To commemorate the 10th anniversary of September 11th, 2001, NBC News and its fellow NBCUniversal networks and platforms will provide special coverage and programming options for its viewers. Online, september11.msnbc.com will be the source for 9/11 news and information, including archived coverage as well as new reports and story packages.
Academy, Tony and four-time Emmy Award nominee Bob Balaban; acclaimed 'White Collar' television star Matt Bomer; Emmy Award-winning journalist Campbell Brown; celebrated playwright and gay rights activist Larry Kramer; two-time Academy Award-nominated, multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning, two-time Tony Award-winning actor John Lithgow; Tony Award nominee and Broadway Impact Co-Founder Rory O'Malley; and Emmy Award winner and three-time Golden Globe Award nominee Bradley Whitford will appear in the world premiere of '8' on Broadway, joining the previously announced Anthony Edwards, Morgan Freeman, Cheyenne Jackson, Christine Lahti, Rob Reiner, Yeardley Smith and Marisa Tomei. The production is an unprecedented account of the Federal District Court trial in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown), the case filed by AFER to overturn Proposition 8, which eliminated the right to marry for gay and lesbian couples in California.
The 2011 edition of the annual Carols for a Cure album is now in the works. Produced by Rock-it Science Records and currently in it's thirteenth year, purchase of the album benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. This highly anticipated annual holiday release features casts from the current Broadway line-up of shows performing new and traditional holiday music. Broadway's Carols for a Cure offers a 'snapshot' of each season, as the casts and orchestras from each show on Broadway perform their own holiday track. Yesterday, the cast of Billy Elliot stopped by the recording studio to contribute to the album. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photo coverage below!
As reported earlier this week, actor/singer-songwriter Reeve Carney (Broadway's Spiderman: Turn off the Dark) has been cast as Jeff Buckley in the forthcoming 'Untitled Jeff Buckley' film, it was announced by the filmmakers. Carney told Bilboard about the project: 'I think we're all on the same page in wanting to make something that honors Jeff's life and his legacy. There's something about Jeff -- there's so much mystery surrounding his existence. He just had this... mystic quality, that's similar to what James Dean had.'
Talk show listings for Friday, August 19.
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of September 11th, 2001, NBC News and its fellow NBCUniversal networks and platforms will provide special coverage and programming options for its viewers. Online, september11.msnbc.com will be the source for 9/11 news and information, including archived coverage as well as new reports and story packages.
Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director, Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) will present LATINO MIXFEST, a series of free readings that will run Thursday, August 25 - Monday, August 29 at Atlantic Stage 2 (330 West 16 Street).
Actor/singer-songwriter Reeve Carney (Broadway's Spiderman: Turn off the Dark) has been cast as Jeff Buckley in the forthcoming 'Untitled Jeff Buckley' film, it was announced today by the filmmakers.
Actor/singer-songwriter Reeve Carney (Broadway's Spiderman: Turn off the Dark) has been cast as Jeff Buckley in the forthcoming 'Untitled Jeff Buckley' film, it was announced today by the filmmakers. To be directed by Jake Scott (Welcome to the Rileys), and written by Ryan Jaffe (story by, The Rocker), the filmmakers hold a robust rights package that includes the exclusive rights to Jeff's music and personal archives, and is fully supported by Buckley's mother, Mary Guibert, who serves as executive producer. Michelle Sy (Finding Neverland) and Orian Williams (Control) are producing, with Alison Raykovich (Jeff Buckley Music) serving as associate producer. Producers are currently out to additional cast for the project.
Talk show listings for Friday, August 19.
NBC, CBS and ABC are all set to cover the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial dedication and its accompanying concert, set to take place on the Washington DC mall on August 28 according to ShowBiz411.
Late Nite With Jimmy Fallon to welcome Emma Stone, Julia Stiles and more in August.
Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.
David Letterman: Brian Williams, Tim Robbins & the Rogues Gallery Band Jay Leno: Jessica Alba, Sue Johanson, Gomez
David Letterman: Brian Williams, Tim Robbins & the Rogues Gallery Band Jay Leno: Jessica Alba, Sue Johanson, Gomez
R.Evolución Latina is happy to announce that their 4th Annual D2GB ('Dare to Go Beyond') Children's Performing Arts Camp began today and has expanded to run for a FULL Week, from July 18th to July 22nd, 2011. The program has been recognized in local media as NY1's 'New Yorker of the Week' in 2010 as well as being honored with a feature spot on NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams in a segment called 'Making a Difference'.
NBC 4 New York is teaming up with the Manhattan and U.S. Chambers of Commerce in support of an inaugural job fair as NBC News launches its 'Making a Difference on the Homefront' series, a year-long programming commitment by 'NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams' and other NBC News platforms to spotlight issues of importance to veterans and military families across the country. The day-long job fair, aimed at providing job opportunities for veterans, will take place alongside Pier 86's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City on Thursday, June 23. NBC 4 New York will feature programming designed to encourage veterans to participate in this unique event.
The morning after the most anticipated finale in daytime history, Gayle King will host 'The Gayle King Show: Oprah Finale After Party,' a special send-off celebration live from Harpo Studios in Chicago on Thursday, May 26 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and the Oprah Radio channel on SiriusXM Radio.
The morning after the most anticipated finale in daytime history, Gayle King will host 'The Gayle King Show: Oprah Finale After Party,' a special send-off celebration live from Harpo Studios in Chicago on Thursday, May 26 from 9:00-11:00 a.m.
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