E. L. James News

Back in February, when Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) announced their 2013-2014 season, Bruce Lumpkin, TUTS' Artistic Director, gave BroadwayWorld an exclusive heads up about an exciting development that was occurring within the organization. Now TUTS is ready to announce their exhilarating new project, an invigorating and diverse season of fresh, edgy musical theatre called TUTS Underground. This season will run in The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts' intimate Zilkha Hall and feature innovative modern works. According to Bruce Lumpkin, the intended audience for this line up is "a contemporary minded audience, an audience looking for something new, something different than what's been offered." The inaugural season for TUTS Underground will feature four fresh shows that are "not only new, newly done, but newly done for our audiences here."

The global release of FIFTY SHADES OF GREY will start in North America on Friday, August 1st, 2014 with opening dates around the world to be announced.

In Christopher Hampton's LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, Rosamonde says 'The only thing which might surprise one is how little the world changes.' This is certainly one thought that comes to mind upon viewing David Ives's VENUS IN FUR.

According to Deadline.com, Kelly Marcel, screenwriter for the film adaptation of E L James' FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, will now pen the script for director Joe Wright's new adaptation of THE LITTLE MERMAID for Working Title.

J.D. Robb's latest murder-mystery, titled CALCULATED IN DEATH, topped the NY Times' best fiction best seller list for the week ending March 17. Ben C. Carson and Candy Carson's AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL topped the nonfiction list, while LEAN IN: WOMEN, WORK, AND THE WILL TO LEAD by Sheryl Sandberg, took the top spot on Amazon's list. The top 10 for fiction, nonfiction, and more are below!

Whether you make it a date night or a girls night out, everyone is sure to get a kick out of 'SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody' at Club Nokia in LA Live on Feb 15, 16 and 17, 2013. This hilarious unauthorized musical satire brings the naughty fun of the saucy best-selling book to life in a laugh-filled high-energy show that's part Chippendales, part Second City, presented in one deliciously sexy package. The show is definitely for mature audiences so leave the kids at home.

New American Library (NAL), an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), will publish Tara Sue Me's fan fiction sensation, the Submissive Trilogy, it was announced today by NAL Publisher Kara Welsh.

As it turns out, the notion that readers of the 50 SHADES Trilogy are moms filling wait time while their kids finish sports or music practice isn't entirely accurate. A new analysis by Bowker® Market Research of buyers of the novels shows that less than 30 percent of purchases are to women with kids at home.

Imagination will release Fifty Shades of Grey: Party Game, a new party game, approved by author E L James, that allows all players to 'Release their Inner Goddess!' This is the first in a series of fun, social party games that will be available in the U.S. and Canada, United Kingdom and Australia on Monday December 10, 2012. The game will be released internationally in time for Valentine's Day 2013.

Amazon.com has just released their list of top selling books for the online marketplace: a strong surge of children's books have taken over the top 10, with some new releases filtering in just for the holiday shopping season. Check out the list below!

Amazon.com has just released their list of top selling books for the online marketplace: from children's stories to modern erotica, this week's Top 10 Reads includes a little something for any reader. Check out the list below!

Amazon.com has just released the top selling books for their online marketplace: from children's stories to modern erotica, this week's Top 10 Reads includes a little something for any reader. Check out the list below!

Universal Pictures and Focus Features today announced that Kelly Marcel will write the screenplay to the highly anticipated film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey." Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti will produce the film based on E L James' #1 Bestselling book, alongside James. The announcement was made by Universal Pictures Co-Chairman, Donna Langley and Focus Features' Chief Executive Officer, James Schamus.

The incomparable Barbra Streisand will make a rare television appearance on the debut season of Katie Couric's new daytime talk show KATIE. The superstar will discuss her passion, women and heart disease, as well as her return to Brooklyn for her first performance there in more than 50 years.

EMI Classics will release Fifty Shades of Grey - The Classical Album, a 15-track album featuring classical music personally selected by author E L James herself and referenced in her bestselling Fifty Shades book trilogy. The album will be available in the U.S. and Canada digitally today, August 21st and in CD format on September 18th. The album will be released internationally in both formats on September 17th.

EMI Classics will release Fifty Shades of Grey - The Classical Album, a 15-track album featuring classical music personally selected by author E L James herself and referenced in her bestselling Fifty Shades book trilogy. The album will be available in the U.S. and Canada digitally on August 21st and in CD format on September 18th. The album will be released internationally in both formats on September 17th.

The upcoming film adaptation of the best-selling novel 50 SHADES OF GREY, coming from Universal Pictures and Focus Features will be produced by Mike De Luca and Dana Brunetti, according to The Hollywood Reporter.