Colt Prattes News

DIRTY DANCING, the global pop-cultural phenomenon, becomes a three-hour filmed musical event on ABC. The network will premiere the film on Wednesday, May 24, 8:00-11:00 p.m. Sarah Hyland just took to Instagram to share a sneak peek of herself as 'Lisa Houseman' - check it out below!

The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills today announced it has selected four outstanding new television programs to be featured in the 2017 PaleyLive Spring Season. These four star-studded PaleyLive LA events highlight the cast and creative teams of new and highly anticipated series including: FOX's new thrilling event series Prison Break; the new groundbreaking ABC comedy series Speechless; the CW's teen soap Riverdale; and the ABC musical of Dirty Dancing.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! This weekend's big news: Lynn Nottage's SWEAT begins previews on Broadway this weekend, and NEWSIES seizes the day with an encore screening at cinemas across the country!

Below, get a first look at poster art featuring  Abigail Breslin ('Scream Queens') as Baby and Colt Prattes ('Rock of Ages,' Pink's music video 'Try') as Johnny!

The ABC Television Network has announced midseason premiere dates for the mini-series 'When We Rise' and series premiere dates for the one-hour drama 'Time After Time,' half-hour comedy 'Imaginary Mary' and the event movie 'Dirty Dancing,'

On Sunday, October 16, the wildly popular cabaret benefit, Les Girls, returned to the stage for its 16th annual celebration. Hosted by Ari Graynor (For a Good Time, Call...), the event kicked off with a cocktail reception and silent auction followed by a sexy and wickedly funny evening of entertainment, made possible by the donated performances of some of Hollywood's top personalities! All the proceeds supported the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund's Breast Cancer Deadline 2020, a strategic plan of action with a January 1, 2020 deadline for knowing how to end the disease. Scroll down for photos from the event!

At Sunday's Television Critics Association's summer press tour, Jennifer Grey revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that she turned down an offer to appear in ABC's upcoming remake of the 1980's classic DIRTY DANCING. 

Broadway stars and a host of musical presentations are on tap for the upcoming 2016-17 primetime television season. Included in THE LINEUP will be new series starring HAMILTON's Christopher Jackson, FROZEN's Kristen Bell and BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY star Stephen Pasquale.

This morning BroadwayWorld participated in a media conference call with ABC president Channing Dungey regarding the network's just-announced 2016-17 programming slate.

ABC continues its commitment to distinctive storytelling with the announcement of its 2016-17 slate of programming, including the addition of nine new series. Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment, will unveil the network's new lineup to the advertising and media communities this afternoon at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall, in New York City.

Katey Sagal is the latest actor to sign on to ABC's upcoming three-hour reboot of DIRTY DANCING.

Bruce Greeenwood will take on the role of Dr. Jake Houseman, Baby's father, in ABC's upcoming DIRTY DANCING remake.

Nicole Scherzinger has signed on to portray Penny, the role played by Cynthia Rhodes in the 1987 classic.

A Broadway veteran is officially heading to the small screen in ABC's remake of the 1987 film DIRTY DANCING.

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: HOLD ON TO ME DARLING starts off-Broadway and BILLY ELLIOT heads across the UK!

Broadway actor Colt Prattes is the 'hunk' in Pink's new music video 'TRY' which has hit No. 1 on the billboards. Prattes is the face of this year's 'Broadway Bares' poster, and has appeared on Broadway in the 2011 revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and West Side Story, as well as the US national tour of A Chorus Line and a NYMF production of Go-Go Beach. Check out a shot of Prattes going acrobatic with Pink below, then watch the video!

The 50th Anniversary production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, will host "University Week: HOW TO SUCCEED In The Arts" from today, April 24 to April 26 at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street).

The 50th Anniversary production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, will host "University Week: HOW TO SUCCEED In The Arts" from April 24-26 at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street).

The hotly anticipated BROADWAY BARES will pay tribute to our favorite childhood fairy tales as only the modern-day burlesque show could when this year's edition of the immensely popular event becomes BROADWAY BARES XXII: HAPPY ENDINGS.