Jayne Mansfield News

Mariska Hargitay, who is set to make her Broadway debut in Every Brilliant Thing on Tuesday, May 26, has extended her run in the play an extra week. Learn more about how to get tickets here!

Las Vegas singer Katy Monroe will present a return engagement of GLAMOUR, REIMAGINED at Maxan Jazz, joined by musical director Demetrios Pappas, known for his work with Smokey Robinson, and special guest Dana Daye.

With the Season 2 finale of The Pitt almost here, we have rounded up some of the stage stars who have made regular appearances on the hit series during its first two seasons.

Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Mariska Hargitay (“Law & Order: SVU”, My Mom Jayne) will make her Broadway debut in Every Brilliant Thing, beginning Tuesday, May 26, 2026.

Check out photos from Katy Monroe's Glamour, Reimagined at Maxan Jazz on February 2, when the Las Vegas-based singer, model, and entertainer blended golden-age Hollywood elegance with contemporary sophistication.

Katy Monroe will present 'Glamour, Reimagined' at Maxan Jazz, featuring a blend of classic Hollywood elegance and modern flair. The event will showcase Monroe's powerful voice and charismatic stage presence, accompanied by a band.

Following the Tribeca Festival, BroadwayWorld has done a recap of some of the biggest theater titles, including Everything's Going to Be Great starring Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney, Mandy Patinkin's long-awaited Seasoned series, the third season of The Gilded Age, and more.

HBO has released the trailer for the new documentary My Mom Jayne, a film by Mariska Hargitay. In her feature directorial debut, Hargitay delves into the story of her mother, Jayne Mansfield, almost six decades after the Hollywood legend’s tragic death. Watch the trailer now.

Entitled “Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell”, the first authorized doc on Hollywood’s Blonde Bombshell, Mamie Van Doren, is in the works.

With facial expressions and reactions reminiscent of another redheaded Lucy we all love, the darling Darling keeps her audience in the palm of her sleight of hand.

The HBO Original documentary My Mom Jayne, a film by Mariska Hargitay, will debut this June on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. The film delves into her mother Jayne Mansfield’s story and legacy, almost sixty years after her death.

The Zarlengo Foundation will present RON WHITE at Bellco Theatre.

Renowned comedian Ron White, affectionately known as “Tater Salad,” will perform live at the Palace Theatre (34 W. Broad St.) at 7 pm February 14, 2025.

Two years before the deranged genius of ROBOWAR and SHOCKING DARK, writer/director Bruno Mattei and co-writers Claudio Fragasso & Rossella Drudi borrowed from RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II, MISSING IN ACTION and more to create their own mind-blowing 'Namsploitation masterpiece STRIKE COMMANDO.

Barbara Barrie, 89, is today officially releasing Blinded by Love, a new podcast hosted by the actress (Company, California Suite, The Killdeer, I Remember Mama, Significant Other), and her longtime friend, poet, business executive and community organizer, Margot Zucker Mindich, 85. Blinded by Love  aims to share the rarely heard, honest, and often hysterical stories and experiences of people in their 70’s, 80’s and 90’s in their own words.  

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the best film musicals since the sound era began; see if your favorites made the list!

Dick D. Zigun, Artistic Director of Coney Island USA and Funhouse Philosophers, announces his latest production, Bloody Brains in a Juke Box, which will be presented Fridays thru Sundays, March 6-29, with an opening night scheduled for March 14.

Funhouse Philosophers, the resident experimental theater company at Coney Island USA announces its most ambitious project yet...

Dick D. Zigun, Artistic Director of Coney Island USA and Funhouse Philosophers, announces that Bloody Brains in a Juke Box, previously slated to begin performances on November 8, has been rescheduled for Spring, 2020 in order to allow for a special casting drive to discover celebrity look-alike actors to portray characters resembling Sidney Poitier, Audrey Hepburn, Jackie Coogan and Jayne Mansfield. Special auditions for these parts will be held at Coney Island USA at 1208 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn on Sunday, October 27 from 1 to 5pm. The new performance dates for the production will be Fridays thru Sundays, March 6-29, with an opening night scheduled for March 14.

At the Union Theatre, Abigayle Honeywill stars as Lorelei and Eleanor Lakin as Dorothy, with Freddie King, George Lennan and Aaron Bannister-Davies as would-be suitors as well as Maria Mosquera, Tom Murphy, Virge Gilchrist, Ashlee Young, Arran Bell, Esme Bacalla-Hayes, Florence Beaumont, Jasmine Davis, Jo Bird, Lewis Rimmer, Liam Dean, Patrick Cook and Stephen Loriot.