Sean Penn News

Five years after Hurricane Katrina, director Spike Lee returns to New Orleans to see how the ambitious plans to reinvent the Crescent City are playing out in the all-new, four-hour documentary IF GOD IS WILLING AND DA CREEK DON'T RISE. He finds a patchwork of hope and heartache in a story that is book-ended by a pair of momentous events - the historic 2010 Super Bowl victory and the disastrous British Petroleum oil spill - that changed the history of America's most unique city once again. The film debuts in two parts on MONDAY, AUG. 23 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) and TUESDAY, AUG. 24 (9:00-11:00 p.m.), exclusively on HBO.

Eve Hewson and Harry Dean Stanton will join the previously reported Sean Penn and Frances McDormand in the upcoming film 'This Must Be the Place,' NBC Chicago reports.

Tony Award Winner, Emmy Award Winner and Oscar Nominee Laurence Fishburne transforms into Thurgood Marshall to tell the triumphant story of how a boy from the backstreets of Baltimore changed history. Written by George Stevens Jr and helmed by Leonard Foglia, Thurgood plays at the Geffen Playhouse from June 27 to August 8, 2010, with an opening night of July 7.

John Logan has adapted 'Max Perkins: Editor of Genius' into a screenplay, entitled GENIUS, Hollywood.com reports. The film will deal with 'the titular eccentric editor-in-chief of New York publishing house Scribner, who published the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Earnest Hemingway, and other literary luminaries,' especially his relationship with Thomas Wolfe, the website reports.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) and 1113 Productions (Steven Ullman, Executive Producer) announced today that Stephanie Umoh, most recently seen as 'Sarah' in the Broadway revival of Ragtime, will join the cast of Falling For Eve in its final week

Five years after Hurricane Katrina, director Spike Lee returns to New Orleans to see how the ambitious plans to reinvent the Crescent City are playing out in the all-new, four-hour documentary IF GOD IS WILLING AND DA CREEK DON'T RISE. He finds a patchwork of hope and heartache in a story that is book-ended by a pair of momentous events - the historic 2010 Super Bowl victory and the disastrous British Petroleum oil spill - that changed the history of America's most unique city once again. The film debuts in two parts on MONDAY, AUG. 23 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) and TUESDAY, AUG. 24 (9:00-11:00 p.m.), exclusively on HBO.

The Vineyard Playhouse and Andrew Asnes present a staged reading on August 2, 2010 of a new play by Johanna Baldwin directed by Doug Liman (Swingers, The Bourne Identity, Mr. & Mrs. Smith).

Award-winning ‘Hollyoaks' star Emma Rigby and ‘Avenue Q' star Daniel?Boys are now confirmed to complete the cast for the London premiere of the psycho-sexual musical thriller, Wolfboy, which premieres at Trafalgar Studios 2 on Tuesday 6 July and runs to Saturday 31 July.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) and 1113 Productions (Steven Ullman, Executive Producer) announced today that Stephanie Umoh, most recently seen as 'Sarah' in the Broadway revival of Ragtime, will join the cast of Falling For Eve in its final week

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce that Academy Award winner Frances McDormand will return to Broadway in Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere production of GOOD PEOPLE, the new play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire to be directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan.

Jason Haigh-Ellery and Christopher D Clegg present the West End premiere of the psycho-sexual musical thriller Wolfboy based on the play by Brad Fraser. Book by Russell Labey, Music & Lyrics by Leon Parris, Directed by Russell Labey with a cast that includes Paul Holowaty and Gregg Lowe.

Award-winning ‘Hollyoaks' star Emma Rigby and ‘Avenue Q' star Daniel Boys are now confirmed to complete the cast for the London premiere of the psycho-sexual musical thriller, Wolfboy, which premieres at Trafalgar Studios 2 on Tuesday 6 July and runs to Saturday 31 July.

Tony Award Winner, Emmy Award Winner and Oscar Nominee Laurence Fishburne transforms into Thurgood Marshall to tell the triumphant story of how a boy from the backstreets of Baltimore changed history. Written by George Stevens Jr and helmed by Leonard Foglia, Thurgood plays at the Geffen Playhouse from June 27 to August 8, 2010, with an opening night of July 7.

Circus Theatricals opens it 2010 Season with The West Coast Premiere of More Lies About Jerzy by Davey Holmes (WGA Award-winner for In Treatment) and directed by David Trainer (That ‘70s Show) and produced by Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin.

A 2010 revival of David Rabe's Hurlyburly, opens this week, June 2, 2010 at the American Theatre of Actors (Sargent Theatre) with sets designed by the Saks Fifth Avenue windows' designer, Kant Smith, and true period costuming by Kathleen Doyle.

Award-winning ‘Hollyoaks' star Emma Rigby and ‘Avenue Q' star Daniel?Boys are now confirmed to complete the cast for the London premiere of the psycho-sexual musical thriller, Wolfboy, which premieres at Trafalgar Studios 2 on Tuesday 6 July and runs to Saturday 31 July.

Broadway veteran James Moye will headline 'The Songbook Series,' directed by John Znidarsic, Monday, May 24th at 6pm at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The concert, free to the general public, celebrates the work of up and coming composer and lyricist Tommy Newman.

California LOL! Comedy Jam 2010 Friday, 05.21.10 8pm. SAVING LIVES CAN BE FULL OF LAUGHTER! Laugh out loud with Dat Phan, champion of Last Comic Standing at California LOL! Comedy Jam 2010. This one-night benefit for A3M, will also feature today's brightest and funniest Asian-American comics, including Tina Kim, Paul Ogata, PK, and Room To Improv.

Jimmy Jean-Louis, star of NBC's action-drama 'Heroes' and founder of Hollywood Unites for Haiti, will receive the Humanitarian Award from Academy Award winning actor Sean Penn during International Luxury Media's 3rd Annual Better World Awards' (BWA) Glitter and Glam Ball.

Circus Theatricals opens it 2010 Season with The West Coast Premiere of More Lies About Jerzy by Davey Holmes (WGA Award-winner for In Treatment) and directed by David Trainer (That ‘70s Show) and produced by Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin.