John Lithgow News

Stage and screen award-winning star Tommy Lee Jones has quit The Lincoln Lawyer film project over creative differences with the script, Variety is reporting. Jones had been confirmed to direct and star in the film alongside Matthew McConaughey. Lakeshore Entertainment is producing the piece, an adaptation of the novel by Michael Connelly.

As previously reported, Michael Feinstein and Dame Edna have decided to collaborate on their upcoming show efforts and will jointly star in All About Me. The New York Times has reported today that All About Me shall run at the Golden Theater. Previews will begin on February 19 with an official opening night of March 18.

Kelli O'Hara, one of Broadway's brightest stars who has won rave reviews in The Light in the Piazza, The Pajama Game, My Fair Lady and the highly acclaimed revival of South Pacific, will make her debut in the Orange County Performing Arts Center's Cabaret Series January 21 - 24 in Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will continue its star-studded Fall 2009 season with the celebrated chanteuse, MAUDE MAGGART. She will bring her critically-acclaimed show 'Parents and Children' back to New York. When it debuted last spring, The New York Times called Maude an 'increasingly fascinating entertainer' whose show was 'bewitching' and 'seductive.' The evening features songs by Stephen Sondheim ('Beautiful'), Rodgers & Hammerstein ('You've Got To Be Carefully Taught'), Dolly Parton ('Coat Of Many Colors'), George Gershwin ('The Man I Love'), Alec Wilder ('Be A Child') and Maury Yeston ('My Grandmother's Love Letters'). Maude is returning to Feinstein's for the first time since her New York nightclub debut as Michael Feinstein's guest in December 2001. All shows will take place at the Regency Hotel.

Shubert Organization Chairman Philip J. Smith and President Robert E. Wankel have intervened in the ever growing public feud between Michael Feinstein's All About Me and Dame Edna: It's All About Me.

The Geffen Playhouse's Backstage at the Geffen annual fundraiser, which recognizes leadership in the theater community while raising funds for the Geffen Playhouse's education programs, will honor Tony and Emmy Award winning actress Kristin Chenoweth and Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Barry Meyer.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will continue its star-studded Fall 2009 season with the celebrated chanteuse, MAUDE MAGGART. She will bring her critically-acclaimed show 'Parents and Children' back to New York. When it debuted last spring, The New York Times called Maude an 'increasingly fascinating entertainer' whose show was 'bewitching' and 'seductive.' The evening features songs by Stephen Sondheim ('Beautiful'), Rodgers & Hammerstein ('You've Got To Be Carefully Taught'), Dolly Parton ('Coat Of Many Colors'), George Gershwin ('The Man I Love'), Alec Wilder ('Be A Child') and Maury Yeston ('My Grandmother's Love Letters'). Maude is returning to Feinstein's for the first time since her New York nightclub debut as Michael Feinstein's guest in December 2001. All shows will take place at the Regency Hotel.

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9pm - Upright Cabaret presents Actor Jack Noseworthy in his West Coast cabaret debut entitled Come Fly with Me at Upright Cabaret on Vermont.

The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that 33 Variations star Colin Hanks will star in Matt Nix's new 13-episode, hour-long action/comedy series 'Jack and Dan,' on Fox. Nix is the mastermind behind the USA Network series 'Burn Notice.'

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9pm - Upright Cabaret presents Actor Jack Noseworthy in his West Coast cabaret debut entitled Come Fly with Me at Upright Cabaret on Vermont.

Roles are available for actors, dancers and singers of all ages (children, teens, and adults). Auditionees should prepare 16 bars of an up-tempo song. Pre-recorded accompaniment is preferred, but an accompanist will also be provided, and auditionees should be dressed in clothing appropriate for movement and be prepared to learn a short dance combination. Resumes and headshots will be accepted, but they are not required.

Roles are available for actors, dancers and singers of all ages (children, teens, and adults). Auditionees should prepare 16 bars of an up-tempo song. Pre-recorded accompaniment is preferred, but an accompanist will also be provided, and auditionees should be dressed in clothing appropriate for movement and be prepared to learn a short dance combination. Resumes and headshots will be accepted, but they are not required.

RGA Productions presents Frankenstein, a concert and rock music telling of the iconic Mary Shelley tale featuring a Grand Rock style that evokes the sound of Pink Floyd, Evanescense, Alan Parsons Projects, Metallica, Stravinsky & Bartok.

Zoe Wanamaker and David Suchet will star in the Apollo Theatre's production of ALL MY SONS. The play, by Arthur Miller, will begin May 27th, 2010 and is directed by Olivier award winner Howard Davies. Davies won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director for his work on ALL MY SONS on the West End. Wanamaker will play Kate Keller, while Suchet will play the husband, Joe Keller. Additional casting is yet to be announced.

Variety reports that Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway production of Sarah Ruhl's IN THE NEXT ROOM, or the Vibrator Play' has booked the Lyceum Theater for its fall run.

The Duchess Theatre presents Endgame by Samuel Beckett. In Beckett's one act play the aged and blind Hamm and his servant Clov co-exist in a mutually dependent and fractious relationship, with only Hamm's parents, Nell and Nagg, legless from a biking accident, for company. They are condemned to a daily routine sealed off from the void outside.

The fifteenth annual gala benefit for Landmark on Main Street will take place on Saturday evening, November 7, 2009 with a special performance by Broadway's leading lady Kelli O'Hara and a post-concert celebration in the tented Spotlight Club. Angela and Scott Jaggar and Phyllis and Joel Joseph will be honored for their tremendous contributions to the organization.

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9pm - Upright Cabaret presents Actor Jack Noseworthy in his West Coast cabaret debut entitled Come Fly with Me at Upright Cabaret on Vermont.

That esteemed Merchant of Yonkers, Horace Vandergelder, proclaims, 'The world's going crazy. The asylums can't hold them all....and we're all in danger of being infected.' Join the award-winning Interact Theatre Company (ITC) for a frolicking romp, permeated with adventure, love, and a touch of insanity.

Roles are available for actors, dancers and singers of all ages (children, teens, and adults). Auditionees should prepare 16 bars of an up-tempo song. Pre-recorded accompaniment is preferred, but an accompanist will also be provided, and auditionees should be dressed in clothing appropriate for movement and be prepared to learn a short dance combination. Resumes and headshots will be accepted, but they are not required.