Theater producer Daryl Roth, who produced last season's Tony Award-winning revival of The Normal Heart and has presented an unprecedented seven Pulitzer Prize-winning plays on the stage, is set to receive two prestigious honors next month. The Family Equality Council will present Roth with the Hostetter-Habib Family Award for her continued support of the LGBT community. The presentation will take place at the organizations Night at the Pier event tonight, May 8.
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater produces the 2011 Tony Award-winning production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, directed by George C. Wolfe. Wolfe, who directed the show's sold-out Broadway engagement last season, mounts the professional D.C.-area premiere of this production, which features returning Broadway cast members Patrick Breen and Luke MacFarlane, among others. Presented by special arrangement with Daryl Roth, The Normal Heart runs June 8-July 29, 2012 in the Kreeger Theater.
Theater producer Daryl Roth, who produced last season's Tony Award-winning revival of The Normal Heart and has presented an unprecedented seven Pulitzer Prize-winning plays on the stage, is set to receive two prestigious honors next month. The Family Equality Council will present Roth with the Hostetter-Habib Family Award for her continued support of the LGBT community. The presentation will take place at the organizations Night at the Pier event on May 8. Later in the month, at its Stella by Starlight Gala on May 20, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting will present Roth with The Harold Clurman Spirit Award "for courageous contribution to the culture of the city of New York and beyond." Her fellow honorees at the Stella by Starlight Gala include Harry Belafonte, James Earl Jones, Ed Schultz, and Masa Tanaka.
92nd Street Y has announced that Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters, continues the new season of his popular interview series, "Broadway Talks with Jordan Roth," with Harry Connick, Jr. (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) on Tuesday, February 7th at 8:00 p.m. and Nick Jonas (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) on Sunday, March 4th at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are from $29 and are available at www.92Y.org/BroadwayTalks or by calling 212.415.5500.
After airing only a handful of episodes, the NBC network has announced that is will be replacing its new drama series THE FIRM with its midseason replacement series AWAKE beginning March 1st.
As first reported on Deadline.com, commentator Bill O'Reilly's recent best-selling book, 'Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever' is set to become a National Geographic Channel two-hour documentary.
According to the New York Times, Broadway producer Daryl Roth is currently working on bringing a handful of shows to the Great White Way. Roth revealed in a newletter that she's currently casting for a stage adaptation of John Grisham's 'A Time to Kill, ' and is working on bringing David Hyde Pierce's 'It Shoulda Been You' to a Broadway stage.
The broadcast debut of NBC's THE FIRM was off to a rough start last night as the CBS network dominated ratings with its coverage of the NFL. THE FIRM premiered with a 2-hour pilot episode before moving to its Thursdaynight time slot from 10:00 - 11:00 pm/et beginning January 12th.
NBC's new drama THE FIRM will premiere with a 2-hour episode on Sunday, January 8th 9/8c before airing in its new time slot on Thursdays 10/9c beginning January 12th. The show is based on the best selling John Grisham novel and stars Josh Lucas, Juliette Lewis and Callum Keith Rennie.
NBC has released an exclusive interview with best-selling author John Grisham ('The Pelican Brief,' 'The Client') who talks about taking his novel THE FIRM from the big screen to television.
NBC has just released a 5 minute sneak peek of it's new drama THE FIRM, premiering with a 2-hour episode on Sunday, January 8th 9/8c. The series will move to its new time slot on Thursdays 10/9c beginning January 12th. The show is based on the best selling novel by author John Grisham and stars Josh Lucas, Juliette Lewis and Callum Keith Rennie.
NBC's new drama THE FIRM will premiere with a 2-hour episode on Sunday, January 8th 9/8c before airing in its new time slot on Thursdays 10/9c beginning January 12th. The show is based on the best selling John Grisham novel and stars Josh Lucas, Juliette Lewis and Callum Keith Rennie.
92nd Street Y has announced that Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters, continues the new season of his popular interview series, "Broadway Talks with Jordan Roth," with Harry Connick, Jr. (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) on Tuesday, February 7th at 8:00 p.m. and Nick Jonas (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) on Sunday, March 4th at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are from $29 and are available at www.92Y.org/BroadwayTalks or by calling 212.415.5500.
The Pasadena Playhouse has announced the full cast and creative team for BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY at The Pasadena Playhouse. BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY, by Pearl Cleage, which begins rehearsals this week will be directed by Artistic Director Sheldon Epps and performs November 1 - 27, with the official press opening on November 6, 2011.
Now, Michael Riedel reports in the New York Post that the play is getting closer to Broadway with a new reading set for Friday in New York, featuring Beau Bridges, his daughter Emily and Shuler Hensley. Riedel also reports that Justin Timberlake who has been looking for a theatre project will be 'approached' for the role of the show's young legal protege, Jack Brigance, played out of town by Sebastian Arcelus. There's no word on a potential timeline for the show, or if Timberlake is interested in the part.
Breathless, the story of two people from opposite end of the spectrum colliding on a train one late night in Chicago, will play at the Johnson Theater at Theater for the New City as part of the 2011 Dream Up Festival, September 1st-4th.
Breathless, the story of two people from opposite end of the spectrum colliding on a train one late night in Chicago, will play at the Johnson Theater at Theater for the New City as part of the 2011 Dream Up Festival, September 1st-4th.
Breathless, the story of two people from opposite end of the spectrum colliding on a train one late night in Chicago, will play at the Johnson Theater at Theater for the New City as part of the 2011 Dream Up Festival, September 1st-4th.
Entertainment One (eOne), Sony Pictures Television Networks, NBC and Global Television announced today that the highly anticipated drama series 'The Firm' commenced production on August 18, 2011 in Toronto, Canada.
Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman put it on one of his Top Ten lists. More than 15 years later, the McDonald's coffee case continues to be cited as a prime example of how citizens use 'frivolous' lawsuits to take unfair advantage of America's legal system. But is that an accurate portrayal of the facts?
