Bill Murray News

Today, Variety dropped the new trailer for the new performance film, New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization, starring comedian and actor Bill Murray.

Today's top stories: Go inside Hairspray's return to the West End, Javier Munoz releases a new song, Krysta Rodriguez chats playing Liza Minnelli, and more!

Gilded Balloon will be bringing the UK's longest running comedy newcomer competition back for its 33rd year! After a one-year hiatus, the So You Think You're Funny? competition will take place online for the first time in its history.

Award-winning comedy icons Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards, celebrating the best in film and television. The telecast aired live coast to coast tonight, Sunday, February 28, 2021 from 5-8 p.m. PST/8-11 p.m. EST on NBC.

ZMC said today that it has acquired The Second City, the world's premier brand in improvisation and sketch-based comedy entertainment and education. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the film nominees for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards.  The winners will be revealed LIVE on The CW on Sunday, March 7, 2021 from 7-10pm ET/PT, with acclaimed film, television, and stage star Taye Diggs returning to host for his third consecutive time. 

This morning, Hollywood legends Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson revealed the nominees for the The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA)'s 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards. 

Michelle Dowdy has a lot of support from her man, Jordan Wolfe, who loves creating art with and for the girl of his dreams. Recently he made them a little ditty to put out for the holidays and the Christmas bop is taking over.

On Saturday, October 31, the McCoy Center will host a special community Halloween celebration screening of Ghostbusters, utilizing the Mershad Digital Experience, a state-of-the-art, digital projection and sound system that delivers superior brightness and color rendering, digital surround sound, and a full-immersion experience.

Rashida talks about her crazy childhood growing up around her dad Quincy Jones' huge celebrity friends, hanging out with Michael Jackson, being in quarantine with her son, working with Bill Murray on their new movie On the Rocks, learning to whistle for it, and she reveals why she couldn't watch the premiere with Marlon Wayans.

Chicagoa??s Second City comedy theater has been put up for sale.

Restrictions on public performances have meant that the Conservatory has had to reimagine the season gala for 2020-21 and, on October 17, the RCM is proud to present The Resounding Concert, a free online benefit event featuring a host of international superstars who have performed at Koerner Hall and have become its worldwide ambassadors.

The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced that AFI FEST 2020 presented by Audi will present four Tributes at this yeara??s festival.

Today, during the Hulu Press Tour, Hulu presented the company's lineup of upcoming original programming including semi-animated comedy series Woke starring Lamorne Morris; No Man's Land, the dramatic tale of the Syrian civil war; and the second season of Pen15, a middle school comedy set in the early 2000s starring Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine. The three Hulu Originals showcased today will join the company's growing slate of premium Original content, following a successful year of back-to-back new hits such as Little Fires Everywhere, Palm Springs, Solar Opposites, The Great, Normal People and more.  

Check out a few of the more obscure tidbits on the life and career of the great Stephen Sondheim as he becomes the first subject of our new series 10 Things You Might Not Know About...

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Kristin Linklater, world-renowned vocal coach and mother of Broadway veteran Hamish Linklater, passed away earlier this month in her Orkney home. She was 84 years old.

Angel Comedy, who run permanent London comedy venue The Bill Murray and the popular night at The Camden Head, both in Islington, is offering a number of new ventures in response to the Coronavirus crisis.

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the best film musicals since the sound era began; see if your favorites made the list!

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Caitlin Cook in Death Wish on April 23 at 9:30pm. Since she was seventeen, Cook has lived by a code: if something scares her, she has to do it. Join this LA-born, NYC-based, Oxford-educated, hyphen-addicted raconteur for a raucous hour of music, comedy, and bathroom stall graffiti art to find out why.

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and Conductor John Morris Russell are pleased to announce the details of their 2020-21 season at Music Hall. Highlights of the new season include return appearances by Pops favorites Audra McDonald, Pink Martini and Cirque de la Symphonie; live-orchestra-to-film presentations; a comedic tribute to orchestras by The Second City; JMR's 10th anniversary celebration, featuring a world premiere by Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre; two Lollipops concerts for younger audiences; and four annual Cincinnati traditions: Red White & Boom at Riverbend on Independence Day, Holiday Pops with vocalists Aubrey Logan and Darius de Haas, New Year's Eve at Music Hall and Classical Roots.