Alec Baldwin News

On the latest episode of COMEDIAN IN CARS GETTING COFFEE, comedian Jerry Seinfeld welcomes special guest Don Rickles. Check out the episode here!

Baldwin shared with Vanity Fair that his greatest wish is to end his days in the public eye and dreams of the day that his soon-to-be born child will never know him as a celebrity.

Slain In the Spirit, a two-act play by Lisa Milinazzo will have its world premiere in New York at the Midtown International Theatre Festival. The show will run July 16 - August 3 at WorkShop Theater Mainstage.

The National High School Musical Theater Awards (NHSMTA) is pleased to announce that 62 finalists selected from tens of thousands of students will compete for the coveted Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress, scholarships and other honors at an event on Broadway to be hosted by the Tony Award-nominated stars of Rodgers + Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, Laura Osnes (Cinderella) and Santino Fontana (the Prince). The fifth annual performance showcase featuring dynamic ensemble and solo performances exclusively from the musical theater cannon will take place on Monday, July 1, 2013 at 7:30pm at the Minskoff Theatre (200 W. 45th St).

The National High School Musical Theater Awards (NHSMTA) previously announced that 62 finalists selected from tens of thousands of students will compete for the coveted Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress, scholarships and other honors at an event on Broadway to be hosted by the Tony Award-nominated stars of Rodgers + Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, Laura Osnes (Cinderella) and Santino Fontana (the Prince). The fifth annual performance showcase featuring dynamic ensemble and solo performances exclusively from the musical theater cannon will take place tonight, July 1, 2013 at 7:30pm at the Minskoff Theatre (200 W. 45th St).

Alec Baldwin's recent Twitter rant/meltdown (which included the former 30 ROCK star calling Daily Mail reporter George Stark a 'toxic little queen.'), has caused modern news legend Anderson Cooper took to his own page to pose an interesting - and necessary - question.

GLAAD reports that Alec Baldwin issued a statement today apologizing for his behavior on Twitter yesterday, June 27, when he used anti-gay slurs in response to a Daily Mail article about his wife's actions at James Gandolfini's funeral service Thursday morning.

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the world premiere of The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin by Steven Levenson, directed by Scott Ellis. The cast will include Christopher Denham as 'James Durnin,' Lisa Emery as 'Karen Brown-Canedy',Sarah Goldberg as 'Katie Nicholson,' David Morse as 'Tom Durnin,' and Rich Sommer as 'Chris Wyatt'. Performances began on May 31, 2013, and opening was last night June 27, 2013 at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street). This is a limited engagement through August 25, 2013. BroadwayWorld was there for the big opening and you can check out photo coverage of the curtain call and sfter party below!

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the world premiere of The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin by Steven Levenson, directed by Scott Ellis. The cast will include Christopher Denham as 'James Durnin,' Lisa Emery as 'Karen Brown-Canedy',Sarah Goldberg as 'Katie Nicholson,' David Morse as 'Tom Durnin,' and Rich Sommer as 'Chris Wyatt'. Performances began on May 31, 2013, and opening was last night June 27, 2013 at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street). This is a limited engagement through August 25, 2013. BroadwayWorld was there for the big opening and you can check out photo coverage of the theatre arrivals below!

As BroadwayWorld reported earlier today, friends and family gathered this morning for the funeral of late actor James Gandolfini. The morning service was held at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Sopranos creator and Gandolfini's close friend David Chase spoke at the service, and Alan Sepinwall of Hitflix has transcribed the touching eulogy, which you can read below.

People.com reports that mourners gathered today for the funeral of late actor James Gandolfini. The morning service was held at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Services for James Gandolfini will be held this morning, June 27, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Family, friends, colleagues and fans are welcome to attend.

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the world premiere of The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin by Steven Levenson, directed by Scott Ellis. The cast will include Christopher Denham as 'James Durnin,' Lisa Emery as 'Karen Brown-Canedy', Sarah Goldberg as 'Katie Nicholson,' David Morse as 'Tom Durnin,' and Rich Sommer as 'Chris Wyatt'.

This week on HERE'S THE THING with Alec Baldwin, Rosie O'Donnell talks about how she 'never wanted to be a talk show host ... I wanted to be on Broadway...I wanted to be a Bette Midler backup singer, one of the Harlettes.' Click below to listen to the interview!

Services for James Gandolfini will be held on Thursday morning, June 27, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Family, friends, colleagues and fans are welcome to attend. The coroner's office in Rome recently confirmed reports that Gandolfini died of a heart attack late Wednesday, June 19th at the age of 51.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, earlier this year, Aaron Sorkin withdrew as librettist of the upcoming Broadway production Houdini, starring Hugh Jackman. Now in a recent interview with Vanity Fair, he revealed that he's deveoping another musical for Broadway. When jokingly asked if he'd ever write dance sequences into his television scripts, Sorkin resopnded: ' Well, I'm going to be doing a Broadway musical, and there will be plenty of extended dance sequences.'

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the coroner's office in Rome has confirmed reports that James Gandolfini died of a heart attack late Wednesday, June 19th at the age of 51

Teen pop impresario and songwriter Brian Lukow has concluded an agreement for independent film director Martin Guigui to helm the feature film Crazy For The Boys, a musical dramedy which was written by Lukow, and is aimed at the burgeoning, lucrative tween and teen audience. Based on the fictional back story of the five-member girl group Drama Drama, the film will be produced by Michael Z. Gordon, a BMI Award-winning songwriter who founded surf-sound pop groups The Marketts and The Routers, and whose film and television composing credits include Pulp Fiction, Everybody Loves Raymond and Ally McBeal.

Brad Pitt, who co-starred in three films with the late James Gandolfini, including 1993's True Romance, 2001's The Mexican and last year's Killing Them Softly, commented on the tragic death of the actor today.

James Gandolfini, who is most known for starring in the HBO hit 'The Sopranos', died yesterday in Italy, according to multiple sources. He was 51. The cause is rumored to be a heart attack but no details have been confirmed. The actor was in Italy for the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily, where he was set to join director Gabriele Muccino for a festival event. Below, we remember the stage and screen star.