Harry Shearer News

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.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that prolific filmmaker Rob Reiner, director of such films as When Harry Met Sally... and The Princess Bride, has died at the age of 78.

Rob Reiner's Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale concert film will hit theaters in 2026, following the fictional heavy metal band and featuring guest performances from Tony Award nominee Josh Groban, Shania Twain, and Eric Clapton. Check out the teaser trailer now.

King’s Head Theatre has announced its Spring 2026 season, running January–August. Highlights include Levi Kreis’s new musical Already Perfect, Abigail Thorn in Blink, Patrick Wilde’s What’s Wrong with Angry?, and the world premiere of Harry Shearer’s Here Comes J. Edgar – A Musical Comedy. Tickets are on sale now.

Comedian, writer, producer, and musician Fred Armisen is this year’s recipient of the annual Ernie Kovacs Award at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 22, at the historic Texas Theatre.

Fictitious heavy metal legends Spinal Tap have teamed up with music icon Elton John for a re-recording of the band’s classic cut “Stonehenge.' Watch the new music video now!

Cyrus Deboo is a happy American Indian-Persian gay man born to immigrant parents.   The happy part of all that hasn’t always been a constant though.  It has taken a lot for him to get to that bit.  In There’s Something Seriously Wrong with Cyrus he tells the sometimes turbulent, frequently hilarious and always authentic story of how he did it.

Soaring Solo Studios and Fringe Management will present BUEN CAMINO, written and performed by Susan Edsall, developed with and directed by Jennifer Lynn Johnson.

M & B Productions in association with Fringe Management will present LIVING ON THE MOON, written and performed by Molly McFadden and directed by Michael Glavan. Music performed Jiana Peng and Konrad Binienda.

Fringe Management and FiatLuxe will present the world premiere of CHARMING, A New Comedy by Annie Lux and directed by Lee Costello.

Fringe Management will present A POEM AND A MISTAKE, written by Cheri Magid, performed by Sarah Baskin, and directed by Michelle Bossy.

Fathom Entertainment and Bleecker Street will bring the remastered, remixed, and definitive 4K restoration of This is Spinal Tap, the 1984 cult classic mockumentary masterpiece, to theatres on July 5-7.

The 2024 documentary The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins, featuring commentary from Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Peter Frampton, Pete Townshend and more, explores the legendary 30-year career of Nicky Hopkins and his contributions to over 250 albums.

This Is Spinal Tap fans will only have to wait a little bit longer for the long-awaited sequel to the 1984 cult classic. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, directed by Rob Reiner, will hit theaters on September 12 from Bleecker Street.

AMY ENGELHARDT & CASSANDRA KUBINSKI: SONGS FROM THE BRINK comes to Pangea this week on Sunday, March 9 at 7pm. Award-winning New York singer/songwriters Cassandra Kubinski and Amy Engelhardt have both toured the world with their music.

Audible has shared a new sneak peek clip from The True Story of The Coward Brothers, a three-part scripted audio-comedy that recounts the history of Henry and Howard Coward. Listen to it now!

Audible Inc., the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, has announced The True Story of The Coward Brothers, a three-part scripted Audible Original audio series that recounts the history of Henry and Howard Coward, a pair of delightfully deluded pop practitioners and conjurers played by Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett.

A Transcriber’s Tale is coming to Edinburgh Fringe 2024. Performances run July 31 – August 26.

Writer and performer Mitch Hara is Adam Astra.  Adam is auditioning…  and this is one audition you'll never forget. With his past constantly seeping into his present, Astra breaks the fourth wall, confronts his audience and gleefully spoons out tales of his soul-sucking childhood, monstrous substance abuse, rampant sex, crashed cars & a black cape, all whilst going for a part in Hamilton Unplugged.

Get all the scoop on THE SIMPSONS Season Finale, airing on FOX on Sunday, May 19, 2024! Kerry Washington and Megan Mullaly Make Recurring Guest Voice Appearances. Bart makes a new friend. Watch a video clip now!