Tina Fey News

All summer and into the fall, Fox Valley Repertory presents beloved music, modern comedy, and staged readings of new plays never before seen on stage. The season includes: Theo Ubique's nostalgic musical revue, Some Enchanted Evening, the inquisitive innovation of Collider New Play Project, Heather Moran's musical story of Rosemary Clooney in Rosie! A Tribute..., FVR Youth Ensemble's return to Disney's High School Musical, Mike Toomey's multimedia comedic recollection of television in TV & Me, Chicago's finest improv troupe performing The Best of The Second City, and marriage, mermaids, and modern comedy in Sirens, at Pheasant Run Resort (4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL; 630-584-6342). (more...)

According to the NYTimes.com Ellen DeGeneres has been chosen as the recipient of the 15th Annual Mark Twain Prize for Humor. (more...)

The Chicago Commercial Collective today announced the return of the Chicago and Broadway hit drama, A Steady Rain, with its original cast and crew to the Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Ave. (more...)

TVLine.com reports that NBC has renewed PARENTHOOD for a 15-episode fourth season while 30 ROCK is due back for a seventh and final season of 13 episodes. (more...)

Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, presents the new “Laugh Out Loud Tour” from Chicago’s legendary sketch comedy theatre, The Second City. Featuring some of the best sketches, songs and improvisations from The Second City’s fifty-two year history, the “Laugh Out Loud Tour” will be performed on Friday, June 15 and Saturday, June 16 at 8 p.m. (more...)

Sirius XM Radio today announced that Bravo impresario Andy Cohen will celebrate the launch/publication of his new memoir MOST TALKATIVE: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture with a live on-air 80s prom-themed party hosted by Mark Consuelos at SiriusXM studios in New York City. (more...)

Acclaimed Off-Broadway not-for-profit theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced additional details for its 2012 special online Auction. Bidding for the auction, which already features an outstanding array of unique opportunities and experiences, is now underway at www.BiddingForGood/PlaywrightsHorizons. Online bidding continues through Monday, May 14 (with items staggered to close at 8PM and 9PM). (more...)

Jimmy Fallon, comedian, musician and late-night host, has finally revealed the cover artwork of his upcoming album, aptly titled Blow Your Pants Off, in stores June 12th on Warner Bros. Records/LoudMouth Entertainment. The album features a roster of guest stars, including Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake, Eddie Vedder, Dave Matthews and more. (more...)

Deadline.com reports that the NBC comedy 30 ROCK will most likely return for a seventh and final season next year. The season is expected to be comprised of 13 to 14 episodes. (more...)

NBC's AMERICA'S GOT TALENT and its producers have again collaborated with YouTube, and for the first time, show sponsor Snapple, to allow talented acts from across the country the opportunity to audition online for their shot at stardom and a million-dollar prize. (more...)

The Second City brings their Laugh Out Loud Tour to Providence for five shows June 7-9, 2012 at Trinity Rep’s Dowling Theater. The Laugh Out Loud Tour features some of the best sketches, songs, and improvisations from The Second City's fifty-two year history. General Admission seats for The Second City are $30 and are on sale now at the Trinity Rep box office, 201 Washington Street, by phone at 401-351-4242 and online at www.trinityrep.com. (more...)

NBC's LOVE IN THE WILD announces the 14 original single men and women as well as the seven surprise men searching for "the one" on the Endemol produced adventure-dating series premiering Thursday, June 7 (8-10 p.m. ET). (more...)

The special 30-minute BETWEEN TWO FERNS: A FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK, hosted by Galifianakis and produced by Funny Or Die, will air at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT and serve as a precursor to the 2nd annual "The Comedy Awards" airing at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. (more...)

THE COMEDY AWARDS (#comedyawards) are back and better than, well, last year, when the second annual event airs on COMEDY CENTRAL on Sunday, May 6 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. (more...)

Shawna Hamilton Doster, Executive Director, Books for Kids, will host a lively family event with a stellar line-up of entertainers, authors and hands-on activities to raise funds and awareness for the national non-profit Books for Kids, which creates libraries and literacy programs for at-risk pre-school children in low-income neighborhoods. The event is being held at the world headquarters of Scholastic Inc., Scholastic Soho, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology and services and children’s media, on May 6, 2012 from 1 to 4 p.m., and kicks off Children's Book Week. (more...)

Part 12 ANGRY MEN homage, part surrealistic NBC retrospective fever dream and 100% 30 ROCK absurd brilliance at its best, night’s live episode of the gold standard NBC comedy series 30 ROCK was precisely that - pure gold. Not only did Tina Fey and the impossibly creative team of writers give the motley assortment of players that comprise the cast a chance to seriously show off their live sketch show skills and theatrical training, but provided Broadway and Hollywood crossover star Alec Baldwin with some of his strongest material to date - with the charismatic erstwhile comedian absolutely killing in his moments portraying a host of wacky and weird characters besides the usual stone-faced Jack Donaghy, a role which has brought him a copious amount of well-deserved statuettes over the six seasons so far. Speaking of hosts, the Dean Martin parody, THE JOEY MONTERO SHOW, stands out as being perhaps the most memorable and guffaw-inducing of all the night’s trove of treasures, which is certainly saying something significant - Baldwin owned. Besides the ingenuous conceit of paying tribute to the landmark original live television drama 12 ANGRY MEN acting as a fresh and amusing framing device for the episode, the opportunity afforded by Kenneth (Jack MacBrayer)’s hallucinatory flashbacks of fictional former lesser glories of NBC’s long and storied history gave rise to the fabulous fodder allowing for some of the funniest sequences on the series in recent memory - moments that will linger in the mind and funny bone long after this episode or season. Yes, once again, 30 ROCK proved why it is the finest comedy on TV and why Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin have a special sort of chemistry that can only be compared to the finest pairs in the rich history of the form - Mary & Mr. Grant included. (more...)

Last night, NBC's 30 ROCK was broadcast live from the famed Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center in New York. View photos from the episode below! (more...)

Playwrights Horizons has announced initial details for its 2012 special online Auction in connection with its annual Spring Gala. (more...)

30 ROCK is hitting the NBC airwaves this week with a new special LIVE episode - shot from the iconic Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center. The episode airs this Thursday at 8:30/7:30c. The network talked with Tina Fey who promises hardcore 30 Rock fans a good dose of the show's signature nerdery, and Tracy Morgan, to get the lowdown on the new LIVE episode. Check it all out including a special message to the fans below! (more...)

NBC’s 30 ROCK – which achieved impressive ratings and critical acclaim with its first live episode in 2010 – goes live again on Thursday, April 26 (8:30-9 p.m. ET) from the iconic Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center in New York. (more...)