Roker & Robinson Team Up to Host NBC's Coverage of '122 Tournament of Roses Parade,' 1/1December 4, 2010Al Roker, the weatherman and feature reporter for NBC's 'Today,' and Shaun Robinson, the weekend co-anchor and correspondent for 'Access Hollywood,' will co-host NBC's live, high-definition coverage of the '122nd Tournament of Roses Parade' from Pasadena, California on Saturday, January 1, 2011 (11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET).
T.R. Knight, Aaron Tveit et al. Set for AracaWorks' Play SeriesDecember 4, 2010AracaWorks has announced preliminary casting for its five-day, five-play series celebrating new plays which will be presented December 6-10 at 7pm at The Black Box Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. Each evening, the group will present a reading of a new play in its early stages of development, for free.
Jeremy Irons Set to Appear in 'Law & Order: SVU' EpisodeDecember 4, 2010Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe, SAG and Tony-winning actor Jeremy Irons makes his first appearance on episodic network television, in a special guest-starring role on 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.' Irons, who won an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for 'Reversal of Fortune,' also won an Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in the HBO mini-series 'Elizabeth I,' and has a multitude of honors to his credit. He will play Dr. Cap Jackson, a sex therapist who runs a sex addition rehab clinic in the upcoming 'SVU' episode titled 'Mask.' The episode will be filmed later this month and will air in early 2011.
Children's Playhouse of MD Presents THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE JR., 12/4-12/19December 4, 2010Modern Millie, Jr. tells the story of Kansas native Millie Dillmount who has just moved to New York City in search of a new life for herself. It's New York in the 1920's, full of intrigue and jazz, frisky flappers, dashing leading men, and a dragon-lady of a villainess everyone will love to hate. Full of madcap merriment, this high-spirited musical will have everyone dancing the Charleston.
ON EMOTION at Son of Semele Extends Thru 12/12November 28, 2010Award-winning theatre company Son of Semele Ensemble(SOSE) will now present the U.S. premiere of On Emotion by Mick Gordon and neuropsychologist PaulBroks at Son of Semele Theater in Silver Lake through December 12, 2010. On Emotion is one of several plays by Gordon who has written plays with Broks and otherspecialists in human behavior.In their work together, Gordon and Broks have explored the paths where science and art combine tocreate a deeper understanding of our motives, desires and actions.
PASSION, CLYBOURNE PARK Win London Evening Standard AwardsNovember 28, 2010According to the BBC, PASSION was named the Best Musical at the 56th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards while Bruce Norris's CLYBOURNEY PARK won the Best Play Award on Nov. 28 in a ceremony at London's Savoy Hotel. Sir Peter Hall was also honored with the Moscow Art Theatre's Golden Seagull Award for his contribution to world theatre while Sir Michael Gambon was awarded the Lebedev Special Award for his contribution to British theatre.
Review Roundup- [title of show] at the George St. PlayhouseNovember 28, 2010[title of show] is a musical comedy for anyone who has followed a dream. When two struggling writers make a commitment to write something new in three weeks, they quickly find that writing a comedy about the process of writing was more interesting than anything else they could write!