William Morris News

Joe Iconis is a Tony Award-winning composer in the making, but until he wins that ultimate prize he's making a few stops along the way, like tonight when he and his 'Family' perform a concert of his 'Greatest Hits' at 54 Below.

Bated Breath will be in residency at Real Art Ways this summer, creating new bite-sized works of interactive theatre inspired by the visual arts program.

David Geffen's far-reaching influence - as agent, manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and philanthropist - has helped shape American popular culture for the past four decades.

54 BELOW, the new performance venue located just below legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, hosts some of Broadway's brightest stars tonight, July 9 through July 22. Coming up are Ben Vereen, Bucky Pizzarelli, Maury Yeston, MX Justin Vivian Bond, Joe Iconis, Jamie Deroy, Rebecca Luker, Annie Golden, Mara Davi and more.

After scoring its biggest season ever, truTV's Full Throttle Saloon is revving up its engines and heading back to Sturgis, S.D., for a fourth season of the hit series. Set to return this winter with 12 all-new episodes, Full Throttle Saloon looks at the behind-the-scenes havoc at the 'World's Largest Biker Bar,' Michael Ballard's enormous, 30-acre indoor/outdoor watering hole during one of the biggest biker rallies in the world.

Sundance Channel announced today that Aden Young (Killer Elite, The Tree) has been cast in the lead role of the highly anticipated original drama series RECTIFY.

Who's who in Tennessee theater? Sometimes, without a program in your hand, it's difficult to know who's playing whom-hence, our newest feature: Hey, Jef, Here's My Headshot...featuring some of the Volunteer State's best-known-or soon-to-be-known all over the freakin' world-thespians. And have you ever wondered who the amazing photographers are who make them look so damn good? We're gonna tell ya…Today's actor/subject/model is the handsome, talented and very busy Brad Oxnam, photographed by Rick Malkin.

Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director, and Tristan Wilson, Managing Director, today announced the first season of performances at the brand-new 49-seat Mr. Finn's Cabaret, located on the lower level of the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center (formerly Stage 2), 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield.

Shawna Hamilton Doster, Executive Director, Books for Kids, will host a lively family event with a stellar line-up of entertainers, authors and hands-on activities to raise funds and awareness for the national non-profit Books for Kids, which creates libraries and literacy programs for at-risk pre-school children in low-income neighborhoods. The event is being held at the world headquarters of Scholastic Inc., Scholastic Soho, the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books and a leader in educational technology and services and children's media, on May 6, 2012 from 1 to 4 p.m., and kicks off Children's Book Week.

Today the Academy of Country Music is announcing the winners of awards that will not be televised during the live telecast of the 47th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, telecast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network, due to time constraints.

Behind the Curtain - a new web series that aims to document the lives of some of the most talented performers in the world, working on or attempting to make it on the world's biggest stage, Broadway has just joined the popular money fundraising site - Kickstarter.

Legendary Emmy and Tony Award winning comedienne Andrea Martin brings her hilarious new one-woman show Final Days…Everything Must Go! to the McCallum Theatre for one night only, February 24 at 8:00 pm.. From "SCTV" on television to Young Frankenstein on Broadway to My Big Fat Greek Wedding on screen, Andrea Martin brings a bounty of characters and decades of award-winning performances to this high-octane program. I had the opportunity to chat with this brilliant comic icon this morning. Here are some highlights from that interview.

Syfy has named Robyn Lattaker-Johnson, Wayne Sampson and Colin Whelan as Vice Presidents, Alternative Programming, it was announced today by Tim Krubsack, SVP, Alternative Programming, to whom they will report. Also added to the programming department are Tori Socha and Andrew Whitney, who join as Directors, Alternative Programming.

El musical llegó a la capital en octubre de 2011, tras su estreno la pasada temporada en Barcelona, donde fue visto por más de 70.000 espectadores, y una breve gira posterior.

Internationally renowned actor, Golden Globe Winner, and multiple Emmy Nominee Matthew Modine and TONY-Award Nominee and Broadway Star Melissa Errico star in a unique dramatic presentation drawn from the passionate letters of Thomas Jefferson and painter/composer/musician Maria Cosway, intertwined with the performance of music mentioned in their correspondance, including works by Sacchini, Hewitt, and rarely performed compositions by Cosway herself.

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director) has announced the return of The Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular.

Daisy Eagan, Adam Heller, Jose Restrepo, Taylor Trensch, and Eric William Morris will be part of The 4th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular, presented December 16-18, at Ars Nova.

Daisy Eagan, Adam Heller, Jose Restrepo, Taylor Trensch, and Eric William Morris will be part of The 4th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular, presented December 16-18, at Ars Nova.