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Sunday, February 12, 2012

VIDEO FLASH: Hugh Panaro Performs From Phantom on CBS Saturday Morning by Brian Scott Lipton

On the February 11 edition of CBS Saturday Morning, actor Hugh Panaro, who plays the title role in Broadway's Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theatre, performed the showstopping nu…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:59AM

Clint Campbell, Jennifer Cote, Charles Siebert Set for 6th Street Playhouse's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Brian Scott Lipton

Stage and television star Charles Siebert will play Big Daddy in Santa Rosa's 6th Street Playhouse's production of Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Cat o…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:53AM

Groundlings Zombie Apocalypse to Begin Run on February 17 by Brian Scott Lipton

Groundlings Zombie Apocalypse, the latest outing from the famed sketch comedy troupe, will run February 17-April 21 at The Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles. The production will be directed…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01AM
Saturday, February 11, 2012

Grammy Award Winner Whitney Houston Has Died by Brian Scott Lipton

Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Whitney Houston has died at age 48, according to reports. No cause of death has been announced. Houston appeared in such films as The Bodyguard, Wait…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34PM

Grammy Award Winner Whitney Houston Has Died by Brian Scott Lipton

Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Whitney Houston has died on Saturday, February 11 at age 48, according to reports. She was found in her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. No cause o…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34PM

Jane Lynch Joins A.C.O.D. Film by Brian Scott Lipton

Stage veteran and Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch will co-star in the new film A.C.O.D., according to Deadline.com. The actress will play a down-on-her-luck therapist in the comedy, which will…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:59PM

Aya Cash, Allison Janney, Tony Shalhoub Cast in Friday Night Dinner Pilot by Brian Scott Lipton

Stage veterans Allison Janney, Tony Shalhoub and Aya Cash will co-star in the NBC pilot Friday Night Dinner, according to Deadline.com. The series, based on a British television show of the…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:57PM

Actor Philip Bruns Has Died by Brian Scott Lipton

Actor Philp Bruns has died at 80, according to reports. He performed on Broadway in The Deputy, King Henry V, Blood Red Roses, and Lysistrata, and appeared on numerous television series an…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:50PM

Bryn Terfel to Appear in Metropolitan Opera's Don Giovanni by Brian Scott Lipton

Bryn Terfel will play the role Leporello in the Tony Award winner Michael Grandage's production of Verdi's Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera on March 7, 10, 14 and 17. He wil…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:16PM

James Wolk to Star in USA's Political Animals by Brian Scott Lipton

Stage and screen actor James Wolk will co-star in USA's upcoming drama series Political Animals, according to Deadline.com. Wolk will play Doug Barrish, the son and chief of staff of E…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AM

Blythe Danner Cast in GIlded Lilys Pilot by Brian Scott Lipton

Tony Award and Emmy Awad winner Blythe Danner has been cast in the ABC drama pilot Gilded Lillys, according to Deadline.com. The series is set in 1895 New York City and focuses on the openi…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AM

Feature: William Shatner Welcomes You To His World by Brian Scott Lipton

The legendary actor talks about his long-awaited return to Broadway in Shatner's World: We Just Live In It.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Friday, February 10, 2012

Ty Burrell Joins Cast of The Switch Film by Brian Scott Lipton

Emmy Award winner Ty Burrell will join Oscar nominee John Hawkes and Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) in Dan Schechter's film adaptation of Elmore Leonard's crime novel The Switch, accordi…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:39PM

Sharon Lawrence, Jason Ritter, John Lloyd Young Among Performers at Celebration Theatre Benefit by Brian Scott Lipton

Nicholas Bishop, Matt Dallas, Keith David, Devon Gummersall, Sharon Lawrence, Peter Paige, Jason Ritter, Amy Smart , Doug Spearman, John Lloyd Young and members of the cast of the Celebratio…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:09PM

Actor Peter Breck Has Died by Brian Scott Lipton

Actor Peter Breck, who played Nick Barkley on TV's The Big Valley, died Monday, February 6 in Vancouver at age 82, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Brck began his career in theater…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM

Elliot Gould and Jon Voight to Join Liev Schreiber n Showtime's Ray Donovan by Brian Scott Lipton

Broadway and film star Elliot Gould and Oscar winner Jon Voight will star alongside Tony Award winner Liev Schreiber in Showtime's pilot, Ray Donovan, according to reports. Schreiber w…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:50PM

