John Travolta News

Forget all those movies with 2, 3 and more in the names! What BroadwayWorld readers are anxiously waiting for is the Broadway smash, Hairspray to hit the big screen! Click now to watch this hot trailer featuring all the stars including John Travolta, Nikki Blonsky, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Christopher Walken, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes and more!

ASCAP presented its Henry Mancini Award to Marc Shaiman at the 22nd Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards held Tuesday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California...

Multiple-award winning composer Marc Shaiman got top billing Tuesday evening as the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers honored him with the Henry Mancini Award during the 22nd Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles...

Two new CDs from Masterworks Broadway and PLAYBILL Editors' Choice feature two dozen star turns from performers who were little known on opening night... Click in for the review and for never-before-seen photographs of some of the stars exclusively on BroadwayWorld.com.

This summer, Play Along will release a series of dolls representing characters from the upcoming New Line Cinema feature film version of the Broadway smash Hairspray.

A movie poster design was recently completed for Hairspray, New Line Cinema's upcoming film version of the Broadway smash.

The 1974 Broadway musical comedy 'Over Here!' is currently scheduled to open at Toronto's Elgin Theatre late this June for a summer-long run before a potential London-transfer where it may open next year. Possibly starring Donna McKechnie and Frances Ruffelle.

A video announcement on the 'Grease: You're the One That I Want' website reveals that more casting has been set for the upcoming Broadway revival of Grease.

On the March 25th live season finale of the NBC series 'Grease: You're The One That I Want' the show came to its conclusion announcing the upcoming revival's new Broadway stars. Playing Danny will be Max Crumm and playing Sandy will be Laura Osnes.

Grease will begin previews at the West End's Piccadilly Theatre on July 25th and open on August 8th.

The stars of New Line Cinema's highly anticipated upcoming film version of Hairspray recently gathered for the 2007 ShoWest Photocall at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas.

Gateway Playhouse, one of the top ten summer theaters in the United States, will enjoy it's 58th year with a full and versatile schedule of summer entertainment.

Masterworks Broadway, a label born out of the SONY/BMG merger, has gathered together collection of these 'sleeper' hits sung by some of the theater's most talented performers in its new release, 'Broadway Scene Stealers,' featuring songs sung by supporting characters in musicals.

The Broadway hit Hairspray will be bringing its unstoppable beat to London in autumn 2007

Rob Marshall will be a guest judge on the March 11th edition of NBC's 'Grease: You're the One That I Want.'

The star-studded 79th Annual Academy Awards were held at the Kodak Theatre in L.A. on February 25th!

Hairspray, New Line Cinema's upcoming film version of the Broadway smash, is currently in production for a July 20th release and we've got brand-new production photos!

New Line Cinema is bringing a new feature film adaptation of the Tony award-winning Broadway production of Hairspray to movie theaters this summer, and Play Along®, a division of JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (Nasdaq:JAKK), will be offering the authentic collectable fashion dolls for the highly-anticipated feature film.

NBC's 'Grease: You're the One That I Want' continues to rank in the top five of the Sunday night ratings.

Rob Marshall, director of the critically acclaimed NBC television special TARGET PRESENTS: TONY BENNETT/AN AMERICAN CLASSIC, won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety for 2006 at the 59th Annual DGA Awards ceremony held Saturday, February 3 in Los Angeles.