Dreamworks News

Based on the hit DreamWorks film and the incredible true story that inspired it, the first national tour of the high-flying Broadway musical CATCH ME IF YOU CAN will land in Philadelphia at the Academy of Music for a limited engagement Jan. 15 - 20. The press opening is scheduled for Tues. Jan. 15 at 7:30 pm.

Hollywood star Anjelica Huston visited CBS's 'The Talk' yesterday and shared stories about life among Hollywood royalty, dating Jack Nicholson and revealed some of the upcoming guest stars on the upcoming season of SMASH. Check out her appearance below!

SHREK opens in Rio de Janeiro starring Diego Luri, chosen from among hundreds of actors to be in Brazil, the world's most famous ogre. Along with Diego are names like Sara Sarres (Christine in The Phantom of the Opera, Cosette in Les Miserables, Jellyrolum in Cats, Anita in West Side Story and recently, Morticia in Addams Family, among many other productions), Rodrigo Sant'Anna (currently the most popular star of Brazilian television), Marcel Octavio (7- o musical e Hair ) as well as veteran actors of musical theatre, like Mauro Gorini (Jeckyl and Hyde, Company), Fabricio Negri, Giulia Nadruz, Conrado Helt and many others.

The Orpheum Theater is set to bring CATCH ME IF YOU CAN to Minneapolis audiences from tonight, December 11 through the 16th.

Producers Letty Aronson and Julian Schlossberg have just announced a creative team of award winning Broadway veterans for the world premiere production of BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, the new Broadway musical adaptation of Woody Allen's and Douglas McGrath's screenplay of the 1994 film.

Shrek the Halls" airs MONDAY, DECEMBER 24 (8:30-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

The original cast recording of the acclaimed TRIASSIC PARQ The Musical is set to debut this Friday, December 14th on iTunes and Amazon.

"Smash" returns to the NBC lineup for a second season on Tuesday, February 5 (9-10 p.m. ET) and will continue in its regular time slot on Tuesday, February 12 (10-11 p.m. ET). Below, check out the just-released behind-the-scenes first look at Season 2, featuring Jennifer Hudson as 'Veronica', Karen (Katharine McPhee)'s new love interest played by Newsies' Jeremy Jordan, tensions growing between songwriting collaborators Julia (Debra Messing) and Tom (Christian Borle)!

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. today announced that Michael Francis has been named to the newly created position of Chief Global Brand Officer.

Leading up to SMASH's midseason premiere in February, the most recent issue of Entertainment Weekly (Dec. 14, 2012) gave viewers the scoop on what to expect from the new season, from A CHRISTMAS STORY - THE MUSICAL's composing team Pasek & Paul's new tunes to NEWSIES star Jeremy Jordan and his character's budding rock musical.

The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, presents the return engagement of LESLIE JORDAN, Emmy Award-winning star of the hit TV comedy "Will & Grace" and author of My Trip Down the Pink Carpet. For the Bay Area debut of his new show, "Fruit Fly", Leslie travels back in time using show-and-tell to take the audience on the ride of a lifetime. Do gay men become their mothers? That is the question asked in Leslie's hilarious and touching new romp featuring childhood recollections combined with perilous teenage shenanigans. Jordan's storytelling skills abound and will make for an evening of fun and thought-provoking theater. The show will run December 18 through December 22.

What do you get when you combine Christmas, Disney styling and a singer currently touring with the 25th Anniversary production of Les Miserables? You get a spectacular, one of a kind Christmas EP. Ian Patrick Gibb's new EP, "The Time of the Year for Miracles."

Dallas Summer Musicals, Inc. (DSM) will offer Mini Packs of four or more shows. Pick at least three other shows and then add WICKED, Disney's THE LION KING, or another show to create your 4-Show Mini Pack. Pick any 5 or more shows to create a 5 or 6 Show Mini Pack, including CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, MARY POPPINS, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, SISTER ACT, and FLASHDANCE. See below for a full list of shows.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the full company for Good People, the humor-filled Broadway hit about class, fate and economic hardship from Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole). Esteemed Canadian director Jackie Maxwell, now in her 11th season as Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival, makes her D.C. directorial debut and returns to direct in the United States after five years. Named Best Play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle during its Broadway run, Good People runs February 1-March 10, 2013 in the Kreeger Theater.

Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq:NFLX) and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) today announced a new multi-year licensing agreement that will make Netflix the exclusive U.S. subscription television service for first-run live-action and animated feature films from The Walt Disney Studios.

Every person that I've dealt with in the Philippines has been wonderful. The desire to get it right there is very strong. - David Gallo

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the publication of Tony Kushner's critically acclaimed screenplay for Lincoln, now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. Inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, the published screenplay of Lincoln will contain eight pages of color photos from the film. The book will be released on January 22, 2013, and is now available for pre-order via the TCG website.

Situation Interactive, a leading creative and marketing agency for experiential brands, has been once again named to Crain's Magazine's annual list of the top 50 best places to work in New York City. This is the agency's third appearance on the list joining a select group of only seven companies in New York City to have earned this honor three consecutive years in a row.

Nominations for the 40th Annual Annie Awards have been announced. Winners will be announced during the awards ceremony which will take place on February 2 at UCLA's Royce Hall.

Many of the movie industry's biggest names came out to pay tribute to an eclectic group of honorees at the Academy's fourth annual Governors Awards held on December 1 at the Hollywood & Highland Center's Ray Dolby Ballroom. Below, watch Jeffrey Katzenberg accept the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the ceremony.