Whoopi Goldberg News

According to a report by Stage-entertainment.com, Zodwa Zewele has been chosen to lead the upcoming German production of Sister Act. The final casting decision was made by Whoopi Goldberg and West End Director Carline Brauwer. 'Both girls were incredible.' Zodwa was thrilled with the outcome: 'I was so nervous before the audition. But Whoopi in her kind way really managed to calm me down. Now I'm thrilled to death!'

The life of the renowned photojournalist Dorothea Lange will be set to song in THINGS AS THEY ARE, a new musical by Jonathan Comisar and John Dietrich which will receive its world premiere at the 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival where it will begin performances on September 27th at the Theater at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street New York, NY).

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County presents AN EVENING WITH DAME EDNA. The glittering, effervescent, tirelessly funny DAME EDNA EVERAGE will light up the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall with her purple-hued hair and sassy Aussie wit on April 13 and 14, 2011. The Tony Award-winning dame from Down Under brings her stage show to Miami for two evenings of glitz, glamour, and her signature gladiolas. AN EVENING WITH DAME EDNA is part of the inaugural season of the 2010-2011 Adrienne Arsht Center comedy series, COMEDY PLANET.

SHINE! The Horatio Alger Musical with a Book by Richard Seff; Music by Roger Dean Anderson and Lyrics by Lee Goldsmith is being presented by Other Side Productions (Peter Mercurio, Chuck Blasius - Co-Artistic Directors) as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival at The Theater at St. Clements, 423 West 46th Street.

According to a report by Whatsonstage.com, Sally Dexter is set to replace Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Superior in the West End production of SISTER ACT. Dexter will be staying with the show until it closes on October 30.

Whoopi Goldberg joined the cast of the hit musical comedy SISTER ACT on Tuesday, August 10 in the role of Mother Superior. She will perform in the show through Tuesday August 31st, playing an exclusive 23 show run. No stranger to stages around the world, the role however marks Whoopi's West End debut. Whoopi follows the hugely popular Sheila Hancock, who created the role and has played Mother Superior since the show opened in May last year. She is joined on stage by the critically acclaimed Patina Miller in the lead role of Deloris Van Cartier (Whoopi's role in the original movie), recording artist Simon Webbe as Curtis Shank and Dad's Army star Ian Lavender as Monsignor. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a clip of Golberg herself weighing in on how it feels to make her West End debut in a show that hits especially close to home.

Whoopi Goldberg joined the cast of the hit musical comedy SISTER ACT today, August 10 in the role of Mother Superior. She will perform in the show through Tuesday August 31st, playing an exclusive 23 show season. No stranger to stages around the world, the role however marks Whoopi's West End debut. Whoopi follows the hugely popular Sheila Hancock, who created the role and has played Mother Superior since the show opened in May last year. She is joined on stage by the critically acclaimed Patina Miller in the lead role of Deloris Van Cartier (Whoopi's role in the original movie), recording artist Simon Webbe as Curtis Shank and Dad's Army star Ian Lavender as Monsignor. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you the first shots of Whoopi as Mother Superior in the West End!

SHINE! The Horatio Alger Musical with a Book by Richard Seff; Music by Roger Dean Anderson and Lyrics by Lee Goldsmith is being presented by Other Side Productions (Peter Mercurio, Chuck Blasius - Co-Artistic Directors) as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival at The Theater at St. Clements, 423 West 46th Street. The director is Peter Flynn and the choreographer is Devanand Janki. With a highly melodic, hummable and bouncy score with bright lyrics, "SHINE the Horatio Alger Musical", has tons of period atmosphere, nostalgic charm, comedy and entertainment. It is a hope and dreams musical with a touch of "Annie", a smidgen of "Oliver", a dash of "Tintypes" as well as a smattering of musical joys that will delight! A multi-talented cast of 18 makes this one of the largest of the festival productions. Performances will be: Thurs. 10/7 at 8pm; Sat. 10/9 at 5pm; Mon. 10/11, at 9pm; Fri. 10/15, at 1pm; Sat. 10/16, at 9pm and Sun. 10/17 at 3pm.

42nd Street Moon's Artistic Director, Greg MacKellan, today announced casting for the first production of the 2010-11 Season: Broadway's greatest musical farce, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM.

