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Julia Roberts to Star in, Produce Movie Based on Real-Life 'BATKID' Story
by Movies News Desk - January 23, 2015

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Julia Roberts has signed on to produce and star in an upcoming film based on the real-life story of 'Batkid', currently featured in the documentary BATKID BEGINS: THE WISH HEARD AROUND THE WORLD, which debuts this weekend....


STAGE TUBE: MRS. SMITH Tells Bernadette Peters to 'Drop Dogs'
by Stage Tube - July 09, 2015

Mrs. Smith's advice to Bernadette Peters: 'Drop dogs, pick up cats!!' See what she has to say about BROADWAY BARKS in the video below!...


STAGE TUBE: Audra McDonald and Will Swenson Complete the Ice Bucket Challenge - With An Elephant!
by Stage Tube - August 25, 2014

Husband-and-wife stage stars Audra McDonald and Will Swenson took on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge today while visiting Zoo Atlanta. Watch their submission -- featuring help from Kelly the elephant -- below! Plus, the pair nominated Norm Lewis and Patti LuPone to get wet and/or donate over the next 2...


THE LAST WORD Film, Starring Shirley MacLaine and Amanda Seyfried, Picked Up by Bleecker Street
by TV News Desk - November 02, 2015

Deadline reports that the upcoming dramedy film THE LAST WORD, starring Shirley MacLaine and Amanda Seyfried, will hit theaters in the U.S. via Bleecker Street....


VIDEO: Netflix Documentary WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? Premieres Today
by TV News Desk - June 26, 2015

Netflix's new documentary WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? premieres tonight, June 26th. Check out a trailer below!...


13th Street Rep to Stage Five Shows About Irving Berlin
by Tyler Peterson - October 15, 2014

When ASCAP Award-winning playwright/director Chip Deffaa's 'The Irving Berlin Ragtime Revue' has its world premiere at the 13th Street Repertory Theater on November 9th, it will be the second new show about Berlin to play the theater this year....


STAGE TUBE: Audra McDonald and Will Swenson Complete the Ice Bucket Challenge - With An Elephant!
by Stage Tube - August 25, 2014

Husband-and-wife stage stars Audra McDonald and Will Swenson took on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge today while visiting Zoo Atlanta. Watch their submission -- featuring help from Kelly the elephant -- below! Plus, the pair nominated Norm Lewis and Patti LuPone to get wet and/or donate over the next 2...


Broadway-Bound ALLEGIANCE Welcomes New Designers, Creatives to Team
by Tyler Peterson - June 05, 2015

Producers Lorenzo Thione and Andrew Treagus announced  complete casting for Allegiance, a new musical inspired by a true-life story, starring George Takei, Lea Salonga and Telly Leung, set to open on Broadway this Fall at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street)....


STAGE TUBE: MRS. SMITH Got 'Grounded' for an Audition
by Stage Tube - July 16, 2015

The wacky world of MRS. SMITH has returned. Click below to hear her story about auditioning for The Public Theater production of George Brant's solo play GROUNDED. Unfortunately she, herself, was grounded. She lost out to Anne Hathaway. Next, time Mrs. Smith!...


TV: Watch Audra McDonald Transform Into Billie Holiday in LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL!
by Nicole Rosky - April 14, 2014

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill stars five-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald under the direction of Lonny Price (110 in the Shade, A Class Act), will play a strictly limited 10-week engagement with only 70 performances at the Circle in the Square Theatre (1633 Broadway, on 50th Street btwn. Br...


Aretha Franklin and Anthony Kearns to Perform at the Pope's Philadelphia Visit
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2015

According to Reuters, 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin and acclaimed Irish tenor Anthony Kearns are slated for Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia later this month. The two singers will appear on Saturday, September 26, at the World Meeting of Families festival, and before the Pope's Mass on Sunday, ...


Aretha Franklin and Anthony Kearns Perform at the Pope's Philadelphia Visit This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2015

'The Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin and acclaimed Irish tenor Anthony Kearns are slated for Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia this weekend....


VIDEO: Netflix Documentary WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? Premieres Today
by TV News Desk - June 26, 2015

Netflix's new documentary WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? premieres tonight, June 26th. Check out a trailer below!...


E! Debuts Hollywood Reality Series STEWARTS & HAMILTONS Tonight
by TV News Desk - July 26, 2015

Get ready for laughs, fun, and a whole lot of love from a family with a lineage only Hollywood could produce. Meet the “Stewarts & Hamiltons,” a blended family of Hollywood royalty centering around Kimberly Stewart, daughter of Rod Stewart and former model Alana Stewart....


National Theatre Live to Broadcast DV8 Physical Theatre's JOHN, 12/9
by Tyler Peterson - December 02, 2014

Celebrating its 5th year bringing live theatre to cinema audiences around the world, NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE will present the broadcast of DV8 Physical Theatre's JOHN, a work conceived and directed by Lloyd Newson, live from the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre to cinemas internationally on Tuesda...


Ex-Mariner, Engineer Shares the LIFE STORY OF HARLEY MURRAY HARMON
by Christina Mancuso - September 26, 2014

Renton, WA...


REMEMBERING JIM by Nancy Carroll-McEndree is Available Now
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2014

As Nancy Carroll-McEndree said goodbye to her brother Jim, she knew that she had to finish the story he began, revealing the heartbreaking, yet hopeful journey of his life....


JERSEY BOYS Coming to Sheffield
by Tyler Peterson - September 28, 2015

Seen by over 20 million people worldwide, Jersey Boys, the internationally acclaimed hit musical telling the remarkable true story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons' rise to fame, comes to the Lyceum Theatre from Tuesday 7 - Saturday 17 October....


STAGE TUBE: MRS. SMITH Got 'Grounded' for an Audition
by Stage Tube - July 16, 2015

The wacky world of MRS. SMITH has returned. Click below to hear her story about auditioning for The Public Theater production of George Brant's solo play GROUNDED. Unfortunately she, herself, was grounded. She lost out to Anne Hathaway. Next, time Mrs. Smith!...


STAGE TUBE: Lea Salonga Performs and Discusses ALLEGIANCE
by Sally Henry Fuller - June 13, 2015

Lea Salonga recently sat down to talk about the musical ALLEGIANCE's inspiring song, 'Gaman.' The video below also shows the Tony Award-winner and cast singing the song at every stage in the show's process. Check out the interview and performance below!...


Aretha Franklin in Talks with Marsha Mason to Bring Her Life Story to Broadway
by Jessica Khan - August 26, 2015

The Queen of Soul wants to bring her life story to Broadway. Please, producers, jump to it!...


Twitter Watch: Lea Salonga - 'Look at what's across from @HamiltonMusical!'
by BWW Staff - August 11, 2015

On Twitter Watch, Lea Salonga wrote 'Look at what's across from @HamiltonMusical!!! Hee hee!!! @allegiancebway...


Porchlight Music Theatre Extends SIDE SHOW
by Tyler Peterson - September 04, 2015

Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce the first production in its 2015 - 2016 season: Side Show, directed by Porchlight Music Theatre artistic director Michael Weber, music direction by Aaron Benham, choreography by Andrew Waters, music by Henry Krieger, book and lyrics by Bill Russell, at S...


LIVING FOR LEARNING is Now Available
by Christina Mancuso - June 02, 2015

WORTHING, England...


VIDEO: Netflix Documentary WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? Premieres Today
by TV News Desk - June 26, 2015

Netflix's new documentary WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? premieres tonight, June 26th. Check out a trailer below!...






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