Today's top stories include a new rule for critics being invited to The Music Man. Breaking from the Broadway tradition, the musical has invited critics to its opening night performance rather than to previews. Josh Groban is going on tour this summer! Plus, a new stage musical adaptation of the book 'The Last Unicorn' is in the works with Fergie attached.
In the new documentary, Maurice and friends—Chita Rivera, Mercedes Ellington and Debbie Allen—tell tales from his lengthy career, including Broadway shows, a co-starring role in Francis Ford Coppola’s THE COTTON CLUB and his loving yet complex relationship with his superstar brother, the late Gregory Hines.
Ahead of tonight's Betty White tribute special, NBC has shared a first look at Cher singing 'Thank You For Being a Friend,' the theme song from the Golden Girls. The special will also feature President Joe Biden, Drew Barrymore, Bryan Cranston, Ted Danson, Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Ana Gasteyer, Goldie Hawn, and more.
It took longer to read the notes for Joan Tower’s “Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 1” than it did for the New York Philharmonic under Jaap van Zweden to kick off the first program in its current concert series, “Authentic Selves: The Beauty Within”. But it was a fitting opening for the evening, which featured countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo (the Phil's current James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence) and cabaret diva Justin Vivian Bond--not only exciting in the piece itself but for what lay ahead in the evening.
Actress Kristen Stewart appeared on CBS Sunday Morning today to discuss her role as Princess Diana in the movie SPENCER. She stars opposite Jack Farthing, who plays Prince Charles, in what she calls 'the role of a lifetime.'
There are two words that explain why “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” worked so well as the stunning animated film it is and why it was able to be transferred so well to the stage, Howard Ashman.
The Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program is open for submissions for the 2nd Annual Young Native Actor's Contest.
Mr Little Jeans (aka Monica Birkenes) has announced details for her sophomore record, the follow-up to her 2014 album Pocketknife. The album is a testament to Birkenes' strength as a songwriter and vocalist and dives into undoing the trauma and disgrace that life heaps upon each of us from a young age. Watch the 'Lazy Love' music video now!
Steppenwolf’s production of The Minutes will now begin previews on Broadway on Saturday, April 2, 2022, and open on Sunday, April 17, 2022. The play was previously scheduled to resume performances at Studio 54 on March 19, 2022, and open on Thursday, April 7, 2022.
President Joe Biden, Drew Barrymore, Valerie Bertinelli, Cher, Bryan Cranston, Ted Danson, Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Ana Gasteyer, Goldie Hawn, Vicki Lawrence, Jane Leeves, Jay Leno, Anthony Mackie, Wendie Malick, Joel McHale, Tracy Morgan, Jean Smart, Mary Steenburgen and more will come together to pay tribute to the late actress.
In celebration of Black History Month, MAURICE HINES: BRING THEM BACK will make its U.S. broadcast and streaming premiere on STARZ and the STARZ App in February 2022 and run on the network through 2023.
Disney’s regional jazz exhibit, “The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure,” will open at The National Jazz Museum in Harlem on Feb. 10, coinciding with Black History Month. Visitors are joined by Joe Gardner – the musician, mentor and teacher from Disney and Pixar’s “Soul” – on a tour as they discover the rich and surprising history of jazz.
Actor Kristen Stewart opens up about seeing her new film “Spencer” for the first time, plus her career and planning for her upcoming wedding, in an interview with Tracy Smith for CBS Sunday Morning. Watch a preview of the upcoming episode now!
The 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center's Winter/Spring season features readings by best-selling and prize-winning novelists, acclaimed poets, tributes to Shakespeare, Lucille Clifton and Toni Morrison – and a dramatic reading of Anne Carson's “The Glass Essay,” among other programs.
Mason Holdings, a company known for creating intimate experiential theatre, will present the world premiere of Hart Island, a multimedia theatrical meditation on New York City’s potter’s field and the humans connected to it, living and dead.
Mercury Theatre today announces full cast for Mark Ravenhill's Blackmail, a new version of the classic thriller originally written by Charles Bennett. Anthony Banks directs Gabriel Akuwudike (Harold Webber), Jessie Hills (Alice Jarvis), Patrick Walshe McBride (Ian Tracy), and Lucy Speed (Ada Jarvis).
Cedric currently stars in and executive produces the CBS comedies “The Neighborhood,” which was just renewed for a third season and “The Greatest #AtHome Videos” executive produced through his production company A Bird And A Bear Entertainment. Cedric also co-stars in the hit TBS comedy “The Last O.G.”, opposite Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish.
Nicky Allpress puts Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers in the midst of an 80s Brixton feud.
As previously announced, Immersive Everywhere – led by Olivier Award-winning producers Louis Hartshorn and Brian Hook – and Butterfly Theatre are combining their expertise and experience in all aspects of immersive theatre to launch the first bespoke Immersive Acting School in 2022.
City Theatre Austin presents a special one-weekend performance event honoring Stephen Sondheim - the giant, the genius, who revolutionized musical theatre as its most influential writer and composer.
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