USA Orders New Half-Hour Comedy DIVIDE & CONQUER

USA Network today greenlit a new original half hour comedy pilot with an order for DIVIDE & CONQUER from executive producer and writer Peter Ocko (FAIRLY LEGAL, "The Office," "Pushing Daisies"). The news comes on the heels of the network's first comedy series pickups for SIRENS and PLAYING HOUSE and a pilot order for LOVE IS DEAD. The network's first original comedies are slated to premiere in first quarter 2014, following the launch of the award-winning and top-rated comedy MODERN FAMILY, on USA on Tuesday, September 24 at 8/7c. (more...)

Season Premiere of FOOD NETWORK STAR Among Food Network's June Highlights

Food Network jumps into June with the season nine premiere of Food Network Star Sunday, June 2nd at 9pm directly followed by the season finale of Iron Chef America: Tournament of Champions at 10pm. Daytime programming also boasts three season premieres including The Pioneer Woman on Saturday, June 1st at 10am, Bobby Flay's Barbecue Addiction on Sunday, June 16th at 11:30am and Barefoot Contessa on Saturday, June 29th at 10am. With June comes grilling, and Food Network dedicates a whole weekend to grilling and barbecue with a themed weekend on Saturday, June 1st and Sunday, June 2nd from 7am-12pm featuring premiere episodes of daytime favorites. Celebrating fathers, Food Network serves all things Dad in a themed weekend on Saturday, June 15th and Sunday, June 16th from 7am-12pm. FoodNetwork.com's Grilling Central is the hottest roundup of seasonal recipes and entertaining tips to make summer sizzle. Join the Food Network conversation on Facebook and Twitter. (more...)

First Folio Theatre Announces Its 2013-2014 Season and The World Premiere of CYMBELINE in June

First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83), known for bringing stellar performances of Shakespeare and other classics to the Chicagoland stage, announces its 2013-2014 season. The season begins with the poignant dramaTHE RAINMAKER, previewing July 31, opening August 3 and running through September 1, 2013. The whimsical comedy ROUGH CROSSING previews January 30, opens February 1 and runs through March 3, 2014; the world premiere of SALVAGE previews March 26, opens March 29 and runs through April 27, 2014; and Shakespeare's effervescent tale THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR previewsJuly 7, opens July 10, and runs through August 10, 2014. (more...)

LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE Set for Philadelphia Theatre Company This Summer With Aisha de Haas, Kate Flannery and More

Philadelphia Theatre Company announces that Mary Birdsong, Aisha de Haas, Kate Flannery, Ashley Austin Morris, andJoyce Van Patten will appear in the Philadelphia cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore on June 25-July 7 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. This intimate collection of stories by sisters Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron and directed by Karen Carpenter is based on the best-selling book by Ilene Beckerman. Like the popular book, the show uses clothing, accessories and the memories they trigger to tell funny and often poignant stories to which all women can relate. This production is presented by special arrangement with producer Daryl Roth. (more...)

Bravo's INTERIOR THERAPY WITH JEFF LEWIS & PROPERTY ENVY to Return 7/9

Bravo Media is involved in a hot property threesome with Jeff Lewis announcing a seventh season of "Flipping Out" as well as the premiere of "Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis" on Tuesday, July 9 at 9:00 PM ET/PT, followed by two back-to-back episodes of "Property Envy," the all-new thirty minute panel talk show exploring the world of luxury real estate at 10:00 PM and 10:30 PM ET/PT. (more...)

Catherine Malfitano Opens InsightALT Festival This Tuesday

A champion of contemporary opera, internationally acclaimed soprano and stage director Catherine Malfitano has sung in the world premieres of Carlisle Floyd's Bilby's Doll, Conrad Susa's Transformations, Thomas Pasatieri's Washington Square and The Seagull and William Bolcom's A View from the Bridge, McTeague, A Wedding, and Medusa. (more...)

Are You Following BWW Yet on Twitter & Facebook?

Are you one of the thousands already following BroadwayWorld.com, the biggest theatre site on the net on Twitter and Facebook? (more...)

WICKED Returns to the Ohio Theatre, 6/5-23

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2007 and 2010, WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, will return to Columbus' Ohio Theatre June 5-23. Tickets for the return engagement are on sale now. (more...)

Lifetime to Premiere Anna Nicole Smith Biopic on 6/29

The Lifetime Original Movie Anna Nicole tells the rags-to-riches story of the iconic supermodel who captured the world's attention with her beauty and unconventional lifestyle. Exploring the sordid details that created her infamous persona, from stardom to untimely death, the world premiere will be on Saturday, June 29, at 8:00pm ET/PT. (more...)

