Dan Aykroyd News

Check out this interview video with Lea Michele, Megan Hilty and Bernadette Peters talking about their character work for the DOROTHY OF OZ animated film.

TVGuide.com reports that Broadway vet and talk show host Rosie O'Donnell is set to guest star on TV Land's comedy series HAPPILY DIVORCED.

According to Hollywood Reporter, the recently created Blues Brothers Approved Ventures LLC and Panacea Entertainment, with oversight by Panacea founder and chairman Eric Gardner, have teamed up to manage the Blues Brothers property. The group is considering the production of a Blues Brothers Broadway musical in addition to the already announced television series developed by Dan Akroyd, Judy Belushi and Eric Gardner. Other possibilities include an animated series, a Las Vegas residency for the currently touring Official Blues Brothers Revue, licensing, endorsement, a branded radio network, book publishing, telephony and a greater social media presence, Hollywood Reporter writes.

The Gallo Center for the Arts will bring The All New original Tribute to The Blues Brothers to Modesto for two performances on Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31 at 8:00 PM. Live on stage, Jake and Elwood turn up the heat with rhythm 'n' blues hits like Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, Soul Man, and Think, from the blockbuster movie.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, comedian Dan Aykroyd has announced that he will be starring in a new movie with fellow 'Saturday Night Live' alum Chevy Chase.

Dust off your porkpie hat, shine your dancing shoes and don your Ray Bans: Performing Arts Fort Worth welcomes The All New Original Tribute to the Blues Brothers to Bass Performance Hall on Monday, March 19, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $22, and are on sale now.

Ravinia Festival President and CEO Welz Kauffman announced the festival's 2012 season, which offers more than 100 separate events exemplifying most musical genres, including the 77th residency of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The summer boasts a variety of music's legends from Philip Glass to James Taylor, along with 43 debuts, including Glee and Wicked star Idina Menzel, reggae master Jimmy Cliff, classic rocker Santana, Grammy-and-Oscar sensation Esperanza Spalding, and Musical America's "conductor of the year" Jaap van Zweden. Ravinia Music Director James Conlon celebrates the 35th anniversary of his own festival debut as his contract is extended through 2014.

Dan Aykroyd and Judith Belushi have announced a special star-studded performance of The Official Blues Brothers Revue to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the passing of John Belushi a/k/a 'Joliet Jake'.

The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is set to present The Official Blues Brothers Revue as part of the Off Broadway Series in Vogel Hall through March 4.

The Gallo Center for the Arts will bring The All New original Tribute to The Blues Brothers to Modesto for two performances on Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31 at 8:00 PM. Live on stage, Jake and Elwood turn up the heat with rhythm 'n' blues hits like Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, Soul Man, and Think, from the blockbuster movie.

The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is set to present The Official Blues Brothers Revue as part of the Off Broadway Series in Vogel Hall on March 2-4.

Dan Aykroyd and Judith Belushi have announced a special star-studded performance of The Official Blues Brothers Revue to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the passing of John Belushi a/k/a 'Joliet Jake'.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts will present THE ALL NEW ORIGINAL TRIBUTE TO THE BLUES BROTHERS, the critically acclaimed featuring cast members from the original West End run on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 8pm.

Thirty years on, the Blues Brothers live on in The Official Blues Brothers Revue which arrives at Jacksonville's Times-Union Center on Thursday, February 23rd at 7:30PM.

Thirty years after the famous movie's debut, the Blues Brothers live on in The Official Blues Brothers Revue, starring Wayne Catania as Jake and Kieron Lafferty as Elwood. This Blues Brothers Revue is the only show to be officially sanctioned by Dan Aykroyd and Judith Belushi Pisano, wife of the late John Belushi.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts will present THE ALL NEW ORIGINAL TRIBUTE TO THE BLUES BROTHERS, the critically acclaimed featuring cast members from the original West End run on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 8pm.

Thirty years after the famous movie's debut, the Blues Brothers live on in The Official Blues Brothers Revue, starring Wayne Catania as Jake and Kieron Lafferty as Elwood. This Blues Brothers Revue is the only show to be officially sanctioned by Dan Aykroyd and Judith Belushi Pisano, wife of the late John Belushi.

Thirty years after the famous movie's debut, the Blues Brothers live on in The Official Blues Brothers Revue, starring Wayne Catania as Jake and Kieron Lafferty as Elwood. This Blues Brothers Revue is the only show to be officially sanctioned by Dan Aykroyd and Judith Belushi Pisano, wife of the late John Belushi.

+ Unique Comedy with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, The Improvised Shakespeare Company and Capitol Steps + Hit Shows Like DAMN YANKEES, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES & FOREVER TANGO + Classic Music from the Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Haochen Zhang & Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio + Legendary Artists Bernadette Peters, Patti LaBelle and Arlene Dahl + Tributes to Sinatra, the Blues Brothers and John Lennon + ArtSmart Lecture Series, Family Fare and more.

Dan Aykroyd and the Belushi Estate hand-picked this Jake and Elwood for The Official Blues Brothers Revue, bursting onto the Van Wezel stage Wed. Feb. 8 @ 8 PM for a one-of-a-kind stage show that faithfully recreates the magic of the Blues Brothers including the music, comic antics and affectionate character quirks that made blues fans out of millions of rockers in the 1970s and ‘80s.