Aaron Sorkin News

This week's THE WEST WING weekly podcast features an ode to the long-running NBC drama created by Aaron Sorkin.

A touch of Hollywood magic comes to Baton Rouge next week as local actors step into roles made famous by some of Tinseltown's biggest names. Theatre Baton Rouge will bring a gripping courtroom drama to the stage with their production of A FEW GOOD MEN.

George Street Playhouse today announced the cast of American Son, an award-winning, ripped-from-the-headlines drama, on stage February 7-26, 2017, at the New Brunswick theatre.

Gallery Players, Brooklyn's premier Off-Off Broadway Theater has announced a new ticket donation program for the USO.  For the duration of A Few Good Men, Gallery Players is donating tickets to both active duty and retired military personnel for all remaining shows.  This program gives soldiers and their families visiting New York a chance to see the Aaron Sorkin Classic.  It tells the story the gripping story of of subpar Guantanamo Bay marine PFC William Santiago who mysteriously died after his platoon mates Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and PFC Landon Downy give him a "code red."  

Aaron Sorkin, the Emmy-winning creator of The West Wing and Academy Award-winning screenwriter of The Social Network, is set to receive the Writers Guild of America, West's 2017 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement

Gallery Players announces the third show of its 50th season: the critically acclaimed and timely, A Few Good Men.  The play is a riveting courtroom drama that investigates both the essence of our military and the Marine code of honor.  A Few Good Men is as impactful today as the day it was written.

After three smash years of live musicals which included visits to the lush hillsides of Austria, a technicolor adventure in Neverland, and a wildly wonderful visit to the land of Oz, NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt and his team have proven themselves trailblazers in the modern age of live televised musicals.

They've already taken you to Austria, Neverland and Oz. On December 7, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are Baltimore-bound.

New York Stage and Film just held its annual Winter Gala honoring two titans of the entertainment industry: four-time Academy Award nominee Annette Bening and famed architect and Tony- and Emmy-winning scenic designer David Rockwell.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec.1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Online education platform MasterClass announces today that the world's bestselling author, James Patterson, will hold a second writing competition for MasterClass students. MasterClass invites aspiring authors across the nation to put their skills to the test for a life-changing opportunity to collaborate with the bestselling writer. Earlier this year, Patterson selected another student from his MasterClass, Kecia Bal, to co-author a book with THE DOLLS will be published in June 2017.

Dramatic Escape, a new feature-length documentary, will have a special screening at the School of Visual Arts Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, today, December 1, 2016 at 6:30 PM, presented by Rehabilitation Through The Arts (RTA), a NY-based non-profit. A panel & reception with RTA prison alumni will follow the screening; tickets: $30, $50 (reserved). More information at http://www.rta-arts.org/

Samantha Womack, Les Dennis and Carrie Hope Fletcher will star as Morticia, Fester and Wednesday Addams in the UK & Irish premiere of THE ADDAMS FAMILY when the musical comedy arrives in Glasgow in October 2017.

Dramatic Escape, a new feature-length documentary, will have a special screening at the School of Visual Arts Theatre, 333 West  23rd Street, on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 6:30 PM, presented by Rehabilitation Through The Arts (RTA), a NY-based non-profit.  A panel & reception with RTA prison alumni will follow the screening; tickets: $30, $50 (reserved).  More information at http://www.rta-arts.org/

New York Stage and Film has announced that its annual Winter Gala will honor two titans of the entertainment industry: four-time Academy Award nominee Annette Bening and famed architect and Tony- and Emmy-winning scenic designer David Rockwell.

Samantha Womack, Les Dennis and Carrie Hope Fletcher will star as Morticia, Fester and WednesdayAddams in the UK & Irish premiere of THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre from Tuesday 17 - Sat 21 October 2017. Tickets will be on sale from 11am on Wednesday 23 November to Friends Of The Grand and 11am on Friday 25 November for general sale.

La Jolla Playhouse, nationally-renowned for the development of new work, announces four world-premiere productions for the 2017/2018 season, including the previously-announced Escape to Margaritaville (May/June), featuring the songs of legendary singer-songwriter-author Jimmy Buffett and an original story by co-book writers Greg Garcia ('My Name Is Earl') and Mike O'Malley ('Survivor's Remorse,' 'Shameless'), directed by La Jolla Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley (Come From Away, Memphis).

Samantha Womack, Les Dennis and Carrie Hope Fletcher will star as Morticia, Fester and Wednesday Addams in the UK & Irish premiere of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a musical comedy, with book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, based on the characters created by Charles Addams.  Further casting is to be announced. 

Gallery Players announces the third show of its 50th season: the critically acclaimed and timely, A Few Good Men.  The play is a riveting courtroom drama that investigates both the essence of our military and the Marine code of honor.  A Few Good Men is as impactful today as the day it was written.

Dramatic Escape, a new feature-length documentary, will have a special screening at the School of Visual Arts Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 6:30 PM, presented by Rehabilitation Through The Arts (RTA), a NY-based non-profit. A panel & reception with RTA prison alumni will follow the screening; tickets: $30, $50 (reserved). More information at http://www.rta-arts.org/

MasterClass, the education platform, today announced that iconic electronic music producer Joel Thomas Zimmerman, also known as deadmau5, joins its roster of instructors to teach his MasterClass on Electronic Music Production. Pre-enrollment for the class opens today at www.masterclass.com/deadmau5.