Stanley Tucci News

A Broadway show about Whitney Houston is in the works! The show will be a stage adaptation of the upcoming Kasi Lemmons-directed biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody', premiering on December 23. 

Showtime Networks Inc. and Bleecker Street have entered into a new and exclusive three-year output agreement, effective in March, under which SHOWTIME will exhibit high-profile Bleecker Street feature films across its on-air, on demand and streaming premium services. Check out the extensive list of Bleeker Street films coming to Showtime now!

This show will include classic love songs, some Ann Hampton Callaway originals as well as songs that honor a few greats we've lost recently- Stephen Sondheim and Marilyn Bergman.

Today, the Producers Guild of America announced nominations in the Motion Pictures and Television categories for the 33rd Annual Producers Guild Awards to be held on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at the Fairmont Century Plaza.

In a first look at the second half of the new season, Josh Gad and Rory O’Malley reunite for a catchy musical number called “You are the Music.' The song is written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez and also features Tituss Burgess and Emmy Raver-Lampman. Watch the new music video now!

Caroline Aaron, actor, producer, writer, and Southern Jew will appear at The Braid on January 16.

The series features three Tony Award® winners and critically-acclaimed powerhouse talents: Stephanie J. Block (The Cher Show) on January 7; Santino Fontana (Tootsie) on February 5; and Laura Benanti (Gypsy) on March 26.

In addition to Tucci and Peters, the six-part limited series boasts a stellar international cast including Spanish actors Álvaro Mel and Ana Polvorosa, and British actress T’Nia Miller. The cast is rounded out by Karra Elejalde, Manolo Solo, Alfonso Lara, Blanca Portillo, Pedro Casablanc, among others.

Broadway’s back and Seth Rudetsky's Broadway Concert Series presented by Mark Cortale returns in 2022 as Seth dishes the dirt and raises the roof with Tony Award winners Stephanie J. Block, Santino Fontana and Laura Benanti in Lillian S. Wells Hall at The Parker.

Today's top stories include Billy Crystal's return to Broadway in Mr. Saturday Night! Plus, watch a new trailer for the upcoming West Side Story film, clips from the South Korean production of Hadestown, a new clip of Andrew Garfield in tick, tick...BOOM!, and more!

The Lesher Center for the Arts announces the stellar lineup for its Headliners series, kicking off January 7 with Grammy and multi-award-winning singer LeAnn Rimes.

Today's episode features stage and screen star Mary McCormack. Tony-nominated for her role in Broadway’s “Boeing Boeing” opposite Mark Rylance, she is also widely known for her four seasons as a regular cast member of “The West Wing' (two SAG Award nominations), as the lead of USA’s critically acclaimed “In Plain Sight,” and for her role opposite Howard Stern in Private Parts. 

Adrienne Warren, Michael Potts, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, CCH Pounder, Bill Irwin, Gus Halper, Johnny Ramey, and Carra Patterson will join the previously announced Audra McDonald, Chris Rock, Colman Domingo, and Glynn Turman in the new biopic based on the life of activist Bayard Rustin.

Ann Hampton Callaway is one of America's most gifted artists in pop and jazz. A leading champion of the great American Songbook, she's made her mark as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, actress, educator, TV host and producer. See Ann Hampton Calloway on tour!

Rustin tells the story of charismatic, gay, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who overcame an onslaught of obstacles, and altered the course of American history by organizing the 1963 March on Washington.

This month, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

Tony Award winner Laura Benanti will continue the Feinstein’s/54 Below Diamond Series with performances October 5 to October 10. This new week-long residency features concert-length performances by some of the most luminous talents on Broadway matched with specially curated dinners in our elegant supper club.

Tucci will join the previously announced Naomi Ackie, who will play the role of Whitney Houston. Kasi Lemmons is set to direct with Anthony McCarten writing the script.

From Freedom Studios, the producers of the acclaimed Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile and Brief Encounters at Bradford Interchange and CARBON: Imagineering, comes Aaliyah: After Antigone, the premiere of Kamal Kaan's new contemporary adaptation of Sophocles' Greek tale, examining the fragile nature of citizenship and making us question our own relationship to ourselves and our country.

The 'glamorously witty' (Associated Press) Laura Benanti makes her long-anticipated return to Feinstein's/54 Below as a part of the exclusive Diamond Series.