Robert Redford News

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today via Twitter a Sneak Preview of The Martian, presented in RealD 3D, at the 53rd New York Film Festival on Sunday, September 27 at Alice Tully Hall. Tickets are on sale now

The Film Society of Lincoln Center will co-host a tribute to the late legendary documentarian Albert Maysles at Alice Tully Hall on Sunday, October 4 at 10AM.

Past YoungArts award winners help raise awareness of the foundation's support of young artists.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces Ana Vaz as the 2015 Kazuko Trust Award Recipient. The grant is presented by the Kazuko Trust and the Film Society

Carol Burnett's autobiographical play, HOLLYWOOD ARMS, written with her daughter Carrie Hamilton, is headed back to the stage! Sundance Institute in collaboration with Kaufman Music Center presents 'An Anniversary Concert Reading of Hollywood Arms' at Merkin Concert Hall tonight, September 21.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced JUDY CARMICHAEL will perform her THIS IS MY LUCKY DAY! cabaret show tonight, September 19 at 8 pm. This special evening of music includes a VIP ticket opportunity to mix and mingle with the artist at a cocktail party following the performance.

For two performances only on Saturday, September 26th the Bucks County Playhouse is proud to exclusively host exclusively the Brothers of the Battlefield's, RODNEY MARSALIS PHILADELPHIA BIG BRASS BAND at 2pm and 8pm.

As a special event this fall, the Hill Country Community Theatre will host actor Lisa Dalton as she presents a new translation of the Anton Chekhov short story The Darling.  This unique one-person show, directed by Victor S. Tkachenko, has been performed in cities around the country, including Los Angeles, Fort Worth, and in New York as part of the New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC).

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today Local Color: The Short Films of Dustin Guy Defa, a one-week run from October 14-20, along with a preview of repertory programming through the end of the year. 

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced An Evening with Athina Rachel Tsangari today, September 17.

Bucks County Playhouse announces that due to unforeseen artist scheduling conflicts, the Oscar Hammerstein Festival will be moved from fall to spring, 2016.

Gary Naylor sees a fine, if not quite perfect, stage adaptation of the famous 1973 film in a truly extraordinary location.

Sundance Institute today announced a significant expansion of its international cultural exchange programs for independent artists with a new, multi-year initiative to support theatre-makers from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). With the goal of creating new opportunities for cross-cultural connectedness and in-depth mutual artistic reflection and exploration, the Institute will expand its existing international Labs to include a pilot Theatre Lab in MENA, to take place in May 2016. Theatre artists in the U.S. and from MENA can submit their work for consideration for this Lab as well as a new Theatre-Makers Residency at the Sundance Resort in Utah in summer 2016 through October 15 at sundance.org/theatre in a new application process. Application guidelines are also available in Arabic and French.

Pigs do Fly Productions will return to Ft. Lauderdale's Empire Stage with Flying High!, the second production of their second season, from October 9th through October 25th. There will be a preview performance on October 8th.

Last November, the Broadway community mourned the loss of acclaimed director, producer, writer, and performer Mike Nichols, who passed away at age 83. Vanity Fair collected a thorough oral history of the EGOT-winner, as told in anecdotes and fond memories from film stars like Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and Dustin Hoffman. See what these stars had to say about Nichols as a director and friend!

Actress Charlotte Rae is best known for her role as Mrs. Garrett on the TV series "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life," but from "Car 54 Where Are You?" and Molly the Mail Carrier on "Sesame Street" to the current role opposite Meryl Streep in "Ricki and the Flash," her career has onstage and on screen has been the envy of industry members. However, life at home may not always have been as comedic as the characters she entertained the public with for several decades. Subjects discussed in Ms. Rae's new book entitled "The Facts Of My Life" (24.94/34.95, Nov, 2015) include:

Independent Theatre is poised to roar into The Space with a new version of what is considered the greatest American novel of the twentieth century.

Citadel Theatre is proud to present Judith Guest's Ordinary People, adapted for the stage by Nancy Gilsenen and directed by Artistic Director Scott Phelps, September 18 - October 18 at Citadel Theatre, 300 S. Waukegan Rd. Press are invited to final preview Thursday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. or the opening Friday, Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. The performance schedule is Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $35 Thursdays and Fridays, $37.50 Saturdays and Sundays.  Tickets are available online at www.CitadelTheatre.org or over the phone by calling the Citadel Theatre box office at 847.735.8554. Discounts are available for seniors, students, theatre industry professionals and groups.

Emma Thompson sat down with TODAY’s Tamron Hall to discuss her new movie with Robert Redford, “A Walk in the Woods.”

Actors Nick Nolte and Robert Redford talked to TODAY’s Willie Geist about their new film “A Walk in the Woods,” about two friends who hike the Appalachian Trail.