The Weinstein Company News

RACE began previews on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 8:00 pm at The Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th St.). The official opening night took place on Sunday, December 6, 2009.

Acclaimed actor/director Tony Goldwyn will star as J.D. Sheldrake, with Tony Award winner Katie Finneran as Marge MacDougall, and Tony award nominee Brooks Ashmanskas as Mr. Dobitch, joining Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes and Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth in the musical comedy PROMISES, PROMISES at the Broadway Theater (1681 Broadway). Previews will begin Saturday, March 27th, 2010, at 8pm, with an opening night of Sunday, April 25th, 2010. The first-ever Broadway revival of PROMISES, PROMISES is produced by Broadway Across America (John Gore, Thomas B. McGrath, Beth Williams), Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Candy Spelling, Pat Addiss and The Weinstein Company.

Nominees for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2009 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater in West Hollywood.

On Monday, December 14 at 10 a.m., the Lunt-Fotanne Theatre Box Office offically opens for walk-up ticket sales to the new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY.

The critically acclaimed David Cromer production of' Thornton Wilder's Our Town now on stage at the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street), will make theater history when performance #337 makes this staging the longest-running Our Town in the 71-year worldwide history of the classic play.

Tony Award-winner Liev Schreiber and Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson of Broadway's upcoming A View From The Bridge, continue to prep for the opening of the revival of Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge. After meeting the theatrical press last week, the pair sat down with Time Out New York to discuss the rehearsal process and their relationship.

David Cromer, original director of this incarnation of Our Town as well as the Chicago one at the Hypocrites Theater, will return to stage manage for a few weeks at the end of the year.

'The 67th Golden Globe Awards,' hosted by Ricky Gervais, will be broadcast live coast to coast Sunday, January 17 on NBC (5 to 8 pm PT, 8 to 11 pm ET) from The Beverly Hilton.

The vibrant and provocative musical production NINE, premiered on Broadway in 1982 to critical acclaim (winning five Tony Awards, including Best Musical), and successfully revived in 2003 (winning another two Tonys, including Best Revival), is the most hotly anticipated movie of the holiday season, directed by Rob Marshall, and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Fergie (Stacy Ferguson), and Sophia Loren. The Weinstein Company film - which will include new songs by original composer-lyricist Maury Yeston that were not in previous stage versions - will open in New York and Los Angeles on December 18th, and nationwide on Christmas Day.

RACE star Kerry Washington, a native New Yorker, revealed her 'New York City' favorites to the Sunday NY Post.

On Monday, December 14 at 10 a.m., the Lunt-Fotanne Theatre Box Office offically opens for walk-up ticket sales to the new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY.

From her eight-shows a week commitment as Eudora 'Grandmama' Addams in the pre-Broadway run of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, Jackie Hoffman will sing a different tune each Monday through to December 21 as she stages her own one-woman cabaret show, 'Whining In The Windy City: Holiday Edition' at the Royal George Cabaret in Chicago.

On Monday, December 14 at 10 a.m., the Lunt-Fotanne Theatre Box Office offically opens for walk-up ticket sales to the new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY.

On Monday, December 14 at 10 a.m., the Lunt-Fotanne Theatre Box Office offically opens for walk-up ticket sales to the new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY.

Last night, cast members from HAIR participated in the City Harvest canned food drive last night. The truck was parked in front of the Al Hirschfeld Theatre from 4 to 7 and cast members were there to greet fans dropping off food. With this, the cast continues its commitment to community service.

Tony Award-winner Liev Schreiber and Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson of Broadway's upcoming A View From The Bridge, met the press this week. In an exclusive interview with BroadwayWorld, Schreiber and Johansson discuss their roles and why this play brought them to Broadway, now.

The vibrant and provocative musical production NINE, premiered on Broadway in 1982 to critical acclaim (winning five Tony Awards, including Best Musical), and successfully revived in 2003 (winning another two Tonys, including Best Revival), is the most hotly anticipated movie of the holiday season, directed by Rob Marshall, and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Fergie (Stacy Ferguson), and Sophia Loren. The Weinstein Company film will include new songs by original composer-lyricist Maury Yeston that were not in previous stage versions.

A special screening of NINE took place on December 9, 2009 at The Mann Village Theatre in Westwood, California with Rob Marshall and some of the film's starry cast!

Variety reports that the hotly anticipated Rob Marshall-helmed NINE will open the Dubai Film Festival on December 9.

The new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will begin previews Friday, November 13 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre (24 West Randolph Street) in Chicago, prior to its world premiere Wednesday, December 9.