The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, under the artistic direction of flutist Linda Chesis, opens its 16th season on Wednesday, August 6 with the concert Inspired by Italy.
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: Fantasia returns to AFTER MIDNIGHT as its guest star tonight!
David Suchet will star as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's much loved and exhilarating masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest. Directed by Adrian Noble, the new production will open in the West End on 1 July 2015, with previews from 24 June 2015.
How stunning is Naomie Harris? The British Skyfall actress looked amazing in a 20's inspired Naeem Khan cocktail dress. I sometimes think I was born in the wrong era because I always gravitate to the 1920's in fashion and design. Not that my body is as boxy as some of those women to pull of the silhouette as succesfully but I do love a great fringed beaded dress like this one.
I love this Alexander McQueen dress (is it a dress?) on Felicity Jones. It may be a to-die-for top and skirt - regardless, I am in love. There is so much drama packed into what is really a simple look: gold top, black bottom. But what McQueen has done with them makes me envious that it is not in my closet right now so I can parade around my apartment looking just as divine.
Gwyneth Paltrow is taking over! She's everywhere - film, food, fashion, lifestyle. Her new web series with pal Tracy Anderson debuted their trailer today and her lifestyle website goop.com is thriving. I then saw Paltrow looking as beautiful as ever at The British Fashion Awards. How she has time for everything I will never know. In the meantime, I will just 'oo' and 'ahh' at her amazing outfit.
The Daily Mail reports that Fiona Lindsay will host a series of conversations called ENCOUNTERS: PERFORMERS ON PERFORMANCE at the Lyric Theatre, beginning in January 2014. The first two guests will be Lenny Henry (Jan 20) and David Suchet (Feb 24).
All eyes have been on Jennifer Lawrence for some time now and no more so than this past week. With the upcoming release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire coming soon and the debut of her new short haircut, it is clear the pressure is on when it comes to her fashion. Lucky for us, JLa has more than risen to the occasion with the London premiere of Catching Fire. But honestly, I was never worried, more so just really blown away by her first look.
Everytime I think I have seen my favorite Sandra Bullock look, she goes and kicks it up a knotch. I don't know how she does it, but she always knocks it out of the park. Where do you go from here? In Sandra's case - better and better and better. This week Sandra looked absolutely stunning in a Stella McCartney black lace dress for the London premiere of Gravity.
The Daily Mail reports that Celia Imrie will be making her cabaret debut in her show 'Laughing Matters', set for The Crazy Coqs cabaret at Brasserie Zedel in the West End from tonight, September 17.
The Jack Reacher director took to Twitter this afternoon to confirm that he will (after months of speculation) helm the fifth installment in the MISSION IMPOSSIBLE FRANCHISE. He's also expected to pen the script.
SHOWTIME has cast Golden Globe nominee Ruth Wilson (The Lone Ranger, Luther) as the female lead of its drama pilot THE AFFAIR. Ruth Wilson will play the role of Alison, a young married woman, working in a pancake house, trying to piece her life back together in the wake of a tragedy. As previously announced, Golden Globe nominee Dominic West (The Wire, The Hours) stars as Noah, a father of four, who makes Ruth question the choices she's made, and wonder whether there's a way to start all over again.
The Daily Mail reports that Celia Imrie will be making her cabaret debut in her show 'Laughing Matters', set for The Crazy Coqs cabaret at Brasserie Zedel in the West End from September 17.
The Met's spring 2013 Costume Institute exhibition, PUNK: Chaos to Couture, runs from May 9, 2013 to August 14, 2013. It will examine punk's impact on high fashion from the movement's birth in the early 1970s through its continuing influence today. Featuring approximately one hundred designs for men and women, the exhibition will include original punk garments and recent, directional fashion to illustrate how haute couture and ready-to-wear borrow punk's visual symbols.
Since American Idol has turned into basically a game of has-been musical chairs, we thought we'd cast out the nets on who might just be, theoretically, the producers' worst potential picks for the impending 13th season. I mean, we can't expect mega-divas Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey to actually outlast Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez, can we?
Following his triumphant performance as Othello in the West End, Lenny Henry takes on one of the 20th century's most unforgettable characters in this New York Drama Critics', Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning drama, directed by Paulette Randall. The production opens tonight, 27th February 2013 at Theatre Royal Bath.
Yesterday's Fashion Photo featured Amanda Seyfried in a glamorous Balenciaga gown. She looked sexy, chic and sophisticated. At the same premiere for the same film, Anne Hathaway wore a Givenchy silk beaded, I don't know what.