John Cameron News

The Paley Center for Media and the Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment will present the first annual PaleyFest: Made in NY on October 2-6 at the Paley Center in New York.

At long last, the phenomenon is coming home. Cameron Mackintosh's production of Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schonberg's Tony Award-winning musical masterpiece LES MISERABLES will return to the Imperial Theatre, the show's home on Broadway for nearly 13 years and 5244 performances. Previews for the new production of Les Miserables will begin Saturday, March 1 with an official opening night Sunday, March 23. Watch a promo for the show below!

Neil Patrick Harris will return to Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the musical with text by John Cameron Mitchell and music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, and in a recent interview with Vanity Fair, he revealed that he is already preparing for the role. On his recent weight loss, he commented: 'As Barney I'm all shoulders and arms and chest, but as Hedwig I'll be all legs and butt and back. Like Cyd Charisse.'

This week at Joe's Pub at The Public, September 16-22, features performances by ELVIRA KURT IN WORD*ROCK*&SWORD WOMEN OF COMEDY, MEN IN BLAZERS, JANN KLOSE / BARNABY BRIGHT, JOEY ARIAS, JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND, and STARSKY + COX.

Cult sensation DINA MARTINA returns to New York on September 26 with DINA MARTINA: A DOUR PALETTE at The Laurie Beechman Theatre. After attaining cult status in her native town of Seattle and touring nationally, Martina's official New York debut in 2005 sold out in minutes. Her follow-up shows have left jaded audiences (including Michael Stipe, Whoopi Goldberg, John Waters, Matt Stone, John Cameron Mitchell, Margaret Cho, Bruce Vilanch, Joyce Dewitt, and Jeff Stryker -- a list as strange has her shows) stunned and clamoring for more.

Neil Patrick Harris' return to Broadway in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, the musical with text by John Cameron Mitchell and music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, directed by Michael Mayer, will open Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street) with previews beginning Saturday, March 29.

This week at Joe's Pub at the Public, September 3-8, will feature KINAN AZMEH, LOS HACHEROS, TELLY SAVALAS LIVE!, MIKE DAISEY, FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME, JAY BRANNAN, and PHYLLIS CHEN.

Barefoot in the Backyard is pleased to announce pop and country singer-songwriter, k.d. lang and Canadian Astronaut, Chris Hadfield to join the lineup for Sarah McLachlan's benefit celebration

Noted British actor and BAFTA Award winner Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man, Notting Hill) is the most recent actor to join the cast of the SHOWTIME comedy pilot TRENDING DOWN.

This week at Joe's Pub at the Public, August 12-18, will feature TREVOR BACHMAN, ARIANA DEBOSE, RABBIT & THE HARE, INCOMING! THE PUBLIC THEATER'S UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL, FREEDY JOHNSTON, HEATHER CHRISTIAN & THE ARBORNAUTS, ALFIE BOE, CHAMPAGNE JERRY, DUSTBOWL REVIVAL, THE HOT SARDINES, THE MARIO OPERA, NICK GARRIE, BLAKE WHYTE, and RAISIN GIRL: BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR TORI AMOS.

On Friday, August 23, at 8:30p.m., the award-winning East Lynne Theater Company will present an American Sign Language Interpretation of the well-reviewed 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow.'

Legendary director/performer John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and sensational cabaret goddess Mx. Justin VivIan Bond (Shortbus) headline the third annual 'Out in the Woods' Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) music festival at Easton Mountain Retreat Center in the beautiful rolling hills of upstate New York today, August 10th.

Opening the season is Lillian Hellman's brilliant 1934 play, The Children's Hour. Bullying, sexual confusion and suicide provide the basis to this dark piece. A show written 79 years ago, yet so poignant to our current state.

Playing the role of Ichabod Crane in the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company's production of the world premiere of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' is Matt Baxter Luceno. His first appearance with ELTC was playing Rodney Martin in the comedy 'It Pays to Advertise' last fall, and now he's back as the music and school teacher from Connecticut who lands a job in superstitious Tarrytown, New York.

In a clip from tonight's CONAN on TBS, guest Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) talks about his nerves approaching his role in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH on Broadway; Conan warns Harris to eschew the use of duct tape on his junk. Click below to watch the segment!

LES MISERABLES, Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of the world's longest running musical, runs at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis for one week only, today, July 30-August 4, 2013.

The DOOGIE HOWSER turned Broadway turned How I Met Your Mother star recently spoke with USA Weekend about taking on the role of Hedwig on the Great White Way in the Spring of 2014, and what it means for him, as well as his career.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Two shows called 'Whistle,' plus 'Superman,' 'Hedwig,' 'Seussical,' 'All Shook Up,' '9 To 5' and 'Teen Beach Movie,' a trip to England and the latest in summer concerts!

Sundance Institute today announced the participants for its annual Creative Producing Labs and Creative Producing Summit, both held the week of July 29 at the Sundance Resort in Sundance, Utah. These activities are part of the Institute's year-round Creative Producing Initiative, which encompasses a series of Labs, Fellowships and other events that support independent producers.

Meet the cast, playwright, and director of the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company's production of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' on Friday, August 2 at an after-show Q&A. It's a wonderful opportunity for theater lovers to learn about those involved in this profession, and ask the cast and crew how and why they do what they do.