42 stories by "Whitney Friedlander"
NBC has again turned to the Great White Way before setting off for Neverland, tapping Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara for its upcoming musical “Peter Pan Live!.” O'Hara, whose credits …
Broadway great and “American Horror Story: Coven” alum Patti LuPone will soon be casting a spell on Showtime’s supernatural period drama “Penny Dreadful,” Varie…
Hey hobo man, hey Dapper Dan: Target is partnering with the costume designer of the upcoming “Annie” remake on an apparel line. Renée Ehrlich Kalfus has created a 25-piece limit…
“The Simpsons” vet Hank Azaria is heading across the border and will be the lead voice role in “Bordertown,” Fox’s new animated series created and written byÂ�…
Elisabeth Moss has racked up five Emmy nominations playing complex, career-driven Peggy Olson on "Mad Men." But just as Peggy has transformed over the course of seven seasons, Moss, 31, has …
A lack of new releases in the home entertainment industry's no man's season " the period of time between the Memorial Day weekend and the end of the school year " was all it took for Walt Di…
Showtime has tapped stage and TV star Christian Borle for a recurring guest star role for the second season of its period drama “Masters of Sex.” Borle, whose credits include …
It's no fairy tale: Disney's "Frozen" has broken the record for the most number of weeks atop the U.S. album chart by the soundtrack for an animated picture. The album logged its 11th non-co…
New York came out in force for the premiere of "All The Way," a new play about the early years of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency, starring Bryan Cranston at the Neil Simon Theatre. The play …
“Animal Kingdom” writer and director David Michod has been tapped to direct the first episode of “Flesh and Bone,” the new Starz drama from “Breaking Bad”…
The CW’s “The Flash” pilot is bulking up its cast roster, tapping Broadway’s Carlos Valdes to play mechanical engineering genius Cisco Ramon (DC Comics fans might …
Despite his critical success in films like “Boogie Nights” and “Capote,” Philip Seymour Hoffman claimed he never really dreamed of leaving the stage. “I just…
One would think that the recent bounty of quality programming on the Internet would put to rest any doubts about whether online series can hold its own against traditional network and cable …
Angela Lansbury says "it's a mistake" for NBC to call a new series "Murder, She Wrote." The network recently announced plans to reboot the show with Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer as its star.…
Sid Bernstein, the promoter who brought the Beatles to Carnegie Hall in New York City just as their fame exploded in the U.S., has died. He was 95. Bernstein’s daughter, Casey Deutsch,…
Television and theater writer Winnie Holzman (My So-Called Life, Wicked) and her husband, character actor Paul Dooley (i.e. your go-to when casting the consoling dad or grandfather), seem to…
With James Bond adventure "Skyfall" taking in more than $1 billion, scribe John Logan could be sitting on his laurels, especially since inking the deal to write the next two Bonds and having…
