David Paterson News

Production & Celebrity Entertainment, with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact, has announced a one-night-only reading of "8," a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8, written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black.

The Second Annual Gold Coast International Film Festival presented by the Great Neck Arts Center, with the Town of North Hempstead as Founding Sponsor, will present seven days and nights of bold, dynamic films, programs, panels, tributes, conversations, awards and festivities on Long Island's North Shore. GCIFF gets underway Monday, October 22 with two pre-festival events followed by its Opening Night Gala on Wednesday, and then runs at the Clearview Cinemas in the communities of Manhasset, Roslyn, Great Neck and Port Washington through Sunday, October 28, 2012.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Grove Theater Center (Los Angeles, CA) with the New York City premiere of ETERNAL EQUINOX, written by Joyce Hokin Sachs and directed by Kevin Cochran.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Grove Theater Center (Los Angeles, CA) with the New York City premiere of ETERNAL EQUINOX, written by Joyce Hokin Sachs and directed by Kevin Cochran.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Grove Theater Center (Los Angeles, CA) with the New York City premiere of ETERNAL EQUINOX, written by Joyce Hokin Sachs and directed by Kevin Cochran.

The Broadway stars of Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' smash hit musical MAMMA MIA!, "Dynamos" Lisa Brescia, Judy McLane and Jennifer Perry, will perform the ABBA mega hit "Dancing Queen" live on WOR Radio's star-studded annual "Red Kettle Day" radiothon broadcast tomorrow, Friday, December 9 at 5:40 p.m.

Academy, Tony and four-time Emmy Award nominee Bob Balaban; acclaimed 'White Collar' television star Matt Bomer; Emmy Award-winning journalist Campbell Brown; celebrated playwright and gay rights activist Larry Kramer; two-time Academy Award-nominated, multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning, two-time Tony Award-winning actor John Lithgow; Tony Award nominee and Broadway Impact Co-Founder Rory O'Malley; and Emmy Award winner and three-time Golden Globe Award nominee Bradley Whitford will appear in the world premiere of '8' on Broadway, joining the previously announced Anthony Edwards, Morgan Freeman, Cheyenne Jackson, Christine Lahti, Rob Reiner, Yeardley Smith and Marisa Tomei. The production is an unprecedented account of the Federal District Court trial in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown), the case filed by AFER to overturn Proposition 8, which eliminated the right to marry for gay and lesbian couples in California.

Academy, Tony and four-time Emmy Award nominee Bob Balaban; acclaimed 'White Collar' television star Matt Bomer; Emmy Award-winning journalist Campbell Brown; celebrated playwright and gay rights activist Larry Kramer; two-time Academy Award-nominated, multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning, two-time Tony Award-winning actor John Lithgow; Tony Award nominee and Broadway Impact Co-Founder Rory O'Malley; and Emmy Award winner and three-time Golden Globe Award nominee Bradley Whitford will appear in the world premiere of '8' on Broadway, joining the previously announced Anthony Edwards, Morgan Freeman, Cheyenne Jackson, Christine Lahti, Rob Reiner, Yeardley Smith and Marisa Tomei. The production is an unprecedented account of the Federal District Court trial in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown), the case filed by AFER to overturn Proposition 8, which eliminated the right to marry for gay and lesbian couples in California.

'WEEKEND UPDATE' ANCHOR SETH MEYERS - 'Earlier today, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' was repealed in a landmark Senate vote. Sixty-five Senators voting 'yea' and 31 voting 'I'm old.'

Photos from the American Museum of Natural History's 2010 Museum Gala at the American Museum of Natural History on November 18, 2010 in New York City.

Photos from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights Ripple of Hope awards dinner at Chelsea Piers on November 17, 2010 in New York City.

The opening night reception for Revealing Mexico Week at the Top of the Rock in Rockefeller Center in New York on October 25, 2010.

Andrew Veenstra, currently appearing as John Wilkes Booth in Luigi Creatore's new play "AN ERROR OF THE MOON," is set to do a live interview with Dan Miller on Westchester's WVOX Radio (1460 AM) this Wednesday, September 15th at 6:10 p.m.

Andrew Veenstra, currently appearing as John Wilkes Booth in Luigi Creatore's new play "AN ERROR OF THE MOON," is set to do a live interview with Dan Miller on Westchester's WVOX Radio (1460 AM) this Wednesday, September 15th at 6:10 p.m.

Prince Harry took part in the Achilles Hope and Possibility Race in Central Park on June 27. Also in attendance were Cindy McCain and New York Governor David Paterson. Broadwayworld brings you coverage of the event below.

The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, held its annual Greater New York Gala Dinner on Saturday, February 6, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. The event was co-chaired by Bryan Parsons and Michelle Galindo.

The Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City will honor five community leaders and organizations at the club's fourth annual Women's Awards on Thursday, January 21, 2009 to be held at the Stonewall Inn.

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that 'New York Governor David Paterson on Tuesday proposed $420 million per year in state money for the continuation of tax credits for film and TV productions in the Empire State through 2014.'

The Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City will honor five community leaders and organizations at the club's fourth annual Women's Awards on Thursday, January 21, 2009 to be held at the Stonewall Inn.

Jim Brochu, author and star of Off-Broadway's ZERO HOUR, is set to do a live interview on Westchester's WVOX Radio (1460 AM) this Wednesday, January 6th at 6:40 p.m. Brochu will discuss the creation of the play as well as his portrayal of theatre legend Zero Mostel with Dan Miller in the 'Spotlight on Theatre' segment on Miller's popular weekly talk show 'In Focus.' The interview can also be heard live at www.wvox.com. New York Governor David Paterson and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo both agree that WVOX is 'the most influential radio station in New York state.'