Monday, May 28, 2012
Stage and screen stars Dominic West and Emily Watson took home the BAFTA Television Awards for their work in Appropriate Adult in a ceremony held in London on May 27.
Other winners include …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:48PMActress Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni were married in New York on May 27, according to published reports. The couple have been together for many years and were engaged in 2009.
Marin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:06PMAn initial list of presenters and performers has been announced for the 2012 Theatre World Awards, which are given for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performances, to be held at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:16AMThe UK tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Monty Python's Spamalot wil play London's Harold Pinter Theatre, July 24-September 9, according to Whatsonstage.com.
The musical has …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:30AMCast and creative tream have been announced co-production of Shakespeare's Trolius and Cressida between The Wooster Group and the Royal Shakespeare Company, commissioned by the RSC espe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:06AMSunday, May 27, 2012
Broadway veteran Danny Gurwin will present A Night of Broadway, a benefit concert on June 21 at 7pm for the Vista Murrieta High School Performing Arts Center in Murrieta, California. He will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:48PMEileen Atkins and Michael Gambon will star in All That Fall, a 1957 radio play by Samuel Beckett, to run at the Jermyn Street Theatre, October 9-November 3. Tony Award winner Trevor Nunn wil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:49AMChris Isaacson Presents and Upright Cabaret will present Lillias White: The Night After The Tonys, at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood at 6:30pm on Monday, June 11.
White won a Tony Awa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:28AMAdditional casting has been announced for CBGB, a new film about the punk-rock scene to be directed by Randall Miller, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Stage and screen star Alan Rickma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:04AMJazz singer Carrie Smith, who co-starred in the Tony Award-winning musical revue Black and Blue, died of cancer on May 20 at the Lillian Booth Actors Home of the Actors Fund in Englewood, Ne…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:44AMFriday, May 25, 2012
Two-time Tony Award winner Katie Finneran will play Miss Hannigan in the Broadway revival of Annie, which will begin previews at the Palace Theater on October 3, with an official opening on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20PMThe playwright discusses creating his solo show about the issue of Holocaust denial.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThursday, May 24, 2012
Stage veteran Will Ferrell will appear on The Sixth Annual Spike TV Guys Choice Awards, which will tape Saturday, June 2 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City and air Saturday, June at 9p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:24PM2012 Tony Award nominee Josh Young and fellow cast members from the Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar performed the song "Superstar"…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:38PMAn event in honor of the alumni of The Little/Helen Hayes Theatre on West 44th Street, hosted by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, was held on Thursday, May 24. An after-party was held at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:36PMBarack on Broadway, a benefit for President Barack Obama's Victory Fund 2012, will be held at 7pm on Monday, June 4 at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Both President Obama and former Preside…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:40PMJoan Rivers will guest star on two episodes of Lifetime's hit series Drop Dead Diva, which returns to the air on June 3, according to EW.com. She will play the subconscious of lead char…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:31AMJeremy Jordan, Linda Lavin, Norm Lewis, Cynthia Nixon and more luminaries share their highlights of the season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMWednesday, May 23, 2012
Actors Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young got engaged on Wednesday, May 23 during the season 11 finale of FOX's American Idol.
The pair, both former Idol contestants, co-starred in the Broadw…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:25PMAdam Lambert, who appeared in the musical Wicked, has topped the Billboard 200 chart with his new CD, Trespassing, according to reports.
Lambert's second studio album -- following For…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:56PMTony Award winners Kristin Chenoweth and Jennifer Holliday will be among the artists performing on the season 11 finale of FOX's American Idol to air on Wednesday, May 23, according to …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:36PMStage and screen star Krysten Ritter will head the cast of MCC Theater's benefit presentation of Neil LaBute's group of short plays, The Heart of the Matter, to take place at 7pm, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:28AMAn initial list of presenters has been announced for the 2012 Theatre World Awards, which are given for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performances, to be held at 2pm at Broadway…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:16AMTuesday, May 22, 2012
Actor Michael McKean who co-stars in the Broadway revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man was struck by a car in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, May 22 and remains hospitalized.
According…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:33PMMeryl Streep will present Shirley MacLaine with the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award on June 7 in Los Angeles, according toDeadline.com . The ceremony will broadcast on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:21PMMaxim magazine has announced its "Hot 100 List." in which readers choose the "definitive list of the world's most beautiful women."
The list, which is topped by mod…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:23PMCasting has been announced for the Prospect Theater Company's production of Cole Porter's Nymph Errant, July 7-29 at the Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row. Will Pomerantz will direct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:45AMMonday, May 21, 2012
The Village Voice presented the 57th Annual Obie Awards, honoring the best of Off-Broadway Theater, at Webster Hall on Monday, May 21.
Amy Herzog won an Obie for Best New American Play for…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:15PMTony Award nominee Gabriel Byrne will co-star in the History Channel's first scripted series, Vikings, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
According to the site, the drama, to be writ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:43PMThe Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis has announced additions to its 2012-2013 season, including a production of Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Parkin the McGuire Pros…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:36PMBroadway, film, and television star Kristen Bell and country music superstar Toby Keith will co-host the 11th annual CMT Music Awards, which honor the best country music videos, to air on We…
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