Anne Hathaway News

Freeform (the new name for ABC Family) is giving you the perfect opportunity to watch all your favorite romantic comedies all weekend long during the “Valentine's Day with Your BAE”

?Connecticut Repertory Theatre will present Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility by adapted for the stage by Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan as the fourth show of its 2015-2016 season. The show is directed by Kristin Wold, a faculty member at UConn and member of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA.  Sense and Sensibility will be held in the Harriet S. Jorgenson Theatre from February 25 through March 6, 2016. For tickets and information please visit crt.uconn.edu or call (860) 486 2113.

Disney has just released a new teaser on Twitter for ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, featuring the voice of the late actor Alan Rickman in the role of the Blue Caterpillar.

Casting is complete for LaunchingFWD : Season 2, the second annual sneak preview concert of new musicals in development offered by FWD Theatre Project, one of the most-watched new arts organizations in town. Last year's LaunchingFWD event (starring headliner and hometown superstar Jessie Mueller in her first Chicago appearance since winning the Tony Award for Beautiful) sold out the 320 seat main room at City Winery and required overflow seating; FWD hopes this year's event will be even more impressive.

Oscar®-nominated actor Josh Brolin will present the Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) Cinematic Imagery Award to Oscar-nominated filmmaker David O. Russell at the 20th Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards

A reboot of the 1967 classic THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS may be in the works at 20th Century Fox.

Spike's LIP SYNC BATTLE has delivered its fair share of crazy performances. From Anne Hathaway swinging on a wrecking ball to 'Wrecking Ball' to Channing Tatum performing 'Let it Go' dressed as Elsa, there's nothing that can't be done on the hit show. This week's brand-new episode will pit Broadway veteran JOSH GAD opposite 'The Big Bang Theory' star Kaley Cuoco and things get crazy, hilarious and a little ridiculous. 

The Goteborg Festival has announced that the festival's 2016 Honorary Dragon Award goes to THE DANISH GIRL director Tom Hooper.

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theatrical organization in the United States, announces Golden Globe and Emmy Awards nominated actress, KERRY WASHINGTON as the recipient of its 2016 Woman of the Year Award.

Yesterday, the actress turned to Instagram to beat the paparazzi to the punch by posting her own photo of her growing baby bump

Paper Mill Playhouse has confirmed the loss of its beloved Theatre School Founding Director Mickey McNany, who lost her brave battle with cancer on Wednesday morning. 

The original stars of the Tony-winning Broadway production of "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" reunite for a special cabaret evening in Hempstead House, hosted by composer Steven Lutvak.

Award-winning singer and PBS/WNET and NY affiliates Host for Andrea Bocelli 'Live From Central Park' and 'Il Volo Takes Flight' CRISTINA FONTANELLI brings her program of Italy's best-loved songs, arias, Neapolitan and Christmas classics during her 12th-Annual 'Christmas In Italy®' show at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts today, December 19 at 3:00.

The Public Theater will kick off its summer program with a musical adaptation of TWELFTH NIGHT, created by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub.

BroadwayWorld is excited to report that BBC Two has commissioned UPSTART CROW -- a six-part series about the life of William Shakespeare -- as part of the BBC Shakespeare Festival 2016, a major season celebrating the genius of Shakespeare, 400 years after his death. David Mitchell will take on the lead role.

NBC has won the primetime ratings week of Nov. 23-29 among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49, total viewers and all other key categories, paced by the top two shows of the week in every key measure

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: Stacey Luftig and Phillip Palmer are honored with 2015 Fred Ebb Awards tonight; and be sure to set your DVR! Kristen Bell hosts ABC's IT'S YOUR 50TH CHRISTMAS, CHARLIE BROWN this evening.

Academy Award winning actress Anne Hathaway and her husband Adam Shulman are expecting their first child. 'Anne is in her second trimester and feeling great!' a source tells the site.

The site of the home where Shakespeare spent hos final years is expected to be open to the public in July of 2016.

Cockroach Theatre Company (CTC) continues the 2015-2016 Season with playwright George Brant's powerful, one-woman play, GROUNDED, at its downtown home -- Art Square Theatre.