Jane Alexander News

Penguin Rep Theatre (Joe Brancato, Artistic Director, and Andrew M. Horn, Executive Director) and Edmund Gaynes, in association with Don and Lizanne Mitchell, will present The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, a musical by Angelo Parra, conceived and directed by Joe Brancato.

On Monday, May 9th at 6pm New York Post columnist and theatre critic Michael Riedel will interview Tony Award-winning actress Linda Lavin in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (65th Street and Amsterdam Avenue).

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center will present its annual Monte Cristo Award to legendary Broadway and screen actor James Earl Jones, in recognition of his monumental achievements and contributions to the American and international theater community. The award will be presented to Mr. Jones at a gala dinner held in his honor at Bridgewaters - South Street Seaport in New York City on Monday, May 9th at 6:30pm.

Hallmark Channel, Emmy(R) Award-winning producer Linda Yellen ('Playing for Time') and Emmy(R) Award nominee Brad Krevoy ('Taking Chance') announce an all-star cast has been assembled in Bucharest and will commence production of 'William & Catherine: A Royal Romance,' a Hallmark Channel Original Movie, which will have its World Premiere exclusively on the network, Saturday, August 27 (9 p.m. ET/PT, 8C).

According to Deadline.com,Dan Amboyer will join previously announced Jane Alexander in 'William and Kate: A Royal Love Story' for the Hallmark Channel. The film, which chronicles the couple's time together, features a script by Linda Yellen.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Tony winner Jane Alexander is set to play Queen Elizabeth II in 'William and Kate: A Royal Love Story' for the Hallmark Channel. The film, which chronicles the couple's time together, features a scrit by Linda Yellen.

On Monday, May 9th at 6pm New York Post columnist and theatre critic Michael Riedel will interview Tony Award-winning actress Linda Lavin in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (65th Street and Amsterdam Avenue).

Last night, April 11, Carly Simon was honored at the 8th Annual Our Time Gala. On hand to honor the star were Paul Rudd, Kelli O'Hara, Ben Taylor and more.

Broadway and Regional favorites Suzzanne Douglas (Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill), Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde), and Garth Kravits (The Drowsy Chaperone) will headline The Best of Times: A Star-Studded Salute to the Tony Awards, on Saturday, April 9, 8 p.m., at the Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ.

The Best of Times: A Star-Studded Salute to the Tony Awards, the 2011 Benefit Fundraiser at the Bickford Theatre, 6 Normandy Heights Road in Morristown, NJ, stars Tony Award-nominee Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde), and Broadway and Regional favorites Suzzanne Douglas (3Penny Opera, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill), Christine Marie Heath (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change), Garth Kravits (The Drowsy Chaperone), Rob Richardson (A Tale of Two Cities), Joel Robertson (Les Miserables), David Sabella-Mills (Chicago), Matthew Shepard (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Wonderful Town), Julie Waldman Stiel (The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber), and Susan Speidel (Saturday's Highlife).

Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of Anything Goes, starring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as 'Reno Sweeney' and Tony and Academy Award winner Joel Grey as 'Moonface Martin,' opened on Broadway last night to great reviews and we were there to capture the opening night party red carpet.

THE ACTIVE THEATER in association with BUD MARTIN will present Any Given Monday by Bruce Graham on Monday, April 4, 2011 at New World Stages, 2:00pm, in Stage 5. Bud Martin will direct the private reading of the play which was first seen in a co-production between ACT II PLAYHOUSE, Ambler, PA and THEATRE EXILE, Philadelphia, PA. Any Given Monday was the recipient of the 2010 Barrymore Award for Best New Play.

Broadway and Regional favorites Suzzanne Douglas (Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill), Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde), and Garth Kravits (The Drowsy Chaperone) will headline The Best of Times: A Star-Studded Salute to the Tony Awards, on Saturday, April 9, 8 p.m., at the Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center will present its annual Monte Cristo Award to legendary Broadway and screen actor James Earl Jones, in recognition of his monumental achievements and contributions to the American and international theater community. The award will be presented to Mr. Jones at a gala dinner held in his honor at Bridgewaters - South Street Seaport in New York City on Monday, May 9th at 6:30pm.

The Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road in Morristown, is proud to present The Best of Times: A Star-Studded Salute to the Tony Awards, its annual benefit fundraiser, on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 8 p.m. The Best of Times stars Tony Award-nominee Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde), and Broadway and Regional favorites Suzzanne Douglas (3Penny Opera, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill), Christine Marie Heath (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change), Garth Kravits (The Drowsy Chaperone), Rob Richardson (A Tale of Two Cities), Joel Robertson (Les Miserables), David Sabella-Mills (Chicago), Matthew Shepard (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Wonderful Town), Julie Waldman Stiel (The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber), and Susan Speidel (Saturday's Highlife).

The Best of Times: A Star-Studded Salute to the Tony Awards, the 2011 Benefit Fundraiser at the Bickford Theatre, 6 Normandy Heights Road in Morristown, NJ, stars Tony Award-nominee Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde), and Broadway and Regional favorites Suzzanne Douglas (3Penny Opera, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill), Christine Marie Heath (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change), Garth Kravits (The Drowsy Chaperone), Rob Richardson (A Tale of Two Cities), Joel Robertson (Les Miserables), David Sabella-Mills (Chicago), Matthew Shepard (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Wonderful Town), Julie Waldman Stiel (The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber), and Susan Speidel (Saturday's Highlife).

The Edward Hopper House Art Center, 82 N. Broadway in downtown Nyack, continues The Year of Edward Hopper celebrations with the opening of the exhibition, Hopper Re-Imagined on Sunday, April 3 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. This exhibition, which runs through May 8th, showcases Edward Hopper ‘s work uniquely interpreted or 're-imagined' in this multi-media group show, which includes works by artists Teresa Berasi, Brian Brooks, Lizzy Denning, Karen Finley, Randy Ford, James Fuhrman, Wally Glick, Shalom Gorewitz, Holly Harrison, Jim Holland, Andrea Kantrowitz, Lovid, Vik Muniz, Mica Pillemer, Andrea Placer, Natasha Rabin, Katherine Ramos, David Wells Roth, Paul Schulenburg, Barbara Scullin, Glynis Sweeny, Richard Tu and Eric Thompson.

Last night, February 14, Naked Angels celebrated its 25th anniversary as one of the most innovative theatre companies in New York with a spectacular Gala, including cocktails, an elegant dinner and skits written and performed by Naked Angels company members. Company Members Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick served as Honorary Co-Chairs for the evening, with entertainment directed by Tony Award-winning Company Member Joe Mantello.

An unprecedented exhibition of Edward Hopper's early work in his childhood home in Nyack, New York. Edward Hopper, Prelude: The Nyack Years, Saturyday, May 21 - Sunday, July 17, 2011, includes significant paintings and never-before-exhibited works from the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Arthayer R. Sanborn Hopper Collection Trust.

On Monday, January 24th at 6pm producer/director Rick McKay, the award-winning filmmaker responsible for the "Broadway: The Golden Age" films, will interview Tony Award-winning actress Elizabeth Ashley at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (65th Street and Amsterdam