John Rood is returning to the Walt Disney Co. as head of marketing for Disney Channels Worldwide, the company announced Tuesday. Rood succeeds Richard Loomis, a nine-year Disney Channels vet…
Sean Hayes and Rosie O’Donnell have joined the cast of NBC’s “Hairspray Live,” The cast additions were announced by executive producer Craig Zadan Tuesday at the Tele…
Masterpiece will co-produce an adaptation of “King Charles III,” the play by Mike Bartlett that imagines the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the ascension of her oldest son to th…
Ariana Grande has joined the cast of NBC’s upcoming musical “Hairspray Live.” The pop star will play Penny Pringleton, protagonist Tracy Turnblad's incorrigible best friend…
PBS has set its fall primetime schedule, including premieres for a special on the Tony Award-winning musical “Hamilton,” coverage of the 2016 presidential election and the premie…
Universal Cable Productions has signed the Upright Citizens Brigade to a first-look production deal. The agreement is the first such for the comedy troupe founded by in 1990 by Amy Poehler, …
Comedian Martin Short and “Dancing With the Stars” veteran Derek Hough have been cast in NBC’s live version of the musical “Hairspray.” More to come …
Elisabeth Moss is returning for a second season of “Top of the Lake” for SundanceTV and BBC Two. The “Mad Men” alum will be joined in Season 2 by new cast member Gwen…
OSHA, Actors' Equity, and the NYS Dept. of Labor have met with the 'Spider-Man' company today to discuss additional safety protocols, said a spokesman for the show.
The New York State Department of Labor will make "significant changes" to a controversial set of proposed regulations governing child performers, according to a department spokesperson.
The Ohio Theatre has found a new—and hopefully permanent—home. The new space will be dubbed Ohio West.
On Sept. 23, the Screen Actors Guild will announce the results of its national board elections. In all likelihood, the earth will not move, and the heavens will probably refrain from partin…
Back Stage obtained the following e-mail exchange between Screen Actors Guild's 1st vice president Anne-Marie Johnson and national board of directors candidate Ned Vaughn.
"The Wife," a new play by Tommy Smith, will premiere Off-Off-Broadway next month at the Gallery at Access Theater. Previews will begin Dec. 2, with opening night scheduled for Dec. 5. The pr…
"In the Heights," the 2008 Tony Award winner for best musical, will close Jan. 9, producers announced today. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the show's creator and also its original star, will return to…
Actor Simon Jones has withdrawn from the Actors Company Theatre's upcoming Off-Broadway production of "The Memorandum," the company announced today.
In 2008, SAG and AFTRA parted ways in one of the more contentious rounds of union negotiations in recent Hollywood history. This time, they're kicking things off with a party.
In a SAG election that was widely considered a referendum on merger with the AFTRA, proponents of that idea emerged with a clear mandate.
The American Theatre Wing announced today the recipients of its 2010 National Theatre Company Grants.
Producers of "The Deep Throat Sex Scandal" announced that the show has been forced to close at the NYC's 45 Bleecker Street Theatre due to an apparent dispute between the facility and its…
Mary McColl has been named the new executive director of Actors' Equity Association.
Changes to the Screen Actors Guild health plan have been announced, and more are on the way. In an online notice this week, the trustees of the SAG health plan announced that they intend to…
Actor and comedian Dane Cook will make his Broadway debut in an upcoming production of writer Neil LaBute's play "Fat Pig."
"Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps" will end its Off-Broadway run Jan. 16, producers announced today.