Steppenwolf for Young Adults' 2013/14 Season Announced

Steppenwolf for Young Adults (SYA) has announced its 2013/14 season: William Golding's Lord of the Flies, adapted for the stage by Nigel Williams, directed by The Hypocrites Artistic Director Halena Kays; and the Chicago premiere of Leveling Up by Deborah Zoe Laufer, directed by Steppenwolf for Young Adults (SYA) Artistic and Educational Director Hallie Gordon. Tickets to William Golding's Lord of the Flies are on sale now. (more...)

THE BOSTON ABOLITIONISTS PROJECT Will Conclude ART's 2012-13 Season

The American Repertory Theater/ Moscow Art Theater School Institute for Advanced Theater Training ends its 2012-13 Season with The Boston Abolitionists Project, devised by the Class of 2013 and Steven Bogart, and directed by Bogart. The production runs May 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, and 31 at 7:30pm at the Experimental Theater in the Loeb Drama Center Harvard Square, Cambridge. (more...)

Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch to Return to Bemelmans at The Carlyle Hotel, 6/9

Jim Caruso & Billy Stritch return to Bemelmans at The Carlyle Hotel with their evening of swinging standards on Sunday, June 9, then running every Sunday in June, from 9pm - 12 midnight. The two performers, who have performed extensively on their own, gained national exposure together as the host and musical director of the wildly popular open mic, Cast Party, which celebrates talent every Monday at Birdland in NYC, and tours nationally. During their November run at Bemelmans, the duo received critical acclaim, and made news when rock legend Bono joined them in an impromptu performance. In their upcoming Carlyle run, Caruso and Stritch will be joined by bassist Steve Doyle. (more...)

THE NIGHT LARRY KRAMER KISSED ME Benefit Raises Over $66K for BC/EFA

A sold-out benefit performance of the landmark show THE NIGHT LARRY KRAMER KISSED ME on May 20, 2013, raised a remarkable $66,025 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Sero Project. The re-imagined work was transformed from a one-man show into one featuring an all-star ensemble cast. (more...)

'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for May 22nd, 2013

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. It's our annual Summer Musical Theater Guide! This week, Part One: Chicagoland. Check out 'The Jungle Book,' 'Kiss Of The Spider Woman,' 'Next To Normal,' 'The Color Purple,' 'Spelling Bee,' 'Cabaret' and a whole lot more! (more...)

The Second City Celebrates Playwrights Theatre Club's 60th Anniversary

The Second City will host a free event celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Playwrights Theatre Club on Sunday, June 23, 2013 in UP Comedy Club (230 W. North Ave, 2nd Floor of Piper's Alley) at 3:00 p.m. This special event will reunite the original members of The Playwrights Theatre Club, which was the precursor to The Compass and The Second City. (more...)

Redmoon Receives $250,000 Grant from ArtPlace America for Great Chicago Fire Festival

ArtPlace America announces today the award of a $250,000 grant to Redmoon, the large-scale spectacle and public art group, for the Great Chicago Fire Festival, a new festival that will culminate in a procession of illuminated floating fiberglass sculptures as well as a fire spectacle on the main branch of the Chicago River. The Great Chicago Fire Festival was chosen from over 1,200 applications as an exceptional example of creative placemaking. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - DREAMGIRLS at Maine State Music Theatre

Dreamgirls will run at Maine State Music Theatre, June 5 - 22, 2013. The curtain goes up on June 5 with the Tony Award winning Dreamgirls, offering one of the most stirring, dynamic, rocking, emotional scores ever written for the stage, slathered in R&B, soul, and pop music. Click below for a sneak peak at the cast onstage! (more...)

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET to Become Chicago's Longest-Running Broadway Musical, May 26

Million Dollar Quartet announces that this Saturday, May 26, 2013 marks the official date at which it becomes the longest-running musical production in Chicago's history. With 1,949 performances and 5 smash years in Chicago, the Tony Award-winning rock 'n' roll musical has surpassed both Wicked and Pumpboys and Dinettes, setting a new record for the longest running Broadway musical in Chicago. (more...)

Snowlion Rep to Debut THE FREAKS CLUB, June 13

A girl with fish-scale skin, a boy who cannot touch, a friend who sees only shadows...The Freaks Club is the funny, touching new musical where 'fish' turns to 'dish,' dreams become nightmares, and what is lost is the key to finding what really matters. (more...)

Billy Baldwin Boards BBC America's COPPER

Nothing is ever as it seems in Five Points...BBC AMERICA and Cineflix Studios promise no shortage of twists and turns for season two of COPPER, announcing today thatfamed New Yorker, William 'Billy' Baldwin (Gossip Girl, Hawaii Five-O) will guest star in the last two episodes of the upcoming season as William 'Wild Bill' Eustace - a ­­­­­charming Tammany Hall power broker. Also joining Baldwin at the end of the season is Lindy Booth (Kick-Ass 2, Fairly Legal) as Teresa Trembley - protected witness of a high-profile murder in Five Points.COPPER, BBC AMERICA's highest-rated original drama set in 1860s New York City, returns Sunday, June 23, 10:00pm ET/PT. (more...)

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