Janeane Garofolo News

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 28, 2023 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Tony Award winning producer Michael A. Jenkins today announced the cast for the special by-invitation-only industry reading for the new musical BELVA - Don’t Give Up Before the Miracle on Friday June 10th at Pearl Studios (500 Eighth Avenue).

Tony Award winning producer Michael A. Jenkins will present special by-invitation-only industry reading for the new musical BELVA - Don’t Give Up Before the Miracle on Friday June 10th at Pearl Studios (500 Eighth Avenue).

Joshua Henry will head the cast of Brave New World: The Musical (as World Controller Thomas Mond) for an invitation-only industry reading on May 23rd in Midtown Manhattan. Joining Henry will be Solea Pfeiffer, Ephraim Sykes, and more.

Today, Disney+ released the featurette ‘Feeling Like a Hero” for the new comedy-adventure “Flora & Ulysses,” premiering exclusively on Disney+  this Friday, February 19, 2021.

Today, Disney+ released the trailer and new images for the comedy-adventure “Flora & Ulysses,” premiering exclusively on Disney+  Friday, February 19, 2021.

One of Sydney's hottest comedy venues, Cafe Lounge Surry Hills, plays host to a brand new Musical Comedy show that has to be seen to be believed. Hosted, played and sung by Sarah Gaul (HOT MESS, TONIGHTLY) and Jacinta Gregory (HOLT! THE MUSICAL), this show is your classic inner-west EP launch - except every single song is totally improvised based on suggestions from the audience.

New York's funniest show, Celebrity Autobiography: THE 2017 EDITION had a NYC performance on Monday, November 20 at 7pm at The Triad (158 West 72nd Street) which featured Rachel Dratch, Janeane Garofalo, Tate Donovan, Tony Award-winner Cady Huffman, Maulik Pancholy (CBS' Star Trek: Discovery), 5-time Emmy-winner Alan Zweibel, actor/comedian John Fugelsang (Page Six TV) and Drama Desk-winners Eugene Pack &Dayle Reyfel. The first show of 2018 (which will also feature an all-star cast) is scheduled for Saturday, March 10at 7pm.

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the Broadway premiere of Marvin's Room, by Scott McPherson, directed by Obie Award-winning director, Anne Kauffman (Detroit) making her Broadway debut. Janeane Garofalo will star as 'Lee' in her Broadway debut; Lili Taylor will star as 'Bessie' and Celia Weston will star as 'Ruth.'

Karen Carpenter, a producer, director and teacher, a theater-maker for more than 30 years, has been appointed the interim Artistic Director of the William Inge Center for the Arts and the 34th Annual William Inge Theatre Festival. The Inge Festival is the Official Theater Festival of the State of Kansas, hosted on the campus of Independence Community College, which houses the William Inge archives.

Check out the brand new trailer for GENERAL EDUCATION, an 'American Pie-esque' comedy about growing up and discovering what really matters. Acting veterans Janeane Garofalo and Larry Miller join a talented cast of young performers in fresh, funny college-age romp. The film releases in limited markets beginning today, August 24th with a screening in New York. Watch the trailer below!

Check out the brand new trailer for GENERAL EDUCATION, an 'American Pie-esque' comedy about growing up and discovering what really matters. Acting veterans Janeane Garofalo and Larry Miller join a talented cast of young performers in fresh, funny college-age romp. The film releases in limited markets beginning August 24th with a screening in New York. Watch the trailer below!

Acclaimed Hollywood producer and actress Elaine Hendrix is gearing up to take the stage for the University of North Alabama's Summer Theatre 2012 adaptation of the classic 1947 Broadway production "A Streetcar Named Desire."

Tennessee-born actress Elaine Hendrix, perhaps best known for her many film and television roles, takes on the challenge of becoming Blanche DuBois in the University of North Alabama's Summer Theatre 2012 production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, opening this Thursday night, June 28, and continuing through July 8. Directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Randal Myler (for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical for Ain't Nothin' But the Blues), the cast also includes Broadway veteran Myk Watford in the role of Stanley Kowalski. The production is part of the University's Summer Theatre program, which gives UNA's Department of Music and Theatre students integrated opportunities with professional actors. A Streetcar Named Desire runs from June 28 until July 8 at UNA's George S. Lindsey Theater. Evening show times are June 28 to 30 and July 5 to 7 at 7:30 p.m. Matinee performances are set for June 30 and July 1 and 8 at 2 p.m. "One of the priorities of Summer Theater is to bring in professional actors for our students to work with," said UNA theater faculty Charlton James. "[Hendrix] is someone for our students to look up to, and she is appealing to the audience because many people have seen the movies she has been in. She has been wonderful to work with, and, at the same time, students are networking and making connections with professionals." With more than 100 film, television and stage credits under her belt, Hendrix is perhaps best known for her role as opportunistic, scheming fiancee Meredith Blake in the 1998 Disney remake of The Parent Trap. She has also been cast in countless movies such as Inspector Gadget 2, SNL's Superstar, What the Bleep Do We Know!? and the cult classic Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion. Her television projects include Castle, The Mentalist, Criminal Minds, NCIS: Los Angeles, CSI: Miami, Rules of Engagement, 90210 and two years on the critically acclaimed CBS series Joan of Arcadia, among many others. She will soon appear alongside Janeane Garofolo and Larry Miller in the film General Education, which is set for an August release. The Tennessee-bred (she was born in Oak Ridge) and Los Angeles-living star remains just as active offstage as on by devoting her free time ensuring humane care and treatment of neglected or abused animals as co-founder of the nonprofit organization Animal Rescue Corps. Hendrix is also an annual Honorary Committee Member of the Genesis Awards, presented by The Humane Society of the United States, and she received the Guardian Award at the National Animal Rights Conference for her work on behalf of animals. She has also received numerous other awards and honors for both her humanitarian and acting work, including two Telly Awards (one for her work on Pets 90210), two film festival Best Actress awards and the Founder's Award at the Secret City Film Festival. Tickets for A Streetcar Named Desire are on sale in the UNA Department of Music and Theatre office or Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts. For further details, call (256) 765-5500 or visit the website at www.una.edu/summertheatre.

Kirsten Vangsness, who stars as Penelope Garcia in the CBS drama CRIMINAL MINDS, will also join the midseason series CRIMINAL MINDS: SUSPECT BEHAVIOR as a series regular. Garcia, a computer wizard who helps research cases, will play the same role and support the 'Suspect Behavior' BAU team headed up by Special Agent Sam Cooper, played by Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker.