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In a story for Interview Magazine, Dianna Agron, who plays GLEE's resident dethroned head cheerleader Quinn Fabray, reveals that the producers for the Fox hit TV show were initially hesitant to cast her because she exuded too much innocence for the role of Quinn. 'They told me to come back with straight hair and to dress sexier," she says. "Later that week, I started work."
Today, a preview clip from the upcoming season of Theater Talk has been released in which panelists Michael Riedel, Susan Haskins, Jesse Green, Michael Musto and Patrick Pacheco discuss the viability of the upcoming Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, now expected to open on Broadway in the fall of 2010 after financial troubles delayed a winter opening. Theater Talk, a weekly expose of world theater that airs on PBS Friday nights (PBS/Thirteen) and 5 times weekly on CUNY TV. Theater Talk makes its 2010 premiere tomorrow at 1 AM on Thirteen.
JEFF WHITTY, best known for winning the 2004 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for 'Avenue Q,' will be a Visiting Artist at the Savannah College of Art and Design Jan. 30-Feb. 2.
Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook enters Week Two of its twelfth season celebrating the diversity of American popular song.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, announced today the nominees for its 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards. By recognizing and honoring media for outstanding images of the LGBT community, the GLAAD Media Awards serve as a benchmark for the media industry and complement GLAAD's work to bring LGBT images and stories to Americans.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, announced today the nominees for its 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards. By recognizing and honoring media for outstanding images of the LGBT community, the GLAAD Media Awards serve as a benchmark for the media industry and complement GLAAD's work to bring LGBT images and stories to Americans.
Classic Stage Company (CSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will present VENUS IN FUR, a new play by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie, beginning performances January 13 at Classic Stage Company (136 East 13th Street).
The producers of SPIDER-MAN Turn Off the Dark have announced a schedule change for the new Broadway production opening at the Hilton Theatre this year.
In his morning column today, Michael Riedel writes that SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark will begin performances in the fall of 2010. The $50 million production was supposed to begin previews next month, but as previously reported, was delayed due to significant financial fallout the production faced last year.
Broadway vet Alan Cumming, who is set to star as the Green Goblin in Broadway's upcoming SPIDER-MAN: Turn off the Dark, told the New York Times on Saturday that the show will indeeed experience further delays. Though the show's official website claims that previews are set to begin on February 25, Cumming tells the Times at a TimesTalk event this weekend (as part of the paper's annual Arts & Leisure Weekend), 'No one's going to be there that day. We're just waiting.'
The New York Times had a full line-up of celebrities partaking in the annual Arts & Leisure Weekend, being held from January 7 - January 10, 2010. Among the theater stars and playwrights participating this year include Tony Award winners Angela Lansbury (A Little Night Music), Alan Cumming (Cabaret), Liev Schreiber (A View From The Bridge) and John Patrick Shanley(Doubt). Additional names include Carrie Fisher (Wishful Drinking), James McAvoy( Three Days of Rain), Natalie Portman (The Seagull), Liev Schreiber (Glengarry GLen Ross), and performers and creators from Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel.
The New York Times had a full line-up of celebrities partaking in the annual Arts & Leisure Weekend, being held from January 7 - January 10, 2010. Among the theater stars and playwrights participating this year include Tony Award winners Angela Lansbury (A Little Night Music), Alan Cumming (Cabaret), Liev Schreiber (A View From The Bridge) and John Patrick Shanley(Doubt). Additional names include Carrie Fisher (Wishful Drinking), James McAvoy( Three Days of Rain), Natalie Portman (The Seagull), Liev Schreiber (Glengarry GLen Ross), and performers and creators from Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel.
The New York Times has a full line-up of celebrities partaking in the annual Arts & Leisure Weekend, being held from January 7 - January 10, 2010. Among the theater stars and playwrights participating this year include Tony Award winners Angela Lansbury (A Little Night Music), Alan Cumming (Cabaret), Liev Schreiber (A View From The Bridge) and John Patrick Shanley(Doubt). Additional names include Carrie Fisher (Wishful Drinking), James McAvoy( Three Days of Rain), Natalie Portman (The Seagull), Liev Schreiber (Glengarry GLen Ross), and performers and creators from Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel.
The New York Times has a full line-up of celebrities partaking in the annual Arts & Leisure Weekend, being held from January 7 - January 10, 2010. Among the theater stars and playwrights participating this year include Tony Award winners Angela Lansbury (A Little Night Music), Alan Cumming (Cabaret), Liev Schreiber (A View From The Bridge) and John Patrick Shanley(Doubt). Additional names include Carrie Fisher (Wishful Drinking), James McAvoy( Three Days of Rain), Natalie Portman (The Seagull), Liev Schreiber (Glengarry GLen Ross), and performers and creators from Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel.
The New York Times has a full line-up of celebrities partaking in the annual Arts & Leisure Weekend, being held from January 7 - January 10, 2010. Among the theater stars and playwrights participating this year include Tony Award winners Angela Lansbury (A Little Night Music), Alan Cumming (Cabaret), Liev Schreiber (A View From The Bridge) and John Patrick Shanley(Doubt). Additional names include Carrie Fisher (Wishful Drinking), James McAvoy(Three Days of Rain), Natalie Portman (The Seagull), Liev Schreiber (Glengarry GLen Ross), and performers and creators from Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel.
The 2010 New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend will take place January 7 to 10. The Times's signature event is a four-day celebration of the arts featuring TimesTalks interviews between New York Times journalists and celebrated guests from film, media, music, television and theater.
The New York Times announced today the ninth annual Arts & Leisure Weekend, Jan. 7 to 10. The Times's signature event is a four-day celebration of the arts featuring TimesTalks interviews between New York Times journalists and celebrated guests from film, media, music, television and theater.
The New York Times has released the line-up of celebrities partaking in the next annual Arts & Leisure Weekend, to be held from January 7 - January 10, 2010. Among the theater stars and playwrights participating this year include Tony Award winners Angela Lansbury (A Little Night Music), Alan Cumming (Cabaret), Liev Schreiber (A View From The Bridge) and John Patrick Shanley(Doubt). Additional names include Carrie Fisher (Wishful Drinking), James McAvoy(Three Days of Rain), Natalie Portman (The Seagull), Liev Schreiber (Glengarry GLen Ross), and performers and creators fromCirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel.
Arts & Leisure Weekend is The Times' annual event of national and international celebrations of art and culture. The weekend includes a wide range of arts and leisure activities from interviews with celebrities to free admission at museums around the country and the world.
Michael Cumpsty, Julianne Moore, David Hare, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave and Martin Short, among others, will join New York Times writers to discuss their careers and crafts as part of the annual New York Times Arts and Leisure Weekend, which will take place from January 5th through 7th, 2007
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