Thursday, December 1, 2011
The family foundation of Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg has donated $3 million to Signature Theater Company for the centerpiece stairway of its new Frank Gehry-designed home on 42nd …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:04PM[SHARE]Actress Judy Lewis, who was the daughter of Clark Gable and Loretta Young, has died at age 76, according to The New York Times.
Lewis, who didn't learn of her true parentage until she …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:21AM[SHARE]The four-time Tony Award nominee discusses co-starring in the Roundabout Theatre's benefit concert of She Loves Me.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM[SHARE]Nominations have been announced for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, which will be handed out in Los Angeles on February 12 and aired live on CBS.
The nominees for Best Musical Theater Album…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:44AM[SHARE]Adam Shankman will direct a new version of The Nutcracker, to be written by Darren Lemke, according to Deadline.com.
The film, to be released in 2013, will be based on the original 1815 bo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:39AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Nominations have been announced for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, which will be handed out in Los Angeles on February 12 and aired live on CBS.
The nominees for Best Musical Theater Album …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:08PM[SHARE]Broadway veteran Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his Modern Family co-star Eric Stonestreet will be featured on Barbara Walters' The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011, to air at 9:30pm on Wed…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:55PM[SHARE]Tony Award and Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden will guest star on the upcoming NBC comedy Bent, according to TVLine.com.
The sitcom, which has yet to receive a premiere date, stars f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:05PM[SHARE]Full casting and creative team has been announced for the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray, to run at the Fulton Theatre in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, November 30- December 31. The product…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AM[SHARE]Theater director Alexandru Tocilescu died of a heart attack on Wednesday in Bucharest, Romania, according to The Associated Press. He was 65.
During his career, which spanned nearly 40 yea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:31AM[SHARE]Nominations have been announced for the inaugural Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Fred Schepisi's film The Eye Of …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:03AM[SHARE]The musical Children of Eden by Stephen Schwartz and John Caird will be revived for a star-studded charity gala at the Prince of Wales Theatre on Sunday, January 29. Proceeds from the event …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:33AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The White Plains Performing Arts Center will present the award-winning musical Cats, December 9-18 and 28-30. The production will be directed by Jeremy Quinn with co-direction and choreograp…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:17PM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Liev Schreiber will star in Showtime's pilot, Ray Donovan, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
He will play the title character, a professional "fixer" for…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:19PM[SHARE]ASTEP will host its annual benefit concert, featuring Broadway stars giving original approaches to holiday songs, at 7pm on Monday, December 12 at Joe's Pub.
The show, which is co-host…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:32PM[SHARE]ASTEP will host its annual benefit concert, featuring Broadway stars giving original approaches to holiday songs, at 7pm on Monday, December 12 at Joe's Pub.
The show, which is co-host…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:32PM[SHARE]Nominations have been announced for the Film Independent Spirit Awards, which will be held on February 25 in Santa Monica, California.
Best Feature nominees are 50/50, Beginners, Drive, Ta…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:04PM[SHARE]Stage and screen stars Michael McKean and Megan Mullally will guest star together on an episode of ABC's hit sitcom Happy Endings to air in 2012, according to TVLine.com.
McKean will p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:29AM[SHARE]Actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard are expecting their second child together, according to People magazine.
The pair have co-starred on stage in Classic Stage Company's produ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:45AM[SHARE]Actor Sherman Hemsley, who starred in the Broadway musical Purlie and gained fame as George Jefferson on CBS' The Jeffersons, is one of nine people who will be inducted into the Televi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:30AM[SHARE]Monday, November 28, 2011
Stage veteran Darren Pettie will have a recurring part on ABC's hit series Pan Am, according to EW.com.
He will play a heroic former WWII pilot named Vince Broyles, who is allowed to …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:04PM[SHARE]Updated casting has been announced for the movie Lincoln, according to EW.com. As previously reported, Steven Spielberg will direct the film, which will have a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:28PM[SHARE]A Better Holiday: A Concert to Benefit the It Gets Better Project will take place at 9:30pm on Monday, December 5th at Joe's Pub.
Performers will include Andrew Rannells, Nellie McKa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:41PM[SHARE]Actress Anne Hathaway is engaged to her boyfriend of three years, Adam Shulman, according to TVGuide.com.
Hathaway starred in the Public Theater's production of Twelfth Night, for whic…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:35PM[SHARE]Dan Butler will star and direct in a benefit reading of Larry Kramer's Tony Award-winning play The Normal Heart on Thursday, December 1 at 7pm at Chandler Music Hall in Randolph, Vermon…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:17PM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Alan Cumming will star in a one-man version of Shakespeare's Macbeth as part of the 2012 National Theatre of Scotland, according to published reports.
The production,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:15AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 27, 2011
Heroes, an original production based on the works of David Bowie, will get its World Premiere at the IndigO2 on Sunday, March 11. Proceeds will benefit various charities that use the Perform…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:38AM[SHARE]Friday, November 25, 2011
Fundamental Theater Project will present Thornton Wilder's The Long Christmas Dinner at Holiday House NYC (2 East 63rd Street) on Friday, December 2, Thursday, December 8, and Friday, D…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:52PM[SHARE]The cast of Fiasco Theater's Off-Broadway production of Cymbeline, PigPen, and special guests will come together for Fiasco. & Friends: Night of A Thousand Guitars on Monday, Decemb…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:48PM[SHARE]Olivier Award and Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz has joined the cast of Jonathan Teplitzky's film Railway Man, as Patricia 'Pattie' Wallace, according to Variety.
The film…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:56AM[SHARE]Stage and screen star Ben Whishaw has joined the newest James Bond film, Skyfall, in the role of Q, according to published reports.
The film, to be directed by Sam Mendes, will star Daniel …
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