Robin Williams News

The official Jimmy Kimmel Live app is now available on Android smartphones and tablets. Starting today on Android, the JKL app, which has seen success on iPhone and iPad, adds to JKL's digital distribution options, also including its YouTube channel, iTunes and JimmyKimmelLive.com. Fans of the show are now able to enjoy content -- videos, social media, and bios -- from JKL whenever and wherever they want.

The heart-tugging original feel-good series 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' concludes its 9th and final season on ABC with two episodes in January 2012, including its biggest-ever build -- the 200th episode, in which the team builds 7 homes in 7 days for tornado victims in Joplin, Missouri. The final two regularly scheduled episodes, 'Gibbs Family' and 'Joplin, Missouri,' will air January 6 and January 13, respectively (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' will continue on ABC with specials after this season.

The Town Hall has just announced the 12th Season of their acclaimed BROADWAY BY THE YEAR® concert series which kicks off with THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1946 on Monday, February 13, 2012. The show is created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall. Initial casting includes Alice Ripley, the Tony® Award winning star of Next to Normal, Tom Wopat (Tony® Award nominated for his role of Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun revival/Catch Me if You Can), Kerry O'Malley (On a Clear Day…Annie Get Your Gun revival) and Noah Racey (Curtains), who will also choreograph. The evening will feature songs and dance from Irving Berlin's classic Annie Get Your Gun and other musicals including Call Me Mister, St. Louis Woman and Park Avenue. Ross Patterson is the musical director.

In her 22-year career, comedian Kathleen Madigan has never been hotter! Her Showtime special, "Gone Madigan," is in constant rotation, and its DVD-CD tops the Amazon and iTunes charts. Madigan already has the entire year booked with numerous television appearances and over 100 theater gigs…which includes her return to PlayhouseSquare's intimate Ohio Theatre Feb. 4th at 8 pm. (Tickets: $28 & $10, on sale at playhousesquare.org or 216-241-6000.)

A short trailer for the 2012 Oscars has been released. The video, entitled 'Off the Grid' stars Oscar host Billy Crystal and features cameo appearances by Megan Fox, Robin Williams, William Fichtner, Josh Duhamel and Vinnie Jones.

Side Splitters Comedy Club has announced the following upcoming events.

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick, will present Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham in a new production of Bertolt Brecht's GALILEO, translated by Charles Laughton, and directed by Kulick, beginning performances Wednesday, February 1 at CSC (136 East 13th Street) for a limited engagement through Sunday, March 11. The official press opening for GALILEO is Sunday, February 12. Tickets for GALILEO go on sale to the public today, Tuesday, January 3.

Not to be outdone by their female counterparts, the men of Broadway can boast a banner year. Norbert Leo Butz won a second Tony for Catch Me If You Can, Harry Potter mega-star Daniel Radcliffe made his debut in a Broadway musical to tremendous acclaim, Matt Stone, Trey Parker and Robert Lopez rocked Broadway to its core with the Rialto's latest certified Blockbuster, The Book of Mormon, and Pee-Wee Herman came to the stage at last.

Rock superstar Chris Daughtry, a surprise celebrity chef and a special delivery from the cast of Great Cakes are among the luminaries that will help The Better Show, Meredith Video Studios' hot daily lifestyle television show, celebrate its 1,000th episode on December 22. Throw into the mix a few Kardashians and the hunky Chef Rocco DiSpirito via video flashbacks, and it adds up to perhaps the 'best Better Show' ever.

In the video elow, Hugh Jackman, Robin Williams, Sutton Foster, Jan Maxwell, Nikki M. James, Josh Gad, and Dan Lauria send a special holiday message from Broadway Cares. Help Broadway Cares fund more than 400 AIDS and family service organizations across the country and seven vital programs of The Actors Fund. What we do together makes a difference. Tomake a donation, visit: https://www.broadwaycares.org/holiday2011

NBC will join forces with the WWE once again to honor the United States Armed Forces with the fourth annual holiday telecast of 'WWE Tribute to the Troops.' This year, WWE's biggest Superstars, Divas and special guest stars, will travel to Fort Bragg, North Carolina for the hour-long special airing Saturday, December 17 at 9 p.m. on NBC.

ABC has cancelled its emmy-reality series EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION. The heart-tugging original feel-good series concludes its 9th and final season on ABC with two episodes in January 2012.

The heart-tugging original feel-good series 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' concludes its 9th and final season on ABC with two episodes in January 2012, including its biggest-ever build -- the 200th episode, in which the team builds 7 homes in 7 days for tornado victims in Joplin, Missouri. The final two regularly scheduled episodes, 'Gibbs Family' and 'Joplin, Missouri,' will air January 6 and January 13, respectively (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' will continue on ABC with specials after this season.

Part of the Arts and Ideas series of performances, lectures and conversations, The Friend Center for the Arts at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) presents a wide array of Performing Arts programming from January through June of 2012. Highlights include performances by the Martha Graham Dance Company, the West Coast premiere of Up From the Stacks and the musical, The Man that Got Away.

La Cage Aux Folles, starring film and TV actor George Hamilton and two-time Tony Award nominee and Christopher Sieber, is on tour and is currently playing at Boston's Citi Performaning Arts Center. Winner of three 2010 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, this flashy comedy made Tony Awards history as the first show ever to win the Tony Award three times for best production. Hamilton recently visited FOX 25 News, where he chatted about the production. Clcik below to check it out!

For years, the Vegas based comedian has been honing his craft headlining the top comedy clubs across the country and he's hoping to get even heat and exposure as the contest is offering up 25,000 in bookings and promotion to help give him name recognition.

South Coast Repertory is partnering with some of SoCal's most intriguing artists to present a series of eclectic, contemporary theatre in its intimate Nicholas Studio.

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) announces the cast & creative team for The Last Romance by Joe DiPietro, beginning December 7. Directed by Drama Desk Award winner Russell Treyz, The Last Romance will run in the Gompertz Theatre (located at 1247 1st Street,Sarasota,FL) through February 11. Opening night is Friday, December 9 at 8pm. Tickets can be purchased online at www.FloridaStudioTheatre.org, by phone at (941) 366-9000 or by visiting the Box Office.

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) has announced the cast & creative team for The Last Romance by Joe DiPietro, beginning December 7. Directed by Drama Desk Award winner Russell Treyz, The Last Romance will run in the Gompertz Theatre (located at 1247 1st Street, Sarasota, FL) through February 11. Opening night is Friday, December 9 at 8pm. Tickets can be purchased online at www.FloridaStudioTheatre.org, by phone at (941) 366-9000 or by visiting the Box Office.