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Tony Award winner Jennifer Holliday makes her first appearance on THEATER TALK in a revelatory conversation about the creation of her career-making Broadway role as 'Effie' in the now-legendary Michael Bennett's production of Dreamgirls (1981-83), as well as her more recent 'major acting class' - the month-long rehearsal period with director John Doyle as he prepared her to take over the role of 'Shug Avery' in the current Broadway revival of The Color Purple.

This week, ABC's THE CHEW will feature a special TO THE RESCUE: THANKSGIVING EDITION, welcoming celebrities from Broadway, music, film, television and the world of cooking. Included in the lineup is FALSETTOS star Andrew Rannells today, November 16th.

Premiering tonight, November 16, BBC AMERICA's UNDERCOVER is a bold new political thriller told through a family on the brink of destruction.

The Ad Council, the largest producer of public service advertisements in the U.S., welcomes James Corden as host for its 63rd Annual Pubic Service Award Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City tonight, November 16, 2016.

Last evening, the Talent Managers Association (TMA) hosted the 14th Annual Heller Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

NBC welcomes the star of Broadway's THE FRONT PAGE, Nathan Lane, stopping by LATE NIGHT WITH Seth Meyers tonight, November 11th.

Jonathan Kent's award-winning production of the classic musical GYPSY - a record-breaking sellout during its acclaimed London run - comes toTHIRTEEN's Great Performances, tonight, November 11 at 9 p.m. on PBS on the PBS Arts Fall Festival.

Next Monday, November 7th, THE FRONT PAGE's John Goodman will stop by the show along with Tony nominee Andrew Rannells, who will discuss his starring role in Broadway's FALSETTOS.

The Actors Fund announced today that The 2016 Looking Ahead Awards will honor Jordana Brewster ("The Fast & The Furious," FOX's "Lethal Weapon"), Lance Bass (NSYNC, Logo's "Finding Prince Charming,"), Paul Petersen ("The Donna Reed Show," founder of A Minor Consideration) and the young stars of ABC's "black-ish" on Tuesday, December 6 at 6:00pm at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood. 

Lady Gaga joins James Corden for a brand new Carpool Karaoke. Check out the video!

Tonight, October 25th, Idina Menzel will guest on CBS's THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH James Corden and perform from a song from her recently released self-titled album.

From today, October 24th, to December 2nd, Sony Square NYC will be featuring two highly-immersive 'escape game' experiences dedicated to two hit NBC series from Sony Pictures Television, The Blacklist and Timeless.

Outfest, the non-profit organization promoting equality by creating, sharing, and protecting LGBT stories on the screen, announced today that Jeffrey Tambor ('Transparent'), Amy Landecker ('Transparent'), Dax Shepard ('Parenthood'), Shay Mitchell ('Pretty Little Liars'), Teri Polo ('The Fosters') and Sherri Saum ('The Fosters') will be presenting Legacy Awards to Jill Soloway, Sean Hayes and Freeform, respectively. Singer Samuel Larsen ('Glee') is set to perform.

NewFest - the Film and Media Arts organization that will present its annual festival of LGBT cinema from tonight, October 20, to October 25 in partnership with Outfest and sponsored by HBO - announced today that Emmy Award-nominated actor Tituss Burgess ('Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt') will be receiving NewFest's very first Voice & Visibility Award during the festival.

???????She's ready for her close up! Below, check out the first look teaser and key art from the new Netflix original series HATERS BACK OFF. All eight (8) episodes of Haters Back Off! will premiere globally today, October 14, at 12:01am PST exclusively on Netflix.

Writer/director Michael Matteo Rossi, fresh off the success of the recently completed 'Sable', is now set to take on the small screen with his original series 'Vengeance'. The show is a dark thriller set in the world of drug lords and mobsters and a superheroic lead character.

Broadway Veterans Heather Parcells (A Chorus Line, Finding Neverland), Tracee Beazer (Something Rotten, CAMP), James Patterson (Gigi, Beauty and the Beast), Brian Keane (Warhorse, Cyrano) will join the cast of the new media television project, Off The Runway.

Nature's fall 2016 schedule kicks off Season 35 with Super HUMMINGBIRDS (tonight, October 12 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS) narrated by actress Patricia Clarkson (Broadway's THE ELEPHANT MAN).

Reminder that Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Pulitzer Prize-award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda is set to host the Oct. 8 telecast of NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

Just in time for the elections, Lewis Black returns to one of Broadway's biggest stages to take on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in LEWIS BLACK: BLACK TO THE FUTURE which is currently running as a limited engagement at the Marquis Theatre in New York City. As previously announced, Comedy Central filmed the September 26 performance, which will premiere tonight, October 7, at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.