The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment congratulates a?oeMade in NYa?? productions for their wins at the 72nd Annual Primetime and Creative Emmy Awards. In total, 5 New York City productions were awarded 16 Emmys; while 23 local productions were nominated for more than 80 awards.
Variety reports that 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist' took home the Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for a Scripted Program at this year's early juried Emmy Awards.
Phoenix FearCON, a staple for horror fans in the Southwest for years, bringing horror fans an eclectic variety of celebrity guests, panels and an independent film festival touting cutting-edge cinematic works of all varieties from around the globe, will now go online with a program of events and movies.
Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Emmy nominee and Broadway star Sara Bareilles is set to lead the Tina Fey and Robert Carlock produced series a?oeGirls5evaa??.
'The Rise' is a dance crew from Gilbert, Arizona, comprised of a band of brothers who wants to spread their message of hope, through hip hop. The Rise is currently competing on the NBC dance competition series World of Dance!
SMASH is setting its sights on Broadway with a creative dream team and an official title of SMASH, A New Musical. The news was announced today by Steven Spielberg, Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron who will serve as lead producers. They are developing a live stage adaptation inspired by the NBC series of the same name on which they all worked together.
Cecily Strong is set to star in a musical comedy product from Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video, Despicable Me duo Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, and Universal TV, according to Deadline. Apple is in final negotiations for the series.
If there's a song in your heart, it will get in her head. Jane Levy stars in this high-concept drama as Zoey Clarke, a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco. After an unusual event, Zoey, who always preferred podcasts over pop songs, suddenly starts to hear the innermost wants, thoughts and desires of the people around her - her family, co-workers and complete strangers - through popular songs.
On Sunday night, the winners of the 2019 Imagen Awards were unveiled with Anthony Ramos, Rita Moreno, and John Leguizamo taking home trophies. Ramos won the Best Actor - Feature film award for starring in Monsters and Men, Moreno won for her role on the acclaimed comedy One Day at a Time, and John Leguizamo's Road to Broadway won Best Documentary - " Great Performances.
Director Max Friedman has joined the artistic team of #OriginalMisch: Four Night Stand, four evenings of songs by Mischa Kischkum, with four guest stars and Dan Busa. All four interactive evenings are at Don't Tell Mama on Saturday, May 4 at 4:00 pm, with additional shows Monday, June 3 at 7:00 pm, Wednesday, September 18 at 7:00 pm and Monday, October 13 at 4:00 pm.
The Harold Ramis Film School ("HRFS") at The Second City announced today that it has partnered with NBC to create the Emerging Voices Scholarship that will be awarded to students from diverse backgrounds to study at the world-renowned comedy film school. Up to four scholarships will be awarded beginning with students from the upcoming fall 2019 class.