Barbara Gaines News

'Anchorman 2' star Will Ferrell stop by last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN on CBS and chatted about meeting Toronto crack-smoking Mayor Rob Ford.

On last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, Dave makes good after forgetting to send guest Julia Roberts flowers on her birthday. Check out the appearance below!

Broadway veteran Louise Pitre will lead GYPSY when it plays Chicago Shakespeare Theatre next year. Directed by Gary Griffin, the production will run at Chicago Shakespeare's Courtyard Theater, February 6- March 23. Pitre will be joined by: Rengin Altay (Miss Cratchitt/Electra), Erin Burniston (June), Molly Callinan (Mazeppa), Matt DeCaro (Male Ensemble), Maddie DePorter (Showgirl), Adam Fane (Angie),Betsy Farrar (Toreadorable), Landree Fleming (Agnes), Marc Grapey (Male Ensemble), Rhett Guter (Tulsa), Kelly Anne Krauter (Toreadorable), Keith Kupferer (Herbie), Jared Rein (Ensemble), Barbara E. Robertson (Tessie Tura), Cullen Rogers (Ensemble), Jessica Rush (Louise), Joseph Sammour (Yonkers), and Dana Parker (Toreadorable). Check out a first look at Pitre as 'Rose' in pre-production shots below!

Legendary comedian Billy Crystal stopped by last night's Late Show with David Letterman on CBS and asked Dave about rumors of a recent fist fight between the talk show host and Regis Philbin during a recent performance of Crystal's one-man Broadway show, '700 Sundays.'

A new crop of local talent joins Goodman Theatre's artistic team for the 2013/2014 Season. The four Chicago-based writers named to the fourth season of the Playwrights Unit-a year-long residency program designed to support and develop new works-include Andrew Hinderaker, Gift Theatre ensemble member; Mickle Maher, cofounder of Theater Oobleck; Anne Garcia-Romero, a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists; and Laura Schellhardt, who oversees undergraduate playwriting at Northwestern University. A partnership with Chicago Dramatists, the Playwrights Unit meets twice per month with members of the Goodman's artistic team to discuss their plays-in-progress and provide feedback for one another. The program includes readings of the playwrights' works-in-progress at Chicago Dramatists in early 2014, and culminates in summer 2014 with staged readings of their completed works at the Goodman. Playwrights Unit alumni include Greg Allen, Alice Austen, Ike Holter and Christopher Oscar Peña (2012/2013 Season); Philip Dawkins, Nambi E. Kelley, Elaine Romero and Martin Zimmerman (2011/2012 Season); and Seth Bockley, Lisa Dillman, Laura Jacqmin and Rohina Malik (2010/2011 Season).

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) presents William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by CST Artistic Director Barbara Gaines. Embraced by audiences as one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, The Merry Wives of Windsor is an energetic romp with the lovable rogue Sir John Falstaff, performed by Scott Jaeck, as he charms and conspires against the townspeople of Windsor, only to be outsmarted by Mistress Page and Mistress Ford, performed by Kelli Fox and Heidi Kettenring. Chicago Shakespeare's production will transport audiences to post-war England in the late 1940s with a soundtrack of spirited dance music. The Merry Wives of Windsor will run in CST's Courtyard Theater now through January 19, 2014. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

The 2013 Heisman Trophy winner will present the Top Ten List on the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Monday, Dec. 16 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) presents William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by CST Artistic Director Barbara Gaines. Embraced by audiences as one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, The Merry Wives of Windsor is an energetic romp with the loveable rouge Sir John Falstaff, performed by Scott Jaeck, as he charms and conspires against the townspeople of Windsor, only to be outsmarted by Mistress Page and Mistress Ford, performed by Kelli Foxand Heidi Kettenring. The Merry Wives of Windsor is nonw running in CST's Courtyard Theater through January 19, 2014. BroadwayWorld has a first look below!

On last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN on CBS, talk show host Stephen Colbert danced, wore a fake mustache and showed off his elf ear. Check out the appearance below!

On CBS's THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, celebrities including Tom Hanks, Rob Lowe, Sylvester Stallone and more told Dave's Squirrels in Central Park jokes. Check out the all-star montage below!

'America's Got Talent' judge Howard Stern stopped by LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN on CBS with the intention of continuing the so-called 'Leno/Letterman' late-night feud. Watch the radio host stir up trouble in the clip below!

According to the Chicago Tribune, Broadway veteran Louise Pitre will lead GYPSY when it plays Chicago Shakespeare Theatre next year. Directed by Gary Griffin, the production will run at Chicago Shakespeare's Courtyard Theater, February 6- March 23.

On this week's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN on CBS, late night host David Letterman shared an all-new Ken Burns film, featuring Jennifer Lawrence, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Martha Stewart, about crack-smoking mayor Rob Ford.

Martha Stewart stopped by last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN on CBS and talked about dating on Match.com. Later, the guest took a selfie with the host!

Jonah Hill stopped by last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN on CBS and spoke about his 'all-time dream' of working with Martin Scorsese in the upcoming film, The Wolf of Wall Street.

The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence stopped by last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN and revealed that she had to go to the Emergency Room because of a troubling 'fulcer'.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper stopped by LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN on CBS last night and spoke about Mayor Tom Ford's recent antics. Check out the appearance below!

Actress Taraji P. Henson, star of the hit CBS drama PERSON OF INTEREST, talks about the shocking death of her character, Detective Carter, when she visits the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN

Michael J. Fox stopped by last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN on CBS and spoke about his recent feud with country music star Taylor Swift. Check out the appearance below!

'Good Wife' star Julianna Margulies stopped by last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN on CBS and spoke about her ER co-star George Clooney. Check out the appearance below!