Matthew Broderick News

The producers of the 50th Anniversary production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING are excited to announce that Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalistAnderson Cooper will make his Broadway debut as the voice of the narrator in the new production directed and choreographed byRob Ashford. Anderson Cooper follows in the footsteps of Walter Cronkite who was the voice of the narrator in the 1995 revival of the musical starring Matthew Broderick. Starring Daniel Radcliffeas J. Pierrepont Finch, John Larroquette as J. B. Biggley,Christopher J. Hanke as Bud Frump, Tammy Blanchard as Hedy La Rue, Rob Bartlett as Twimble/Wally Womper, Mary Faber as Smitty, Ellen Harvey as Miss Jones, Michael Park as Bert Bratt and introducing in her Broadway debut Rose Hemingway as Radcliffe's onstage romantic interest Rosemary Pilkington, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING begins previews Saturday, February 26, 2011, at 8pm, at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) and Opens Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 5pm.

The producers of the 50th Anniversary production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING are excited to announce that Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist Anderson Cooper will make his Broadway debut as the voice of the narrator in the new production directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford. Anderson Cooper follows in the footsteps of Walter Cronkite who was the voice of the narrator in the 1995 revival of the musical starring Matthew Broderick. Starring Daniel Radcliffe as J. Pierrepont Finch, John Larroquette as J. B. Biggley, Christopher J. Hanke as Bud Frump, Tammy Blanchard as Hedy La Rue, Rob Bartlett as Twimble/Wally Womper, Mary Faber as Smitty, Ellen Harvey as Miss Jones, Michael Park as Bert Bratt and introducing in her Broadway debut Rose Hemingway as Radcliffe's onstage romantic interest Rosemary Pilkington, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING begins previews Saturday, February 26, 2011, at 8pm, at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) and Opens Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 5pm.

The COMEDY SERIES kicks off with the iconic American comic, JERRY SEINFELD, appearing in two stand up performances on November 6, 2010. In a rare solo appearance, entertainment legend and comedy queen WHOOPI GOLDBERG performs for one night only on January 15, 2011. NPR's award-winning comedy quiz show WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, jumps straight off the airwaves and into the Knight Concert Hall February 3 and 4, 2011 for a series of live performances and audio tapings to air on NPR Member Stations. CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, the show where surprise guest stars read from the real and really hilarious memoirs of their celebrity colleagues, takes Miami by storm, April 28-May 8, 2011.

Fountain Hills Community Theater is proud to announce the opening of the funniest, most honored musical in the history of Broadway: The Producers! Outrageous, hilarious, unexpected, a wee bit naughty and a sure-fire hit

Fountain Hills Community Theater is proud to announce the opening of the funniest, most honored musical in the history of Broadway: The Producers!

INTERVIEWING THE AUDIENCE - a new work by the playwright and filmmaker Zach Helm and created spontaneously each night by Mr. Helm from on stage interviews with willing members of the audience - will begin previews February 3 prior to its official opening night on February 10 as the next production in the Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St.) season. Tickets are on sale now to this limited engagement, which runs through February 27.

Naked Angels will celebrate its 25th Anniversary as one of the most innovative theatre companies in New York with a spectacular Gala at Roseland Ballroom (239 West 52nd Street). Naked Angels company members Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are Honorary Co-Chairs for the event. Conceived as an imagined history of Naked Angels - and promising to be bigger than all of the company's previous parties put together - One Big Ball will be a frivolous and inauthentic romp through Naked Angels' 25 years, written and performed by Naked Angels members, with many friends and surprise guests. Naked Angels company member and Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello directs the evening.

Smuggler Films partners, John N. Hart & Patrick Milling Smith and film and theatre producers, Fred Zollo and Barbara Broccoli & Michael G Wilson have announced the creative team for upcoming stage adaptation of the 2007 Academy Award-winning film ONCE, coming to Broadway in Fall 2011. The musical will feature the Academy Award-winning music and lyrics of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, a book by award-winning Irish playwright & screenwriter, Enda Walsh (Penelope, Hunger, The New Electric Ballroom), direction by the acclaimed Scottish director of Black Watch, John Tiffany, design by five time Tony Award winner Bob Crowley (The Coast of Utopia, Mary Poppins). Steven Hoggett (American Idiot, Black Watch) will provide musical staging and Martin Lowe (Mamma Mia!) is the music director.

