Eddie Murphy News

?Charlie Murphy will bring his side-splitting stand-up routine to The Orleans Showroom on July 2 and 3.

Not often are we treated to a brand new musical theatre piece created by three local legends and acted by a dream cast of eight popular local performers. A NIGHT IN OLYMPUS is a rare treat on all counts. We get to hear directly from the creator and composer, Chan Poling, in this 6 Questions & a Plug.

GLEE's Amber Riley has quite the backup power for her nights off in DREAMGIRLS the West End. THE VOICE UK contestant Ruth Brown and THE X FACTOR's Karen Mav will alternate in the role of 'Effie' on Wednesdays in London, according to the Daily Mail.

ABC announced today a new music series “Greatest Hits.” Each episode will highlight a five-year period celebrating the biggest hits from that time, hosted by Arsenio Hall and Kelsea Ballerini. Each week, iconic music artists, as well as today's music chart-toppers, will take the stage and perform the songs that defined the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. The six-episode series will feature special solo performances, never-before-seen duets and incredible tributes on “Greatest Hits,” premiering THURSDAY, JUNE 30 (9:00-10:00 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network.

This week at practice we ran through the entire first act. Most of the time there was at least thirty people backstage just talking and laughing. Our principal, who is also the show's director, was extremely angry that all we did backstage was talk. She said we have to use that time to practice our dances and lines. 

During his visit to THE NIGHTLY SHOW, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders sat for an interview with Larry Wilmore, discussing Hillary Clinton, the U.S. economy, big banking and the Flint, MI, toxic water crisis.

You've never met a hero quite like SHREK, winner of the first Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature. The endearing ogre sparked a motion picture phenomenon and captured the world's imagination with...the Greatest Fairy Tale Never Told!

?Award winning singer/ dancer/choreographer Paula Abdul has been named the honoree for the Professional Dancers Society's (PDS) annual Gypsy Awards Luncheon, it was announced by PDS President, Mitzi Gaynor and PDS Board Chairman, Joni Berry.  Ms. Abdul will be honored on Sunday, April 24th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel (9876 Wilshire Blvd.) and famed choreographers Carl Jablonski and Kevin Carlisle will receive PDS Choreography Awards, for their extraordinary contribution to dance.  In a special tribute, legendary entertainer Dick Van Dyke will receive The Dance Legacy Award.

Sonia Friedman Productions announces today that tickets for the long awaited UK premiere of Tony Award-winning musical Dreamgirls go on sale this week. The brand new production begins preview performances at the Savoy Theatre from 19 November with Opening Night on Wednesday 14 December 2016.

On last night's NIGHTLY SHOW on Comedy Central, Larry Wilmore meets with black people who plan to vote for Donald Trump and attempts to understand their reasoning.

On Saturday's Saturday Night Live, Jay Pharoah impersonated about every black comedian by having a fake conversation with all of them.  From Eddie Murphy to Dave Chappelle to Chris Rock to Tracy Morgan, check out the hilarious video below!

On last night's episode of 'The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore,' Jon Connor and Keke Palmer showed solidarity with the victims of Michigan's ongoing toxic water crisis with a performance of 'Fresh Water for Flint.'

Returning for his 57th consecutive year as a Las Vegas headliner, internationally distinguished comedian, actor and entertainer Don Rickles will perform at The Orleans Showroom on April 9 and 10.

The level of my fandom for Chris Rock is worthy of the term fanatic to say the least and I SWEAR it's not because of our mutual obsession with the New York Mets. It runs deep, is what I'm saying. I fall asleep to his standup specials and annoy my friends by sending memes of his timeless quotes. I will not apologize as his voice is one of the greats of our generation.

Ben Sherwood, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney|ABC Television Group, today announced that Channing Dungey has been named president, ABC Entertainment, succeeding Paul Lee

Tonight at Birdland - for the first time since it debuted in Nashville in 2012 - a New York audience will finally have the opportunity to hear Marvin Hamlisch's final theatrical score for Nutty Professor, the musical based on the iconic Jerry Lewis film.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson stopped by last night's NIGHTLY SHOW WITH LARRY WILMORE to address artist B.o.B's insistence that the earth is flat.

The classic 1983 movie, Trading Places, starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykyroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis is getting a makeover, and Philadelphia has been chosen as the city for its 2016 premiere. The film brought issues of social conciousness to a wide audience and through the lens of comedy.

Charlie Murphy's rapid evolution from Chappelle's Show cast member to top-billed international comedian has been remarkable.

On last night's episode of THE NIGHTLY SHOW WITH LARRY WILMORE, Bernie Sanders talked Black Lives Matter and the income gap in a one-on-one interview with Larry and then detailed his presidential candidacy in a panel discussion with Larry, Grace Parra and Jordan Carlos.