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Audra McDonald & More Celebrate Lorne Michaels Tonight at Lincoln Center Gala
by TV News Desk - February 11, 2016 Live from New York! SNL alum Tina Fey and husband Jeff Richmond have co-written and will co-direct a special tribute to SNL creator Lorne Michaels at Lincoln Center's American Songbook Gala. The event takes place at The Alice Tully Hall tonight, February 11th....
Photo Flash: First Look at Jonah Weston in Action Talks Productions' THE DEVIL AND BILLY MARKHAM
by Tyler Peterson - April 22, 2016 Action Talks Productions in association with Post Five Theatre Co. present a limited engagement of the shockingly funny, wryly disturbing larger-than-life tale of THE DEVIL AND BILLY MARKHAM for two shows, April 29th and 30th at 7:30pm. Visit www.jonahweston.com for more information....
Fred Armisen Among Guest Stars Revealed for Season 2 of Starz's BLUNT TALK
by Caryn Robbins - September 07, 2016 The STARZ Original series BLUNT TALK will include several recurring and guest stars in the second season of the half-hour comedy starring Patrick Stewart. The series will premiere on Sunday, October 2nd at 8:35 pm ET/PT....
Jeff Goldblum Adds 8/29 Late-Night Show at Feinstein's at the Nikko
by BWW News Desk - August 18, 2015 Due to popular demand, Feinstein's at the Nikko has added a 10 p.m. performance on Saturday, August 29 for Jeff Goldblum and his jazz band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra....
IFC's Comedy Crib Announces Partnership with New York Television Festival
by Caryn Robbins - August 25, 2016 In partnership with the New York Television Festival (NYTVF) IFC announced that a curated selection of seven comedy projects from previous years' Official Selections will be added today to the Comedy Crib (www.ifc.com/comedy-crib), the network's online hub for smart, short-form comedy....
Paul Reubens to Guest Star as Penguin's Father on GOTHAM
by Caryn Robbins - October 12, 2015 It was announced at this weekend's New York Comic Con that Paul Reubens will guest star on FOX's GOTHAM as Penguin's (Robin Lord Taylor) father....
Audra McDonald, Jane Krakowski & More Set for Lorne Michaels Tribute
by Caryn Robbins - January 26, 2016 SNL alum Tina Fey and husband Jeff Richmond will co-write and co-direct a special tribute to SNL creator Lorne Michaels at Lincoln Center's American Songbook Gala...
Audience & Jury Awards Announced for 2016 Portland Film Festival
by Caryn Robbins - September 06, 2016 The 4th Annual Portland Film Festival announced today the feature film and short film recipients of this year's awards in theAudience, Grand Jury, Director's Choice, and Screenplay categories....
INSIDE AMY SCHUMER: Season 3 Comes to DVD Today
by TV News Desk - November 24, 2015 INSIDE AMY SCHUMER: Season 3, which will be released on DVD today, November 24th. The release includes outtakes, deleted scenes and an unaired sketch from the series....
Starz Announces Development of Latino Series POUR VIDA
by Caryn Robbins - January 08, 2016 Starz Chief Executive Officer Chris Albrecht announced at today's Starz Television Critics Association (TCA) presentation at The Langham Huntington in Pasadena, Calif. that Starz is developing 'Pour Vida,'...
TWIN PEAKS and OSF Star Catherine E. Coulson Dies at 71
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2015 Catherine E. Coulson, a stage and screen actor best known for her role as The Log Lady in David Lynch's legendary TWIN PEAKS, and who made her artistic home with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for 22 seasons, passed away early this morning in her home after a battle with cancer. She was 71....
IFC Premieres Season 3 of David Cross' TODD MARGARET Tonight
by TV News Desk - January 07, 2016 Just ahead of a special New York Comic Con screening tomorrow, IFC announced that the third season of its original comedy series Todd Margaret starring David Cross (Arrested Development, Mr. Show), will premiere tonight, January 7, 2016...
Brie Larson, Drake & Fred Armisen to Host SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE This Month
by Tyler Peterson - May 04, 2016 Brie Larson will make her debut as host of “Saturday Night Live” on May 7. The Academy Award-winning actress (“Room”) can be seen in the upcoming films “Kong: Skull Island” and “The Glass Castle.”...
