Dori Berinstein News

Today's top stories: watch the official teaser for The Prom film, featuring Meryl Streep, Andrew Rannells, Nicole Kidman, Ariana DeBose, James Corden, Kerry Washington, and more!

The Broadway Podcast Network has announced Broadway’s first digital Soap Opera, AS THE CURTAIN RISES. Written by Dori Berinstein and Mark Peikert, AS THE CURTAIN RISES takes you on a never before behind the scenes look at the drama behind the most dramatic business in the world.

The official teaser trailer for the film adaptation of 'The Prom' is out now!

Broadway favorite 'The Prom' is coming to Netflix in a new film adaptation from Ryan Murphy! 

The Actors Fund announced today that Life on the Stage: Conversation and Film, presented by Jacob Burns Film Center in partnership with The Actors Fund, returns with filmmaker and JBFC Board Member Ron Howard on October 13 at 7:30 PM ET in a live virtual conversation about his film Frost/Nixon, moderated by Dori Berinstein.

Tony Award-winning Producer Ken Davenport (Once On This Island) has announced speakers signed on for the fourth annual TheaterMakers Summit on November 14th and 15th. This year, the event will be held virtually for attendees and speakers.

Broadway for Biden's second Town Hall event will stream online this Saturday, September 19 at 2:00pm EST and feature Vasthy E. Mompoint (The Prom), Dimitri Moise (Beautiful, The Book of Mormon), and Doug Carfrae (actor and Trustee of the Equity-League Pension and Health Fund), and moderated by award-winning producer and director Dori Berinstein.

Ryan Murphy has revealed on Twitter that The Prom movie will officially be released on Netflix on December 11.

The Prom must go on! As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Ryan Murphy's upcoming Netflix adaptation of The Prom is still on track to be released later this year. Now he's sharing a photo from the set!

Joshua Bell today releases the new album Joshua Bell: At Home With Music (LIVE) for Sony Classical.  Available everywhere now, the companion album includes audio recordings of eight musical performances featuring Joshua Bell,  his wife, soprano Larisa Martínez as well as guest artists and friends Jeremy Denk, Peter Dugan, and Kamal Khan from the forthcoming PBS-TV broadcast special, “Joshua Bell: At Home With Music.”

Joshua Bell will star in a new PBS nationwide broadcast special, 'Joshua Bell: At Home With Music,' airing August 16, 2020, at 7PM ET/6PM CT, and available to stream here via the PBS website in the U.S. for two weeks afterwards.

Dramatists Guild Foundation (DGF) honors the life and legacy of Emmy-nominated, Obie-Award-winning actress and comedian Georgia Engel with a new namesake Award for a playwright in comedy. The inaugural recipient is Bess Wohl (a?oeGrand Horizons,a?? a?oeSmall Mouth Sounds,a?? Make Believea??). 

The film adaptation of the Broadway musical The Prom is starting up production again on Thursday at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood.

Michael James Scott (Aladdin, Book of Mormon), Kate Reinders (Something Rotten, Wicked, Gypsy, 'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series'on Disney+), and Miguel Cervantes (Hamilton, If/Then) are the latest Broadway stars to join host David Alpert (If/Then) on the new podcast 'E-Ticket to Broadway.'

The Broadway Podcast Network has announced the first-ever cross-continent BE MORE CHILL Reunion LIVE on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 9:00 pm, among some special surprises, this will be the first time the Broadway and West End casts will meet, exclusively on the Broadway Podcast Network.

Today (July 14) in live streaming: Richard Ridge chats with Bernadette Peters, Tim Minchin hosts a listening party and so much more!

David Alpert, in association with the Broadway Podcast Network, has announced the launch of E-TICKET TO BROADWAY, a brand new podcast that features Broadway stars chatting about their love of the Disney Theme Parks.

Songs from the musical podcast BLEEDING LOVE are being released for free download. BLEEDING LOVE features book and story by Jason Schafer, suggested by Oscar Wilde's 'The Nightingale and the Rose, music by Arthur Lafrentz Bacon, lyrics by Harris Doran, directed and edited by Doran.

The Broadway Podcast network will celebrate Pride month with a special section of the website highlighting a variety of programming to mark the occasion.

Why not use the lockdown period to catch up on your musical theatre history? From the making of iconic shows to fascinating backstage tales and industry insight, these documentaries help to fill the stagey void.