With films and filmmakers arriving from across the globe, the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) kicks off its 13th annual event August 4th-9th, 2009. This year 235 feature length, documentary and short films - from 57 countries - will be screened over a six-day period In locations throughout the state, all vying for top awards. Out of over 7,000 film festivals worldwide, RIIFF is one of only 63 Academy Award qualifying Festivals. This year's films have been selected from a record entry base of over 3,000 submissions.
With films and filmmakers arriving from across the globe, the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) kicks off its 13th annual event August 4th-9th, 2009. This year 235 feature length, documentary and short films - from 57 countries - will be screened over a six-day period In locations throughout the state, all vying for top awards. Out of over 7,000 film festivals worldwide, RIIFF is one of only 63 Academy Award qualifying Festivals. This year's films have been selected from a record entry base of over 3,000 submissions.
Zoe Lister-Jones will return to the role of Ellen, which she created in the original off-Broadway production of The Little Dog Laughed, for the comedy's final two weeks of its Broadway run. Ms. Lister-Jones will begin performances on Tuesday, February 6. Ari Graynor, who has played the role for the show's Broadway engagement, will be away from the production for a previously scheduled commitment during those two weeks.
The Broadway shows Company, The Little Dog Laughed and A Chorus Line will put on special benefit performances for The Actors' Fund, the national aid organization for everyone in entertainment
Douglas Carter Beane's new play The Little Dog Laughed will close following the matinee performance on Sunday, February 18. The acclaimed Broadway comedy, which is currently the only new American play to have opened on Broadway this season, features Tom Everett Scott, Julie White, Johnny Galecki, and Ari Graynor.
The 18th Annual 'Gypsy of the Year Competition' announced a total of $2,992,800 had been raised by the over 50 participating Broadway, Off-Broadway, and National Tour companies to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS beating last year's total of $2,972,721
Dreamgirls, the highly anticipated film version of the classic Broadway musical, had a star-studded premiere at New York's Ziegfeld Theatre on December 4th
Douglas Carter Beane's comedy is certainly the most explosively funny, deliciously dirt-filled satire to hit Broadway in many a season, but only when Julie White is on stage.
An extra performance has been added for Douglas Carter Beane's Hollywood satire The Little Dog Laughed, which is currently in previews at the Cort Theatre
Ari Graynor will complete the cast of Douglas Carter Beane's Broadway-bound Hollywood satire The Little Dog Laughed, which will be leashed to the Cort Theatre on October 26th for a November 13th opening
Tom Everett Scott, Julie White and Johnny Galecki will star in the Broadway transfer of The Little Dog Laughed, which opens on November 13th at the Cort Theatre
