Earlier this month, the 2012 Tony Awards Nominations were announced by Tony winning actress Kristin Chenoweth and Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor Jim Parsons. The Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from the Beacon Theatre, on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 10, 2012.
BroadwayWorld was there for this year's official Tony Brunch, and got a chance to chat with this year's nominees! Today we bring you Lifetime Achievement honoree Emanuel 'Manny' Azenberg.
TALES FROM A GHETTO KLOWN profiles award-winning actor and playwright John Leguizamo's unorthodox rise to success and his struggles to mount his latest one-man show on Broadway and beyond. The program premieres Friday, July 13 at 9:00 p.m. EST on PBS (check local listings) as part of the PBS ARTS SUMMER FESTIVAL, a multi-platform event anchored by seven films that highlight artists and performances from around the world.
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the PBS Arts Summer Festival will this year feature John Leguizamo'S TALES FROM A GHETTO KLOWN, on Friday, July 13, 2012, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET. The Summer Festivalbegins Friday, June 29, 2012 at 9p.m. ET. (Check local listings.)
The PBS Arts Summer Festival, will this year feature JOHN LEGUIZAMO'S TALES FROM A GHETTO KLOWN, on Friday, July 13, 2012, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET. The Summer Festivalbegins Friday, June 29, 2012 at 9p.m. ET. (Check local listings.)
According to the Hollywood Reporter, theatre veterans Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, and Christopher Walken have signed on to star in 'Stand Up Guys.' Previously titled 'Old Timers,' the comedy will be directed by Fisher Stevens.
On tonight's dramatic episode of NBC's LAW & ORDER: SVU entitled, 'Theatre Tricks', an actress in an interactive theater production is raped on stage, while the audience believes it to be part of the show.
Vineyard Theatre and Naked Angels present the world premiere of OUTSIDE PEOPLE, written by Zayd Dohrn and directed by Evan Cabnet; with Matthew Dellapina, Nelson Lee, Li Jun Li and Sonequa Martin-Green, at Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15th Street). The show just opened last night, January 10, and BroadwayWorld brings you full coverage from the festivities below!
Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian, and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time. With this unprecedented access, Emmy®-winning, Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Robert Weide followed the notoriously private film legend over a year and a half to create the ultimate film biography. Woody Allen: A Documentary premieres nationally Sunday, November 20 from 9-11 p.m. (ET/PT) and Monday, November 21 from 9-10:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on PBS (check local listings) as part of the 25th anniversary season of American Masters.
When does a one person show click into high gear? Only when the actor in question is up to it. Such is certainly the case with Johnny Legz or John Leguizamo in his autobiographical Ghetto Klown. Klown treats more of Leguizamo's career than Freak, for example, but does trace as well the repercussions the career has had on his personal life. Now at The Montalban, funnyman Leguizamo is a must see. Why?
Direct from Broadway, John Leguizamo's 'Ghetto Klown', directed by Fisher Stevens, opens for fifteen performances only from September 30 to October 16 at The Ricardo Montalbán Theatre. The press opening is October 2 at 5 pm.
Direct from Broadway, John Leguizamo's 'Ghetto Klown', directed by Fisher Stevens, opens for fifteen performances only from September 30 to October 16 at The Ricardo Montalbán Theatre. The press opening is October 2 at 5 pm.
William Leavengood's SPECIAL will play Off Broadway at Theatre Row Studio Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street, beginning September 15 through October 2. Elissa Middleton stars; Cat Miller directs.
William Leavengood's SPECIAL will play Off Broadway at Theatre Row Studio Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street, beginning September 15 through October 2. Elissa Middleton stars; Cat Miller directs.
Multi-faceted performer and Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo is to makes his UK debut in his Broadway hit Ghetto Klown, at Charing Cross Theatre for 17 performances only fromTuesday 25th October - Saturday 12th November. Press night is Thursday 27th October at 7.30pm.
Direct from Broadway, John Leguizamo's 'Ghetto Klown', directed by Fisher Stevens, opens for fifteen performances only from September 30 to October 16 at The Ricardo Montalbán Theatre. The press opening is October 2 at 5 pm.
Bay Street Theatre continued its 20th season celebration with the ROCK THE DOCK! SUMMER GALA BENEFIT on the Long Wharf in Sag Harbor on Saturday, July 16. It was a beautiful night in the Hamptons set against the backdrop of Sag Harbor's sunset-drenched bay.
Direct from Broadway, John Leguizamo's 'Ghetto Klown', directed by Fisher Stevens, opens for fifteen performances only from September 30 to October 16 at The Ricardo Montalbán Theatre. The press opening is October 2 at 5 pm.
Three-time Tony Award-winning actress Glenn Close will return to television for season four of the Emmy Award-winning, critically acclaimed legal thriller, DAMAGES, on Wednesday, July 13 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on the Audience Network. Season four, which marks the series' highly anticipated move to DIRECTV, focuses on the exceedingly controversial subject of private military contractors in Afghanistan, catapulting characters into a world of corruption and deceit, where nothing is as it seems and justice is served outside of the court room.
Producers of John Leguizamo's Broadway show GHETTO KLOWN which closed yesterday, announced that the show has recouped its capitalization. Directed by Fisher Stevens, GHETTO KLOWN will play other US cities this fall and winter (dates and cities tba); in 2012 it will travel to South America and Leguizamo will perform the show in Spanish.
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