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Stars of stage and screen Gina Gershon and Lucy DeVito have been added to the cast of New York's Celebrity Autobiography for the upcoming NYC performance on November 21 at 7pm at The Triad (158 West 72nd Street).
MAN IN SNOW - the newest work by celebrated playwright Israel Horovitz (OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES) - will receive its New York premiere this fall at La MaMa's First Floor Theatre (77 E. 4 St.) with previews beginning tonight, November 11, prior to opening night November 14, 2016. Mr. Horovitz also directs the play.
BroadwayWorld was at opening night catching all of the arrivals before the show. Check out the photos below!
MAN IN SNOW - the newest work by celebrated playwright Israel Horovitz (OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES) - will receive its New York premiere this fall at La MaMa's First Floor Theatre (77 E. 4 St.) with previews beginning November 11 prior to opening night November 14, 2016. Mr. Horovitz also directs the play.
Gina Gershon is set to guest star on the eighth episode of FOX's EMPIRE. The actress will take on the role of Helene Von Wyeth, the founder of her own fashion label, who teams with EMPIRE for her annual fashion show.
Penguin Rep Theatre, the award-winning theatre in Stony Point, New York, under the leadership of Artistic Director Joe Brancato and Executive Director Andrew M. Horn, closes its 2016 season with the New York premiere of Daniel's Husband by Michael McKeever from September 23 through October 16, 2016. In Daniel's Husband, Mitchell and Daniel are the ideal couple, everything but married. Mitchell does not believe in marriage; Daniel does. "When their life together takes a shocking and unexpected turn," says Mr. Brancato, who will stage the production at Penguin Rep, "we learn about the power and pain of love in this breathtaking new play."
Broadway star Allie Trimm is in concert with composer Daniel Dunlow. Enjoy an evening of new music from Dunlow's piano and Trimm's voice. Allie Trimm is a Broadway veteran recognized for her performance in Jason Robert Brown's 13 The Musical. Dunlow is an actor, singer, writer known for his viral YouTube videos and his work around the country and on the New York stage and screen. Come enjoy an evening of two redheads making beautiful music with special surprise guests.
For its upcoming July 18 NYC performance, New York's funniest show CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY will welcome to its cast stars of stage and screen Brooke Shields, Gina Gershon (TV's Z Nation, House of Versace, Broadway in Bye Bye Birdie, Cabaret, Boeing-Boeing), Ralph Macchio (HBO's upcoming The Deuce, My Cousin Vinny, The Karate Kid, Dancing with the Stars), four-time Oscar nominee Marsha Mason (Netflix's Grace & Frankie, ABC's The Middle), Peter Scolari (HBO's Girls, Broadway's Wicked), comedy legend Alan Zweibel and Drama Desk-winners Eugene Pack & Dayle Reyfel.
ADOPT THE ARTS will launch a live benefit concert and live auction for LAUSD elementary schools on Thursday, May 12 at The Fonda Theatre (6126 Hollywood Boulevard) in Los Angeles (red carpet 6:00-7:15PM, show starts: 7:30PM). Music luminaries will gather to perform with and honor 2016 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees GLENN HUGHES (Deep Purple) and ROBIN ZANDER (Cheap Trick) for their contributions to American art and culture. Proceeds from the concert and auction will be donated to ADOPT THE ARTS music programs in LAUSD elementary schools (see VIP ticket/donation below).
On Monday, May 9, Roundabout Theatre Company will host their second annual Casino Night, at the American Airlines Theatre (227 W. 42nd St). All proceeds benefit Roundabout Theatre Company's many programs, including the Education programs and the Musical Theatre Fund.
In honor of Throwback Thursday, BroadwayWorld is celebrating the past with a new series that will take you back in time with some of our favorite vintage video features. That's right- we are opening up the BroadwayWorld Vaults to reminisce on shows are long gone from the Broadway-scene, but have left an indelible mark on the world of theatre as a whole. Today, we bring you a vintage video from 2009. Relive the magic of BYE BYE BIRDIE below!
Primary Stages announced their upcoming 32nd Season on March 14 at a champagne reception celebrating the Centennial of the birth of late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Primary Stages collaborator, Horton Foote.
Last night, February 18, Harvey Weinstein hosted a star-studded performance of Eugene O'Neill's HUGHIE -- starring Academy Award winner, Golden Globe Award winner & BAFTA winner Forest Whitaker and Tony Award winner Frank Wood at Broadway's Booth Theatre (222 West 45 Street) -- followed by and intimate reception in celebration of director Michael Grandage and Whitaker, who is making his Broadway debut. Eugene O'Neill's HUGHIE opens Thursday, February 25, 2016, in a strictly limited engagement. Scroll down for photos from the party!
Rattlestick Playwright's Theater and Women's Project Theater have announced that Gina Gershon (Cabaret, Boeing Boeing) will star alongside co-stars Josiah Bania (Sarah Ruhl's Three Sisters at Yale Rep), Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood) and Drama Desk nominee Morgan Spector (A View From The Bridge, 'Boardwalk Empire'), in their co-production of this spring's New York premiere of IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok (Petty Harbor) in her New York City debut. One of the Top Ten Plays on the 2014 Kilroys' List, IRONBOUND is directed by Daniella Topol (When January Feels Like Summer, Row After Row) and begins performances March 3, 2016, with an Opening Night of March 16, 2016, at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.
Rebecca Hall and Dan Stevens are starring in the subversive romantic comedy PERMISSION, written and directed by Brian Crano, as a couple who decide to sleep with other people for the sake of their relationship.
Theatre Project is thrilled to present New York solo performer JEFFREY SOLOMON in his Off?Broadway comedy, THE SANTA CLOSET, about a little boy seeking validation and the closeted holiday icon too scared to give it.
Syfy and The Asylum today announced that scripted drama series Z Nation will be back to Z-Whack its way through a third season of zombie road trippin' action. A 15-hour third season is slated to premiere on Syfy in 2016.
SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young announced today that award-winning actor, Paul Rudd, is hosting his Fourth Annual All-Star Bowling Benefit to support SAY.
Seacoast Repertory Theatre and Let's 'B' Reel are proud to announce that their award winning Red Light series will be presenting the cult classic Showgirls tonight, August 26th, 2015.
Before her show tonight in Columbus, Ohio, Idina Menzel appeared on Periscope for a live Q&A session. Full of grace, the Broadway star answered fan questions as she had her makeup 'baked' to perfection. Scroll down for 13 fun things we learned about Idina today!
