Saturday, August 4, 2012
It's hard to say whether the former boxing champion's monologue is really the beginning of a new chapter in Tyson's life, the epilogue to a story that has finally been told to the teller's s…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMStage and screen star Natasha Lyonne will guest-star on the series finale of Showtime's drama Weeds, which is set to air on Sunday, September 16.
The series, which is concluding its ru…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:56AMFriday, August 3, 2012
Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, a black-and-white film adapted from William Shakespeare's play, will gets its official premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September.
Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:25PMTony Award winning theater producer Joan Stein has died from appendceal cancer. She was 59.
Her many stage producing credits include The Nerd, Side Man, Catch Me If You Can, Legally Blond…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:51PMLuke Macfarlane will star in the LaJolla Playhouse's production of Keith Bunin's Sam Bendrix at the Bon Soir, to run September 24-October 10 at Martinis Above Fourth. Mark Rucker …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00PMLuke Macfarlane will star in the La Jolla Playhouse's production of Keith Bunin's Sam Bendrix at the Bon Soir, to run September 24-October 10 at Martinis Above Fourth. Mark Rucker…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00PMBroadway star Annie Parisse has joined the cast of Fox's midseason drama The Following, according to Deadline.com.
According to the site, the series will star Kevin Bacon as ex-FBI age…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:24PMTony Award winner Elton John will be saluted by BBC Radio 2 later this month, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
On August 22, the station will air The Trevor Nelson Soul Show: Elton Spec…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:48AMBroadway veteran and film star Terrence Howard will play the lead in Filip Jan Rymsza's new film A Girl and a Gun, according to Deadline.com.
In the film, which also stars JunoTemple…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:26AMDirector Spike Lee will be honored at The 69th Venice Film Festival on August 31 with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker 2012 award.
Lee's latest film, the Michael Jackson doc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:12AMThursday, August 2, 2012
Casting has been announced for the Los Angeles production of the award-winning SILENCE! The Musical, an unauthorized parody of the film The Silence of the Lambs, to begin performances on Aug…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:50PMThe Paley Center for Media in New York is presenting Horton Foote: Selected Television Work, three works by the late playwright, in conjunction with the Primary Stages Off-Broadway productio…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:38PMSongs from the new musical Fiction in Photographs will receive a concert style performance on Monday August 6 at 8pm at the 92Y Tribeca located at 200 Hudson Street. Proceeds from the event …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:33PMTony Award winner Roger Bart, stage and screen star Anna Chlumsky, and four-time Tony Award nominee Raúl Esparza will guest star on an upcoming episode of NBC's long-running…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:57PMThe Drama Desk-winning Keen Company will present a new production of Marry Me A Little, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, conceived by Craig Lucas and Norman René, and a …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:17PMStephen Colbert, Kelsey Grammer, Jennifer Hudson, and Bette Midler will be among the celebrities featured on the next season of Oprah's Next Chapter, hosted by Oprah Winfrey on the OWN …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:10PMYasiin Bey, the performer once known as Mos Def, has joined the cast of John Carney's film Can A Song Save Your Life?, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film stars Keira Knight…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:55PMStage and screen veteran Lynn Cohen has joined the cast of the upcoming film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Mags according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The cast of the film, based on the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:55PMA CD of the musical Calvin Berger, featuring a script and musical score by Barry Wyner, will be released by Ghostlight Records on Tuesday, September 25.
The piece, a modern-day take on Cyra…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:13AMBritish stage and screen star Christopher Eccleston will star opposite Chris Hemsworth in Alan Taylor's film Thor: The Dark World, according to Deadline.com.
He will play the villainou…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:14AMBroadway veteran Adam Driver will join Zoe Kazan and Daniel Radcliffe in the upcoming romantic film comedy, The F Word, according to Variety.
Michael Dowse will direct the film, which feat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:51AMTony Award winner Savion Glover and Broadway dancers David Lerner, Brandon Rubendall, and Ade Chike Torbert will be among the performers at Broadway Celebrates Variations, a benefit being he…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:08AMWednesday, August 1, 2012
Theatre for a New Audience has announced the selections for its 2013 Season.
The season will begin with Arin Arbus' production of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing sta…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMTuesday, July 31, 2012
Peter Quilter's End of the Rainbow will conclude its run at the Belasco Theatre on Sunday, August 19 after a run of 176 performances. Terry Johnson directed the production,
Tracie Benn…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMStage and screen star Melanie Griffith will join the cast of the hit FOX sitcom Raising Hope, according to Deadline.com.
She will play the mother of Sabrina (Shannon Woodward). The series a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:42PM"From Before," a dance piece created by Tony Award winner Garth Fagan, will be presented by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as part of its 2012 New York City Center season, acco…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:32PMBroadway dancers David Lerner, Brandon Rubendall, and Ade Chike Torbert will be among the performers at Broadway Celebrates Variations, a benefit being held by Variations, A Dance Studio at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:08PMTony Award nominee Laura Osnes will join Tracee Beazer, Paula Buresh, Erica Jacob, Jared Joseph, Starr Kwofie, Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone, and Tamra Paselk for The Kitchen Riots Benefit C…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:55PMSecond Stage Theatre has announced full cast and creative for its production of Jon Kern's world premiere comedy, Modern Terrorism, Or They Who Want to Kill Us and How We Learn to Love …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:58PMActor R.G. Armstrong, who appeared as Dr. Baugh in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, has died at age 95, according to The New York Times.
A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:50PM35MM: A Musical Exhibition (Original Cast Recording), featuring 22 original songs by Ryan Scott Oliver, will be released digitally on Tuesday, August 14 and in stores on September 11 by Ghos…
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