Ed Asner News

Members of Los Angeles' 'Pro99' movement, including actors Frances Fisher and Alfred Molina, spoke out today about the recent response leveled by Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional stage actors and stage managers, against its own Los Angeles members who are part of the movement.

Just announced, Dress Circle Publishing will release THE UNTOLD STORIES OF BROADWAY, VOLUME 3, the latest in a series by acclaimed historian and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper on Tuesday, November 15.

Annette Warren, the "secret" singing voice of Ava Gardner and Lucille Ball in such films as the MGM classic "Show Boat," and a nightclub, TV and recording star who career spans the past 70 years, will celebrate her 94th birthday with a special performance of her new one-woman show, "I Ain't Done Yet" at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood on Wed., July 13 at 8:30 PM.  The show will trace her life with songs and stories from her beginning in Cleveland, through her successes in New York, London and Los Angeles.

Los Angeles based Hollywood Scribbler Theatre closes out Presidential Election Shorts, timely and smart short comedies poking fun at American politics and politicians from 1776 to the Present with two final performances Friday, June 17 at 4 p.m. and Monday, June 20 at 8 p.m.at The Lounge Theatre Santa Monica Blvd Los Angeles, CA. Tickets are $15. 

Watch as Tony nominee Michael Shannon takes the stage with 'Here Comes Your Man' by 80's rock band, the Pixies! on Thursday night's LIP SYNC BATTLE.

The globally recognized Garden State Film Festival (GSFF) announces that its annual 'Call for Entries' is open now through December 1, 2016.

Papa Weeze will host a charity estate sale on from June 9-12, 8 am to 5 pm, all proceeds benefiting Living Faith, a nonprofit organization supporting the annual Easter production The Cross and the Light. Items for sale will include furniture, clothing, artwork, appliances, dorm furniture, jewelry, dolls, knick knacks, children's clothing, tools, lawn equipment, household goods, machinery, and other treasures.

From royalty, to rockers; revolutionaries to refugees- check out who's new to the Tony block this year, below!

This July, the Long Island International Film Expo will present Actor/Activist Ed Asner with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his extraordinary contributions to cinema over his lengthy career which has spanned decades from his work on the Mary Tyler Moore Show to recent Film/TV and Theatre work! This year's Expo set to be held from July 13 - 21, 2016 at the historic Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY!

This July, the Long Island International Film Expo will present Actor/Activist Ed Asner with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his extraordinary contributions to cinema over his lengthy career

Conceived and Directed by Grammy nominated Producer, Director, Writer, and Composer Bruce Kimmel, L.A. NOW AND THEN, is a new musical revue about the city that was and the city that is.

Laguna Playhouse Artistic Director Ann E. Wareham is thrilled to announce the fifth show in the Laguna Playhouse 2015-2016 season, Julia Duffy starring in SEX AND EDUCATION, written by Lissa Levin and directed by Andrew Barnicle.

Laguna Playhouse Artistic Director Ann E. Wareham presents the fifth show in the Laguna Playhouse 2015-2016 season, Julia Duffy starring in SEX AND EDUCATION, written by Lissa Levin and directed by Andrew Barnicle.

Ed Asner, winner of seven EMMY Awards with 20 nominations and five Golden Globes, will star in the staged reading of Walter Bagot's third play, Elevator Music, at the Skylight Theatre. An entertainment icon, Broadway performer, and Television Academy "Hall of Famer," Asner will be sharing the stage with theatre veteran Rob Nagle (recently Rogue Machine's Pocatello, Antaeus, Troubadour, Denver Center, and Arena Stage).

Marin Theatre Company is honored to participate in the 2nd Annual National Jewish Theater Foundation's Holocaust Theater International Initiative Remembrance Readings. MTC will present a staged reading of Jeff Cohen's THE SOAP MYTH on Monday May 2, 2016 at 7:00pm.

Laguna Playhouse Artistic Director Ann E. Wareham is thrilled to announce the fifth show in the Laguna Playhouse 2015-2016 season, Julia Duffy starring in SEX AND EDUCATION, written by Lissa Levin and directed by Andrew Barnicle.

Fred Willard — one of this generation's most gifted comic actors and a favorite of Johnny Carson while serving as host of “The Tonight Show” — will be the recipient of the Johnny Carson Comedy Legend award at this summer's Great American Comedy Festival in Norfolk, Neb.

For the first time in forever, you have the perfect excuse to bundle up and let everything go. Anna and Elsa will be taking over FreeForm during the 'Frozen' weekend programming event starting TODAY, MARCH 26 and continuing through TOMORROW, MARCH 27.

Movie stars, music, suspense, hilarity, pathos, and the truth behind the Hollywood mystique, as told by those who've been there and done that. The 10th Anniversary production of the L.A. Times 'Recommended' AUDITION! THE MUSICAL, based on the all-too-true-life Hollywood experiences of the award-winning creative team of Chris DeCarlo and Evelyn Rudie, is back and brings ten years more harrowing, haunting and hilarious Hollywood horror stories than when it opened in 2006. It's the show for anyone who's ever wanted to be the best. At anything.

This year's exciting Garden State Film Festival (GSFF) will feature international, domestic and local filmmakers along with 214 films from over 17 countries, including a number of award-winners and premieres.