20th Century Fox News

Hailing from Old Hickory, Tennessee, rising stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze is selling out shows across America. On March 26th, Nate's first solo one hour Netflix special, "The Tennessee Kid," premiered!

Variety reports that Jason Alexander, best known his iconic character George Costanza on “Seinfeld,” has joined Fox pilot “Richard Lovely.'

Aziz Ansari brings his Road to Nowhere stand-up comedy tour to BAM on May 18. Ansari stars in, writes, and directs Master of None, a Netflix original comedy series that he co-created with Alan Yang (Parks and Recreation). Aziz won the 2016 and 2017 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series" and has received five additional nominations for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" (2016 and 2017), "Outstanding Comedy Series" (2016 and 2017), and "Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series" (2016). 

Where else can you find fog machines, winches, moving lights, outrageous fabrics and theatre lovers? Studio 54 in its heyday? No need to go back in time - all that and more were on display at the United States Institute of Theatre Technology's annual conference.

Slow Burn Theatre Company and the Broward Center for the Performing Arts present the Tony Award-nominated musical 9 to 5 in the Amaturo Theatre Thursday, March 28 through Sunday, April 14.

Stan Johnson (1907-1995), the legendary Art Director and fine artist, will be honored by the Art Directors Guild Gallery 800 (ADG, IATSE Local 800) in a special exhibit entitled "Let Shape Color Form: A Tribute to Stan Johnson." 

Paul Feig is making the move to Universal, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Feig's FeigCo Entertainment company has entered a first-look production deal.

Hadestown begins preview performances tonight, March 22, at the Walter Kerr Theatre, ahead of a Wednesday, April 17 official opening night. Get to know the cast below as they begin Broadway performances!

Tomorrow marks the official launch date of OVID.tv, an unprecedented collaborative effort amongst eight of the most noteworthy independent film distributors in the U.S., who have come together to support the innovative new subscription video-on-demand service, OVID.tv.

Slow Burn Theatre Company and the Broward Center for the Performing Arts present the Tony Award-nominated musical 9 to 5 in the Amaturo Theatre Thursday, March 28 through Sunday, April 14.

Lauded jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, accompanied by THE MEMPHIS SOULPHONY, will be bringing her latest show MEMPHIS: YES, I'M READY, based on her latest musical release Memphis: Yes, I'm Ready to The Wallis for one night only March 23, 2019. The most warm and delightful Ms. Bridgewater managed to entertain and enlightened me on the phone for an informative, heartfelt forty-five minutes.

Following the huge success of 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL at the Savoy Theatre in London's West End, the producers of the show are delighted to announce that a second production of the hit musical will play 11 cities throughout the UK and Ireland, opening at the Alexandra Theatre Birmingham on 6 September 2019, before visiting Manchester, Milton Keynes, Liverpool, Glasgow, Woking, Aberdeen, Cardiff, Sunderland, Edinburgh and Dublin. Casting for the 11 dates to be announced soon. Full venues details below.

Deadline reports that when the merger between Disney and 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets settles next week, Marvel Comics characters — including those from the Fantastic Four — will be under one roof.

Louise Redknapp will re-join the cast of 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL in the role of 'Violet Newstead' at the Savoy Theatre, London from 25 March until 29 June 2019. 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL opened in the West End last month, where Dolly Parton attended the premiere and joined the cast on stage at the finale. The show is booking at the Savoy Theatre until 31 August 2019.

Many churches avoid teaching the Bible's controversial final book-Revelation, but that's not stopping an upbeat, innovative new Off-Broadway musical production from exposing the truth about what it really says.

From the team that brought you the Off-Broadway hit Puffs comes a new exploration into the blurred lines of live performance, interactive storytelling, and video gaming: The Magnificent Revengers. Tilted Windmills Theatricals has joined forces withStarlight Runner Entertainment in the first ever collaboration between a theatrical producer and the leading developer of transmedia projects in entertainment.

Today, Academy Award nominated, Golden Globe, Grammy and Tony Award-winning performer, Hugh Jackman, announced the Australian leg of his The Man. The Music. The Show. WORLD TOUR which commences in August this year.

 The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) Publicists announced winners of its 56th Annual ICG Publicists Awards on Friday, February 22, 2019, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, hosted by Dennis Dugan. CRAZY RICH ASIANS (Warner Bros. Pictures) won the top honors for Best Publicity Campaign for Motion Pictures and THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT - Ryan Aguirre (CBS Television Studios) won the Best Publicity Campaign in Television, both presented by Anna Paquin (Flack). This year's luncheon, which traditionally occurs the week leading up to the Academy Awards®, was chaired by Tim Menkeand co-chaired by Sheryl Main. More than 900 industry leaders attended, including guild members, Hollywood public relations and marketing executives, producers, studio and network executives, celebrities and press.

The Hollywood Reporter says Stan and Ollie producer Fable Pictures has secured the rights to the life story of British sisters turned 1980s showbiz superstars Joan and Jackie Collins, which it will adapt into a six part series called Joan and Jackie. 

See Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back with full, live orchestral accompaniment for the first time ever in the UK this September, as it comes to the Royal Albert Hall.