Whoopi Goldberg News

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre - the acclaimed gay comedy/variety show - will open its fourth season on September 20, 2012 at The Duplex in New York's West Village. Each edition of The Meeting* honors a different gay icon; the September show will pay tribute to Disco chart-topper Sylvester with special guests Bridget Everett, Ben Rimalower and Xavier.

The "Sweet 16" celebration continues on ABC's Emmy® Award-winning talk show, "The View," with an exciting lineup of guests SEPTEMBER 17-21 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET).

Broadway In Chicago and producers Whoopi Goldberg, Stage Entertainment and Troika Entertainment are thrilled to announce casting for the North American Tour of five-time Tony Award® nominated musical SISTER ACT, starring Chicago actress Hollis Resnik as Mother Superior and Ta'Rea Campbell as Deloris Van Cartier. SISTER ACT will play the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (50 East Congress Parkway) Nov. 13 - Dec. 2, 2012.

September and October 2012 programming at the Paley Center includes Craig Ferguson, Renée Fleming, Judith Jamison, Robert MacNeil, Dick Cavett, Judy Collins, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Carole Simpson, Christiane Amanpour and more! Details below.

In the footsteps of comic character monologists such as Lily Tomlin, Carol Burnett, and Whoopi Goldberg, acclaimed vocalist and comedic performance artist, Amber Martin brings her award-winning chops back to the sophisticated and legendary Feinstein's to perform some favorite pieces from her recent, sold out West Coast tour.

Singer/songwriter ANDY GRAMMER premiered his new music video for "Miss Me" onVH1's "Top 20" weekly video countdown this past weekend. The video has been added to the regular rotation on the music channel and can be seen now here:http://on.vh1.com/Q1L1io. It follows ANDY's prior Top 20 charting videos "Fine By Me,"which climbed to the #4 spot, and his nearly platinum debut hit "Keep Your Head Up" which peaked at # 2.

The 'Sweet 16' season of ABC's Emmy Award-winning talk show, THE VIEW continues with an exciting line up of celebrities, now through September 14th (11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, ET), including Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson.

Adult Swim announced today that the much-anticipated ROBOT CHICKEN DC Comics Special will officially kick off the sixth season of the Emmy Award(R)-winning series tonight, September 9th at Midnight (ET/PT).

The 'Sweet 16' season of ABC's Emmy Award-winning talk show, THE VIEW continues with an exciting line up of celebrities including first-time guest Richard Gere ('Arbitrage'), actress Amy Adams ('Trouble with the Curve,' 'The Master') and Oscar winners Jennifer Hudson and Susan Sarandon.

The fifth production of the 2012 Hangar season is a true American classic, Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful. This intensely moving and riveting story of acceptance and coming home again will be directed by the Hangar's Associate Artistic Director Stephanie Yankwitt (Hangar's Rounding Third) and features a cast of local favorites including Susannah Berryman (Hangar's Penelope of Ithaca, The Chalk Circle, Cabaret, and The Rainmaker) and Jesse Bush (Hangar's Ever So Humble, Disney's Beauty and the Beast). The Trip to Bountiful opens tonight, September 7, and runs through September 15th.

September and October 2012 programming at the Paley Center includes Craig Ferguson, Renée Fleming, Judith Jamison, Robert MacNeil, Dick Cavett, Judy Collins, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Carole Simpson, Christiane Amanpour and more! Details below.

By popular demand, an additional week of performances has been added to the previously announced run of cult sensation DINA MARTINA in DINA MARTINA: AMPLE WATTAGE at The Laurie Beechman Theater. Performances, which begin Sept. 20, have now been extended thru Sept. 30th.

THE 2012 ALL FOR ONE THEATER FESTIVAL featuring 10 solo plays and musicals written and performed by 10 extraordinary artists, begins Friday, September 14th at The Cherry Lane Theatre/Mainstage, 38 Commerce Street, NYC, and continues through September 30th.

World Harmony Productions announced today the artist line-up for the ONE WORLD CONCERT-a historic celebration of peace, music and common ground-coming to the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University on Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Expected to be one of the largest gatherings of international artists ever to travel to the region, this special benefit concert immediately follows a public talk by the Dalai Lama and features an original song written and performed by multiple artists, especially for His Holiness.

Producers Whoopi Goldberg, Stage Entertainment and Troika Entertainment announce casting for the North American Tour of five-time Tony Award® nominated musical SISTER ACT. Called "In a word, DIVINE!"by the Associated Press, SISTER ACT kicks off on October 2, 2012 at Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre.

Celebrate 'Sweet 16' when ABC's THE VIEW returns for its new season, live, today, September 4, 2012. 'The View' airs Monday-Friday (11:00 am-12:00 pm, ET) on the ABC Television Network.

The fifth production of the 2012 Hangar season is a true American classic, Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful. This intensely moving and riveting story of acceptance and coming home again will be directed by the Hangar's Associate Artistic Director Stephanie Yankwitt (Hangar's Rounding Third) and features a cast of local favorites including Susannah Berryman (Hangar's Penelope of Ithaca, The Chalk Circle, Cabaret, and The Rainmaker) and Jesse Bush (Hangar's Ever So Humble, Disney's Beauty and the Beast). The Trip to Bountiful will preview September 6, and run September 7 through September 15th.

Whoopi Goldberg will return to Treasure Island, tonight, August 31 at 9 p.m.

Winged Tapestries: Moths at Large, an exhibition of 34 striking images featuring dramatic images of moths, opens Saturday, September 29 at the American Museum of Natural History. On view in the IMAX Corridor on the first floor through September 29, 2013, the exhibition displays the arresting beauty and surprising diversity of moths from Ottawa-based photographer Jim des Rivières.

A new season of ABC's Emmy Award-winning talk show THE VIEW begins live, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4-7 (11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, ET), with celebrities including Glenn Close, Dwyane Wade, Kim Kardashian, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kirsten Dunst and her 'Bachelorette' co-stars Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan.