30 years ago today, Dreamgirls premiered on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre. The production was directed by Michael Bennett, produced by Bennett, Bob Avian, Geffen Records, and The Shubert Organization, and choreographed by Bennett and Michael Peters. It starred Sheryl Lee Ralph as Deena Jones, Jennifer Holliday as Effie White, Loretta Devine as Lorrell Robinson, Ben Harney as Curtis Taylor, Jr., Cleavant Derricks as James 'Thunder' Early, and Obba Babatundé as C. C. White. Dreamgirls proved to be a star-making vehicle for several of its performers, particularly Holliday, whose performance as Effie received significant praise.
Shrek The Musical will spread goodwill and cheer this festive season. On Thursday, December 15, 2011, students from Blessed Sacrament RC Primary School, Islington treated audience members to Christmas carols following the matinee performance at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
FX has ordered its next drama pilot, The Americans, which was Created by Joe Weisberg, announced Nick Grad, Executive Vice President, Original Programming, FX.
Crimson Forest VFX/Animation Studio, one of China's most modern and fastest growing film and animation studios, is taking viewers to entirely new realms of the imagination with its upcoming 100-part animation series, Ginseng vs. Aliens.
Three-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and virtuoso guitarist Brian Setzer is unleashing his Rockabilly Riot Tour in a WXRT show at Lincolnshire's Viper Alley Saturday, Jan. 28 at8:30 pm. Doors open at 6 pm.
Nominees for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2011 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center's SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood. Several Broadway favorites made the cut, including recent Kennedy Center inductee Meryl Street (The Iron Lady), Tony winner Viola Davis (The Help) and more!
Nominees for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2011 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center's SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.
DreamWorks Theatricals and NETworks Presentations, LLC. have announced that Shrek The Musical will play at Hershey Theatre from December 27 through January 1.
MADAGASCAR 3 is coming to theaters on June 8, 2012 from Dreamworks Pictures. The animated adventure film is directed by Eric Darnell, written by Noah Baumbach and stars the voices of Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, Frances McDormand, Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock, Sascha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer and Andy Richter.
59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes theNEST with the world premiere of ONE THOUSAND BLINKS, written by Nick Starr and directed by Malinda Sorci.
DreamWorks Theatricals and NETworks Presentations, LLC. are pleased to announce that Shrek the Musical with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, will play the Ohio Theatre for one week only, January 10-15.
Together with DreamWorks Theatricals and NETworks Presentations, LLC. The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and Broadway Across America announced that SHREK THE MUSICAL, with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, will play the Adrienne Arsht Center, for one week only, December 6-11, 2011 as part of the Broadway in Miami 2011-2012 season presented by Bank of America.
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood has just announced the nominations and award recipients for the 38th Annual Annie Awards. Award recipients will claim their trophies at the 39th Annual Annie Awards scheduled for Saturday, February 4, 2012 at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. The full list of nominees is as follows:
Young people have the opportunity to get in the picture as The Coca-Cola Cinemagic Festival, funded by Northern Ireland Screen supported by DCAL, opened in Belfast yesterday (16th November) and runs for 17 action packed days until 2nd December.
FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post will help celebrate the holidays with a very special appearance by TV and stage star TONY DANZA. Danza will return to Feinstein's at Loews Regency as the special guest of the club's founder MICHAEL FEINSTEIN for three shows only at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street). They will take place on Thursday, December 1 at 8:30 PM; and Friday, December 2 at 8:00 PM and 10:30 PM.
President of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) J.L. "Lynn" Singleton is pleased to announce that Citizens Bank is the sponsor of SHREK THE MUSICAL, at PPAC January 3 - 8, 2012.
Big League Productions presents the critically acclaimed, record-breaking Broadway musical production Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical at The Fox Theatre during the 2011 holiday season.