The COMEDY SERIES kicks off with the iconic American comic, JERRY SEINFELD, appearing in two stand up performances on November 6, 2010. In a rare solo appearance, entertainment legend and comedy queen WHOOPI GOLDBERG performs for one night only on January 15, 2011. NPR's award-winning comedy quiz show WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, jumps straight off the airwaves and into the Knight Concert Hall February 3 and 4, 2011 for a series of live performances and audio tapings to air on NPR Member Stations. CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, the show where surprise guest stars read from the real and really hilarious memoirs of their celebrity colleagues, takes Miami by storm, April 28-May 8, 2011.

The CAPA Summer Movie Series, the longest-running classic film series in America, celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2010 with an impressive assembly of classics, cult favorites, and much beloved films. The 2010 series, made possible through the generous support of PNC, will run June 4 - July 25 at the historic Ohio Theatre (39 E. State St.).

The legendary disco diva talks to Carrie Dunn about her career and her move into musicals...

Cult sensation DINA MARTINA returns to New York with an encore engagement of DINA MARTINA: SITTING OVATIONS. After quickly selling out a two performance run in June, Martina brings this unique night of performance back to The Laurie Beechman Theater for three nights only beginning Thursday, September 23. After attaining cult status in her native town of Seattle and touring nationally, Martina's official New York debut in 2005 sold out in minutes. Her follow-up shows have left jaded audiences (including Whoopi Goldberg, John Waters, S. Epatha Merkerson, John Cameron Mitchell, Margaret Cho, Rue McClanahan, Bruce Vilanch, Joyce Dewitt, and Jeff Stryker -- a list as strange has her shows) stunned and clamoring for more.

The COMEDY SERIES kicks off with the iconic American comic, JERRY SEINFELD, appearing in two stand-up performances on November 6, 2010. In a rare solo appearance, entertainment legend and comedy queen WHOOPI GOLDBERG performs for one night only on January 15, 2011. NPR's award-winning comedy quiz show WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, jumps straight off the airwaves and into the Knight Concert Hall February 3 and 4, 2011 for a series of live performances and audio tapings to air on NPR Member Stations. CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, the show where surprise guest stars read from the real and really hilarious memoirs of their celebrity colleagues, takes Miami by storm, April 28-May 8, 2011.

Whoopi Goldberg, Bill Clinton, and Elizabeth Hurley will attend this year's Life Ball in Vienna as guests of honor, Yahoo! News reports. The ball, which will benefit AIDS research, will be held on July 17 at Vienna's City Hall. Approximately 40,000 people are expected to attend.

Confirming multiple previous reports, producers Whoopi Goldberg and Stage Entertainment UK announced today that SISTER ACT - A Divine Musical Comedy will take a vow of hilarity when it arrives on Broadway in Spring 2011 at a theatre to be announced. SISTER ACT features an original score with music by multi-Academy, Grammy and Golden Globe Award-winning and celebrated composer Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Enchanted) and lyrics by Tony Award-nominee Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid), has a book by multi-Emmy Award winners Cheri and Bill Steinkellner ('Cheers'), choreography by Tony and Olivier Award nominee Anthony Van Laast (Mamma Mia, Bombay Dreams) and is directed by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks (Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing...Forum, Smokey Joe's Café). Casting will also be announced at a later date.

Whoopi Goldberg will join the cast of the hit musical comedy SISTER ACT this summer to play the role of Mother Superior.

Whoopi's back in the habit! Whoopi Goldberg is Mother Superior for 3 weeks only from 10 August! DO NOT miss out!

Whoopi_to_Join_Sister_Act_20010101 Whatsonstage.com is suggesting that Whoopi Goldberg may be joining the final weeks of SISTER ACT in the West End as a means of boosting the show's finale before it takes its final bow on October 30, 2010. Goldberg, who starred as 'Doloris van Cartier' in the 1992 film and who is co-producing the West End production, would be assuming the role of 'Mother Superior' onstage (made famous by Maggie Smith in the film version). SISTER ACT will vacate the Palladium in October for THE WIZARD OF OZ and is headed to Broadway in the Spring of 2011, as BroadwayWorld previously reported. Producers are reportedly hoping to re-open the production in the West End at a new theater sometime next season.

The captivating IMAX film Hubble opens at the American Museum of Natural History on Saturday, July 3. For nearly 20 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has dazzled us with unprecedented views of the cosmos, from the splendor of Earth's celestial neighborhood to galaxies billions of light years away.