Whoopi Goldberg News

The Tony award-winning Eugene O'Neill Theater Center holds its 6th Annual Summer Gala tonight, July 21, in the Sunken Garden on the theater's grounds.

Jessica Alba, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard ('Hit & Run'), Jane Seymour, Les, Seth and Ashley Gold ('Hardcore Pawn'), plus a Pistol Annies performance will all be featured JULY 23-27 on ABC's THE VIEW .

The new musical Foreverman, with book, music, and lyrics by Brett M. Boles, will be presented as an official selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's (NYMF's) 2012 Next Link Project, beginning performances tonight, July 20 and running through Sunday, July 28, at the PTC Performance Space, 555 West 42 Street (between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues).

Chris Colfer vistied ABC's THE VIEW yesterday to talk about the upcoming season of GLEE, his adoration for Whoopi Goldberg and his past as a bullied kid. Check out the interview below!

Morgan Freeman and Michael Cain ('The Dark Knight Rises'), Mike Tyson ('Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth'), Jeff Daniels ('The Newsroom'), Chris Colfer ('Glee' and author, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell) and Judge Jeanine Pirro (author, Sly Fox) are among the guests now through July 20 on ABC's THE VIEW. (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET; broadcast live in stereo; CC; TV-14).

Morgan Freeman and Michael Cain ('The Dark Knight Rises'), Mike Tyson ('Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth'), Jeff Daniels ('The Newsroom'), Chris Colfer ('Glee' and author, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell) and Judge Jeanine Pirro (author, Sly Fox) are among the guests JULY 16-20 on ABC's THE VIEW.

In what is clearly shaping up to be the most popular and unifying campaign of 2012, Americans of every political persuasion have come together in unprecedented numbers, casting more than two million votes to select the finalists in the 2012 'American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards.'

THE 2012 ALL FOR ONE THEATER FESTIVAL, which begins September 14th at the 179 seat Cherry Lane Theatre/Mainstage, 38 Commerce Street, NYC, will feature 10 extraordinary solo performers presenting their own works.

Award-winner Trent Armand Kendall's PICTURE INCOMPLETE opens at the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival tonight, July 10 at the 45th Street Theatre (354 West 45th Street - between Eighth & Ninth Avenues) where it will play through Saturday, July 21.

The new musical Foreverman, with book, music, and lyrics by Brett M. Boles, will be presented as an official selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's (NYMF's) 2012 Next Link Project, beginning performances Friday, July 20 and running through Sunday, July 28, at the PTC Performance Space, 555 West 42 Street (between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues).

Today we are taking a look at four sparkling new Blu-ray editions of well-regarded films from the Disney vault by focusing on three titles that are also currently running on Broadway in screen-to-stage adaptations at this very moment - EVITA, NEWSIES and SISTER ACT. The current trend of adapting hit films into musicals for the stage has sporadically proven that some stage adaptations can even be more entertaining onstage, while some recent movie musicals have one-upped their stage roots in a way a few Golden Age adaptations also managed to do. Such is the case with EVITA, NEWSIES, SISTER ACT and SISTER ACT 2 (the latter two both acting as inspiration for the Broadway SISTER ACT musical) - all available for the first time on Blu-ray and each certainly justifying consideration for inclusion in your library if only because each is regarded as a modern-day classic - of sorts - in its own unique and special way. And, without these films, we would never have the current versions of the shows now running on Broadway based upon them (even in the case of a classic like EVITA, whose stage version may have come first, but, as seen and heard in the hit Elena Roger/Ricky Martin/Michael Cerveris revival, now includes the film addition, "You Must Love Me"). Whatever the medium, all of these winning entities offer an entertaining way to beat the heat and celebrate the start of summer in style - with some tunes, old and new, you are not soon to forget.

Award-winner Trent Armand Kendall's PICTURE INCOMPLETE will open at the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival on Tuesday, July 10 at the 45th Street Theatre (354 West 45th Street - between Eighth & Ninth Avenues) where it will play through Saturday, July 21.

The Tony award-winning Eugene O?Neill Theater Center will hold its 6th Annual Summer Gala on Saturday, July 21, in the Sunken Garden on the theater?s grounds.

Original Broadway cast member Jared Gertner will star as Elder Cunningham in the First National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, launching in Denver from August 14-September 2 at The Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Gertner will join previously announced Gavin Creel as Elder Price. Samantha Marie Ware joins as Nabulungi, as well as Grey Henson as Elder McKinley and Kevin Mambo as Mafala Hatimbi.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) will present the 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards Lifetime Achievement Award to Bill Geddie, executive producer of THE VIEW for his contributions as writer, producer and director in his more than 30-year television career.

The Jacksons, Taylor Kitsch, Maura Tierney and Elizabeth Banks are among the upcoming guests on ABC's THE VIEW for the week of June 25 - 29.

After a three-year absence, Gerard Alessandrini's Forbidden Broadway returns to the 47th Street Theatre with a brand new edition, Forbidden Broadway: ALIVE AND KICKING. The show, which opens Thursday, September 6, will run for a limited engagement through January 6, 2013. Previews begin on July 24th. BroadwayWorld has learned that Jenny Lee Stern, Natalie Charle Ellis, Scott Richard Foster and Marcus Stevens will all star in the show.

Producers Whoopi Goldberg and Stage Entertainment have announced that the Broadway musical SISTER ACT will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, August 26, 2012, prior to kicking off a North American tour on October 2 at Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre. Upon closing after a 16-month run, the Broadway production will have played 28 previews and 561 performances at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway).

After a three-year absence, Gerard Alessandrini's FORBIDDEN BROADWAY returns to the 47th Street Theatre with a brand new edition, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: ALIVE AND KICKING. The show, which opens Thursday, September 6, will run for a limited engagement through January 6, 2013. Previews begin on July 24th. This production will mark FORBIDDEN BROADWAY's 30th Anniversary, as well as its 21st edition.

Global music superstar Justin Bieber, a two-time Grammy-nominated artist, will appear live on THE VIEW, today, JUNE 19 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET) on ABC, it was announced today by executive producer Bill Geddie.