Rita Moreno News

This just in! Rita Moreno has cancelled this evening's Lincoln Center Performance.

Producer Rick Murray will present the 2016 Broadway Series in Provincetown, Massachusetts this summer at The Crown & Anchor's Paramount Theatre and Town Hall Auditorium. Tickets are now on sale for the Series, in which an impressive list of Oscar, Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning stars will be performing live in full concerts. Following up on last summer's smash hit season, the 2016 Broadway Series will include the talents of Rita Moreno, Bernadette Peters, Alan Cumming, Lucie Arnaz, Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway, Linda Eder, Levi Kreis, and Randy Graff.

Returning for its 17th season, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook continues to broaden its scope in celebrating the best in American singing and songwriting as interpreted by top performers and rising stars, with events at three Lincoln Center venues. The Appel Room series opens with Vanessa Williams performing in the breathtaking space in Frederick P. Rose Hall tonight, January 20, 2016.

Jacob Langfelder in partnership with Arts-For-All, Jill Bernard and Rashad Chambers will present a one night only concert featuring TONY and Grammy Award winner Jennifer Holliday along with the TONY Winning star of the upcoming Roundabout Theatre production of She Loves Me, Laura Benanti and The Color Purple¹s Rema Webb. 

Leapin' lizards! With more than 400 performances under her belt, the new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE will play the National Theatre for one week only, March 15 - 20, 2016. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, this production of ANNIE is a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic 1977 Tony Award-winning original.

Rita Moreno will star in a Latino family reboot of Norman Lear's classic 1970's sitcom comedy ONE DAY AT A TIME from Sony Pictures TV. The series was picked up by Netflix for a 13-episode straight-to-series order.

acob Langfelder in partnership with Arts-For-All, Jill Bernard and Rashad Chambers will present a one night only concert featuring TONY and Grammy Award winner Jennifer Holliday along with The Color Purple¹s Rema Webb.  Julie

Hispanicize, the largest annual event for Latino trendsetters and newsmakers, announced it signed NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, Comcast, MSNBC and NBC News as Presenting Media Partners for the upcoming 7th annual U.S. Hispanic influencers event to take place in Miami, April 4-8, 2016.

CBS won the holiday week in viewers with an original 60 MINUTES, specials KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, UNDERCOVER BOSS and I GET THAT A LOT and rebroadcasts of the Network's hit scripted series, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Jan. 3.

A highlight of the evening was a tribute to the legendary rock band The Eagles by country music star Miranda Lambert.

A highlight of the evening was a tribute to legendary actress and Tony Award winner Cicely Tyson which featured Viola Davis, Kerry Washington and Tyler Perry.

A highlight of the evening was a tribute to legendary singer/songwriter Carole King featuring Sara Bareilles, the cast of BEAUTIFUL and Aretha Franklin.

Earlier this month, in a star-studded celebration on the Kennedy Center Opera House stage, Seiji Ozawa, Tony Award winner Rita Moreno (WEST SIDE STORY), Carole King, George Lucas, and Tony Award winner Cicely Tyson (THE GIN GAME, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL) were saluted by great performers from Hollywood and the arts capitals of the world on THE 38TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS. JANE THE VIRGIN's Gina Rodriguez launched the event (which aired tonight) with a tribute to Rita Moreno. Watch her emotional speech below!

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts welcomed Stephen Colbert as return host of the 38th annual Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, December 6, 2015. The Honors Gala was recorded for broadcast on the CBS Television Network for the 38th consecutive year as a two-hour primetime special tonight, December 29 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). This is Colbert's second consecutive year hosting the special.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: Broadway stars hit the small screen!

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: This year's Kennedy Center Honors, celebrating Carole King, Rita Moreno, Cicely Tyson and more, airs tonight on CBS!

Donald Hicken directs the delightful romantic comedy written by John Patrick Shanley is a regional premiere.