Michael Andrew News

The Nutty Professor, the Jerry Lewis-helmed musical based on his successful film comedy, takes up residence at the James K. Polk Theatre in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center for a July 24-August 19 run, ahead of the production's anticipated November 15 opening on Broadway.

According to The Wall Street Journal, comedian Jerry Lewis revealed on Friday night during celebrations for his 86th birthday, that THE NUTTY PROFESSOR will hit Broadway this fall, with a planned opening of November 15th. The production, which had originally aimed for the 2010/11 season will star entertainer Michael Andrew. Lewis first revealed the production and introduced Andrew back in 2006 while hosting the MDA telethon, video of which apepars below. Lewis also revealed that joining the production team would be choreographer Kathleen Marshall.

Barrington Stage Company (BSC), under the leadership of Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director and Tristan Wilson, Managing Director, announces the ten 10-minute plays as part of the 10X10 On North New Play Festival. Performances are February 16 through 26 at BSC Stage 2 (36 Linden Street).

TV Land, which airs the 'Hot In Cleveland' television series starring Betty White, has made an arrangement with the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA) and named the Los Angeles Zoo's new baby orangutan after White's character 'Elka,' it was announced by GLAZA President Connie Morgan and TV Land President Larry W. Jones. The gift concludes a spectacular string of events celebrating the 90th birthday of GLAZA Co-Chairman White, known for her 50 years of devotion to the Los Angeles Zoo and her life-long commitment to animals.

Barrington Stage Company (BSC), under the leadership of Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director and Tristan Wilson, Managing Director, announces the ten 10-minute plays as part of the 10X10 On North New Play Festival. Performances are February 16 through 26 at BSC Stage 2 (36 Linden Street).

CBS Television Distribution has acquired the exclusive broadcast domestic distribution rights for TV Land's hit sitcom HOT IN CLEVELAND, it was announced today by Scott Koondel, President of Distribution for CTD.

Message to Congress and Presidential hopefuls - go see Mark St. German's 'The Best of Enemies' before you start the political campaign rhetoric.

The summer's most acclaimed new play, The Best of Enemies, by Mark St. Germain (author of Freud's Last Session), returns to Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning theatre in downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, for a run from tonight through 16 at the BSC Mainstage, 30 Union Street, Pittsfield. The press opening is Saturday, October 8 at 8pm.

Broadway veterans Brandi Burkhardt and Robert Torti are set to lead the upcoming Pasadena Playhouse reading of SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE. The duo joins previously announced Marissa Jaret Winokur, who will play Becky in the project.

TV Land announced today that the network's hit original sitcom, 'Hot in Cleveland,' begins production on its third season this week. The series, which stars veteran sitcom actresses Valerie Bertinelli ('One Day At A Time'), Jane Leeves ('Frasier'), Wendie Malick ('Just Shoot Me') and Betty White ('Golden Girls'), was just awarded a Creative Arts Emmy(R) Award for Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi-Camera Series (Michael Andrew Hynes and Maralee Zediker). Betty White was also recently nominated for an Emmy(R) Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on the sitcom. 'Hot in Cleveland' will have its season three premiere on Wednesday, November 30th at 10PM ET/PT, immediately followed by the series premiere of TV Land's newest original sitcom, 'The Exes.'

The summer's most acclaimed new play, The Best of Enemies, by Mark St. Germain (author of Freud's Last Session), returns to Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning theatre in downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, for a run from October 5 through 16 at the BSC Mainstage, 30 Union Street, Pittsfield. The press opening is Saturday, October 8 at 8pm.

According to report by Michael Musto for Village Voice, Michael Andrew will star in the upcoming Broadway production of THE NUTTY PROFESSOR'. Director Jerry Lewis said, 'I've got Michael Andrew. He's great.' He added, 'He found me, but that's another story.'

A beautiful woman living alone in the woods offers food and shelter to an aging samurai who happens upon her. Despite the eerie sounds he hears each night, the samurai decides to remain with his benefactress. As this gorgeous and haunting Japanese fable unfolds, the samurai learns the tragic truth behind his mysterious lover and the noises surrounding her.

A beautiful woman living alone in the woods offers food and shelter to an aging samurai who happens upon her. Despite the eerie sounds he hears each night, the samurai decides to remain with his benefactress. As this gorgeous and haunting Japanese fable unfolds, the samurai learns the tragic truth behind his mysterious lover and the noises surrounding her.

A beautiful woman living alone in the woods offers food and shelter to an aging samurai who happens upon her. Despite the eerie sounds he hears each night, the samurai decides to remain with his benefactress. As this gorgeous and haunting Japanese fable unfolds, the samurai learns the tragic truth behind his mysterious lover and the noises surrounding her.

A beautiful woman living alone in the woods offers food and shelter to an aging samurai who happens upon her. Despite the eerie sounds he hears each night, the samurai decides to remain with his benefactress. As this gorgeous and haunting Japanese fable unfolds, the samurai learns the tragic truth behind his mysterious lover and the noises surrounding her.

A beautiful woman living alone in the woods offers food and shelter to an aging samurai who happens upon her. Despite the eerie sounds he hears each night, the samurai decides to remain with his benefactress. As this gorgeous and haunting Japanese fable unfolds, the samurai learns the tragic truth behind his mysterious lover and the noises surrounding her.

A beautiful woman living alone in the woods offers food and shelter to an aging samurai who happens upon her. Despite the eerie sounds he hears each night, the samurai decides to remain with his benefactress. As this gorgeous and haunting Japanese fable unfolds, the samurai learns the tragic truth behind his mysterious lover and the noises surrounding her.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) announces the nominees forthe MITF Tenth Anniversary Season Awards. The AWARDS CEREMONY, produced by Elisa Abatsis, will be held on Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 7:30pm (doors and bar open at 6pm) at New World Stages / Stage 2, 340 W. 50th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues), NYC.

The Readers' Ensemble Company (Justin Flagg & Dana Iannuzzi, producers) continues its downtown Manhattan festival of staged readings of rarely performed works. Each piece depicts part of the Recession Cycle: Greed, Collapse, Revolution, and Rebirth. The company's goal is to reintegrate these forgotten masterpieces into the active dialogue on pop-culture and current events. A Q & A follows each performance.