Awards including Best Musical and was produced in 1978 by Motown/Universal as a film starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Lena Horne, and Richard Pryor.

The 41st edition of one of the longest-running, free, outdoor festivals in the U.S.-Lincoln Center Out of Doors-presents its final week of performances from August 10 through 14. Events follow in chronological order.

The Broadway smash hit musical THE WIZ, with book by William F. Brown and music by Charlie Smalls, will close August 7, 2011 at Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana.

An August line-up of FREE events at David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center includes urban folk for families, a film screening highlighting legendary Stax Recordings soul and R&B artists of the 1960s/70's, evening concerts by rising American singer/songwriters and the Louisiana-generated stylings of one of today's leading Cajun music groups, excerpts from Bertolt Brecht's play Life of Galileo in an evening of music-theater, and a stylish evening of dance served up by Ballets With a Twist.

Budd Friedman and Mark Lonow's world-famous Improv Comedy Club at Harrah's Las Vegas showcases a different marquee of acts each week.

Following a heartfelt and entertaining memorial for Sidney Lumet at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall with speakers and performers including Lauren Bacall, Walter Bernstein, Bobby Cannavale, Glenn Close, Jonathan Demme, James Gandolfini, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jenny Lumet, David Mamet, Phylilis Newman and Christopher Walken among others, the Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the details today for a retrospective of the admired and beloved director's work, Prince of the City: Remembering Sidney Lumet which will screen at the Walter Reade Theater July 19 - 25.

Executive Producer Andrew Solt, whose company SOFA Entertainment acquired The Ed Sullivan Show library over 20 years ago, announced today that ED SULLIVAN'S COMEDY LEGENDS will premiere on PBS stations August 6th. This star-studded special brings back the show's greatest moments that defined the history of comedy, including the timeless routines of George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Rodney Dangerfield, Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Flip Wilson and many more.

The Broadway smash hit musical THE WIZ, with book by William F. Brown and music by Charlie Smalls, will blow audiences away July 7 through August 7, 2011 at Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. The production will open Sunday, July 10 at 7 p.m. Stacey Flaster will direct and choreograph. THE WIZ first opened on Broadway in 1975 and ran for four years (1600 performances). It made a historic footprint as the first large-scale big-budget musical featuring an all-African American cast. THE WIZ won seven Tony Awards including Best Musical and was produced in 1978 by Motown/Universal as a film starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Lena Horne, and Richard Pryor.

The Broadway smash hit musical THE WIZ, with book by William F. Brown and music by Charlie Smalls, will blow audiences away July 7 through August 7, 2011 at Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. The production will open Sunday, July 10 at 7 p.m. Stacey Flaster will direct and choreograph. THE WIZ first opened on Broadway in 1975 and ran for four years (1600 performances). It made a historic footprint as the first large-scale big-budget musical featuring an all-African American cast. THE WIZ won seven Tony Awards including Best Musical and was produced in 1978 by Motown/Universal as a film starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Lena Horne, and Richard Pryor.