Working Title News

Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films Old Vic Productions and NETworks Presentations, LLC bring the multi-award-winning "Billy Elliot the Musical" to the Ordway stage in Saint Paul for a one-week run opening October 9.

Osip Theatre presents Celebrity Night at Cafe Red, written and directed by Lily Bevan, at Trafalgar Studios 2 from 20 September - 6 October 2012. Celebrity Night at Cafe Red is being co-produced by Osip Theatre and Lucy Pattison, with assistant direction from Hamish MacDougall, lighting design by Christopher Nairne, sound design by Emma Laxton, set design by Giuseppe Belli and costume design by Emma Belli. The press night is on 21 September at 7pm.

TNT has given the greenlight to THE HERO (working title), a new reality-competition series that will set out to find the next great hero.

TBS has ordered a second season of the popular new sitcom SULLIVAN & SON. Currently airing Thursdays at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), the comedy is averaging more than 2.5 million viewers in its first season and ranks as one of the Top 25 new summer series on television. TBS has ordered 10 episodes for the second season, which is slated to launch in 2013.

This week 10 year old Jack Bromage-Eccles from Nuneaton and 10 year old Thomas Moore from Doncaster join the cast of Billy Elliot the Musical to play Michael, Billy's best friend. They will alternate the role with Joe Massey 12 years old from South Wirrell. Check out their headshots below!

TNT has locked in Tuesday, November 27 at 9:00/8:00c as the return date for its hit drama RIZZOLI & ISLES. The five-episode run, beginning with 'Class Action Satisfaction,' will close out the show's third season with season four - ordered back in June - due next year.

Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of the 'World's Longest-Running Musical,' Les Misérables, is now in North America visiting many cities on a multi-year tour. The production features glorious new staging and spectacular reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo and you can catch it at the San Diego Civic Theatre tonight, August 28-September 2, 2012.

Ars Nova has announced the world premiere of Ars Nova 2011 Composer-in-Residence Dave Malloy's Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. Directed by Rachel Chavkin, this production will play a limited Off-Broadway engagement October 1 - November 10. Official Opening Night is set for Tuesday, October 16 at 7:00 PM.

Elliott Gould ('Friends') and Missi Pyle ('The Artist') have joined previously reported stars Ben Falcone, Jay Mohr, Josh Cooke, Ellen Woglom, Geoff Pierson and Kelen Coleman in TV Land's two new pilots.

ABC Family, the millennial-skewing network, has greenlit two new drama pilots, THE FOSTERS, (working title), from executive producer Jennifer Lopez, and SOCIO, from executive producer Gavin Polone

This September, COMEDY CENTRAL officially kicks off its fantastically funny fall line-up of returning series, a brand-new series and a few new specials, too!

East Jefferson General Hospital Broadway in New Orleans today announced the premiere New Orleans engagement of Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of Les Miserables, playing at the Mahalia Jackson Theater, October 30 - November 4, 2012. Tickets will go on sale to the public Friday, August 24, at 11 a.m.

Dick Van Dyke, beloved actor, singer, dancer, writer and comedian, will receive SAG-AFTRA's highest honor - the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.

TNT has ordered a second season of PERCEPTION, the hit Monday night drama starring Emmy(R) and Screen Actors Guild Award(R) winner Eric McCormack (Broadway's 'The Best Man', Will & Grace, Who Is Clark Rockefeller?).

AMC announced today two new unscripted original series: 'Untitled Taxidermy Series' and 'Venice Beach Freakshow,' both working titles (w/t). 'Untitled Taxidermy Series w/t,' is executive produced by Go Go Luckey Entertainment ('Paranormal State,' 'Laguna Beach'), with the producing team of Gary Auerbach, Julie Auerbach, Tina Gazzerro, and Henry Capanna.

TNT's blockbuster series The Closer ended its extraordinary seven-season run last night with 9,075,000 viewers in Live + Same Day, making it cable's #1 series telecast for the summer-to-date.

After a four year, 45-city run, actor Joseph Leo Bwarie, critically- acclaimed for his starring role as Frankie Valli in the 1st National Tour of the hit musical Jersey Boys, will depart the production today, August 12, 2012 to begin work on his second solo studio album.

TNT's DALLAS closed out its first season with 4.3 million viewers in Live + Same Day delivery last night, up 32% over last week's episode.

Having increased primetime ratings year-to-date by 33% percent, VH1 is keeping the momentum going with new original programs that reflect the interests of its 'adultster' audience - adults who are 'balancing new responsibilities with their desires to stay current with what's happening in music and pop culture.'

Nickelodeon announced today that it has greenlit over a dozen new live-action, animation and TV movie projects - featuring 'top creative talent in front of and behind the camera, iconic characters from its most popular series and an animated talking snake - that will begin rolling out this fall and into 2013.'