Steve Coogan News

Theatre veterans Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon are set to star in The Painkiller at the Lyric Theatre. The production will be a new adaptation of the Francis Veber work by Sean Foley. The show will open on September 29.

Paramount Center For the Arts in Peekskill is conducting its annual membership drive beginning at 6 am on Friday, September 23rd through 6 pm on Sunday, September 25th. On Friday, beginning at 6 am, Kacey from WHUD's Mike and Kacey In The Morning will be on hand at the Paramount to field membership calls. You can also listen to Mike and Kacey in the Morning, Tom Furci, and Andy Bale all day Friday on WHUD at 100.7 FM for special membership incentives.

On Sunday, October 2, 4pm and 7:30pm, American Opera Projects will present the world premiere of Model Love, a humorous staged song-cycle about contemporary relationships with jazz and rock elements by composer J. David Jackson based on texts by British comedian Henry Normal, and the one-act opera monodrama Nora, In the Great Outdoors, music by Daniel Felsenfeld and libretto by Will Eno, that continues the final scene of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House moments after Nora abandons her family.

This October, COMEDY CENTRAL continues the year-long celebration of the 15th anniversary of 'South Park' when the 'South Park' documentary debuts on Sunday, October 2 at 10:00 p.m.

Nickelodeon Theater announces a screening of THE TRIP, August 12 - 18, 2011.

Nickelodeon Theater announces a screening of THE TRIP, August 12 - 18, 2011.

Gary Naylor catches a sneak preview of acts appearing next month at Edinburgh

The Ladykillers, the 1955 classic Ealing comedy, is this autumn brought back to life on the stage in a production that will play at the Liverpool Playhouse from November 3rd - 19th, prior to opening at the Gielgud Theatre on November 26th.

In June 2011, the world of film with all its intrigue and glamour will return as the GCIFF partners with the Town of North Hempstead / Nassau County and Clearview Cinemas to celebrate film and community, past and present, in the five towns of Great Neck, Manhasset, Roslyn, New Hyde Park/Herricks and Port Washington.

Ben Stiller, Edie Falco and Jennifer Jason Leigh star in the Broadway revival of John Guare's comedic masterpiece THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, directed by David Cromer. THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, a strictly limited 16-week engagement, opened last night, April 25, 2011 at the Walter Kerr Theatre. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the starry theater arrivals!

Theatre veterans Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon are set to star in The Painkiller at the Lyric Theatre. The production will be a new adaptation of the Francis Veber work by Sean Foley. The show will open on September 29.

NBC Universal announces the schedule for 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' through August 6. The schedule is as follows.

Modern and mythical worlds collide in a heroic epic adventure when Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief arrives on Blu-ray Disc and DVD June 22 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

With two BAFTAs, four British Comedy Awards, and a slew of rave reviews to its name, hit contemporary comedy Gavin & Stacey is back for more heartwarming and hilarious moments in the tangled lives of four young people and their friends and family. The Los Angeles Times said 'Gavin & Stacey is a gem of a show - funny, touching and welcome proof that the romantic comedy can and will survive irony, Botox, Judd Apatow and all the vagaries of the modern age' while The New York Times called it 'the most endearing comedy about love to come to television since the Manolos were packed up and put away.' Gavin & Stacey Season Three premieres Friday, May 14, 9:00p.m. ET/PT.

Modern and mythical worlds collide in a heroic epic adventure when Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief arrives on Blu-ray Disc and DVD June 22 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Preview: Only chance at this year's Fringe to see the work of popular American playwright Neil LaBute, directed in this production by C Jay Ranger

Ardal O'Hanlon, Dylan Moran and Tommy Tiernan are set to perform their critically-acclaimed stage event the The Fellas Live! in a limited U.S. tour -- 7 performances ONLY -- June 5 - 13. Presented by WestBeth Entertainment and Mick Perrin for Just For Laughs, this special limited engagement lands in five hotbeds of comedy: Boston*, Baltimore, Chicago**, Philadelphia and New York City.

Now in its fifth year, the annual Glasgow Film Festival brings together cinema from around the world, past and present, old and new talent. GFF09 will, as before, be hosting an eclectic range of blockbusters, independents, documentaries, shorts and artists films. Many of these films will be screening for the first time, many may never be screened again, so there is no better time to catch them. We'll also be bringing you great guests, exciting events and much more... James Gandolfini Steve Coogan, David Rasche and Anna Chlumsky will star in the political satire 'In the Loop,' which will open the festival. The film is a satire of the inner workings of British and American government. GFF09 is proud to announce a retrospective of silver screen legend, Audrey Hepburn. This beloved and enduringly popular icon will be represented with screenings of her classic films, all testament to her talent, style, grace and beauty.