Cecily Strong News

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Something Really Rotten: Cut Songs From the Show with the Original Cast; Jay Armstrong Johnson at 54 Below; The Skivvies; The Tyler Mount Vlog Live! with Matt Doyle, Lesli Margherita & Kara Lindsay; and Broadway Acts for Women, with Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Lena Hall, and more. 

Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.

Reproductive rights advocacy organization A is For is bringing together stars of stage and screen with 'Broadway Acts for Women: A Star-Studded Night of Karaoke and Comedy' on May 1, 2016 to Benefit Jane's Due Process, Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund; Physicians for Reproductive Health. 

Reproductive rights advocacy organization A is For is bringing together stars of stage and screen with 'Broadway Acts for Women: A Star-Studded Night of Karaoke and Comedy' on May 1, 2016.

“Chicago Fire” (1.6/5 in 18-49, 7.7 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET) ranks #1 or tied for #1 in the time period among ABC, CBS and NBC in every key measure and ranks #1 by a +45% margin among those nets in adults 18-49 (1.6 vs. 1.1 for CBS's #2 “Limitless”).

Discussing political sketches on this morning's TODAY, she says she tries to play Melania Trump as “likable” on SNL: “I don’t like to go really mean in my comedy.”

In the promo below for this Saturday's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, host Peter Dinklage wars SNL regular Cecily Strong that 'Summer is Coming!'

THE BRONZE is a quirky little film, a dark comedy like BAD SANTA, a sports flick like SLAP SHOT. Hope Ann Greggory is the kind of character you don't see too often - played by a woman, that is.

On last night's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE host Ariana Grande channeled the SOUND OF MUSIC's Maria who catches her fellow nuns singing smack about her.

At last night's star-studded American Songbook Gala honoring Executive Producer Lorne Michaels, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) raised $2.1 million towards supporting its popular American Songbook series and Lincoln Center's other performance series, as well as its educational and community initiatives.

In NETFLIX PRESENTS: THE CHARACTERS, the next generation of comedians get a chance that only Netflix could offer: the opportunity to create their own 30-minute episodes and do whatever they want.

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In one Disney-inspired sketch, Driver and Cecily Strong sang 'A Whole New World' aboard a magic carpet in a less than romantic ride through the sky. Check out all the sketches below!

George Street Playhouse today announced the cast of David Rush's Nureyev's Eyes, which runs February 2 through February 21 at the New Brunswick theatre.  Bill Dawes will portray Russian defector and star of ballet and screen, Rudolf Nureyev; William Connell will play painter Jamie Wyeth, the son of famed artist Andrew Wyeth and grandson of illustrator N.C. Wyeth. The production will be helmed by George Street Playhouse Resident Artistic Director Michael Mastro.

24 HOURS PLAYS ON BROADWAY, for Urban Arts Partnership and The 24 Hour Company, takes place tonight, November 16th, featuring a cast that includes John Krasinski and Traci Thoms.

On the November 14th SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, cast member Cecily Strong began the broadcast by sharing a poignant message in both English and French to the residents of Paris from the people of New York.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Kevin Daniels, best known for his award winning turn as Magic Johnson on Broadway in MAGIC/BIRD, has joined the cast of 24 HOURS PLAYS ON BROADWAY for Urban Arts Partnership and The 24 Hour Company. 

As the season for giving quickly approaches, The Second City is joining forces with all-star alumni, rock music legends and comedy industry vets for their first-ever online auction to benefit needy Chicago families.

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump will return to studio 8H as host for 'Saturday Night Live' on November 7. Trump previously hosted SNL on April 3, 2004.