UK Amazon Prime Members to Get Sneak Peek at Season 2 of TRANSPARENT
by Caryn Robbins - November 30, 2015 Amazon is giving Prime members in the UK a sneak peek at the highly-anticipated second season of the multi-Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning series Transparent....
VIDEO: Fred Armisen Shares: 'Portlandia' Is A Tribute To Hipsters'
by Caryn Robbins - February 17, 2016 He tells NBC's TODAY anchors that “Portlandia” is more a tribute to hipsters than mockery of them, and demonstrates the difference between Brooklyn, Bronx, Long Island and Queens accents....
Megan Fox Set for Recurring Role on NEW GIRL
by TV News Desk - September 17, 2015 Actress Megan FOX ('Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' 'Transformers') will guest-star in a recurring role on the upcoming season of NEW GIRL, appearing in a multi-episode arc of the hit comedy....
Comedy Central Greenlights Weekly Series PROBLEMATIC WITH MOSHE KASHER
by Caryn Robbins - September 21, 2016 Comedian Moshe Kasher invites viewers to log off and bring their online outrage into the studio for a raucous discussion of today's most polarizing topics as Comedy Central has greenlit PROBLEMATIC WITH MOSHE KASHER...
BWW Review: Theater Schmeater's One-Woman Show TECHLANDIA a Tender, Teasing Tribute
by Amelia Reynolds - March 08, 2016 ATTENTION SEATTLE TECHIES: there is a sketch performance for you! ATTENTION NON-TECHIES AND THE TECH BEWILDERED: there is a sketch performance for you too! Come together all who have startup experience and all who believe the tech industry is (as director and writer Bridget Quigg puts it) a bubble w...
TWIN PEAKS and OSF Star Catherine E. Coulson Dies at 71
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2015 Catherine E. Coulson, a stage and screen actor best known for her role as The Log Lady in David Lynch's legendary TWIN PEAKS, and who made her artistic home with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for 22 seasons, passed away early this morning in her home after a battle with cancer. She was 71....
John C. McGinley to Star in New IFC Comedy Horror Series STAN AGAINST EVIL
by Caryn Robbins - April 19, 2016 IFC announced today that critically-acclaimed actor John C. McGinley has been cast as the lead in their new scripted comedy-horror series, STAN AGAINST EVIL....
VIDEO: First Look - Season 7 of IFC's Hit Series PORTLANDIA Returns This January
by Caryn Robbins - October 07, 2016 The Emmy-nominated series returns PORTLANDIA returns to IFC Thursday, January 5 at 10:00/9:00c with 10 all-new episodes. Below, check out a first look at Season 7 titled 'What About Men?'...
IFC to Premiere 'Weirdest' Season Yet of COMEDY BANG! BANG!, 6/3
by Caryn Robbins - April 13, 2016 'COMEDY BANG! BANG!' is getting weirder this season... and it's not just thanks to the new bandleader and co-host, 'Weird Al' Yankovic. Season five, premiering with two back-to-back episodes on Friday, June 3...
Amy Schumer's Modern Comedy TRAINWRECK Arrives On Blu-ray, DVD & On Demand Today
by TV News Desk - November 10, 2015 Three-time Emmy® nominee Amy Schumer ('Inside Amy Schumer') stars as a commitment-phobic journalist in Trainwreck, the film Fandango calls 'the funniest movie of the year,' is out on Digital HD, Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand today, November 10, 2015, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment....
Lakewood Playhouse to Stage A COMEDY OF ERRORS, 11/6-29
by Tyler Peterson - October 12, 2015 The Lakewood Playhouse is proud to present the SECOND SHOW of our 77th SEASON: A COMEDY OF ERRORS by William Shakespeare! This production will also mark the continuation of our year-long celebration of the 50th ANNIVERSARY of the very building we do all of our Productions in - THE LAKEWOOD PLAYHOU...
Netflix Gives 10-Episode Order to NICK KROLL'S BIG MOUTH
by Caryn Robbins - June 13, 2016 Netflix has ordered to series BIG MOUTH, a 10-episode, half-hour edgy, surreal animated comedy from real-life best friends Nick Kroll (Kroll Show, The League) and Andrew Goldberg (Family Guy) about teenaged adventures in puberty.... |