Actors of all ages and experience levels are welcome at the award-winning American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Conservatory for world-class training, and the New Year brings many opportunities to take part.
Good news keeps rolling in for A.C.T. Young Conservatory (YC) alumnus and Glee star Darren Criss. He is preparing to make his Broadway debut in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, taking over the role of J. Pierrepont Finch from Daniel Radcliffe (of the Harry Potter films) for a limited three-week engagement, January 3-22, 2012. Criss was also just announced as part of the cast for the upcoming movie Imogene (alongside A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts Program graduates Annette Bening and Christopher Fitzgerald), in which he will make his big screen debut.
Marvel's Head of Television Jeph Loeb announced casting for two of the company's much anticipated anime series, IRON MAN and WOLVERINE, at its WonderCon panel today in San Francisco to the delight of fans in attendance. Both series will premiere on G4 in July 2011.
American Conservatory Theater congratulates Darren Criss, alumnus of its acclaimed Young Conservatory (YC) program, who took on the role of Blaine, the long-awaited love interest of fellow high-school student Kurt, on the runaway hit television show Glee. Criss's debut on the show on Tuesday, November 9, 2010, generated substantial buzz, and he will continue to appear in this role throughout the season.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Glee star Diana Agron is set to play the romantic lead in the upcoming Dreamworks flick 'I Am Number Four.' The film is an adaptation of a James Fray and Jobie Hughes young-adult novel.
NBC gives the gift of holiday-themed series episodes and specials throughout late November and December with a multitude of festivities, a special military audience for 'The Jay Leno Show' airing Thanksgiving evening and a night of holiday-themed Thursday night comedies from 'Community,' 'Parks and Recreation,' 'The Office' and '30 Rock' on December 10.
Stage and screen stars ?eljko Ivanek and Ellen Greene will appear on NBC's 'Heroes'. The pair appear in the episode 'I Am Sylar', set to air on April 20th at 9:00pm Eastern.