Whoopi Goldberg News

The Laurie Beechman Theatre is pleased to announce their inaugural Tony party.

It was announced today that a staggering thirteen musicals will perform at the 62nd Annual Antoniette Perry 'Tony' Awards. In addition to the previously announced special performances by the Tony winning musicals Rent and The Lion King, for the first time ever, The Tony Awards will feature performances by each of this season's Broadway musicals.

Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad will be a guest speaker for the Harold Clurman Lecture Series at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting on Monday, June 9, 2008.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre is pleased to announce their inaugural Tony party.

The Fire Island Dance Festival returns to Fire Island Pines for a trio of outdoor party/performances on Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20, 2008. Now in its 14th year, FIDF is produced by and benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA), a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

The Fire Island Dance Festival returns to Fire Island Pines for a trio of outdoor party/performances on Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20, 2008.

Christian Siriano, winner of season four of the popular Bravo! series 'Project Runway' will be designing Tony host Whoopi Goldberg's gown for the upcoming 2008 award show.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party announces Steven Brinberg as 'Simply Barbra.'

On Wednesday, May 14th the Tony Nominees met the press at the Hilton Hotel.

Tony Award winning star of stage and screen, Whoopi Goldberg, will take center stage as she hosts the 62nd Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards on Sunday, June 15 live from Radio City Music Hall. Ms. Goldberg made the announcement this morning live on ABC's THE VIEW.

This morning the Daytime Emmy Nomination List was released.The 35th Annual 2008 Daytimes Emmy Awards will be held on Friday June 20th, 2008 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. ABC will be broadcasting the ceremony.

For the latest image in the portrait series of celebrities living out their Disney dreams, photographer Annie Leibovitz trained her famous lens on the undersea world of Ariel, heroine of 'The Little Mermaid' with the help of Julianne Moore and Michael Phelps.

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FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine, and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, continues its Spring 2008 season with the return engagement of stage and screen star LAINIE KAZAN from April 8 - 12.

The producers of Hairspray have announced that Jenifer Lewis will join the Broadway company on Tuesday, April 22, in the role of Motormouth Maybelle at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre, 250 West 52 Street.

The Actors Fund kicked off its third year of intimate Musical Mondays celebrations Monday night in the lobby of Hollywood's Pantages Theatre as Broadway composer and musical director Ron Abel took center stage joined by a handful of all-star friends...

Bob Mackie, the legendary fashion icon who has been hailed as the Sultan of Sequins and the Rajah of Rhinestones for his sparkling, visually stunning and imaginative costume designs, will be honored with the Inaugural Fashion Arts Charlie Award by the Hollywood Arts Council at their Black-Tie 30th Anniversary Gala and 22nd Annual Charlie Awards, emceed by KABC's George Pennachio, to be held at the Jim Henson Studios, the site of the original Charlie Chaplin Studios and home of the world-famous Muppets; 1416 North LaBrea Avenue (south of Sunset Boulevard and De Longpre Avenue); Hollywood, CA 90028 on Saturday, March 29, 2008. Mackie's Award will be presented by Golden Globe-nominated actress, Mitzi Gaynor. The event will be dedicated to the late Honorary Mayor of Hollywood, Johnny Grant.

The Hollywood Arts Council will celebrate its 30th Anniversary and present the 22nd Annual Charlie Awards at a Black-Tie, Red-Carpet Gala Event emceed by KABC Television's George Pennacchio. The event is open to the general public and will be held at the historic Jim Henson Studios, home of the original Charlie Chaplin Studios and the world famous Muppets on Saturday, March 29, 2008.

On Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 stars from ABC's 'All My Children,' 'One Life to Live,' 'General Hospital' and 'The View' performed at the 4th Annual ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS at Town Hall in New York City. The annual event raised $300,000 bringing the cumulative total to over one million dollars since the shows inception in 2005

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting will host its 4th annual Stella by Starlight gala benefit on March 17, 2008 at Cipriani 23rd Street. This event will be a memorable evening with an extraordinary line-up of honorees. Martin Sheen will accept the Marlon Brando Award for a life committed to social activism and excellence in film art