James Lipton News

In order to entertain audiences while waiting out the COVID-19 pandemic, Terrific New Theatre recently launched an online performance series called This 'n That from TNT. Much of the content is curated by TNT, while other programs are presentations of established works.

MAC Award recipient Michael Kirk Lane has been singing less, and talking more, and the result is a much welcome program of interview shows through the 92Y

With their 25th anniversary season interrupted by a global pandemic, The African-American Shakespeare Company will mount 5 productions in their 2021-22 season versus 4, which has been the norm for the last decade.

The African-American Shakespeare Company debuts its new online series of talk-backs in a format remiscent of The Actor's Studio with James Lipton.

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the best TV episodes from the 1950's to 2020; see if your favorites made the list!

BroadwayWorld remembers James Lipton, executive producer, writer, and host of the Bravo cable television series Inside The Actors Studio.

James Lipton looks into the future with Conan, all the way to the year 2000. (Original airdate: 5/11/04).

Today's top stories: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? begins previews tonight, and more!

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that James Lipton, executive producer, writer, and host of the Bravo cable television series Inside the Actors Studio, has died at age 93.

Sound of Musicals - Live in Concert & Conversation - is an innovative evening in two acts where the audience at the China Theater, get an opportunity to experience a sense of New York and one of Broadway's elite artists, in a new and personal way, by getting to hear the actor sing live, and hear conversations and stories about the various roles and songs.

Robin Williams started performing stand-up comedy in the mid-'70s, amazing audiences with his frenetic energy and razor-sharp wit. Graced with comedic brilliance, rapid-fire improvisation, and a deep well of warmth and compassion that translated to everything he did, America quickly fell for him in his first role as the naïve and hilarious alien from the planet Ork in ABC-TV's Mork & Mindy. Rocketing to stardom, the generational talent would go on to do five HBO stand-up specials and dozens of feature films, performing steadily for nearly four decades and entertaining audiences across the globe.

Ovation TV, America's only arts network, has announced the lineup of legacy episodes from Inside the Actors Studio leading to the new season premiere on October 13. Showcasing a wide range of talented actors and hosted by the incomparable James Lipton, these legacy episodes demonstrate the incredible talent participation and entertaining storytelling of the long-running series. Throughout August and September, the network will air one legacy episode every Sunday at 12pm ET, starting on August 11.

Ovation TV, America's only arts network, has announced the latest host and guest of the new season of Inside the Actors Studio. The upcoming episode will feature Kelsey Grammer (Cheers, Frasier) interviewing the incomparable television director James Burrows (Cheers, Will & Grace).

The Actors Studio Drama School opened Week Five of its seven-week series of exciting and challenging theater productions with Our House by Theresa Rebeck.  The season features the work of the graduating MFA Acting and Directing students who collaborate on professionally produced productions presented at the ASDS Repertory Theater in downtown Manhattan.

The Actors Studio Drama School  opened Week Four its seven-week series of exciting and challenging theater productions with the world premiere of Eddaby Kendra Mittermeyer and Morning Coffee by Frederick Stroppel. The season features the work of the graduating MFA Acting and Directing students who collaborate on professionally produced productions presented at the ASDS Repertory Theater in downtown Manhattan.

The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University 2019 Repertory Season opened Week 3 of its seven-week series of exciting and challenging theater productions with The Breaking of Bread by William Watson and She Talks to Beethoven by Adrienne Kennedy. The season features the work of the graduating MFA Acting and Directing students who collaborate on professionally produced productions presented at the ASDS Repertory Theater in downtown Manhattan.

The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University 2019 Repertory Season opened its second week of exciting and challenging theater productions withLila on the Wall by Edward Allan Baker and Beached by Bernie DeLeo. The season features the work of the graduating MFA Acting and Directing students who collaborate on professionally produced productions presented at the ASDS Repertory Theater in downtown Manhattan.

The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University 2019 Repertory Season opened its seven-week series of exciting and challenging theater productions with bobrauschenbergamerica by Charles L. Mee and the world premiere of Birdsong by Caleb John Cushing. The season features the work of the graduating MFA Acting and Directing students who collaborate on professionally produced productions presented at the ASDS Repertory Theater in downtown Manhattan.

Ovation TV, America's only arts network, has announced the world premiere date of the new season of Inside the Actors Studio. The network, committed to presenting an exciting and diverse lineup of talent to discuss the craft of acting, is proud to bring back this award-winning master class series to its dedicated fans as well as to a new generation of viewers. Inside the Actors Studio will premiere on Sunday, October 13 at 10pm ET / 7pm PT.

After a sold out run Off-Broadway in New York at 3 Legged Dog Theatre in downtown Manhattan, in April/May 2018, the production was picked up for a regional theatre run,which opened on the 28th February 2019 to a sold out audience and standing ovation, directed by Nathan Autrey.