Allison Janney News

The all-female GHOSTBUSTERS reboot may officially happen, after all.

NBCUniversal today announced that the company is realigning its live stage division under Robert Greenblatt, Chairman of NBC Entertainment. Universal Stage Productions (USP), which will continue to be led by Universal Pictures President Jimmy Horowitz, will expand its focus to include all of NBCUniversal properties.

NBC has renewed its popular alternative series 'Hollywood Game Night' for a 10-episode third season with Emmy Award-winning host Jane Lynch, it was announced by Paul Telegdy, President of Alternative and Late Night Programming, NBC Entertainment.

NBC has renewed its popular alternative series “Hollywood Game Night” for a 10-episode third season with Emmy Award-winning host Jane Lynch, it was announced by Paul Telegdy, President of Alternative and Late Night Programming, NBC Entertainment.

Opening in theaters and VOD today, September 26, is DAYS AND NIGHTS - Brodway veteran Christian Camargo's directorial debut, inspired by Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. Set in rural New England in the 1980s, the film stars a slew of Broadway favorites, including Allison Janney, Cherry Jones, Mark Rylance and more. BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you an exclusive preview clip from the film below!

Actor and animal advocate Allison Janney is hosting 'Shelter Me: New Beginnings,' the fourth episode of the inspiring national PBS series that celebrates shelter pets with positive and uplifting stories.

On the next episode of Showtime's MASTERS OF SEX titled 'One For the Money, Two For the Show,' a television crew arrives to document Masters and Johnson's work. Check out clips from the episode below.

Ellen Degeneres just brought MOM stars Allison Janney and Anna Faris out to her AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR course -- watch the ladies conquer the obstacles, with commentary from ANW co-hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, below!

Slightly Altered States Theater Company presents the World Premiere of MR. LANDING TAKES A FALL, an absurdist comedy by Sari Caine, directed by Sherri Eden Barber. Inspired by Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the play was a PlayPenn 2013 semi-finalist and short-listed for both the 24/7 (UK) and the Ronald Duncan Award (UK). Previews begin tonight, September 12 at The Flea Theater with opening slated for Monday, September 22.

Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) has announced the premiere airing of the 18th Annual PRISM Showcase with host Dr. Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew On Call) and guest co-hosts Candace Cameron Bure (Full House), and Tim Kang (The Mentalist). Tune in tonight, September 6, 2014 on flagship airing partner FX to see this year's honorees in television shows and movies that accurately depict mental health and substance use prevention, treatment and recovery. Additional airings will include those on Pivot and RLTV.

Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) has announced the premiere airing of the 18th Annual PRISM Showcase with host Dr. Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew On Call) and guest co-hosts Candace Cameron Bure (Full House), and Tim Kang (The Mentalist).

Hugh Grant will appear in his first romantic comedy in five years when his new film THE REWRITE hits theaters on Wednesday, October 8th.

Whether you've been living under a rock for the past week or you're just in the mood for a recap, BroadwayWorld's 'this week in pictures' is here to satisfy your end-of-the-week fix! Take a look below to catch up on the latest happenings from the Great White Way to The West End (and everywhere in between) with coverage of press events, rehearsals, opening nights and more. Highlights this week include Milly and Abigail Shapiro at 54 Below, the red carpet at the Emmy Awards, NEWSIES final curtain call, and more!

Kathryn Rossetter, who appeared on Broadway opposite Dustin Hoffman in Death Of a Salesman and is currently head of the MFA Acting Program at the New School for Drama, will join Adam LeFevre (Broadway's Footloose, Mamma Mia, Guys and Dolls) in the World Premiere of MR. LANDING TAKES A FALL, an absurdist comedy by Sari Caine. Inspired by Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the play was a PlayPenn 2013 semi-finalist and short-listed for both the 24/7 (UK) and the Ronald Duncan Award (UK). It is produced by Slightly Altered States Theater Company and directed by Sherri Eden Barber. Previews begin September 12 at The Flea Theater with opening slated for Monday, September 22.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU starts its fireworks show tonight on Broadway, the DIRTY DANCING tour kicks off in D.C., NEWSIES' John Dossett travels over to PIPPIN and more!

The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards telecast will air live coast-to-coast live tonight at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT on NBC from the NOKIA Theater L.A. Live in Los Angeles. Over the last week, BroadwayWorld has been bringing you special Emmy coverage with profiles of Emmy-nominated theatre stars and plays adapted into Emmy-nominated TV movies. Check out all of BWW's Emmy Coverage.

E!'s “Chelsea Lately” is ending its legendary run with a live finale tonight, August 26th featuring a star-packed series finale that will be sure to make TV history. After seven years, Chelsea Handler is saying goodbye and some of her very famous friends are stopping by to help mark the occasion when Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock and 30 more of Hollywood's biggest stars descend upon the famed Stage 1 at Universal Studios for one last curtain call.

One of the best parts of all awards shows it what happens before the telecast - the red carpet! The carpet was filled with red, black and white with a hint of metallic. The women really brought it this year. Some notable standouts are Julia Roberts, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Allison Williams. Check out all of BWW Fashion's picks for this year's Emmy Awards best dressed below!

Stage veteran Allison Janney, well known for her performance as C.J. Cregg on Aaron Sorkin's long-running political drama THE WEST WING, was the recipient of the 2014 Emmy 'Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series' award for her role Anna Faris' former alcoholic - and estranged - mother, 'Bonnie,' on the CBS sitcom MOM.

The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards telecast will air live coast-to-coast live tonight at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT on NBC from the NOKIA Theater L.A. Live in Los Angeles. The stars have already hit the red carpet and settled in for the ceremony - but it's never too late to get one last look at the fashion!