Michael J. Fox, Jonathan Groff, Elizabeth Reaser, Merritt Wever to Guest Star on CBS' The Good Wife by Brian Scott Lipton

An updated list of guest stars has been announced for upcoming episodes of CBS' The Good Wife, according to TVLine.com. Michael J. Fox will reprise her role for the fifth time as atto…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:39PM

John Stamos Set for FOX's Little Brothers Pilot by Brian Scott Lipton

Broadway star John Thomas and T.J Miller will play half-brothers in the Fox comedy pilot Little Brother, according to Deadline.com. Stamos has starred on Broadway in Bye Bye Birdie, Nine, H…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:24PM

Glenn Close to Star in New Therese Raquin Film by Brian Scott Lipton

Tony Award winner and Oscar nominee Glenn Close will star alongside Elizabeth Olsen and Tom Hardy in a new film version of Therese Raquin, based on the 19th-century play and novel by Emile Z…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:54PM

Steven Weber and Rita Wilson to Co-Star in Kiss Me Film by Brian Scott Lipton

Stage veterans Steven Weber and Rita Wilson will co-star in the independent film Kiss Me< written by Liz Sarnoff and directed by Jeff Probst, according to The Hollywood Reporter. They wi…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:38AM
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Chuck Cooper, Brenda Pressley to Star in Two River Theatre's In This House by Brian Scott Lipton

Tony Award winner Chuck Cooper, Jeff Kready, Brenda Pressley, and Margo Siebert will star in Red Bank's Two River Theatre Company's world premiere musical In This House, which will…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:40PM

Mercedes Ruehl to Join HBO's Luck As Series Regular by Brian Scott Lipton

Oscar and Tony Award winner Mercedes Ruehl will become a regular on the second season of HBO's drama Luck, according to Deadline.com. Ruehl will reprise her first season guest-starring…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:25PM

Morgan Freeman and Andrea Riseborough to Join Tom Cruise in Oblivion Film by Brian Scott Lipton

Stage veterans Morgan Freeman and Andrea Riseborough will join Oscar winner Tom Cruise in Joseph Kolinski's film Oblivion, according to Deadline.com. The film takes place on post-apoca…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:11PM

Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Billy Crystal, Set for 84th Annual Academy Awards by Brian Scott Lipton

An updated list of presenters has been announced for the 84th Annual Academy Awards, to be held on Sunday, February 26 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles and aired live on ABC-TV. Tony Awar…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM

John Goodman, Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Stark Sands to Star in Joel and Ethan Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis by Brian Scott Lipton

Updated casting has been announced for Joel and Ethan Coen's new film Inside Llewyn Davis, which focuses on the early folk music scene in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, according to D…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:59PM

Matthew Morrison to Release New CD on Adam Levine's 222 Records by Brian Scott Lipton

Broadway and television star Matthew Morrison will release his second CD later this year on the newly announced 222 Records, which has been formed by Maroon 5 lead singer and The Voice judge…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:55PM

Terrence Howard, Anthony Mackie Among Cast of LACMA Reading of Reservoir Dogs by Brian Scott Lipton

Preliminary casting has been announced for the Film Independent Live Reading of Quentin Tarantino's crime drama Reservoir Dogs, to be held at 7:30pm on Thursday, February 16 at the Los …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:29AM

Robert Redford to Star in All Is Lost Film by Brian Scott Lipton

Film star Robert Redford will star in J.C. Chandor's new film All Is Lost, according to published reports. The work, to be written and directed by J.C. Chandor, follows one man's …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:36AM

Feature: Glenne Headly Checks Into The Jacksonian by Brian Scott Lipton

The popular star discusses her work in the Geffen Playhouse's world premiere of Beth Henley's new play.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Billy Connolly Joins The Hobbit Film by Brian Scott Lipton

British actor and comedian Billy Connolly has joined the cast of Peter Jackson's forthcoming film version of J.R.R. Tolkein's The Hobbit, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:05PM

David Cassidy to Play B.B. King's on July 19 by Brian Scott Lipton

Stage and television star David Cassidy will play B.B.King's in New York City on Thursday, July 19 at 8pm. Cassidy's stage credits include Joseph and the Amazing Color Technicolor…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:52PM

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