Stephen Colbert News

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Happy Friday! Close out another week by catching up on the latest Broadway news!

Bryan Cranston stopped by 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' to talk about his Tony-nominated role in Broadway's 'Network.' During the interview, Cranston brings up his unorthodox method to smooth over a botched line during a recent performance of the play. 

What do Angela Palladino, Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee and Seth Meyers have in common? They all host expensive late night shows! Colbert, Meyers and Bee are all on TV! Angela is not!

CBS (8.969 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T1) was the top draw on Tuesday with its trio of 'NCIS' (11.466 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.0, #1), 'FBI' (8.684 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T3) and 'NCIS: New Orleans' (6.757 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6).

The Juilliard School today announced that choreographer Alonzo King, actress Rita Moreno, and composer Kaija Saariaho will receive honorary doctorates during the school's 114th commencement ceremony

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! We'd like to wish a happy first performance to Encores!' High Button Shoes, starring Betsy Wolfe, Michael Urie, and more!

Anchorage Concert Association, the state's largest arts and entertainment presenter, announces  10 more shows from its 2019/2020 season line-up

“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” has won the late-night ratings week of April 29-May 3 in adults 18-49 by a margin of +0.07 of a rating point over “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research. Note that a Friday “Tonight” encore is excluded from these averages and a Friday “Jimmy Kimmel Live” rebroadcast is included.

Ryan Hamilton, presented by the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at University of Denver and Comedy Works Entertainment, is coming to the Newman Center in Denver on Friday, October 4th at 7:30pm.

From stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of May 6, 2019!

On last night's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colbert tore apart CBS for letting Oprah Winfrey go.

THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT announced today three weeks of amazing, celebrity-filled shows in May to wrap the television season, beginning Monday, May 6 (11:35 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

CBS (7.742 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.1, #1) was the network to beat on Thursday with its mix of 'The Big Bang Theory' (12.168 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.8, #1), 'Young Sheldon' (10.529 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T2), 'Mom' (7.961 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.1, #5), 'Life in Pieces' (5.629 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T7) and 'SWAT' (5.084 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T9).

The Second City is a premiere improv troupe from Chicago, and they are back in Des Moines for an all-new show. 'It's Not You, it's Me.-The Second City' opened on April 30 at The Temple Theatre as part of the Prairie Meadows Temple Comedy Series. I had the opportunity to go to the May 1 performance and found myself laughing from beginning to the end.

Trump in Space, winner of the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival Encore! Producer's Award, has announced the final extension of its run of Friday nights at The Second City Hollywood Studio Theatre. The engagement must end August 16.

THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT will air live following both nights of the first Democratic debate, Wednesday, June 26 and Thursday, June 27 (11:35 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. This will mark the 20th and 21st time THE LATE SHOW has broadcast live. The most recent live broadcast aired following the State of the Union Address on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Guests joining Colbert for the live broadcast from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York will be announced at a later date.

 “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” has finished first for the late-night ratings week of April 22-26 in adults 18-49, total viewers and all other key measures versus encore episodes of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research.

NBC (6.064 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T1) was the most-watched network on Monday thanks to new episodes of 'The Voice' (7.200 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.2, #1) and 'The Enemy Within' (3.791 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7).