Ken Howard News

OTSL has opened a delicious 'La boheme'.

The Lambs, America's oldest professional theatrical organization, a social club, was originally founded in London in 1868, then founded in New York Christmastime 142 years ago in 1874. The Lambs formerly incorporated in New York state on May 9th, 1877.

SAG-AFTRA today announced that Gabrielle Carteris was elected president by acclamation in a historic national board vote.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: SAG-AFTRA remembers Ken Howard, and galas, galas, galas!

College of DuPage (COD) College Theater presents one of Neil Simon's most celebrated comedies, 'Rumors,' directed by COD Director of Theater, Connie Canaday Howard at the McAninch Arts Center's Playhouse Theatre, April 21-May 1. The New York Post calls 'Rumors,' 'Light, frothy and fun;' and NBC-TV calls it, 'Not only side splitting, but front and back splitting.'

The California State Senate today adjourned its floor session in honor of the late SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard. Watch the tribute below!

'I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a Congress.'

The following statement by SAG-AFTRA Foundation President JoBeth Williams is released on behalf of SAG-AFTRA Foundation

As BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, Kenneth Joseph 'Ken' Howard, Jr., a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor and president of the performers union SAG-AFTRA died today at his home near Los Angeles. He was 71.

As BroadwayWorld reported yesterday evening, Kenneth Joseph 'Ken' Howard, Jr., a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor and president of the performers union SAG-AFTRA, died today, March 23, at his home near Los Angeles. He was 71. Betty Buckley, who starred alongside Howard in 1776, wrote of the departed:

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: BRIGHT STAR and AMERICAN PSYCHO bow on Broadway and more!

Echoing current presidential candidates' contentious views on immigration, the opera ¡FIGARO! (90210) brings the debate over immigration reform and income equality center stage when the production opens tomorrow, Thursday, March 24th at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street project (229 West 42nd Street). After highly acclaimed concert performances in 2013, and a sold-out run with LA Opera in January 2015, ¡FIGARO! (90210) is making its New York stage premiere for a limited engagement through Sunday, April 3rd. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

The following statement has been released on behalf of SAG-AFTRA, as an update to the news of President Ken Howard dying at age 71. Click here for his full BWW obituary. 

?After a months-long series of competitions at the district, regional, and national levels, a panel of expert judges named five young singers as the winners of the nation's most prestigious vocal competition, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Each winner receives a $15,000 cash prize and the prestige and exposure that come with winning the competition that launched the careers of many of opera's biggest stars.

First American concert appearance to be held Mar. 5 at Jacobs Music Center's Copley Symphony Hall

Verdi's late masterpiece based on Shakespeare's tragic drama of jealousy and deceit, OTELLO, airs on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at the Met today, February 21 at 12 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.) (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the opera at 12:30 p.m.) Get a sneak peek below!

Verdi's late masterpiece based on Shakespeare's tragic drama of jealousy and deceit, OTELLO, airs on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at the Met Sunday, February 21 at 12 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.) (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the opera at 12:30 p.m.) Get a sneak peek below!

Patricia Arquette, Abraham Attah, Jason Bateman, Bryan Cranston, Taye Diggs, Jon Hamm, Keegan?Michael Key, Diane Lane, Julia Louis?Dreyfus, Helen Mirren, Pedro Pascal, Jeremy Renner and J.K. Simmons will be presenters at the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard and SAG Awards® Committee Chair JoBeth Williams will announce the honorees for Outstanding Action Performances by Film and Television Stunt Ensembles

And- they did it! The Actors and Artists Unite to end Alzheimer's National Team has raised over $150,000 for the Walk to end Alzheimer's since their first walk in 2011!