Beau Bridges News

Beau Bridges and his daughter Emily will be doing an in-store appearance at Samuel French in Studio City on Saturday, May 7th for their published play 'Acting: The First Six Lessons.' The play is an adaptation of Richard Boleslavsky's 1933 novel which tells the story of an acting teacher who teaches a young girl the craft of acting along with important life lessons. In Beau and Emily's adaption, the play spans 10 scenes progressing from the teacher's studio, to stage, to filming in Central park, leading to the pinnacle climax at the Empire State building.

Bergen County Players (BCP) presents Sordid Lives, a 'black comedy about white trash' by playwright Del Shores. The Opening date of the production has been changed to May 7th. Winner of 14 Drama League awards, including Best Production, Sordid Lives is a comedic twist on a story of unconditional love, acceptance and 'coming out' in a Texas family as they all arrive for the matriarch's funeral.

Bergen County Players (BCP) presents Sordid Lives, a 'black comedy about white trash' by playwright Del Shores. Winner of 14 Drama League awards, including Best Production, Sordid Lives is a comedic twist on a story of unconditional love, acceptance and 'coming out' in a Texas family as they all arrive for the matriarch's funeral.

The Museum of Modern Art presents a major retrospective of Charles Burnett, the American filmmaker who through three decades has chronicled the African American experience in over a dozen feature films and numerous shorts with actors including Danny Glover, Beau Bridges, Halle Berry, Lynn Redgrave, James Earl Jones, Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee.

The third installment of Kat Kramer's Films That Change the World will feature the world premiere of the documentary 'Elephants and Man: A Litany of Tragedy' at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood on Thursday, January 20.

Thora Birch has been released from the cast of the revival of Bram Stoker's DRACULA. Previews begin Tuesday, December 14 at the Little Shubert Theatre (422 West 42nd Street) in Manhattan. Official opening is set for January 5, 2011. Emily Bridges, Ms. Birch's understudy, steps into the role of Lucy. Ms. Bridges is the co-author of a stage adaptation of Acting: The First Six Lessons, which she wrote and performed with her father, Beau Bridges. A student at the London Dramatic Academy and Moscow Art Theatre School, she has appeared on stage in Gaslight, The Princess and the Frog, and Happy Hour and the movies Voyage of the Unicorn and The Uninvited.

Television icon and Emmy Award, Peabody Award and Cable ACE Award winner, Larry King (CNN's Larry King Live), will reign as the Grand Marshal of The 2010 Hollywood Christmas Parade Benefiting Marine Toys for Tots, to be presented live in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, November 28, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

Television icon and Emmy Award, Peabody Award and Cable ACE Award winner, Larry King (CNN's Larry King Live), will reign as the Grand Marshal of The 2010 Hollywood Christmas Parade Benefiting Marine Toys for Tots, to be presented live in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, November 28, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

Photos from the Steve Irwin Day Gala Dinner to celebrate the life Steve Irwin and raise funds for Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors at Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on November 13, 2010 in Brisbane, Australia.

Asolo Repertory Theatre announced the complete cast of its upcoming production of Bonnie & Clyde a thrilling new musical with book by Ivan Menchell (The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang); music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel); lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance); Music Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations by John McDaniel; and direction and musical staging by Tony Award- winner Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!). The production runs from November 16 - December 19, 2010 on the Asolo Rep mainstage-The Mertz Theatre. The press opening is November 19, at 8 p.m.

Yesterday, August 29, the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards took place in Los Angeles. BroadwayWorld brings you photo coverage of the HBO after-party below.

Last night, August 29, the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards were held in Los Angeles, CA. Entertainment Tonight hosted a starry after party, and BroadwayWorld brings you arrival coverage below.

The Guthrie Theater today announced that Sarah Agnew (currently appearing as Beatrice in Yale Rep's production of The Servant of Two Masters) will lead the cast of Rebecca Gilman's Dollhouse, playing Nora in a modern-day critique of middle-class life in an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's groundbreaking and controversial masterpiece A Doll's House (previously seen at the Guthrie in 1996).

The Guthrie Theater today announced that Sarah Agnew (currently appearing as Beatrice in Yale Rep's production of The Servant of Two Masters) will lead the cast of Rebecca Gilman's Dollhouse, playing Nora in a modern-day critique of middle-class life in an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's groundbreaking and controversial masterpiece A Doll's House (previously seen at the Guthrie in 1996).

Got Talent?, a competition benefiting QSAC, a NY agency serving people with autism, has announced three new celebrities who are joining the Grand Finale Judging panel on May 24 at the Times Square Arts Center.

Ah, Acting. Is there any more noble artform? To mimic, portray, and create life itself. It is the 'birth of the soul', as espoused by veteran screen actor Beau Bridges in his latest play Acting: The First Six Lessons. Adapted from Richard Boleslavsky's how-to book of principles on the craft of acting by Bridges and his daughter Emily, and starring them as well, the play chronicles a five-year relationship between an acting teacher and his developing young protégé. Since this play deals primarily with deconstructing the methodology behind a performance, it seems only fitting to review said performance piece in a similar manner. So here goes: the six essential principles of theatrical critiquing, as applied to Theatre West's production of Acting: The First Six Lessons.

Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner are helping make Times Square a little pinker - and all of New York City, in fact - as they present actor Leslie Jordan in his acclaimed solo show, My Trip Down The Pink Carpet, at the Midtown Theater (163 West 46th Street) this Spring.

Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner are helping make Times Square a little pinker - and all of New York City, in fact - as they present actor Leslie Jordan in his acclaimed solo show, My Trip Down The Pink Carpet, at the Midtown Theater (163 West 46th Street) this Spring.

Kevin Bacon will join Steve Carell in an untitled Dan Fogelman-Steve Carell project, according to The Hollywood Reporter. John Requa and Glenn Ficarra will direct the movie for Warner Bros. Filming will begin in late April.