Shonda Rhimes News

“Station 19” has been given a full-season order, Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment, announced today.

On Tuesday, October 23, (5:30pm EST) BroadwayWorld's Steve Schonberg is getting up close and personal with the star of Kinky Boots, Mark Ballas!

The WOMEN'S MEDIA CENTER announces our host and honorees for the 2018 WOMEN'S MEDIA AWARDS, to be held on November 1st, at Capitale in New York City.

Delivering best-ever lead-in retention out of “Grey's Anatomy” at 9:00 p.m. on Thursday (87%) against increased competition from a stronger “Thursday Night Football” game (Eagles-NY Giants) on Fox, “Station 19”'s crossover episode with “Grey's” made ABC the entertainment leader in the hour among Adults 18-49 (1.3/5), beating out comedies on CBS by 8% (“Mom”/”Murphy Brown” = 1.2/5) and on NBC by 86% (“Will & Grace”/”I Feel Bad” = 0.7/3).

Shonda Rhimes has hired a former Elle editor-in-chief to run Shondaland.com, says Pret-a-Reporter.

Steven Pasquale and Kerry Washington alongside Eugene Lee and Jeremy Jordan are gearing up to star in the new Broadway play American Son, beginning performances today, Saturday, October 6. Get to know the cast below as they begin Broadway performances!

Netflix has secured the rights to international bestselling author Blake Crouch's book “Recursion” for Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beer's Shondaland and Matt Reeves' 6th & Idaho for a feature film as well as a television universe. “Recursion” will be published by Crown on June 11, 2019.

IAMA Theatre Company opens its 2018-19 season with a darkly comic celebration of the power of teamwork and unity to overcome adversity. James Eckhousedirects the Los Angeles premiere ofAmerican Hero, opening Sept. 21 in aPasadena Playhouse guest production at the Carrie Hamilton Theatre. Performances will continue through Oct. 21, with low-priced previews beginning Sept. 15.

TIME'S UP announced Tuesday that Lisa Borders will serve as the first-ever President and CEO of the organization. Launched by a group of women in the entertainment industry on January 1, 2018, TIME'S UP has since grown to other industries and geographies, representing women of all kinds across race, religion, and economic backgrounds.

Kinky Boots announce today that Emmy-nominated and two-time 'Dancing with the Stars' champion Mark Ballas will take over the role of 'Charlie Price' in the Tony Award-winning musical beginning on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. He will play a limited run through Sunday, November 4, 2018. Ballas succeeds David Cook who will play his last performance on Sunday, September 9, 2018.

The Broadway premiere of AMERICAN SON has just announced additions to its producing team. The play will be co-produced by a team that includes Shonda Rhimes, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gabrielle Union-Wade, Dwyane Wade, Steve Stoute and Nnamdi Asomugha. They join a team that includes Kerry Washington's Simpson Street, Jeffry Richards, Rebecca Gold and Will Trice.

Kinky Boots recently welocmed Emmy-nominated and two-time 'Dancing with the Stars' champion Mark Ballas, who took over the role of 'Charlie Price' in the Tony Award-winning musical. He will play a limited run through Sunday, November 4, 2018. Ballas succeeds David Cook who will play his last performance on Sunday, September 9, 2018.