According to the Hollywood Reporter, actor Tom Hanks and his long time producing partner Gary Goetzman will be developing a half-hour comedy for HBO titled PLAYERS. Hanks has previously worked with HBO on the successful series 'Big Love,' 'The Pacific' and 'Band of Brothers.'
The Tony Award-winning AVENUE Q celebrated its second anniversary at New World Stages (340 W. 50 St.) in Manhattan on October 21, 2011. After a triumphant, six-year run on Broadway, AVENUE Q moved to New World Stages, opening there on October 21 and continuing to play to large houses filled with enthusiastic audiences eight times a week. On the occasion of its second anniversary, AVENUE Q will play its 835th performance at New World Stages.
Singer/actress Jan Daley will perform her one-woman show Where There's Hope at The Arthur Newman Theatre at The Joslyn Center in Palm Desert on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 2 PM as part of Les Michaels' Life Is A Cabaret Sunday Series. Joining Jan Daley will be musical director David Cohen on the piano. The show will feature many standards from the Great American Songbook that Ms. Daley performed throughout her career, especially those highlighted by her USO tours with Bob Hope entertaining more than 40,000 GI's.
The Tony Award-winning AVENUE Q will celebrate its second anniversary at New World Stages (340 W. 50 St.) in Manhattan tonight.
Feinstein's at Loews Regency is now presenting the Tony Award winning theater icon Betty Buckley in an exclusive four week run of the new show 'Ah Men! The Boys of Broadway.' In the show, Buckley performs men's songs from Broadway shows that she has always wanted to sing, including numbers from Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Pippin, Mame and La Cage Aux Folles. She is joined by Christian Jacob on piano, Peter Barshay on bass and Anthony Pinciotti on drums. The show runs through October 29 at Feinstein's. BroadwayWorld was on hand for a recent show and spoke with Buckley about all things men and how it feels to perform their material, the future of the show, and what her not-yet-performed female repertoire wish list looks like. Click below to hear from Buckley and watch exclusive concert footage!
NPR and Olympia Entertainment will present a live performance of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! from Detroit on Thursday, January, 19 at 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Award-winning radio show is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz show that will take to the stage at the historic Fox Theatre for a live performance being taped for national broadcast.
After wrapping an extended run in his own show in Las Vegas Comedian Don Barnhart brings the laughs to Carnival Cruise Line.
Based on Green Day's groundbreaking rock opera American Idiot, Billie Joe Armstrong and the band collaborated with one of the theatre's most acclaimed creative teams, led by the Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer, to bring the album to the stage. The team will once again bring AMERICAN IDIOT to audiences - this time in movie theaters, aiming for a 2013 premiere under Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions.
In response to First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden's Joining Forces program, a national initiative to support and honor America's service members and their families, the entertainment industry's Inter-Guild Joining Forces Task Force today released new public service announcements (PSAs) featuring Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Oprah Winfrey.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles (BAFTA Los Angeles) announced today that it will rename its Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment in honor of Albert R. 'Cubby' Broccoli, pioneering producer of the James Bond franchise.
AMERICAN NIGHT: THE BALLAD OF JUAN JOSÉ, by Richard Montoya developed by Culture Clash and Jo Bonney, will play the Denver Center Theatre Company's Ricketson Theatre tonight - November 20 (opening night Thursday, October 13.) Tickets are on sale now, by calling 303.893.4100 or www.denvercenter.org.
The launch of the fall television season is under way and with it, the influx of commercial interruptions. Lexus is offering an alternative to the traditional 30-minute sitcom with the debut of its fourth season of L Studio.
AMERICAN NIGHT: THE BALLAD OF JUAN JOSÉ, by Richard Montoya developed by Culture Clash and Jo Bonney, will play the Denver Center Theatre Company's Ricketson Theatre October 7 - November 20 (opening night Thursday, October 13.) Tickets are on sale now, by calling 303.893.4100 or www.denvercenter.org.
Celebrated actor and stand-up comedian Cedric the Entertainer will host the 3rd annual Soul Train Awards, taping at the iconic Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA on Thursday, November 17 and premiering on both Centric and BET in a special simulcast at 9:00 PM* ET on Sunday, November 27.
The American Theatre Wing raised more than $550,000 at their annual Gala last night. All of the proceeds will go towards The Wing's education and outreach programs. The event was held at New York's legendary Plaza Hotel in honor of Sir Howard Stringer (Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Sony Corporation and longtime American Theatre Wing Board Member), and included a special tribute to Douglas B. Leeds (Former President and dear friend of The Wing).
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and an all-star line-up of performers, including Angela Lansbury, James Naughton, Kelli O'Hara, Elaine Paige, Colin Donnell, Marilu Henner, Gala Co-Chairmen Theodore S. Chapin & Marva A. Smalls and more honored Sir Howard Stringer with the American Theatre Wing last night, September 26. Celebrity guests included Samuel L. Jackson & LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Judith Light, Lucie Arnaz, Nora Ephron & Nick Pileggi, Jane & Morley Safer, Jim Dale, William Ivey Long, Susan Fales-Hill, Mario Buatta, Ted Hartley & Dina Merrill, Melissa & Chappy Morris and Susan Patricoff. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event and brings you photo coverage below!
The American Theatre Wing (Theodore S. Chapin, Chairman of the Board of Directors; Heather Hitchens, Executive Director) raised more than $550,000 at their annual Gala last night. All of the proceeds will go towards The Wing's education and outreach programs. The event was held at New York's legendary Plaza Hotel in honor of Sir Howard Stringer (Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Sony Corporation and longtime American Theatre Wing Board Member), and included a special tribute to Douglas B. Leeds (Former President and dear friend of The Wing).
Cinnabar Theater presents the 'She Loves Me,' the charming musical adaptation from the Hungarian 1936 play 'Parfumerie,' by Miklos Laszlo. Directed by Elly Lichenstein, with musical direction by Mary Chun, the production opens Sept. 9 and continues with performances through Sept. 25, 2011.
Legendary mentalist, The Amazing Kreskin, brings his live show to the Lehigh Valley area for the first time in over 40 years when he appears at the State Theatre in Easton on Thursday, September 22nd, 7:30 PM.
The Tony Award winning musical AVENUE Q will feature $25 tickets to audience members wearing an article of clothing from their college alma mater to the musical's 'College Night' performance on Wednesday, September 21st at 8:00pm.
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