Monday, April 2, 2012
The film musical Sparkle will be released on August 17.
The film, which is directed by Salim Akil, and his wife, Mara Brock Akil, tells the story of three sisters who go from their Harlem c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:44PMSignature Theatre has announced that Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang will be the Residency One Playwright for the 2012-2013 season at the company's new home, The Pershing Square Sig…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:28PMFull cast and creative team have been announced for the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Simon Gray's The Common Pursuit, to run May 4-July 29 at the Laura Pels Theatre. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMEmmy Award winner and Broadway veteran Alec Baldwin is engaged to 28-year-old yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas, according to published reports.
Baldwin, who turns 54 on April 3, has appeared…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:19PMJersey Boys cast members Jarrod Spector, Dominic Scaglione, Dominic Nolfi, John Edwards will join Eyewitness News anchor Phil Lipof for ROCK TALK: Conversations With The Doo Wop Project at 6…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:57AMBarnes &Noble has announced its line-up of May celebrity events in New York City
Highlights include Broadway veteran and Days of Our Lives star Lisa Rinna appearing with co-author Ian K…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:44AMNominations for the 2012 South Bank Sky Awards, which honor the best in British popular culture, have been announced. The awards will be presented on May 1.
Theater productions that receive…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:50AMSunday, April 1, 2012
The soundtrack of NBC's hit musical drama Smash will be released on May 1, according to Amazon.com.
The 13-track CD will include numerous tunes penned for the series, which looks at th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:51AMThe American Theatre Critics Association named Yussef El Guindi's Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World, a play about immigration and assimilation, winner of the $25,000 Harold and M…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:14AMSaturday, March 31, 2012
The film version of Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson's hit play Jewtopia will have its world premiere on Thursday, April 26 as part of the Newport Beach Film Festival in Newport Beach, Calif…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:55PMThe popular actress discusses her new play at Primary Stages, along with her work in Follies, and her hit CBS drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMA number of stage veterans are joining television series next season, according to Deadline.com.
The site is reporting that David Costabile will co-star on USA's Suits as Daniel Hardma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:57AMFriday, March 30, 2012
The American Dance Festival will take place Thursday, June 14-Saturday, July 28 at various venues in Durham, North Carolina.
A total of 16 companies and choreographers will take the stage, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:04PMHarvey Fierstein, Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, and Alan Menken discuss the creation of the hit Disney musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:28PMLiberty: A Monumental New Musical will premeire at the Warner Theatre in Torrington, Connecticut, June 30-July 14.
Igor Goldin will direct the show, which will feature musical direction by …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:04AMPhiladelphia Theatre Company has announced casting and creative team for its production for Neil LaBute's reasons to be pretty, to run May 25-June 24 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:56AMPhiladelphia Theatre Company has announced casting and creative team for its production for Neil LaBute's reasons to be pretty, to run May 25-June 24 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:56AMThursday, March 29, 2012
Broadway veteran and rock music superstar Madonna will play New York City's Madison Square Garden on November 12 as part of her upcoming concert tour.
The tour, which will include sele…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:30PMBravo TV has released a video clip to promote an upcoming episode of Inside the Actor's Studio, which will feature Glee regulars Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:25PMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee met on March 29 to decide the eligibility for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, Wit, and The Road to Mecca.
Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis will be …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:22PMPlaywright and actress Anna Deavere Smith will be among the honorees at Second Stage Theatre's Spring Gala, to be held at 6:30pm on Monday, April 2 at Cipriani 42nd Street. The event wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:55PMFull cast and creative team have been announced for the Penumbra Theatre Company's production of James Baldwin's The Amen Corner, to play the Guthrie Theater, May 5-June 17.
The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:42PMCasting has been announced for the musical The Scottsboro Boys, to run at San Diego's The Old Globe Theatre, to run April 29-June 10. Tony Award winner Susan Stroman will direct and cho…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:17PMBroadway Bares XXII: Happy Endings will be held at the Roseland Ballroom on Sunday, June 17 at 9:30pm and midnight. Lee Wilkins will direct the show. All proceeds will benefit Broadway Cares…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:59PMFinal casting has been announced for the Film Independent Live Reading of Joel and Ethan Coen's The Big Lebowski, to be held at 7:30pm on Thursday, March 29 at the Los Angeles County Mu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:33PMCasting has been announced for L.A. Theatre Works' production of Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon, to run April 19-22 at UCLA's James Bridges Theatre. The production will be directe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:12PMThe Dallas Theater Center Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty has announced the selections for the theater's 2012-13 season, which will take place at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:32AMAward-winning performance artist Penny Arcade will present her acclaimed show BITCH! DYKE! FAGHAG! WHORE at London's Arcola Tent, June 27-July 22, as part of the CREATE Festival. The sh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:18AMAlecky Blythe and Adam Cork's award-winning musical London Road will return to the National Theatre on July 28. Rufus Norris will direct the production.
The show documents the events o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:21AMWill Ferrell will star in the film Anchorman 2. The film will be directed by Adam McKay, who will also co-write the film with Ferrell.
In this sequel to the 2004 film, Anchorman, Ferrell wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54AMStage and screen star Jeremy Piven will play visionary American entrepreneur Harry Gordon Selfridge in the ITV's new drama series Mr Selfridge, according to Deadline.com. The series wil…
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