Meryl Streep News

Beginning February 4th, the Purchase Repertory Theatre of SUNY will present an evening of short plays and scenes by the Pulitzer-winning John Patrick Shanley at the Emelin Thetare in Mamaroneck. Shanley is perhaps best known as the author of Doubt and the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Moonstruck. These pieces, like his characters, are funny, romantic, brutal, full of longing and haunted by demons all at the same time.

A CABLE FROM GIBRALTAR, the unusual new comedy by Daniel Meltzer about the intersecting lives of two couples over a lifetime, their good fortune and bad choices, literally from cradle to creeping decrepitude, opens Saturday evening, February 6, 2010, at 8 PM for 17 performances at the Medicine Show Theatre.

'Martha' is Martha Wilkinson, an actress who's been on the scene for more than 20 years, performing on stages all over town, racking up glowing notices other actresses would kill for, carting off nine - count 'em, nine! - First Night Awards, being named the Nashville Scene's best actress, ranking atop Nashville.BroadwayWorld.com's year-end review for 2009, and winning hearts every time she walks onstage.

Rubicon Theatre Company continues the 2009-2010 Season, 'Defying Expectations,' with DOUBT: A PARABLE by John Patrick Shanley.

Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards® were announced on Tuesday, February 2, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Oscar-nominated actress and Academy member Anne Hathaway.

The Providence Performing Arts Center presents a special evening with Garrison Keillor, host and creator of 'A Prairie Home Companion' at the Providence Performing Arts Center on March 11, 2010.

Annette Bening, who plays the famed feminist in playwright Joanna Murray-Smith's comedy The Female of the Species, will be sharing the Geffen Playhouse stage with a diverse group of acclaimed actors: David Arquette (Scream, Never Been Kissed), Tony Award nominee Mireille Enos (Big Love, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf on Broadway), Merritt Wever (Nurse Jackie), Julian Sands (A Room with a View, Boxing Helena) and Josh Stamberg (Drop Dead Diva). The production is helmed by Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Randall Arney and begins in previews on February 2 with an official opening night of Wednesday, February 10, 2010.

'INFUSE THE SPARK' THIS VALENTINE'S WITH FINDFRED.COM & SPECIAL GUESTS CHRIS MARCH & ADAM SANK. Proceeds To Benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Launch will be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 8PM.

Lily Tomlin, one of America's most brilliant comediennes, will perform her unique brand of comedy in the Hollywood Theatre at MGM Grand March 11 - 17 at 8 p.m. nightly.

When Skylight audiences last saw Figaro in The Barber of Seville, he was triumphant after engineering a romantic coup.

Rubicon Theatre Company continues the 2009-2010 Season, 'Defying Expectations,' with DOUBT: A PARABLE by John Patrick Shanley.

While she obviously spends a lot of time working on the administrative requirements of running a theatre company in Nashville, she also finds time to display her many talents onstage. Most recently, she starred in the company's critically acclaimed (which means I really liked it) production of The Great American Trailer Park Musical. And somehow, in the aftermath of that show and amid all the hubbub of the holiday season, Cathy found time to sit down and respond to our questions. This week, then, she is in the spotlight for 'A Life in the Theatre.' Enjoy!

Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards® will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Oscar-nominated actress and Academy member Anne Hathaway.

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard University has announced that Justin Timberlake is the recipient of the 2010 Man of the Year award. He joins Anne Hathaway, the recipient of the 2010 Woman of the Year award.

When Mel Brooks' classic Young Frankenstein makes its way to the Fox Theatre stage in its exciting new musical form, a familiar face to fans of Brooks' previous work will be leading the way (and flipping the switches, laughing maniacally, and Puttin on the Ritz). That face belongs to Roger Bart, familiar to many for his Tony nominated role of Carmen Ghia (and later Leo Bloom) in Mel Brooks' critically acclaimed hit The Producers in addition to numerous award winning theatrical, film and television roles. Roger sat down with me recently to talk a little about his career, working with Mel Brooks and the exciting and 'Abby Normal' thrill it is to be bringing this fresh new musical to Atlanta audiences.

Night-time TV soaps like Dynasty, Dallas, Knots Landing and more recently Dirty Sexy Money explored the universal issues of greed and infidelity and their devastating effects on the family unit. In Clyde Fitch's The City, written nearly 100 years ago, the well-to-do and highly respected political Rand family move from the suburbs of Middlebrook to New York City, experiencing a windfall of corruptions.

The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony was simulcast live on TNT and TBS from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT), 7 p.m. (CT) and 6 p.m. (MT). An encore presentation will air on TNT at 11 p.m. (ET/PT).

The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony was simulcast live on TNT and TBS from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT), 7 p.m. (CT) and 6 p.m. (MT). An encore presentation will air on TNT at 11 p.m. (ET/PT).

Christina Applegate, Simon Baker, Benjamin Bratt, Morgan Freeman, Kate Hudson, Diane Kruger, Helen Mirren, Mo'Nique, Gabourey Sidibe and Christoph Waltz will be presenters at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Executive Producer Jeff Margolis announced today.

John Patrick Shanley's provocative 'Savage in Limbo' continues VPT's 'Women on the Cutting Edge' Series for its Studio Theater. The show, directed by Jacque Lueken, will open on January 23rd, 2010.