Glenn Close News

Seven years ago, an already hot summer in Boston heated up even more during a pre-Broadway tryout of a truncated version of playwright Matthew Lombardo’s “Tea at Five” at the Huntington Theatre when its star, Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway, was fired after allegations that she physically and verbally assaulted crew members on the troubled production.

Patti LuPone, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Cynthia Nixon, Alan Cumming, and several more from the Broadway community have signed a new open letter opposing the proposed merger between Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount. 

The official trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping has debuted, featuring Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Maya Hawke, Jesse Plemons, and Ralph Fiennes as President Snow. Watch it now.

The 80th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony will take place on Tuesday afternoon, June 2, 2026 beginning at 2:00PM. Learn more about the upcoming awards ceremony here!

A new trailer has been released for Andy Serkis’s animated adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, featuring a star-studded voice cast including Jim Parsons, Gaten Matarazzo, and Glenn Close.

Award-winning performer Glenn Close will be honored with a Hand & Footprint Ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Friday, May 1, 2026, as part of the 2026 TCM Classic Film Festival.

In the 1983 film, 'The Big Chill,' starring Glenn Close and Kevin Kline, a group of middle-aged, lifelong friends are reunited at a funeral after a member of their college clique commits suicide. The character Chloe, played by Meg Tilly, asks, “I haven’t met that many happy people in my life. How do they act?”

Performances are underway for the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Fallen Angels by Noël Coward, directed by Tony Award-nominee Scott Ellis. Meet the cast of Fallen Angels here!

What did our critic think of SUNSET BOULEVARD at Palm Canyon Theatre?

In this interview, Regina Fernandez shares her insights on performing in The Maltese Falcon, the world‑premiere stage adaptation by Matthew Salazar‑Thompson, based on the classic noir novel by Dashiell Hammett and directed by Todd Nielsen.

Prime Video's The House of the Spirits, the first Spanish-language television adaptation of Isabel Allende’s beloved novel, will premiere globally on the streamer on April 29.

Jessica Vosk and Kelli Barrett gave a first listen to Beaches the Musical at an event at So & So's. The performance included the recently released duet 'Wish I Could Be Like You,' as well as 'Words I Could Have Said' and 'Real Woman.' Watch videos!

Ben Jacoby (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) and Brent Thiessen (Thoroughly Modern Millie Canadian Premiere) will join stars Jessica Vosk and Kelli Barrett in the Broadway production of the new musical, Beaches.

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals has named Rose Byrne as the recipient of its 2026 Woman of the Year Award. The Woman of the Year festivities will take place on Friday, February 13th, 2026.

The date has been set for the 70th Drama Desk Awards! The 2026 Drama Desk Awards will be held at The Town Hall on May 17, 2026. Learn more about the event here!

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the complete cast and design team for the upcoming production of Fallen Angels by Noël Coward. Learn more about the full cast here!

The 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced the Judging Panel for the 48th Annual Award. The Winner of the 2026 Prize will be announced on February 26 in a special invitation-only celebration at London's Royal Court Theatre.

The Broadway production of Beaches, A New Musical, has launched a virtual casting search called “Are You a Little Cee Cee?” to find the next actor to play Little Cee Cee.

But before that OH, MARY! run, John is coming to NUMBERS HOUSTON to do a special all-day event for HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. It's gonna happen on December 28th! It's all brought to us by ARTHOUSE HOUSTON, who were the folks who fought to save the River Oaks Movie Theater.

As 2025 comes to a close, find out what to stream this December, including the new season of Percy Jackson & the Olympians, the third Knives Out movie, Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly, Season 5 of Emily and Paris, and more.