Rose Byrne News

Order your DVD and Blu-ray copy of the new ANNIE!

ADULT BEGINNERS will hit the big screen and VOD on April 24 - check out a new trailer (featuring some Broadway vets) for the comedy below!

Just last night, he New Group just honored Founding Artistic Director Scott Elliott and celebrated its 20th Anniversary season. Scott Elliott is an award-winning stage director, filmmaker and the founding Artistic Director of The New Group, where he recently directed the critically acclaimed revival of David Rabe's Sticks and Bones. At The New Group, he has directed world premieres by Thomas Bradshaw, Ayub Khan Din, Francine Volpe, Erika Sheffer and Tommy Nohilly; and the world premiere of the 2010 musical The Kid (Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical; Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominations for Outstanding Musical). Other credits include The New Group's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie starring Cynthia Nixon; David Rabe's Hurlyburly; and numerous collaborations with Ayub Khan Din, Wallace Shawn and Mike Leigh. Broadway credits include Present Laughter, Barefoot in the Park, The Threepenny Opera, The Women and Three Sisters. This spring at The New Group, he directs the world premiere of The Spoils, written by and featuring Jesse Eisenberg. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the gala below!

BAFTA Award-winning writer, comedian and actor Stephen Merchant will make his West End debut in a new production of Richard Bean's comic two hander The Mentalists. Steffan Rhodri will join Merchant in a return to the West End when the production, Directed by Abbey Wright, runs for a strictly limited season at the Wyndham's Theatre from Friday 3 July to 26 September. Tickets go on sale on Friday 27 February.

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, the Pulitzer Prize-winning revival by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, marks its final performance this afternoon, February 22, 2015. It will have played for 208 performances at Broadway's Longacre Theatre. Below, BroadwayWorld takes you back through the revival's run on the Great White Way!

Film distributor RADiUS has announced that its new film, THE LAST FIVE YEARS starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan which opened Friday to great reviews, scored an impressive $14,014 per screen in limited release for a total theatrical weekend box office of $42,042.

X-MEN producer Bryan Singer recently announced that the next film in the franchise will feature younger versions of original characters like Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Storm. Now, they have added Rose Byrne's Moira MacTaggert to the lineup.

Doing a big play like YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU is a lot like doing a musical. Large choreographed sections, lots of entrances and exits - we even have dance numbers and xylophone solos. So, it shouldn't surprise you that our cast loves to sing! Just last week, stage management had to scold us in the middle of act two. Apparently, our impromptu greenroom rendition of Funkytown was so loud it could be heard stage right. The exact quote was, "Seriously, guys, I love you. But it's just too loud." Anyway, I hope you enjoy this short film in which the cast serenades Rose Byrne with our arrangement of the Hall & Oates classic, Sara Smile.

Below, check out the first trailer for Soda Pictures' THE TURNING, starring Rose Byrne and Cate Blanchett!

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced the winners of the 20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards tonight, live from the Hollywood Palladium. The show aired on A&E at 9pm ET/6pm PT and was hosted by Michael Strahan. Scroll down for the full list of winners!

20th Century Fox has shared the first trailer for the new Melissa McCarthy in the secret agent spoof SPY. The film hits theaters on May 22nd. Get a first look below, courtesy of Yahoo!

Anna Chlumsky and Richard Thomas just joined the hit Broadway revival of YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU on January 6, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at them onstage below!

Anna Chlumsky will take over for Rose Byrne in the hit Broadway revival of YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU. The two-time Emmy nominated actress will be joined by Richard Thomas, who will replace Mark Linn-Baker. Both actors will join the production tonight, January 6th.

Today's New York Times In Performance video features James Earl Jones in the Broadway revival of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's 1936 comedy YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU.

This holiday season is a great time to be a fan of musical theatre, even if you don't live in the New York tri-state area. Everyone knows that there is nothing like Christmastime in The Big Apple, and that there's nothing more magical to do in NYC than to see a Broadway show. However, this year, you don't have to brave Times Square to get your share of the magic, because with the release of musical movies, television events, and TV series, it's all coming to you. And as always, BroadwayWorld has everything you need to know about these special holiday treats in our brand-new Stage to Screen Guide.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Two weeks of voting left for the BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! The 'Annie' film and 'The Merry Widow' open, 'Patsy Cline' extends, 'Sherlock Holmes' sings, 'Cupid' has a heart, and MCL Chicago, Drury Lane Oakbrook and Black Ensemble Theater plan new works for 2015, including 'Beaches' and a tribute to Roger Ebert!

Today we are revisiting the very best theatre-related items released in 2014 in honor of the holiday shopping season being upon us.

Full disclosure, I was completely ready to despise everything about the remake of ANNIE starring Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhane Wallis. In fact, I had already written the lede in my head, and let me tell you, it was scathing. But, then I saw the movie, and was pleasantly surprised by how not completely horrible it was. Yes, it will probably still rank as one of the worst big screen musical adaptations of the past decade; just above the disastrous NINE; but there was plenty to appreciate for musical theatre lovers young and old.

The holiday season is here at last, and in just weeks, the world will be spreading the yuletide cheer by decking the halls, wrapping the gifts and sipping the eggnog. There are plenty of ways to join in the spirit, but for theatre fans, there is even more to celebrate, as our favorite holiday programming and performances will be presented across all platforms this December. Whether you'd like to check out your favorite Christmas musical on stage, tune in for a festive concert on TV, or buy a movie ticket to a big holiday release, Broadway is everywhere this season... and BroadwayWorld has a complete guide of where to find it!