Susan Lucci News

The life of the renowned photojournalist Dorothea Lange will be set to song in THINGS AS THEY ARE, a new musical by Jonathan Comisar and John Dietrich which will receive its world premiere at the 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival where it will begin performances on September 27th at the Theater at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street New York, NY).

Eden Riegel - who is now on 'Young and the Restless' but spent many years as Bianca, Erica Kane's (Susan Lucci's) daughter and daytime TV's first contracted lesbian character, on 'All My Children' (earning her a Daytime Emmy Award in 2005) - will guest star on ABC's 'Castle.'

A new developmental production of Platinum (www.PlatinumTheMusical.com) starring Tony Award nominee Liz Larsen (The Most Happy Fella, A New Brain) and Sarah Litzsinger (Beauty and the Beast, Amour) will be presented by UnsungMusicalsCo. Inc. as part of the 2010 New York International Fringe Festival.

Susan Lucci has a book deal, according to the Associated Press. It Books announced that she will be releasing a currently untitled memoir next year. It will certainly cover her nearly 40-year run as 'Erica Kane' in 'All My Children,' and possibly her time on Broadway as well.

A new developmental production of Platinum (www.PlatinumTheMusical.com) starring Tony Award nominee Liz Larsen (The Most Happy Fella, A New Brain) and Sarah Litzsinger (Beauty and the Beast, Amour) will be presented by UnsungMusicalsCo. Inc. as part of the 2010 New York International Fringe Festival.

Yesterday, June 27, the 37th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards were held at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Emmys are an award show celebrating exceptional American television programming. The award show was founded in 1949 by the Academy of Television Arts And Sciences and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Regis Philbin was the host of the evening. BroadwayWorld brings coverage of celebrity arrivals below.

Daytime Emmy(R) Award nominees Wayne Brady ('Let's Make a Deal'), Jeff Foxworthy ('Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'), Vanessa Marcil ('General Hospital,' 'Las Vegas') and Alex Trebek ('Jeopardy'), along with a performance from the Las Vegas company of Disney's musical The Lion King, have been added to the list of presenters and performers scheduled to appear on THE 37TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY(R) AWARDS. The telecast, hosted by Regis Philbin, will broadcast live from the Las Vegas Hilton, Sunday, June 27, 2010 (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Daytime Emmy Award nominees Wayne Brady ('Let's Make a Deal'), Jeff Foxworthy ('Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'), Vanessa Marcil ('General Hospital,' 'Las Vegas') and Alex Trebek ('Jeopardy'), along with a performance from the Las Vegas company of Disney's musical The Lion King, have been added to the list of presenters and performers scheduled to appear on THE 37TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS. The telecast, hosted by Regis Philbin, will broadcast live from the Las Vegas Hilton, Sunday, June 27, 2010 (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Daytime Emmy(R) Award nominees Wayne Brady ('Let's Make a Deal'), Jeff Foxworthy ('Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'), Vanessa Marcil ('General Hospital,' 'Las Vegas') and Alex Trebek ('Jeopardy'), along with a performance from the Las Vegas company of Disney's musical The Lion King, have been added to the list of presenters and performers scheduled to appear on THE 37TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY(R) AWARDS. The telecast, hosted by Regis Philbin, will broadcast live from the Las Vegas Hilton, Sunday, June 27, 2010 (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Seth Rudetsky will bring his show 'Deconstructing Broadway' to Chicago for the first time this October 8 and 9 at the Music Theatre Company Space (1850 Green Bay Road, Highland Park, IL 60035). Tickets are $40 for both shows, which will start at 8PM.

Endemol, a world leader in entertainment programming, today announced it has acquired distribution rights outside of the U.S. to Hot in Cleveland, the highly anticipated new original half hour sitcom produced by MTV Networks Entertainment Group for TV Land.

Daytime Emmy Award nominees Wayne Brady ('Let's Make a Deal'), Jeff Foxworthy ('Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'), Vanessa Marcil ('General Hospital,' 'Las Vegas') and Alex Trebek ('Jeopardy'), along with a performance from the Las Vegas company of Disney's musical The Lion King, have been added to the list of presenters and performers scheduled to appear on THE 37TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS. The telecast, hosted by Regis Philbin, will broadcast live from the Las Vegas Hilton, Sunday, June 27, 2010 (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Daytime Emmy(R) Award nominees Wayne Brady ('Let's Make a Deal'), Jeff Foxworthy ('Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'), Vanessa Marcil ('General Hospital,' 'Las Vegas') and Alex Trebek ('Jeopardy'), along with a performance from the Las Vegas company of Disney's musical The Lion King, have been added to the list of presenters and performers scheduled to appear on THE 37TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY(R) AWARDS. The telecast, hosted by Regis Philbin, will broadcast live from the Las Vegas Hilton, Sunday, June 27, 2010 (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Daytime Emmy(R) Award nominees Wayne Brady ('Let's Make a Deal'), Jeff Foxworthy ('Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'), Vanessa Marcil ('General Hospital,' 'Las Vegas') and Alex Trebek ('Jeopardy'), along with a performance from the Las Vegas company of Disney's musical The Lion King, have been added to the list of presenters and performers scheduled to appear on THE 37TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY(R) AWARDS. The telecast, hosted by Regis Philbin, will broadcast live from the Las Vegas Hilton, Sunday, June 27, 2010 (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

