Sigourney Weaver News

Tony Award® winner Judith Ivey joins Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain, Academy Award® nominee and Emmy® Award winner David Strathairn and the leading man of "Downton Abbey" Dan Stevens in a new production of the unforgettable drama and Tony Award® winning play The Heiress. Written by Ruth & Augustus Goetz, The Heiress will be directed by Tony Award® nominated playwright and director Moises Kaufman. The Heiress will be produced by Paula Wagner, Roy Furman and Stephanie P. McClelland.

POLITICAL ANIMALS is USA Network's highly anticipated Limited Series Event that pulls back the curtain on the polished facade of a former first-family as they navigate the complex world of political and personal ambition. Check out a new promo from the series below!

Lincoln Center Theater has announced that Genevieve Angelson, Shalita Grant, Billy Magnussen, Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver will be featured in the New York premiere of VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, a new play by Christopher Durang, to be directed by Nicholas Martin, beginning performances Thursday, October 25 and opening Monday, November 12 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

In a recent interview with Showbiz411, stage and screen star Sigourney Weaver revealed that she might be heading back to the stage in another Christopher Durang play at Lincoln Center. Weaver, who previously worked with Durang in 1996's SEX AND LONGING, would join the cast of VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, opening November 12 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. An official casting announcement has not yet been made.

The Huffington Post - the leading source of news, politics, opinion, entertainment, community and digital information - and USA Network will unveil the 'Top 50 Political Animals' in this country's history in conjunction with the launch of USA's limited series event POLITICAL ANIMALS.

With a great slate of shows already on-air, USA Network had you covered for now. But just wait for July, when WHITE COLLAR and COVERT AFFAIRS premiere (Tuesday, July 10th) and USA Network's Limited Series Television event POLITICAL ANIMALS (starring Sigourney Weaver) premieres July 15th at 10/9c.

USA has released a new trailer for the highly anticipated upcoming six-part series POLITICAL ANIMALS. The series will premiere on Sunday, July 15, 10 p.m. ET on the cable network. Get a first look at the series below!

The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association's (GLAZA) 42nd Annual Beastly Ball is set for tonight, June 16, 2012, 6 pm, under the stars at the Los Angeles Zoo, announces GLAZA President Connie Morgan. The Honorable Richard J. Riordan, former Los Angeles Mayor, and actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, the Tom Mankiewicz Leadership Award recipient, are being honored at the fund-raiser. The Ball traditionally attracts 1,000+ attendees and raises $1 million or more for the Zoo.

The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association's (GLAZA) 42nd Annual Beastly Ball is set for Saturday, June 16, 2012, 6 pm, under the stars at the Los Angeles Zoo, announces GLAZA President Connie Morgan. The Honorable Richard J. Riordan, former Los Angeles Mayor, and actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, the Tom Mankiewicz Leadership Award recipient, are being honored at the fund-raiser. The Ball traditionally attracts 1,000+ attendees and raises $1 million or more for the Zoo.

The Scooty & JoJo Show and Metro has released the performer lineup for SPACE INVASION: An Epic Rock Benefit, set for June 1, 2012. Tickets are $20 adv, $25 day of, $40 VIP. The concert is 18+. Doors: 9pm / Concert: 10pm at the Metro, 3730 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL. TICKETS now available at scootyjojo.com, metrochicago.com, Metro box office: 773-549-4140.

Broadway's Nick Adams is one of the newest additions to the Givenik.com Ambassador Program. In the video below, Adams talks about his support of the It Gets Better Project and how you can help the cause. Check it out below!

Givenik.com has announced eight more members of their Ambassador Program, it was announced by Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters. Nick Adams (Bette Midler's Priscilla Queen of the Desert) joins in support of It Gets Better, Tracie Bennett (Tony®Award Nominee for End of the Rainbow) joins in support of the Alzheimer's Association, Corbin Bleu (Godspell) joins in support of Starlight Children's Foundation NY*NY*CT, Stephanie J. Block (Anything Goes) joins in support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Adam Chanler-Berat (Peter and the Starcatcher) joins in support of Broadway Impact, Celia Keenan-Bloger (Tony®Award Nominee for Peter and the Starcatcher) joins in support of Broadway Impact, Pam MacKinnon (Clybourne Park) joins in support of Clubbed Thumb, and Jefferson Mays (Gore Vidal's The Best Man) joins in support of Still Waters in a Storm.

The Scooty & JoJo Show and Metro has just released the performer lineup for SPACE INVASION: An Epic Rock Benefit, set for June 1, 2012. Tickets are $20 adv, $25 day of, $40 VIP. The concert is 18+. Doors: 9pm / Concert: 10pm at the Metro, 3730 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL. TICKETS now available at scootyjojo.com, metrochicago.com, Metro box office: 773-549-4140.

Tonight's 57th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards will be presented by Eric McCormack, Grace Gummer, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Juliet Rylance, Justin Bartha, Leslie Odom Jr., Lily Rabe, Michael McKean, Tonya Pinkins, Topher Grace, and Tracee Chimo. The event will feature live performances from David Patrick Kelly of ONCE, Joshua Henry and Sumayya Ali of PORGY & BESS, and Ethan Lipton and His Orchestra of NO PLACE TO GO.

POLITICAL ANIMALS - the television event of the summer - will premiere on Sunday, July 15, at 10/9c on USA Network. The highly anticipated six-hour event series about a former first family fighting political adversaries while struggling with their own powerful demons anchors the network's blockbuster summer lineup of originals across five nights a week.

USA moves into Upfront Week for the first time with the biggest and most spectacular event yet with performances by Oscar and Grammy Award-winner Jennifer Hudson and world-renowned DJ and Grammy Award- winner Mark Ronson. The talent only presentation will feature the stars of USA at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York City on Thursday, May 17 at 3:30pm.

Downton Abbey meets Broadway! BWW can report that Dan Stevens, star of the Golden Globe-winning series "Downton Abbey," will play the role of "Morris Townsend" opposite Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain (Catherine Sloper) and Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner David Strathairn (Dr. Austin Sloper) in the Tony Award-winning play The Heiress. Written by Ruth Goetz & Augustus Goetz, The Heiress will be directed by Tony Award nominated playwright and director Moises Kaufman. Performances will begin October 2012 at a theatre to be announced.

The Scooty & JoJo Show returns to Metro on June 1, 2012 with the concert Space Invasion. Expanding last year's Alien-meets-Queen-meets-Battlestar Fantastica spectacles with Chicago's newest choir and an inter-species dance party, Space Invasion is a celebration of sci-fi cinema and space rock.

POLITICAL ANIMALS - the television event of the summer - will premiere on Sunday, July 15, at 10/9c on USA Network. The highly anticipated six-hour event series about a former first family fighting political adversaries while struggling with their own powerful demons anchors the network's blockbuster summer lineup of originals across five nights a week.

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