Jessica Lewis - Page 237

CHCI's 33rd Annual Awards Gala, the hallmark event of Hispanic Heritage Month will take place on Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The 33rd Annual Awards Gala is hosted by Toyota. With the theme, 'Celebrating History, Heritage, and the American Dream,' CHCI will present Medallion of Excellence awards to actress Eva Longoria Parker and jazz legend Arturo Sandoval, and the CHCI Chair's Award to Broadway composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (In The Heights). CNN's Soledad O'Brien will serve as the celebrity host.

BroadwayWorld.com presents Twitter Watch, which brings you only the best and most interesting reports straight from the mouths of Broadway stars, shows and more on the hot social networking service - Twitter!

According to Deadline.com Chord Overstreet has been cast as a new member of New Directions on Glee.

It has been a banner year for PROMISES, PROMISES' Katie Finneran. Her critically acclaimed performance as Marge MacDougall in the smash hit musical comedy PROMISES, PROMISES swept the 2010 awards season winning her the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award. On Sunday, August 22, Ms. Finneran married long time companion Darren Goldstein (Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson), and now the couple has announced that they are expecting a child this winter. It is with best wishes that the producers of PROMISES, PROMISES announced today that Tony Award winner Katie Finneran will play her final performance in the smash hit musical comedy on Sunday, October 10, 2010. This new production of PROMISES, PROMISES, directed and choreographed by Tony and Emmy Award winner Rob Ashford with Neil Simon's funny and touching book and Burt Bacharach and Hal David's hit-packed score, began previews at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway) Saturday, March 27, 2010, and opened on Sunday, April 25, 2010. Casting for Broadway's next Marge MacDougall will be announced shortly.

British stage vet Rhydian Roberts has revealed on BBC Radio that SONDHEIM ON SONDEHIM, which concluded its limited engagement on Broadway on June 27, 2010, will be playing the West End beginning in October. While visiting Richard Bacon's program last week to promote the new stage production of WAR OF THE WORLDS in which he will be appearing, Roberts explained: 'I'm due to go into a Sondheim show in the West End in October...SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM. It's coming over from Broadway so I'll be going in there for a short stint.' Click here to hear the clip (begin at the 59min mark)! This news is allegedly confirmed by Maria Friedman, according to the official Stephen Sondheim Society website.

Many of everyone's Broadway and off-Broadway favorites, including Michael Urie, Wesley Taylor, Jennifer Damiano, Karen Olivo, Mitchell Jarvis and more have teamed up on the webisode project Billy Green. BroadwayWorld last brought you the third episode in the series, entitled 'The Agent' and today brings you the latest installment, 'The Mother' below, starring Jackie Hoffman, Wesley Taylor, Adam Dannheisser, and Mitchell Jarvis.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, stage vet Norm Lewis joined the West End production of Les Miserables at the Queen's Theatre on July 5, 2010. See below for production stills of the show!

Deadline.com reports that Lionsgate TV and Stanley Tucci's Olive Productions (which he runs with steve Buscemi) are teaming up on a new cop-drama pilot for NBC, 87th Precinct. Amy Bloom (State of Mind) pens the script and will executive produce alongside Buscemi and Tucci.

As part of its upcoming season New York City Opera will launch an all-new concert series showcasing the non-operatic works of composers whose operas will be presented on its main stage. With the 2010-2011 season boasting an opera by Oscar and Grammy-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz, the New York City Opera will host a special concert, Defying Gravity: The Music of Stephen Schwartz, featuring many Broadway stars.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson), Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel announced the opening date today for the summer's biggest hit, Daniel Sullivan's critically acclaimed production of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Al Pacino will reprise his celebrated performance as Shylock on Broadway for 78 performances only, beginning Tuesday, October 19 at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 W. 44th Street) and running through Sunday, January 9. Opening Night will be Sunday, November 7 at 6:45 p.m.

Harry Potter star Rupert Grint (who plays Potter pal Ron Weasley in the franchise) tells the U.K. Daily Telegraph that he has no plans to take on stage work that requires nudity. He explains: 'I would love to do theater, but I refuse to get my kit off...I would do anything before doing that.' Grint's co-star, Daniel Radcliffe, of course, famously disrobed on Broadway for his starring role in Equus in the 2008 - 2009 season.

Today New York City Opera released full casting, creative team, and production details for the company's 2010-2011 season. The season spotlights American composers and 20th-century works, world premieres, New York premieres and new productions. Offering audiences the opportunity to experience new and rarely performed operas as well as modern interpretations of traditional repertoire, the 2010-2011 season also will feature the launch of a new concert series showcasing the non-operatic works of several of the composers whose operas will be presented on the mainstage.

As part of its upcoming season New York City Opera will launch an all-new concert series showcasing the non-operatic works of composers whose operas will be presented on its main stage. With the 2010-2011 season boasting operas by Leonard Bernstein, one of America's most influential composers, the organization will honor Bernstein with Lucky to Be Me: The Music of Leonard Bernstein in Concert featuring Broadway's best.

On Saturday, August 21, The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were held in Los Angeles. GLEE's Jane Lynch & Ryan Murphy, Dexter's John Lithgow & Clyde Phillips, Mad Men's Christina Hendricks & Matthew Weiner, Lost's Elizabeth Mitchell & Damon Lindelof, Modern Family's Rico Rodriguez & Steve Levitan and SNL's Seth Meyers & Andy Samberg all served as presenters for the evening. BroadwayWorld brings you coverage of the starry red carpet below.

As BroadwayWorld has previously reported, the pre-Broadway North American company of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical, written by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott and directed by Simon Phillips will star Olivier Award nominee Tony Sheldon ('Bernadette'), Tony Award nominee Will Swenson ('Tick'/ 'Mitzi') and Nick Adams ('Adam'/'Felicia') as the trio of friends on a heart-warming, uplifting adventure who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship in the middle of the Australian outback and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed.

As BroadwayWorld has previously reported, GLEE will feature a Britney Spears tribute episode in its second season, premiering September 21, 2010 on FOX. Heather Morris, who plays 'Brittany' on the show, will be playing Britney Spears in a dream sequence with Ms. Spears herself, it is believed. Zaptoit.com has revealed of the episode that 'New Directions' pleas for Britney tunes fall on deaf ears with Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison), so when they pay respective visits to the dentist (John Stamos), anesthesia-induced fantasies bring out the musical numbers and the all-but-official Britney cameo.' GLEE creator Ryan Murphy recently hinted to Access Hollywood that this episode may not be Spear's last. When questioned as to whether or not the pop star would appear on the series again Murphy replied:'Probably, yeah... probably.' Click here for Murphy's take on the Spears/GLEE match!

As BroadwayWorld has previously reported, producer Arielle Tepper Madover has acquired the production rights for the beloved Tony Award-winning musical ANNIE and will produce an all-new production of it for Broadway in 2012.

The Public Theater, Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel, producers of BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON are pleased to announce the return of cast members JAMES BARRY, GREG HILDRETH, JEFF HILLER, LUCAS NEAR-VERBRUGGHE, BEN STEINFELD, MARIA ELENA RAMIREZ, KATE CULLEN ROBERTS, and EMILY YOUNG, all of whom appeared in the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production this past spring at The Public's Newman Theater.

With the Season 2 premiere of GLEE rapidly appoaching, anticipation for the much talked about Britney Spears episode is growing daily. BroadwayWorld brought you the first on-set photo with Ms. Spears and today brings you the latest!

Yesterday, August 19, Kim Kardashian's 'The Spin Crowd' celebrated its E! premiere at Trousdale Lounge in Los Angeles. BroadwayWorld brings you coverage of the event below.