TV Land announced today that in addition to the star-studded ensemble cast of its first original sitcom, 'Hot in Cleveland,' Wayne Knight ('Seinfeld,' '3rd Rock from the Sun'), Shirley Knight ('As Good As It Gets,' 'Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood'), Huey Lewis ('Duets,' 'Just Shoot Me!'), Hal Linden ('Barney Miller'), Susan Lucci ('All My Children'), Juliet Mills ('Nanny and the Professor'), Carl Reiner ('The Dick Van Dyke Show'), John Schneider ('Dukes of Hazzard,' 'Smallville,') and Amy Yasbeck ('Wings') will make guest appearances during its first season. Knight, Lewis, Linden, Lucci, Mills, Reiner, Schneider and Yasbeck will join the sensational veteran cast of Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White for TV Land's first scripted series. 'Hot In Cleveland' is written by Emmy Award-winning Suzanne Martin ('Frasier,' 'Ellen') and produced by Emmy Award-winner Sean Hayes ('Will & Grace') and Todd Milliner of Hazy Mills Productions. The series is a TV Land PRIME original production and premieres June 16, 2010 at 10PM ET/PT.

TV Land announced today that in addition to the star-studded ensemble cast of its first original sitcom, 'Hot in Cleveland,' Wayne Knight ('Seinfeld,' '3rd Rock from the Sun'), Shirley Knight ('As Good As It Gets,' 'Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood'), Huey Lewis ('Duets,' 'Just Shoot Me!'), Hal Linden ('Barney Miller'), Susan Lucci ('All My Children'), Juliet Mills ('Nanny and the Professor'), Carl Reiner ('The Dick Van Dyke Show'), John Schneider ('Dukes of Hazzard,' 'Smallville,') and Amy Yasbeck ('Wings') will make guest appearances during its first season. Knight, Lewis, Linden, Lucci, Mills, Reiner, Schneider and Yasbeck will join the sensational veteran cast of Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White for TV Land's first scripted series. 'Hot In Cleveland' is written by Emmy Award-winning Suzanne Martin ('Frasier,' 'Ellen') and produced by Emmy Award-winner Sean Hayes ('Will & Grace') and Todd Milliner of Hazy Mills Productions. The series is a TV Land PRIME original production and premieres June 16, 2010 at 10PM ET/PT.

The forthcoming TV Land series 'Hot In Cleveland' has signed on a line-up of guest stars of the show's first season. Guests include Susan Lucci, Hal Linden, Huey Lewis, Juliet Mills, John Schneider, Carl Reiner, Wayne Knight and Amy Yesbeck. 'Hot In Cleveland' premieres June 16 at 10pm on TV Land.

Daytime Emmy(R) Award nominees Rachael Ray ('The Rachael Ray Show'), Zack Conroy ('The Bold and the Beautiful') and Jonathan Jackson ('General Hospital') along with Dr. Travis Stork, Dr. Drew Ordon, Dr. Jim Sears and Dr. Lisa Masterson from the Daytime Emmy-nominated show, 'The Doctors,' are among the first group of presenters set for THE 37TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS. The telecast, hosted by Regis Philbin, will broadcast live from the Las Vegas Hilton, Sunday, June 27, 2010 (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

A new developmental production of Platinum (www.PlatinumTheMusical.com) starring Tony Award nominee Liz Larsen (The Most Happy Fella, A New Brain) and Sarah Litzsinger (Beauty and the Beast, Amour) will be presented by UnsungMusicalsCo. Inc. as part of the 2010 New York International Fringe Festival.

ABC's 'Brothers & Sisters' and 'Damages' star Michael Nouri has been cast on ABC's Emmy Award-winning daytime drama 'All My Children.' The film, television and stage actor will be playing the role of Caleb McGraw, it was announced today by Brian Frons, president, Daytime, Disney-ABC Television Group.