Reba McEntire News

Deadline.comreports that actress Sara Rue will join the cast of the upcoming ABC comedy pilot MALIBU COUNTRY. Rue will join previously announced cast members Reba McEntire and Lily Tomlin.

On Twitter Watch, Kristin Chenoweth wrote 'Roles I wanna play before I die: Mame (with @nickjonas as young Patrick) and Dolly. In Hello Dolly. In about ten years '

Carnegie Hall today announced that its one-night-only concert performance of The Sound of Music on Tuesday, April 24 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage will star Laura Osnes (Bonnie & Clyde, Anything Goes, Grease) as Maria Rainer alongside Tony Goldwyn (Broadway's Promises, Promises and film version of Ghost) as Captain von Trapp.

Brian Stokes Mitchell returns to Los Angeles where it all started for him on March 9, 2012. Brian Stokes Mitchell's credits include work as an actor, singer, dancer, voice-over artist, author, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and record producer. He has enjoyed a career on Broadway, television and film, along with appearances in the great American concert halls. On Valentine's Day this year, he joined the national TV phenomenon of Glee (along with Jeff Goldblum) to play one of Rachel's (Lea Michele) two Dads.

On last night's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE on Bravo TV, Broadway stars Megan Hilty and Nick Jonas visited with host Andy Cohen and discussed their busy lives as actors of both stage and screen.

Edmund Gaynes, in association with David Gersten, will present Loni Ackerman, Brad Bradley Gene Castle, and Karla Shook in TIN PAN ALLEY (The Original iTunes), which began an open-ended Off-Broadway engagement February 25th at Actors Temple Theater (339 West 47th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues). Opening Night is set for March 19th (7pm). TIN PAN ALLEY will run 75 minutes.

Broadway stars Nick Jonas and Wesley Taylor will be featured on the February 27th episode of NBC's SMASH. The episode is entitled 'The Cost of the Art' and will air at 10:00 pm/ET on the NBC network.

As first reported on Deadline.com, Emmy and Tony award winning comedian Lily Tomlin is set to return to primetime TV, starring in ABC's upcoming TV pilot MALIBU COUNTRY opposite Reba McEntire.

"Say You'll Be Mine," the debut album from New York teenage singer/songwriter Ali Isabella is available worldwide today (Tuesday, February 21, 2012) on iTunes and Amazon.com, it was announced by Marc Jacobson and John Velasco, principals of Ali's US management company, Direction By Appointment, Inc. A limited edition of the physical CD will be available only at Wembley on February 26 and will be given wider distribution at a future date

Musical geniuses Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Seger, Don Schlitz, Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones and Jim Steinman will become the newest members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the organization's 43rd Annual Induction and Awards Dinner. The star-studded event is slated for Thursday, June 14th at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Additional special award honorees will be announced soon.

StudentsLive, the Premier Broadway Education Company, has annouced its first-ever multilingual international and domestic "Passport to Broadway" Program for students from July 23, 2012 to August 3, 2012 at Pearl Studios and Manhattan Movement and Arts Center (MMAC). The musical theatre intensive final performance takes place over 10 days from approximately 8:30am to 6:00pm, Monday through Friday, at Pearl Studios led by Broadway Musical Directors, Choreographers and Interactive Intensives with Broadway Performers and Guest Artists.

Mc Coy Rigby Entertainment & Fox Operator Bill Malone of FX Arts have announced the third in its brand new 'Broadway Series' of shows, with the songs of one of the most iconic figures in the history of music, RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH, with musical direction by Jeff Lisenby, choreography by Jane Lanier and directed by and starring from the original New York production, Jason Edwards.

Mc Coy Rigby Entertainment & Fox Operator Bill Malone of FX Arts have announced the third in its brand new 'Broadway Series' of shows, with the songs of one of the most iconic figures in the history of music, RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH, with musical direction by Jeff Lisenby, choreography by Jane Lanier and directed by and starring from the original New York production, Jason Edwards.

The Beach Boys - Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks, who have not performed together live in more than two decades - will reunite on the GRAMMY® stage and join with current GRAMMY Award nominees Foster The People and Maroon 5 for a special performance

A multi-talented cast and onstage band bring to life the famous songs of 'The Man In Black' when Cabrillo Music Theatre's production of RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH makes its Thousand Oaks premiere at the Civic Arts Plaza.

On the seasaon premiere of NBC's WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, award winning actor Martin Sheen ('The West Wing,' 'The Amazing Spiderman'), a longtime activist, sets out on a journey to find out if his ancestors shared his greatest passion.

The Beach Boys - Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks, who have not performed together live in more than two decades - will reunite on the GRAMMY® stage and join with current GRAMMY nominees Foster The People and Maroon 5 for a special performance; and current nominees The Civil Wars, two-time GRAMMY winner Diana Krall, funk artist Maceo Parker, and six-time GRAMMY winner Joe Walsh have been added to the stellar lineup for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards®.

The Beach Boys - Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks, who have not performed together live in more than two decades - will reunite on the GRAMMY® stage and join with current GRAMMY Award nominees Foster The People and Maroon 5 for a special performance

92nd Street Y has announced that Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters, continues the new season of his popular interview series, "Broadway Talks with Jordan Roth," with Harry Connick, Jr. (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) on Tuesday, February 7th at 8:00 p.m. and Nick Jonas (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) on Sunday, March 4th at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are from $29 and are available at www.92Y.org/BroadwayTalks or by calling 212.415.5500.

According to the New York Times, Broadway-bound Nick Jonas will host the 2012 Kids' Night on Broadway February- a nationwide audience development event designed to introduce a new generation to the experience of live theatre. This year's festivities will be held on February 5-9, and participants will include WICKED, HOW TO SUCCEED, and THE LION KING.