Last night, the Hollywood Film Award's 'Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award' went to the cast of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY including Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, and Ewan McGregor.
The Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd (ATG) today announces that an agreement has been reached for global private equity firm Providence Equity Partners to become a major shareholder in the company, having successfully reached agreement for its seventh fund to purchase a majority share from current investors led by Exponent Private Equity.
According to Deadline, NBC has given a put pilot commitment to a single-camera comedy from the mother-daughter duo, who are also set to star and executive produce. The project, titled GROWING IVY, is written by Martino and Will McCormack.
Twentieth Century Fox has debuted a new poster for director Brian Percival's THE BOOK THIEF. The film, starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson and Sophie Nelisse, will hit theaters November 15th. Check out the art below!
Actor Geoffrey Rush will be signing copies of the catalogue accompanying the exhibition The Extraordinary Shapes of Geoffrey Rush at Arts Centre Melbourne at 2pm, Sunday 20 October.
David Helfgott, one of Australia's most treasured musicians and the pianist who was the inspiration for the Oscar winning film Shine, will return to Festival Theatre stage on Thursday October 24 at 8pm.
Organisers of the Autism & Theatre - Inspiration Day 2013 on Monday 2 September at the Lyceum Theatre, London, attended by over 170 delegates from theatres and arts organisations across the UK, have reported the event to be a huge success.
The Hollywood Reporter writes that Geoffrey Rush has signed on to join Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Gerard Butler in the upcoming fantasy feature GODS OF EGYPT, directed by Alex Proyas for Summit. Proyas is writing the script with Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazamat.
Warner Bros has announced that Academy Award winning actress Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking) will have a guest spot on the upcoming season of the CBS hit comedy MIKE & MOLLY.
AUSTRALIAN MADE ENTERTAINMENT has announced the U.S. premiere production of ONCE WE LIVED HERE, with book and lyrics by Dean Bryant, music by Mathew Frank, and directed by Matthew Foster. ONCE WE LIVED HERE will play a two-week limited engagement at Urban Stages (259 W. 30th Street). Performances begin tonight, September 13. Opening Night is Saturday, September 14 (8 p.m.).
Internationally heralded stage and screen superstar Geoffrey Rush features alongside Emily Watson and newcomer Sophie Nelisse in a new film adaptation of the best-selling children's book by Markus Zusak, THE BOOK THIEF, and the first look at the highly anticipated page-to-screen adaptation has at last been revealed via an attractive new trailer.
AUSTRALIAN MADE ENTERTAINMENT has announced the U.S. premiere production of ONCE WE LIVED HERE, with book and lyrics by Dean Bryant, music by Mathew Frank, and directed by Matthew Foster. ONCE WE LIVED HERE will play a two-week limited engagement at Urban Stages (259 W. 30th Street). Performances begin Friday, September 13. Opening Night is Saturday, September 14 (8 p.m.).
Arts Centre Melbourne will be snowed under with a flurry of family-friendly entertainment this Winter. From a retelling of The Brothers Grimm's Hansel and Gretel to a lavish dance spectacle inspired by flowers and insects, Arts Centre Melbourne has something for the whole family to enjoy during its inaugural Winter season from today 31 July - Sunday 18 August.
The nominations for the 2013 Helpmann Awards have been announced simultaneously at events in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart and Perth. This is the first time the Nominations events were held concurrently in 6 cities and a first for Adelaide, Hobart and Perth.
Creative Entrepreneur, Howard Panter, the co-founder, Joint CEO and Creative Director of the Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd (ATG) has received a Knighthood in The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2013 for services to theatre.
BLACK SWAN State Theatre Company presents Joanna Murray-Smith's play Day One, A Hotel, Evening. Director, writer and actor Peter Houghton will direct the play for BLACK SWAN.
Arts Centre Melbourne will be snowed under with a flurry of family-friendly entertainment this Winter. From a retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Hansel and Gretel to a lavish dance spectacle inspired by flowers and insects, Arts Centre Melbourne has something for the whole family to enjoy during its inaugural Winter season from Wednesday 31 July - Sunday 18 August.
As we reported yesterday, it's now official that the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the UK's largest theatre owner/operator and a multi award winning theater production group, has through its subsidiary, Lyric Theatre LLC, acquired The Foxwoods Theatre from Live Nation Entertainment.