Hugh Jackman News

Grammy-nominated artist Richard Marx will headline The Annenberg Theatre, located at The Palm Springs Museum Of Arts, for one performance on November 14 at 8:00 pm. For over 20 years, Richard Marx has consistently and powerfully made his mark on the music industry. His debut single, "Don't Mean Nothing" and self-titled debut album kicked off his career as a solo artist in 1987 and went on to sell 3 million copies. His 1989 follow-up CD, "Repeat Offender," became even more successful, selling over 7 million copies worldwide. From 1987 to 1990, he became the first male solo artist in history to have his first 7 singles reach the top 5 on Billboard's singles chart, including the 1 hits "Hold On to the Nights," "Satisfied" and the worldwide classic, "Right Here Waiting." This feat remains unchallenged.

With December fast approaching, it's the perfect time to take a look back at some memorable LES MISERABLES performances. See Aretha Franklin singing 'I Dreamed a Dream' in 1993, at President Bill Clinton's inauguration, below!

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the highly anticipated film adaptation of LES MISERABLES will be released in theatres on Christams Day, December 25, 2012. Check out a photo of some of the film's camera crew on the set, as featured on the movie's Facebook page, below!

On Twitter Watch, Michael Moses wrote 'Time for a little clarity. End credits aren't on yet but the running time of LES MISERABLES without them is 2:32.

A three-day genre-bending celebration of music will be uncovered at the Brisbane Powerhouse tonight, October 26-28 as Restrung returns to Brisbane for the second time. Catered to local audiences with a truly omnivorous music taste, Restrung bridges the borders between rock, folk, world music, jazz, contemporary classical and electronica.

The Chicago Commercial Collective previously announced its first production, the remount of the Chicago and Broadway hit drama, A Steady Rain, will tour Wisconsin and Michigan this fall. A Steady Rain completed its successful nine-week run at the Chicago Dramatists Sunday, Sept. 2.

Cast members from CHAPLIN recently performed a selection of songs from the show at Terminal 8 at John F. Kennedy International Airport as part of American Airlines' JFK concert series on October 12. Check out highlights from the concert below, which included 'I Left London,' 'Look at All the People,' and 'All Falls Down.'

In 1999 a young Australian actor named Hugh Jackman took London by storm playing "Curly" in a West End revival of the classic musical "Oklahoma!," lighting the rocket he soon took to international stardom. Image Entertainment presents this theatrical milestone for the first time ever on Blu-ray on December 4th at an SRP of $29.98.

Relativity Media has just released the Green Band trailer for the upcoming film MOVIE 43. Check it out!

Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) Broadway production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood begins previews tonight, Friday, October 19th at 8:00PM. The Mystery of Edwin Drood stars Stephanie J. Block, Will Chase, Gregg Edelman, Jim Norton, and Chita Rivera with Andy Karl, Jessie Mueller, Betsy Wolfe, Nicholas Barasch, Peter Benson, and Robert Creighton. Check out the just-released commercial for the show below and meet the cast with videos of them from past productions!

Today, the spotlight falls upon the cast and crew of Lakewood Theatre's The Miracle Worker-director Heather Alexander, producer John Carpenter and actresses Amanda Smith (who plays Annie Sullivan) and Zoe Garner (Helen Keller)-which opens this weekend at the theater's venue in Old Hickory, and continues through November 4.

The Road Theatre Company and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, have announced the first production of their 22nd season, the west coast premiere of THE DETECTIVE'S WIFE, written by Keith Huff (The Bird and Mr. Banks, Pursued by Happiness, A Steady Rain), directed by Mark St. Amant (The Bird and Mr. banks, Pursued by Happiness) and starring Taylor Gilbert as Alice Conroy.

Broadway's CHAPLIN has launched a CHAPLIN lookalike Instagram contest. The CHAPLIN Look-Alike contest is running now through Monday, October 29. Here's how it works:

Tickets for Broadway's CHAPLIN are now on sale through June 2, 2013. CHAPLIN, a new musical depicting the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin, with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and book by three-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray) and Christopher Curtis, opened on Broadway on Monday, September 10, 2012. Previews began Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Warren Carlyle (Finian's Rainbow; Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway) directs and choreographs the production.

Relativity Media has just released the Green Band trailer for the upcoming film MOVIE 43, starring an all-star cast. Check it out below!

Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 14, goes on sale Friday, October 19 with the voices of major talents, including Ricky Martin, Chita Rivera, Cyndi Lauper and more.

Listen to CHAPLIN stars Rob McClure and Christiane Noll on the American Theatre Wing's "Downstage Center" as they talk about playing Mom and Son on Broadway in the new musical CHAPLIN.

According to Freedomtomarry.org, newly-wed actress, Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables) will donate proceeds from the sale of photos from her wedding to Adam Shulman to nonprofit organizations that campaign for the equality of marraige for same-sex unions.

CAROLS FOR A CURE is the annual two-disc holiday CD compilation of original songs and holiday classics which benefits BC/EFA. These CDs boast the best voices from the worlds of Broadway, Off-Broadway and national tours. The cast of Broadway's ONCE was recently hard a work recording their track for the album. Check out our exclusive photos from their recording session below!