Natalie Portman News

The Writers Lab Canada will  return for a second time January 2026. Building on the success of its inaugural edition, TWL Canada continues its mission to support Canadian women and nonbinary film and TV writers aged 40 and above. 

Dear Diary, a new play written by Kevin Cheng, is transferring to The Players Theatre in New York City this June following its sold-out world premiere at the 2025 Chain Theatre Winter One-Act Festival.

Following 2019's Cats, Tom Hooper is returning to the director's chair for a film adaptation of Anna Ziegler's play Photograph 51. Ziegler will adapt her script for the movie, which is now set to star Natalie Portman as scientist Rosalind Franklin.

'If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.' In Patrick Marber’s Dealer’s Choice (revived at Donmar Warehouse on its 30th anniversary), it is increasingly hard to tell who around the table isn’t a sucker.

With the highly anticipated second season of Andor arriving in a few short weeks, we have compiled a list of the most noteworthy Star Wars actors to have graced the Broadway stage over the years.

De la gran pantalla a los escenarios, las esposas de Enrique VIII han sido retratadas como víctimas o secundarias en la historia. SIX rompe con esta visión y las transforma en íconos del pop, dándoles voz propia y redefiniendo su lugar en la cultura popular.

The Den Theatre has announced upcoming May 2025 shows at the theatre’s Wicker Park stages including Juno Birch: The Probed Tour on May 1; Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk To Drink on May 3; Guy Branum: Be Fruitful on May 6; Kurt Braunohler on May 8; Daphnique Springs on May 9; And Then We… Podcast on May 11; Love Isn’t Blind on May 15; Paula Poundstone on May 17; Orny Adams on May 24; Caroline Baniewicz on May 29; and Tim Meadows on May 30 - 31.

Garden State: The 20th Anniversary Concert, a celebration of the Grammy-winning soundtrack featuring nearly all of the original artists, will be available to fans worldwide via streaming platform Veeps on April 6, 2025.

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL has announced the Polly Platt Award for Producing will be given to legendary independent producer Christine Vachon, and the Outstanding Television Writer Award will be given to groundbreaking showrunner Yvette Lee Bowser during the 2025 Writers Conference happening October 23 – 26, 2025.

Laura Overby had one of those “pinch me, I must be dreaming” moments when she found out she was going to be performing with Laura Bell Bundy at the Short North Stage’s gala 8 p.m. March 1 at the Garden Theatre (1187 N. High Street in downtown Columbus).

BroadwayWorld is saddened to learn of the passing of playwright and director Joel Paley. Paley was the writer of Ruthless and more. Learn more about Paley's life and career here.

A photographer who has worked extensively all over the world for more than 30 years will be bringing some of his most powerful and thought-provoking images to Warrington Museum.

With everyone hyped for the premiere of the movie Wicked this month, I have been receiving a bunch of Wicked questions. I thought it might be fun to share a few fun facts about former stars of Wicked!

Pulitzer Prize nominated playwright Elizabeth Coplan's collaborative production and film shoot with Virtual Stage Lab of Grief Dialogues: The Experience will be shared with invited audiences in New York for three performances on Tuesday, October 29th and Wednesday, October 30th at A.R.T New York.

Eric McCormick and Laura Bell Bundy recently stopped by Segerstrom Center of the Arts to present the OC debut of their cabaret show “A Blonde, A Brunette, and Some Duets: From Primetime to Sondheim,” a fun and cheeky night of silly songs and even sillier stories for a limited three-night engagement at the Samueli Theater in Costa Mesa.

Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Elizabeth Coplan's GRIEF DIALOGUES: THE EXPERIENCE will present three invitation-only readings featuring nine short plays exploring grief through humor and poignant storytelling at A.R.T. Learn more!

To share a hit show of its Spring season with the largest possible audience, Theater for the New City (TNC), Crystal Field, Executive Artistic Director, will remount its production of 'Orson's Shadow,' written by Austin Pendleton and directed by Mr. Pendleton and his longtime close friend and colleague David Schweizer.

Apple TV+ has unveiled the trailer for its new series “Lady in the Lake,” the upcoming, seven-part limited series starring Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winner Natalie Portman and Emmy Award nominee Moses Ingram. “Lady in the Lake” will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Friday, July 19, 2024. Watch the trailer now!

At the 2024 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple shared a sneak peek at the star-studded lineup of new series and films, as well as award-winning returning favorites, coming soon to Apple TV+. From soon-to-premiere originals from today’s most celebrated storytellers, fans can look forward to even more highly anticipated stories hitting Apple TV+ in 2024 and beyond. Watch the sneak peek and see a first look at Severance!

With a month to go before the world premiere production of Gareth Farr’s new play A Child of Science, directed by Matthew Dunster, all new rehearsal photos have been released. Check out the photos here!