Adrienne Shelly News

BroadwayWorld has confirmed that Tony winner Jessie Mueller will star in American Repertory Theater's world premiere of WAITRESS this fall. Mueller previously played 'Jenna' in a winter workshop of the musical.

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) announced its 2015-16 season today, including the world premiere of the new musical WAITRESS, Mark Rylance's NICE FISH, NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, and more.

“Teen Mom OG,” featuring Amber, Catelynn, Farrah and Maci will premiere tonight, March 23 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Labyrinth Theater Company has announced the line-up for the second half of their 16th Annual Barn Series, the award-winning company's free play reading series. Running March 23-30, the Barn Series lets audiences encounter new plays written by or starring Labyrinth Company Members.

According to a recent post by the A.R.T. the show already has plans for Broadway! The theatre auctioned off tickets to the show's opening night on Broadway as a part of its 2015 gala, teasing: 'See it in Cambridge before it heads to NYC!' Casting has not yet been announced, but a recent NYC workshop was led by Tony winner Jessie Mueller, Keala Settle, Bryce Pinkham, Christopher Fitzgerald, Barrett Wilbert Weed, and Eric Anderson.

MTV today released the trailer for “Teen Mom OG.” For a link to the trailer, click here. “Teen Mom OG,” featuring Amber, Catelynn, Farrah and Maci will premiere on Monday, March 23 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Audiences have watched them unexpectedly face young motherhood as they grew up, broke-up, made up and encountered major obstacles to become the young women they are today. Now it's time to find out where the original girls of the groundbreaking MTV series “Teen Mom” are in life, love and parenthood. “Teen Mom OG,” featuring Amber, Catelynn, Farrah and Maci will premiere on Monday, March 23 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Below, check out photos from a recent NYC workshop of the new musical, which featured Tony winner Jessie Mueller, Keala Settle, Bryce Pinkham, Christopher Fitzgerald, Barrett Wilbert Weed, Eric Anderson and more- as featured on A.R.T.'s official Facebook page.

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, led by Artistic Director Diane Paulus, just announced the world premiere of Waitress. Opening theA.R.T.'s 2015-16 Season, this new musical will be directed by Diane Paulus and feature book by Jessie Nelson and music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles. The production will begin performances at the Loeb Drama Center on Saturday, August 1, 2015. Additional creative team and casting will be announced at a later date.

Tony winner Jessie Mueller who is currently lighting up the stage as Carole King in BEAUTIFUL has found her next role says the New York Times. The paper reports that the star will play the lead role in the upcoming musical of WAITRESS, based on the 2007 film of the same name. The show is expected to premiere at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts during its 2015-16 season, followed by Broadway.

Sara Bareilles appeared on this morning's TODAY and spoke about her upcoming project, The American Repertory Theater 's stage adaptation of the 2007 Adrienne Shelly film 'Waitress,' to be titled 'Waitress, the Musical.'

Ovation, America's only arts network, presents The Fashion Fund tonight, January 22 at 10PM ET.

Ovation, America's only arts network, today announced the official premiere date for The Fashion Fund -- tonight, November 12th at 10PM ET

Ovation, America's only arts network, today announced a change in the premiere date for The Fashion Fund - January 22 at 10PM ET. The announcement was made by Robert Weiss, Ovation's Chief Creative Officer.

Ovation, America's only arts network, today announced the official premiere date for The Fashion Fund -- Tuesday, November 12th at 10PM ET

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, 20th Century Fox recently formed a joint venture with top Broadway producer and Tony Award winner Kevin McCollum (Motown, Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights), prolific film producer John Davis (Predator, The Firm, Grumpy Old Men, I Robot, Chronicle) and leading industry executive Tom McGrath, to develop live stage productions based upon the studio's vast library of films. Now according to the New York Times, Fox won't be the only major film studio with movie-based musicals in the woks in the coming years.

PIPPIN's producers Barry and Fran Weissler revealed to the press during tonight's Tony Awards ceremony that they are working on a musical adaptation of the 2007 film Waitress, to be directed by Tony winner Diane Paulus (Pippin) with a score by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel and pop singer Sara Bareilles.

The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) announced the winners of the 10th Annual Tribeca All Access (TAA) Creative Promise Awards presented by the Time Warner Foundation at a ceremony earlier tonight. The narrativeThe Lobbyists and the documentary (T)ERROR were selected from 11 projects based on the strength of their vision and filmmaking promise. Each project received $10,000 to help bring their films to completion. The Institute also announced this year's TAA alumni grants and fellowships during the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. The grants, all presented at tonight's event, total over $90,000 in funds.

The Adrienne Shelly Foundation (ASF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the memory of adored actor, writer and director Adrienne Shelly (WAITRESS), announced today the launch of its 6th annual eBay Celebrity Auction to raise funds for its nine annual grants which support women filmmakers.