Steven Spielberg News

Williamstown Theatre Festival Artistic Director Jenny Gersten has announced further casting and additions to the 2013 summer season, which officially kicks off tomorrow, June 4, when the box office opens its doors. Brooks Ashmanskas, De'Adre Aziza, Reed Birney,Joey Slotnick, and Omar Metwally are among the actors who will take part in this summer's productions. Gersten has

The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) and the Aspen Institute Arts Program (Director, Damian Woetzel) announced today that Christine Baranski, Gloria Reuben and Matt Damon will join the free Public Forum, WHAT ARE WE WORTH? SHAKESPEARE, MONEY, AND MORALS, on Monday, June 17 at 8:00 p.m. at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

USA Network will air Milk as the next film in the quarterly series that builds upon the Characters Unite public service campaign to advance the national dialogue to help combat hate and discrimination and promote greater tolerance and acceptance. With a personal introduction by Emmy(R) Award-winner and activist Neil Patrick Harris, Milk will be featured in commemoration of Pride Month, with limited commercial interruptions, tonight, June 1 at 8/7c.

Simon and Schuster Children's Books today announced the acquisition of the remarkable and profoundly moving memoir of Leon Leyson, one of the youngest Holocaust survivors on Oskar Schindler's List.

Dallas Theater Center announced the complete cast and creative team for the world premiere of Fly, a new musical based on J.M. Barrie's novel, Peter Pan. Three-time Tony Award-winning producer Jeffrey Seller (Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights) makes his directorial debut with this production.

Once again, Bryant Park will be a destination for film buffs on summer nights in New York City, with an incredible line up for the 21st year of the HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival presented by Bank of America with the Wall Street Journal and Magnum Ice Cream in association with Bryant Park Corporation.

Bravo Media's Emmy-nominated series 'Inside the Actors Studio,' hosted by James Lipton, reaches a milestone of 250 episodes with a two-hour event tonight, May 29th at 7p.m. ET/PT.

If you see only one Comedy Improv show during The Hollywood Fringe Festival, go to the source, The Spolin Players, touted by the LA Times as presenting 'Improv as pure and unpredictable as you will find it.'

Earlier this month, it was announced that NBC was lowering the curtain on SMASH, and despite winning E!'s Save One Show poll, the show must close. In anticipation of the series' finale tonight, May 26 on NBC, BroadwayWorld brings you a flashback of SMASH's high (and low) notes!

The Elks Theatre proudly presents Spielberg Spectacular! The entire month of June.Screening four of Steven Spielberg's best works to hit the big screen.

ABC Studios had another banner development year with nine new shows ordered to series. New dramas "Betrayal," "Killer Women," "Lucky 7," "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland," "Resurrection," along with new comedies "Trophy Wife" and "Mixology," were picked up at ABC. New drama "Intelligence" was ordered at CBS. ABC Studios had the most drama orders of any studio.

According to Variety, Microsoft is adapting a live-action, online television series based upon its hit video game series HALO. And execs have enlised Steven Spielberg and 343 Studios to produce.

The National Theatre of Great Britain's epicWar Horse , winner of five 2011 Tony Awards, will make its Wisconsin premiere at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center June 25-30.

A special industry 'by-invitation-only' staged reading of the new Broadway-bound play COFFEE STAINS will be presented tonight, May 20th at the award-winning Colony Theatre in Burbank, Calif. The reading will be directed by acclaimed Ovation Award winning director Jenny Sullivan (The Geffen, Pasadena Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, Williamstown, Lucille Lortell, The Rubicon, Ensemble Theater of Santa Barbara, The Falcon).

Catch Me If You Can really does catch the audience by surprise. The national tour of the musical, currently playing at the Fisher Theatre, is entertaining from start to finish. Based on a true story and a 2002 film of the same title by Steven Spielberg, it tells the tale of Frank Abagnale, Jr., who between the ages of 16 and 21, forged and cashed $2.5 million worth of bad checks in the United States and other countries. The show begins at the end then retells the story of what Frank, Jr. did and the FBI officer who chased him and eventually caught him.

The Elks Theatre will present Spielberg Spectacular! The entire month of June. Screening four of Steven Spielberg's best works to hit the big screen.

BrightSide Theatre closes their Second Season with the entertaining and enlightening Modern MasterpieceJonathon Larson's Pulitzer and Tony Award winning rock opera, "RENT".

A special industry 'by-invitation-only' staged reading of the new Broadway-bound play COFFEE STAINS will be presented on May 20th at the award-winning Colony Theatre in Burbank, Calif. The reading will be directed by acclaimed Ovation Award winning director Jenny Sullivan (The Geffen, Pasadena Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, Williamstown, Lucille Lortell, The Rubicon, Ensemble Theater of Santa Barbara, The Falcon).