Thursday, March 1, 2012
Delia Ephron, co-author of the long-running Off-Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore, will release her new novel, The Lion Is In on Thursday, March 29. Blue Rider Press will publish th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:11PMThe Atlantic Theater Company will present their annual Spring Gala, Bring It On Home, at 6:30pm on Monday, March 5 at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers.
The event will feature special appea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:03PMAn April line-up of events has been announced for The Highline Ballroom.
Highlights will include concerts by former Rent stars Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp (April 13), and Tony Award winner…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:44PMStage and screen star Leonard Nimoy will guest-star on the March 29 episode of CBS hit sitcom The Big Bang Theory, according to published reports.
Nimoy will play his famed role of Star Tr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:55PMStage and screen stars David Arquette and Jean Smart will co-star in the ABC pilot The Smart One, according to TVLine.com.
The series will focus on Jude and Candy, siblings who are polar op…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:30PMTheater veterans Laila Robins and Linus Roache have joined Max Theirrot and Oscar winner Martin Landau in the pilot of Roland Emmerich's still untitled drama, according to The Hollywood…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:55AMCasting has been announced for Carnegie Hall's concert production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, to be presented at 8pm on Tuesday, April 24.
Gary Griffin wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:46AMWednesday, February 29, 2012
Stage veterans Mary Birdsong and Missi Pyle have joined the cast of Thor Freudenthal's film Percy Jackson & The Olympians: Sea of Monsters, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:25PMTony Award and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will play a seven-week, 19-city concert tour, which will launch on May 9 in Seattle and end on June 24 in her hometown of Broken Arrow, Okl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AMOn February 26, CBS Sunday Morning aired an interview with Oscar winner and Tony Award nominee Alan Menken.
Menken discussed his long career, which includes writing the scores for The Littl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:55AMThe long-married duo present an extraordinary evening of music at the Cafe Carlyle, giving fresh interpretations to old standards.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30AMTuesday, February 28, 2012
Michael Esper and Virginia Kull lead a superb cast in Leslye Headland's scathing play about the employees of an abusive mogul.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMPlaywright Jennifer Haley has won 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn prize for her play The Nether, according to Variety. The award comes with a $20,000 prize.
The work follows a young detective on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:53PMSinger Adam Lambert, who appeared in the L.A. production of the musical Wicked, will appear later this season on FOX's reality-music series American Idol, according to The Hollywood Rep…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:56PMNominees have been announced for the 2012 Billboard Latin Music Awards, which will be presented on April 26.
Ricky Martin, who will star in the upcoming Broadway production of Evita, is nom…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:37PMMonday, February 27, 2012
Howard Kissel, one of New York City's preeminent writers about theater and the arts, has died at age 69.
Kissel was the arts editor of Women's Wear Daily, the chief theater critic…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01PMSunday, February 26, 2012
The 84th Annual Academy Awards were held on Sunday, February 26 in Los Angeles and aired live on ABC-TV. Tony Award winner Billy Crystal hosted the event.
The Artist took home five Academ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:23PMSwedish actor Erland Josephson, best known for his long collaboration with Ingmar Bergman, has died at age 88, according to EW.com.
Josephson met Bergman when he was 16 and participated as …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:07PMThe acclaimed songwriter discusses his much-anticipated new musical, February House.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMSaturday, February 25, 2012
Winners of the Independent Film Spirit Awards were announced in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 25. Seth Rogen hosted the ceremony.
The Artist received awards for Best Film, Best Director…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:05PMBobby Cannavale, Mario Cantone, Tony Danza, Gina Gershon, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Jennifer Tilly, and Alan Zweibel will appear in Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter. to be held at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AMBobby Cannavale, Mario Cantone, Tony Danza, Gina Gershon, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Jennifer Tilly, and Alan Zweibel will appear in Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter, to be held at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AMHoward Kissel, one of New York City's preeminent writers about theater and the arts, has died at age 70, according to published reports.
Kissel was the arts editor of Women's Wear…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:09AMThe lineup for this year's Rainforest Fund benefit concert, ,Sting and Friends, to be held on April 3 at Carnegie Hall has been announced.
In addition to Sting, performers will include…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:56AMBritish stage star Darius Campbell will play the Beast in the ABC drama pilot, Beauty and the Beast, according to Deadline.com.
The series is described as a reimagining of the classic fairy…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:40AMBroadway veteran and Emmy Award winner Doris Roberts will co-star in the television pilot,Counter Culture, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The series, to be written by Stephanie Weir, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:32AMFriday, February 24, 2012
Tony Award-winning producer and director Theodore Mann died on Friday, February 24 at age 87. All Broadway marquees will be dimmed at 8pm in his honor.
In 1951, Mann co-founded Circle in Sq…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:59PMThe Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will launch its third annual "Lend Us Your Ears" play reading series on Monday, March 12 at 7pm with David Blixt's new play Eve of Ides. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:40PMAndrea Marcovicci will offer workshop presentations of her new show, Smile, at The Gardenia in West Hollywood, March 15-17.
Shelly Markham will serve as musical director and accompanist. He…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:20PMBAMCinematek will present a special screening of Terence Davies' The Deep Blue Sea, adapted from the play by Terrence Rattigan, on March 15 as part of a retrospective of the film direct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:16AMThe New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players will present Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera Patience on Sunday, March 11 at 5pm at Peter Norton Symphony Space.
The story focuses on Pat…
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