Jean Smart News

Check out singer and songwriter Matt Von Roderick's music video for his new single 'Let the Trumpet Talk.' The video is directed by the Tony nominated director of ROCK OF AGES, Kristin Hanggi. Also featured in the video are Autumn Reeser (Entourage, The OC) and Jerry Zucker (Airplane, Naked Gun). The single is produced by Swiss American Federation (Far East Movement, Nelly Furtado, Madonna).

The Old Globe today announced principal casting for the Globe's 2012 Shakespeare Festival. Craig Noel Award winner Jay Whittaker returns to the Festival for his third consecutive season to appear in the title role of William Shakespeare's Richard III. He will also appear as Oliver in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Also returning to the Festival are Craig Noel Award winner Robert Foxworth and Adrian Sparks, who will take to the courtroom floor as titanic lawyers Henry Drummond and Matthew Harrison Brady, respectively, in the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee classic Inherit the Wind. Foxworth, an Old Globe Associate Artist, will also play Lord Hastings in Richard III, and Sparks will play Lord Mayor of London in Richard III and Corin in As You Like It. Festival veteran Dana Green will star as Rosalind, and Dan Amboyer, new to the Festival stage, will play Orlando, the object of her affections, in As You Like It. Green will also play Queen Elizabeth in Richard III. Amboyer will also be featured as Bertram Cates in Inherit the Wind and the Earl of Richmond in Richard III. Festival newcomer Jacques C. Smith will play Jacques in As You Like It, the Duke of Buckingham in Richard III and Mr. Meeker in Inherit the Wind. Adrian Noble returns for his third outing as Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Festival and will helm As You Like It and Inherit the Wind. Renowned British director Lindsay Posner makes his debut at the Globe with his production of Richard III. Noble recently directed the World Premiere stage version of The King's Speech, which is currently touring England, and Posner's hit revival of Noises Off is currently playing at London's Old Vic and will transfer to the West End in March. The 2012 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, runs June 3 - Sept. 30, 2012.

Next Fall - Jean Smart joins original New York cast members Patrick Breen,Patrick Heusinger and Maddie Corman when L.A. Theatre Works records Geoffrey Nauffts' hit play for radio with. Two men in love, two parents in denial, and two friends on speed dial.

On the January 4th episode of ABC's HAPPY ENDINGS entitled, 'The Shrink, the Dare, Her Date and Her Brother', Broadway veteran Faith Prince guest stars in the role of 'Roz'.

According to published reports, stage and screen star Faith Prnce is set to guest star on the upcomin January 4 episode of ABC's 'Happy Endings.'

Next Fall - Jean Smart joins original New York cast members Patrick Breen,Patrick Heusinger and Maddie Corman when L.A. Theatre Works records Geoffrey Nauffts' hit play for radio with. Two men in love, two parents in denial, and two friends on speed dial.

According to published reports, stage and screen star Faith Prnce is set to guest star on the upcomin January 4 episode of ABC's 'Happy Endings.'

The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center will present a special, encore performance of the smash hit Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays. The Center's Renberg Theatre will join theaters across the nation on the same evening to showcase this outstanding collection of short plays in support of the ongoing movement for the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. The one-night-only engagement will take place Monday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m.

Talk show listings for Wednesday, September 28.

Talk show listings for Wednesday, September 28.

Emmy Award winner Jean Smart guest-stars as a tough district attorney who faces off against series title star Kathy Bates as a maverick defense attorney in NBC's 'Harry's Law' as the network has scheduled the first four encore broadcasts of the returning drama (Wednesdays, 9-10 p.m. ET) beginning Saturday, September 24 (8-9 p.m. ET).

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).

Hallmark Channel announces that 'William & Catherine: A Royal Romance,' a two-hour Hallmark Channel Original Movie from Emmy(R) Award-winning producer Linda Yellen ('Playing for Time') and Emmy(R) Award nominee Brad Krevoy ('Taking Chance') will have its World Premiere exclusively on the network, Saturday, August 27 (9 p.m. ET/PT, 8C).

Sarah Drew, Calista Flockhart, Stacy Keach, Amy Madigan, Jean Smart, Matthew Rhys, Joanne Whalley and JoBeth Williams are among the stars set to record 10 plays as part of L.A. Theatre Works' 2011-12 season. Beginning this September, L.A. Theatre Works' acclaimed 'The Play's The Thing' radio theater series moves to the James Bridges Theater on the campus of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. There, each performance will be recorded in front of a live audience for future radio broadcast.

Hallmark Channel announces that 'William & Catherine: A Royal Romance,' a two-hour Hallmark Channel Original Movie from Emmy(R) Award-winning producer Linda Yellen ('Playing for Time') and Emmy(R) Award nominee Brad Krevoy ('Taking Chance') will have its World Premiere exclusively on the network, Saturday, August 27 (9 p.m. ET/PT, 8C).

Talk show listings for Monday, May 30.

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).

Producers Joan Stein and Stuart Ross announced today that STANDING ON CEREMONY: THE GAY MARRIAGE PLAYS returns by popular demand to Largo at the Coronet (366 N. La Cienega Blvd.) in West Hollywood.

STANDING ON CEREMONY: THE GAY MARRIAGE PLAYS will return to Largo at the Coronet Theatre for a series of Monday night performances beginning March 28 and ending June 20.

Producers Joan Stein and Stuart Ross announced today that STANDING ON CEREMONY: THE GAY MARRIAGE PLAYS returns by popular demand to Largo at the Coronet (366 N. La Cienega Blvd.) in West Hollywood.