Thursday, July 12, 2012
The Geffen Playhouse's world premiere of John Pielmeier's The Exorcist, the stage adaptation of William Peter Blatty's famous 1971 novel, officially opened on July 11. Tony Aw…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:20PMTony Award winner Alfie Boe will perform at The Town Hall at 7pm on Wednesday, October 17. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday, July 13
He and his band will perform selections from his ne…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:05PMAnnie Funke will join the previously reported Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Gomez and Brían F. O'Byrne in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Nick P…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:01PMTony Award and Emmy Award winner Kristien Chenoweth has been released from Bellevue Hospital after an overnight stay that resulted from being hit in the head by scaffolding on the set of the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:50PM'Updated casting has been announced for the film Olympus Has Fallen, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The movie, which is being directed by Antoine Fuqua, will star Gerard Butler …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:42PMUpdated casting has been announced for Andrew Levitas' film Lullaby, which is shooting in New York City.
The film stars Garrett Hedlund as a man who receives word that his father (play…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:45PMLyndsey Nicole Chambers, Andrea McArdle, and Christine Pedi will be the special guest stars at 54 Below's weekly event Backstage, on Sunday, July 15 at 5pm.
Susie Mosher hosts the ev…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:28PMUSA has released a preview clip of its upcoming six-episode series, Political Animals, which will begin on Sunday, July 15 at 10pm.
The clip features Broadway and film star Sebastian Stan, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:07PMNew York City Center's ninth annual Fall for Dance Festival will run September 27-October 13 and feature 20 acclaimed dance companies and choreographers in five unique programs.
Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AMThe Broadway revival of Mary Chase's Harvey, now at the Roundabout Theatre Company's Studio 54, will play a special added benefit performance at 7pm on its closing day, Sunday, Aug…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:55AMThe veteran entertainer's new show at 54 Below is bursting with energy and passion.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMWednesday, July 11, 2012
Tony Award and Emmy Award winner Kristien Chenoweth was hit in the head by scaffolding on the set of the CBS series The Good Wife and taken to the hospital by ambulance, according to reports…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:58PMTwo-time Emmy Award winner and Broadway veteran Kathy Griffin will debut her latest television special, Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class, at 10pm on Thursday, July 26 on Bravo.
On the show, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:56PMMatthew Lombardo's Looped, starring Valerie Harper as film legend Tallulah Bankhead, will play the Bushnell Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut, January 24-February 6, in advance of a nati…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:42PMClybourne Park stars Crystal A. Dickinson, Jeremy Shamos and Frank Wood joined Serendipity owner Stephen Bruce on Wednesday, July 11 for the launch of the Clybourne Park Neapolitan Sundae, w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:22PMDiane Lane and Finn Witrock will star David Cromer's production of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth at the Goodman Theatre, September 15-22, according to The Chicago Tribune…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:16PMStage and screen star Iain Glen will guest star on the third season of Syfy's Haven on Friday, October 26. He will play Roland Holloway - a refined yet bitter man who has been trapped i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:01PMBroadway theaters will dim their marquee lights at 8pm on Thursday, July 12 in honor of Tony Award-winning costume designer Martin Pakledinaz, who died of cancer at age 58 on Sunday, July 8…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:33AMOn Tuesday, July 10, actor Max Page visited New York and had the chance to meet Tony Award winner James Earl Jones backstage at Gore Vidal's The Best Man at the Gerald R. Schoenfeld The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:18AMTuesday, July 10, 2012
L.A. Theatre works has announced its 2012-13season to take place at UCLA's James Bridges Theater. All shows are taped for future radio broadcasts and streaming.
It will begin with Chri…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:45PMThe Actors Fund held its annual CelebriTee Golf & Tennis Outing on Monday, July 9 at the historic Knickerbocker Country Club in Tenafly, New Jersey.
Celebrity attendees and participants…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:30PMThe Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced full cast and creative team for its production of Ivan Turgenev's A Month in the Country, featuring a new translation by Richard Nelson a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:07PMGrammy Award winner Alicia Keys' Keep a Child Alive organization will honor Oprah Winfrey at its Black Ball event, to be held on November 1 at the Hammerstein Ballroom, according to pub…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:34PMActor Peter O'Toole has announced his retirement from acting at age 79, according to reports.
"It is time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from films and stage. The heart …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:11PMStage and screen star Alicia Silverstone has joined the cast of the film Cowboy Boots, according to Variety.
Silverstone will play the self-absorbed mother of a small-town girl (played by …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:26AMSelections have been announced for the 2012 All For One Theater Festival, to run September 14-30 at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
The festival's highlight will be public presentations of 10…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMTony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Alec Baldwin will host a special edition of Symphony Space's Selected Shorts series, entitled "Comedy!" on Wednesday, November 28 at 7…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:51AMMonday, July 9, 2012
Tony Award winner Nina Arianda will star as 1960s rock icon Janis Joplin in Sean Durkin's film Joplin, according to Deadline.com.
The film will back on the final six months of the sing…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:07PMOlivier Award winner Benedict Cumberbatch will lend his voice to an upcoming episode of FOX's animated series, The Simpsons, according to TVLine.com.
According to the site, he will pla…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:40PMBernard Gersten has decided to step down as Lincoln Center Theater's Executive Producer, a position he has held for 28 years, as of June 30, 2013.
No successor will be named. Lincoln…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:12PMStage veterans Kristen Bell, Don Cheadle, Andrew Garfield, Neil Patrick Harris, Anne Hathaway, Scarlett Johansson, Lea Michele, and Ian Somerhalder are among the nominees for DoSomething.org…
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