The Madison Square Garden Company today announced that respected entertainment executive Victoria Parker has been named executive vice president of MSG Productions, effective March 12. Ms. Parker joins the Company after serving as the head of creative strategy for Verizon's Oath Studios.
Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Casey Reitz, Executive Director) has announced that SUSAN POURFAR will join the previously announced TATIANA MASLANY in the New York Premiere of TRACY LETTS' acclaimed play, MARY PAGE MARLOWE, directed by LILA NEUGEBAUER.
Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Casey Reitz, Executive Director) has announced that Emmy Award Winner TATIANA MASLANY, star of the hit BBC America series, "Orphan Black," will appear in the New York Premiere of TRACY LETTS' acclaimed play, MARY PAGE MARLOWE, directed by LILA NEUGEBAUER.
The last we heard of the In the Heights movie Quiara Alegria Hudes, who was nominated for a 2007 Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize for Drama for writing the book for Broadway musical IN THE HEIGHTS, had requested The Weinstein Company, the company which currently holds the rights to the HEIGHTS film adaptation, relinquish its ties to the show.
BroadwayCon has announced that tickets for BroadwayCon Industry Day are now on sale.
BroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway alum Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her new show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, 'Podcast Verite,' is unfiltered, raw, honest and uniquely funny.
Back by popular demand, humorist, writer and woodworker Nick Offerman will bring his highly successful Full Bush solo stand-up show back on the road. Offerman will return with a collection of his sawdusty musings on survival in the wild, living with enthusiasm, and most importantly, the cultivation of fulsome body hair. The comedy tour will kick off on September 29th in Billings, MT and end on December 10th in San Francisco, California. The multi-city trek will hit major cities across the US including Nashville, Chicago, and Los Angeles, as well as Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, NY on November 10.
BBC Worldwide has DROPPED The Weinstein Company as a partner on their TV adaptation of LES MISERABLES following multiple allegations of sexual abuse and harassment against the company's founder, Harvey Weinstein.
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: HARVEY WEINSTEIN/A Dialogue on Changing the Myth of the Casting Couch. In response to concerns from attending filmmakers after the sexual predation allegations this week, ITVFest organizers have scheduled an emergency panel to the 12th edition tonight.
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Quiara Alegria Hudes, who was nominated for a 2007 Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize for Drama for writing the book for Broadway musical IN THE HEIGHTS, has requested The Weinstein Company relinquish its ties to the show.
Outfest, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization promoting equality by creating, sharing, and protecting LGBT stories on the screen, announced today that it will honor the Emmy , Grammy , Oscar , and Tony award winner Rita Moreno (West Side Story, One Day at a Time ) at the 2017 Legacy Awards on Sunday, October 22nd.
Ketchum, one of the world's leading communications firms, today announced a 'first look' production and distribution agreement between its Ketchum Films division and The Weinstein Company, the creative powerhouse production and distribution company.
Producer Paula Wagner announces a new musical based on one of the most beloved romantic comedies of all time, Garry Marshall's PRETTY WOMAN, which will arrive on Broadway following its World Premiere stage production in Chicago in the spring of 2018.
The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation's premier member organization of independent filmmakers and storytellers, announced today that Academy Award and Golden Globe winning actress Nicole Kidman will receive the Actress Tribute and Academy Award
DREW PETERSON: AN AMERICAN MURDER MYSTERY unravels the twisted web of lies, corruption and violence behind one of the most fascinating missing persons' cases in recent history. The two-hour world-premiere special airs Sunday, August 27 starting at 9/8c, exclusively on ID.
YELLOWSTONE, the first scripted series greenlit for Paramount Network, executive produced by Weinstein Television, John and Art Linson ('Sons of Anarchy,' 'Fight Club,' 'Heat'), and Kevin Costner, will begin principle photography on location in Utah this month.
BroadwayCon has announced that tickets for BroadwayCon Industry Day are now on sale.
After an exciting launch in June at Tokyo Short Shorts for Season 4 of Lexus Short Films, Lexus International and The Weinstein Company have now announced Patty Jenkins, best known for directing Warner Bros. and DC Comics Wonder Woman and her debut feature Monster, and Antoine Fuqua, best known for directing the films The Magnificent Seven, The Equalizer and Training Day, to join Taylor Sheridan for the film program's selection committee.
Actors Dave Annable and Gil Birmingham have joined the cast of Paramount Network's first original scripted drama series, YELLOWSTONE starring renown actor and Oscar(R)-winner Kevin Costner and written and directed by Oscar(R)-nominated and critically acclaimed screenwriter Taylor Sheridan ('Hell or High Water,' 'Sicario,' 'Wind River').
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