Friday, July 27, 2012
Bravo has renewed the Kathy Griffin-hosted talk show, Kathy, which will return for a second season, according to Deadline.com.
The hour-long weekly pop culture talk show showcases Griffin&a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:21PMThe United States Postal Service will release a series of "Innovative Choreographers" stamps, to debut in Los Angeles on July 28.
The four stamps feature portraits of Broadway leg…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:59AMThe Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films has announced the winners of its 38th annual Saturn Awards.
Theater veteran Michael Shannon received the Best Actor award for the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:26AMLegendary composer Vangelis joined with the cast of the West End stage production of Chariots of Fire to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic torch as the relay passed through the West End o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:02AMDr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical will play a limited holiday engagement at The Theatre at Madison Square Garden, December 13-30.
In the show, The Grinch finds the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:42AMLondon's National Theatre has confirmed casting for Alan Bennett's new play, People, according to a report on WhatsOnStage.com. Nicholas Hytner will direct the production, which wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AMDarren Goldstein, Alfredo Narciso, Eric Nelsen and Bill Sage will join the previously announced star Gretchen Mol in The New Group's world premiere production of The Good Mother, by Fra…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMGreen Day frontman and Broadway veteran Billie Joe Armstrong will be a mentor on NBC's The Voice, according to published reports. He will be assisting on Christina Aguilera's team.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:26AMJosh Gad, who received a Tony Award nomination for originating the role of Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon, will guest star on an upcoming episode of the FOX TV comedy, New Girl, acco…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:19AMDavid Bedella, Janie Dee, Kerry Ellis, Haydn Gwynne, Paul Kaye, Jenna Russell, and Sally Ann Triplett will be among the performers for Mercury Musical Developments' 20th Anniversary gal…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:54AMReports on Living With Henry, Zapata! The Musical, A Letter to Harvey Milk, and The Groove Factory.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AMThursday, July 26, 2012
Arena Stage hosted a benefit performance of The Normal Heart at the Mead Center for American Theater on Monday, July 23 . Fundraising from the event will equally benefit Washington AIDS Part…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:15PMThe Broadway theater has been announced for the previously reported holiday engagement of A Christmas Story, The Musical!, which is set to play the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, November 5- Decembe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:23PMJenni Barber, Daniel Breaker, Ari Graynor, Cheyenne Jackson, and Henry Winkler will star in the world premiere of David West Read's comedy The Performers, to play Broadway's Longac…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:10PMComposer Ben Toth and lyricist Sam Forman will be the new songwriting team for the upcoming stage musical version of Sleepless in Seattle. As previously reported, the production will be helm…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:01PMHeidi Armbruster and Aasif Mandvi will head the cast of the New York premiere of Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced, to be presented by Lincoln Center Theater as part of its LCT3 initiative in the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:22PMComedian Lewis Black will play a limited engagement of his new show Running on Empty at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theater October 9-14, according to The New York Times.
The show will …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:11PMThe Broadway production of Mamma Mia!, which performs at the Winter Garden Theatre, has released a behind-the-scenes video showcasing its new cast members.
Mamma Mia! uses the songs of ABBA…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:37PMAndrew Kober hosted Carner & Gregor's Barely Legal Showtune Extravaganza, which took place Monday, July 23 at Le Poisson Rouge. The evening was directed by Marlo Hunter, with musica…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:46AMTony Award winner Karen Ziemba attended a performance of Jim Henry's new Off-Broadway play 7th Monarch at Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre on Tuesday, July 24.
Directed by Scott C. Emb…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:38AMThe line-up for the 69th Venice Film Festival, to run August 29-September 8, has been announced, with numerous entries featuring stage veterans and other notable actors.
As previously repor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:57AMBen Forster was named the winner of the ITV casting competition series Superstar on July 25, and will play the title role in the upcoming arena tour of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice music…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:21AMWednesday, July 25, 2012
Singer/actress Barbara Van Orden and author Patty Farmer will collaborate on a new book, Playboy on Stage, which will be a collaborative oral memoir and history of the iconic venues, known a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:45PMActress Brittany Snow attended a performance of Spring Awakening at the Hayworth Theatre in downtown Los Angeles this past weekend.
Snow was there to show support for her Pitch Perfect co-…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:04PMTeal Wicks will join the previously reported stars Deborah Cox and Constantine Maroulis in the Broadway-bound revival of Jekyll & Hyde when the show launches its 25-week national tour at…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:27PMOscar-winning screenwriter Frank Pierson died at a hospital in Los Angeles on July 22, according to published reports. He was 87.
Pierson won the Oscar for his script to Dog Day Afternoon, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:01PMThe Broadway League and The Times Square Alliance will present the 20th Broadway on Broadway on Sunday, September 9 at 11:30am in Times Square.
This free outdoor concert in the heart of Ti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:25PMReports on Prison Dancer: The Musical, Swing State, Foreverman, and Le Cabaret Grimm.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AMTelevision star and Broadway veteran Sherman Hemsley died at his home in El Paso, Texas on Tuesday, July 24, according to published reports. He was 74.
The actor performed the role of Gitlo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:36AMTuesday, July 24, 2012
Betsy Aidem, Judd Hirsch, and Janet Zarish will star in the world premiere of Michael Cristofer's The Whore and Mr. Moore, to be presented by the Vermont-based Dorset Theatre Festival a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:36PMAmerican Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) has announced casting for the West Coast premiere of The Normal Heart, to run September 13-October 7, with an opening on September 19. George C. Wolfe …
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