The New Group announces that BLOOD FROM A STONE will extend through February 19 (the final performance was previously slated for Feb 5.

Fountain Hills Community Theater is proud to announce the opening of the funniest, most honored musical in the history of Broadway: The Producers! Outrageous, hilarious, unexpected, a wee bit naughty and a sure-fire hit

The Fine Arts Center Theatre Company continues its record-breaking season (see note below) with the Mel Brooks' award-winning musical comedy The Producers at the SaG?Ji Theatre from Jan. 28 - Feb. 20.

Bravo reminisces about some of the best moments in reality television with an animated special, 'Shep and Tiffany Watch TV: The Best of 2010,' airing Thursday, December 23 at 11pm et/pt. Based on the animated web shorts from Shepard Boucher that have garnered worldwide notoriety with millions of online hits, the main characters Shep and Tiffany, young reality TV junkies, serve as masters of ceremonies as they attempt to clean out their DVR of the year's best moments and make way for what's to come in 2011. From 'Hoarders' to 'The Real Housewives of New York City,' no reality show is spared as the special parodies the best in reality TV.

Bravo reminisces about some of the best moments in reality television with an animated special, 'Shep and Tiffany Watch TV: The Best of 2010,' airing Thursday, December 23 at 11pm et/pt. Based on the animated web shorts from Shepard Boucher that have garnered worldwide notoriety with millions of online hits, the main characters Shep and Tiffany, young reality TV junkies, serve as masters of ceremonies as they attempt to clean out their DVR of the year's best moments and make way for what's to come in 2011. From 'Hoarders' to 'The Real Housewives of New York City,' no reality show is spared as the special parodies the best in reality TV.

The Tony Award-winning stars Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane will serve as Masters of Ceremonies when the Vineyard Theatre honors the five-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman at the company's annual gala to benefit the non-profit theatre company on Monday, February 28 at 6:00pm at the Hudson Theatre (145 W. 44 St.) in Manhattan, it has been announced by Douglas Aibel, Artistic Director of the Vineyard Theatre.

According to Variety, stage and screen star Sarah Jessica Parker is set to join New Line's NEW YEAR'S EVE. The film will be directed by Garry Marshall, and will include a cast of: Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Abigail Breslin, Robert De Niro, Ashton Kutcher, Lea Michele, Michelle Pfeiffer and Hilary Swank.

Fountain Hills Community Theater is proud to announce the opening of the funniest, most honored musical in the history of Broadway: The Producers!

The New Group proudly presents the world premiere of a new play Blood From A Stone as the first production of its 2010-11 season.

Building on its ratings successes and the pop culture following of its late night talk show, Bravo will premiere five consecutive nights of 'Watch What Happens: Live' for the first time ever and will launch its first New Year's Eve special. Beginning Sunday, December 12, 'Watch What Happens: Live' will air five original nights with a star-studded guest lineup including Anderson Cooper, Diane Von Furstenberg, Amy Sedaris and Denise Richards. Rounding out the year on December 31st, Bravo will air 'Watch What Happens Live: Andy's New Years Eve Party,' the network's first New Year's Eve special hosted by Andy Cohen live from the Bravo clubhouse. Party guests include Sandra Bernhard, Megan McCain, Housewives from coast to coast; special appearances by newsmakers of the year and performances from Jay Sean and Bravolebritie Kim Zolciak.

It starts when a little boy asks Santa for a doll, gets a truck, and thinks he's been bad. The child's quiet letter of complaint shakes St. Nick to the soul as he recalls his fearful youth during the middle ages (when homosexuals were torn to pieces) and regrets the promotional deals he made with Coca-Cola that force him to stay in the closet. Santa Claus Is Coming Out, a theatrical mock-u-mentary by Jeffrey Solomon, reveals the secret romantic life of the beloved childhood icon and the scandal that rocks the world when the truth leaks out.