William H. Macy News

"Best in SHO" is an awards-themed free preview weekend featuring marathon runs of the network's award-winning original programming and is the first ever awards-themed free preview weekend offered by a premium network. (more...)

HERO Theatre has just announced that William H. Macy, star of Showtime’s Shameless and Academy Award-nominated for Fargo, will star in a benefit reading of Tennessee Williams’ “Small Craft Warnings”, directed by John Levey. The presentation will take place in Los Angeles, Summer 2012. This will mark HERO Theatre’s west coast premiere. (more...)

Third Street Theatre has added a host and 3 new cast members to its gala performance of The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown on May 4th, 5th and 6th. Just before the airing of the final episodes of the hit show, The Closer, Tony nominee Corey Reynolds (Hairspray) will host on Saturday May 5th. Added to the cast are Janelle Lynn Randall (Boardwalk Empire, All Shook Up), Daniel Tatar (The Company Men, Hairspray) and Allen Hidalgo (Jersey Boys). These actors join hosts Jane Lynch, William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman, as well as cast members Tracie Thoms (Rent), Shoshana Bean (Wicked), Lindsay Pearce (The Glee Project), Chase Williamson (Spring Awakening). Every performance will be followed by a catered reception and hosted wine bar. (more...)

This June, viewers are advised to fasten their seatbelts for the return of everyone's favorite intergalactic pizza delivery boy from the future. Fry, Bender, Leela and their alien friends are back on Comedy Central to premiere a brand-new season of the Emmy(R) Award-winning series FUTURAMA. (more...)

A glittering crowd filled the baronial halls of the landmark New York Athletic Club at the National Meningitis Association annual "Give Kids a Shot Gala on April 23 to salute those on the front line in the fight against meningitis, a vaccine preventable deadly disease that has taken the lives of thousands of our children and cost many to lose limbs. See photos of the starry gala celebration below! (more...)

The Pit Stop Players http://rosenblummusic.com/pitstop.html, a fourteen-member instrumental ensemble composed of veteran Broadway pit musicians, closes its third season with a concert at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Benzaquen Hall, 450 W. 37th Street, New York, NY, on Monday, May 14, 2012 at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $25 ($15 for students) http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=PIT4 or cash at the door. (more...)

Third Street Theatre, the West Hollywood 99-seat Equity Waiver theatre that brought LA the critically-acclaimed smash hit Falsettos, is pleased to announce three limited engagement fundraising gala performances of The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown on May 4th, 5th and 6th. Each night will bring audiences a fresh mix of Broadway, film and television talent with hosts Jane Lynch, William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman, and a cast that includes Tracie Thoms (Rent), Shoshana Bean (Wicked), Lindsay Pearce (The Glee Project) and Chase Williamson (Spring Awakening). Every performance will be immediately followed by a catered reception and a hosted wine bar. (more...)

Prepare for one rip-roaring, rollicking night of season finales on Sunday, April 1st on SHOWTIME with SHAMELESS (9 PM) and HOUSE OF LIES (10 PM) and CALIFORNICATION (10:30 PM). (more...)

The cast features Tony Award nominee Keith Carradine (Nashville, Broadway’s The Will Rogers Follies) as “JD Drew,” Allison Case (Hair revival on Broadway) as “Kelli Mangrum,” Tony Award winner Jarrod Emick (Broadway’s Ring of Fire) as “Mike Ferris,” Hunter Foster (Playhouse’s Little Miss Sunshine; Broadway’s Urinetown) as “Benny Perkins,” Jay Armstrong Johnson (Broadway’s Catch Me If You Can) as “Greg Wilhote,” David Larsen (Broadway’s Good Vibrations) as “Chris Alvaro,” Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone (Legally Blonde national tour) as “Heather Stovall,” Mary Gordon Murray (Broadway’s Little Me) as “Virginia Drew,” Connie Ray (author/performer, Smoke on the Mountain, Broadway’s Next Fall) as “Cindy Barnes,” Jon Rua (Broadway’s In the Heights) as “Jesus Pe?a,” Keala Settle (Broadway’s Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) as “Norma Valverde,” Dale Soules (Grey Gardens) as “Janis Curtis,” Jacob Ming Trent (Lincoln Center Theatre’s On the Levee) as “Ronald McGowan,” Scott Wakefield (Broadway’s It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues) as “Frank Nugent” and William Youmans (Playhouse’s Dracula, Twelfth Night) as “Don Curtis/Dr. Stokes.” (more...)

As first reported on Deadline.com, actor Jeremy Piven is currently in talks to take on the lead role in the ITV drama series MR. SELFRIDGE. The series comes from 'Bridget Jones' Diary creator Andrew Davies. (more...)

Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy yesterday became the second married couple to receive a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on the same day (following producers Richard and Lauren Shuler Donner in 2008). The actors - who both appeared on Broadway in two separate productions of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow - welcomed the playwright and other high-profile stars to celebrate their new place on the Walk of Fame. Check out photos below! (more...)

William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman, Macy's wife, will get two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, ET Online reports. The double stars will be side by side and will be given on the same day. The couple, which has been married for 14 years and has two children, is only the second couple ever awarded the honor by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. (more...)

Atlantic Theater Company presented their annual Spring Gala Bring It On Home last night, March 5, 2012 at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers - an evening of soul music celebrating the upcoming re-opening of the company’s newly renovated Linda Gross main stage theater. (more...)

Atlantic Theater Company will present their annual Spring Gala Bring It On Home on Monday, March 5, 2012 at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers - a fantastic evening of soul music celebrating the upcoming re-opening of the company’s beautifully renovated Linda Gross main stage theater. (more...)

Atlantic Theater Company will present their annual Spring Gala Bring It On Home on Monday, March 5, 2012 at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers - a fantastic evening of soul music celebrating the upcoming re-opening of the company’s beautifully renovated Linda Gross main stage theater. (more...)

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild on Monday sent out ballots to approximately 131,000 members of both organizations. (more...)

Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, held its annual honors yesterday, February 25, in Santa Monica. Hosted by Seth Rogan, the awards ceremony premiered later that night at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on IFC. Winners included Christopher Plummer, Michelle Williams, the company of The Artist and more! CLICK HERE for a full winners list. Below, BroadwayWorld takes you onto the starry red carpet. (more...)

James Naughton, two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award winning star of stage and screen, will lend his talents once again to the National Meningitis Association Give Kids a Shot! Gala 2012: A Benefit to Save Lives in the Fight Against Meningitis, a Vaccine-Preventable Disease. Honorary Chairs are Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. and Sharon Loeb and Nick Springer; Gala Chairs are Lenore Cooney, Cooney/Waters Group and Gary Springer, Springer Associates PR ; Master of Ceremonies is EMMY Award winning actor Richard Thomas. Auction Chairs are Matt Klarberg and Errol Rappaport. (more...)

For a special episode of “The Rosie Show,” Rosie O’Donnell travels to New York City to visit with and pay tribute to the American singing legend and 15-time Grammy® Award winner, Tony Bennett. (more...)

SHOWTIME premieres episode six of SHAMELESS on Sunday, February 12th with HOUSE OF LIES and CALIFORNICATION. (more...)