The Groundlings Theatre and School's second annual Diversity Festival will celebrate and explore diversity and inclusion. The weekend, co-sponsored by NBC and Nickelodeon, will include a full day of performances that will be free and open to the public. Attendees will also be invited to join other festivities taking place throughout the day including food trucks, raffle prizes (such as free Groundlings tickets and classes), and free swag.
On Monday, April 9th at 8pm, your favorite musical theater characters find themselves smack in the middle of sketches in this Broadway-meets-comedy mash-up show, written by UCB and The PIT's finest and featuring actors from the casts of Fun Home, Book of Mormon, Great Comet and more.
After a record-breaking season, TV Land revealed – via a unique interactive video – that its critically-acclaimed series “Younger” will return for season five on Tuesday, June 5th at 10pm ET/PT. “Younger” fans can find the highly-anticipated premiere date hidden within a sneak peek video of the new season using an interactive 360-degree interface. In the video, fans can toggle between sitting with the cast as they read a scene from the upcoming season, to standing on the “Younger” set, watching the finished scene. In the scene, Liza shares the good news with Kelsey that their soon-to-be-released book, Marriage Vacation, is a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, and Josh joins the conversation and is greeted by Liza for the first time since his wedding in Ireland.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards. The ceremony will be held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Sunday, April 29, 2018 hosted by Mario Lopez, host and star of the Emmy award-winning syndicated entertainment news show, Extra, and Sheryl Underwood, one of the hosts of the Emmy award-winning, CBS Daytime program, The Talk. The Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards will also be held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Friday, April 27, 2018. The 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations were revealed today on the Emmy Award-winning show, The Talk, on CBS.
A stroll outside of Madison Square Garden following a family-oriented show typically includes two things: lots of character-inspired costumes, and lots of smiling faces, children and adults alike. When PAW Patrol Live! The Great Pirate Adventure makes a tour stop at the Hulu Theater this upcoming weekend, we'll see that same joy flooding out of the Garden. Performer Kelsey Krull from PAW Patrol Live! The Great Pirate Adventure spoke with BroadwayWorld about bringing these animated pups to life for audiences from all over.
On April 27th, Women Who March will premier at The Duplex at 9:30pm. The show features an all-female cast sharing their own experiences and stories through song - all while celebrating women's rights, health & empowerment.*
Award-winning British comedian, Simon Amstell, announces a month-long New York City run of his critically acclaimed new show, What Is This?, running June 1st through June 30th at Theatre 80 in the East Village. Following each performance, copies of Simon's new book, Help, will be on sale and Simon will sign copies. This is the only opportunity to purchase the book in North America. Presented by WestBeth Entertainment, tickets are on sale now available at www.SimonAmstell.com
Bazooka Candy Brands, a division of The Topps Company, Inc., launches Match-Ems, an interlocking fruit-flavored gummy treat that offers a uniquely customizable flavor experience. Every Match-Ems bag is filled with a mix of eight fruity flavors that can be paired together to create up to 28 mouth-watering combinations.
The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper is leaving the comfort of its New York studio to confront the student-led gun-reform movement up close, taping and airing its Thursday, March 22 episode from the suburban living room of a Rockville-based high school student organizer on the frontlines of the charge, just days ahead of the March For Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. The special episode will air at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Nickelodeon is rebooting another one of its former hits, Clarissa Explains It All. The cable network is in early discussions to reboot sitcom Clarissa Explains It All, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the Tony Award-winning musical The Bridges of Madison County, based on the 1992 bestselling novel by Robert James Waller about love both lost and found. Set amidst the cornfields of Iowa in 1965, this passionate musical follows the unexpected affair of a devoted Italian-born housewife and a roving National Geographic photographer set over four sensual, heart-stirring days. Brilliantly adapted by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Marsha Norman ('night Mother, The Secret Garden, The Color Purple) with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown (Parade), it captured the 2014 Tony Award for Best Musical Score. The Bridges of Madison County, directed by TheatreWorks Artistic Director and founder Robert Kelley will be presented April 4 - 29, 2018 (opening night: April 7) at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. For tickets ($40-$100) and more information the public may visit TheatreWorks.org or call (650) 463-1960.
The Jim Jefferies Show covers the most controversial issues through the lens of host Jim Jefferies' distinctive brand of comedy and global point of view. The second season begins on Tuesday, March 27 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT with Jefferies' take-no-prisoners attitude confronting a longstanding passion of his, gun violence and reform, including a firsthand, on-the-ground look at the March 24 March For Our Lives rally in San Diego. The new season will also see the internationally renowned comedian file field segments from Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, London, and more.
SNL's Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell bring back their iconic characters from the ALL THAT variety show GOOD BURGER on MTV's WILD 'N OUT. Other All That veterans to appear in the reunion episode of Wild 'N Out are Lori Beth Denberg, Josh Serve, and host Nick Cannon.
MTV is hitting the shores of Hawaii with the greenlight of a new U.S. version of the global youth brand's international phenomenon 'Ex On The Beach.' The news comes as the network closes 9 consecutive months of primetime growth and ranks as the fastest growing top 40 cable entertainment network.
Lincoln Center Theater's upcoming production of Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady is officially in previews! Get to know the cast below as they begin Broadway performances!
Unwitting Carter Page, the center of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, is on The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper tomorrow night to tell us everything he doesn't know he knew. Watch the promo here!
In Broadway by Design, BroadwayWorld is shining a spotlight on the stellar designs of this Broadway season, show by show. Today, we continue the series with David Zinn, who acted as both scenic and costume designer for Broadway's new under the sea adventure, SpongeBob Squarepants.
Do you have a burning question for Wesley Taylor?
On Tuesday, March 13, (5:30pm EST) BroadwayWorld's Steve Schonberg is getting up close and personal with SpongeBob Squarepants' most maniacal character. Don't forget to tune in to our official Facebook page to submit your questions live or send us questions in advance on Twitter @BroadwayWorld with #AskWesBWW.
On last night's episode, Trevor Noah announced “bullshit” as the topic for the third annual Third Month Mania. The show has chosen 64 moments of pure bullshit from the last year and has broken it up into two conferences: The Trump Conference versus The Everything Else Conference. Will the Fyre Festival or the Chris Christie Beach Closure win from the Everything Else conference? Or will the Trump Conference prevail with a bullshit moment like President Trump saying he “doesn't watch much television, primarily because of documents”? Voting is now open at ThirdMonthMania.com.
