Joan Cusak Joins Cast of New Showtime Series SHAMELES; Premieres 1/9
by Lauren Wolman - August 31, 2010 Academy Award(R)-nominated actress Joan Cusack has joined the cast of SHOWTIME's new one-hour drama series SHAMELESS. Cusack, who will appear in all 12 episodes of the new series, will play the role of Sheila, an agoraphobic Chicago housewife with a sexually active teenage daughter who strikes up a ...
James Roday and Michael Weston Star In EXTINCTION 11/21-12/13
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2009 James Roday (USA Network's Psych), Michael Weston (Fox's House) and Amanda Detmer (ABC's Private Practice) star in the world premiere of Gabe McKinley's Extinction, a darkly funny exploration of the evolution of friendships - and the lengths to which we go to save them from dying out. ...
Complete Casting Announced For Broadway's HAMLET With Jude Law; Previews 9/12, Opening 10/6
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2009 Producer Arielle Tepper Madover and the Donmar Warehouse are pleased to announce the complete Broadway cast for William Shakespeare's HAMLET, with Jude Law in the title role, directed by Michael Grandage. The production will begin performances at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) on Satu...
Jeff Daniels to Attend ESCANABA Benefit
by Jessica Lewis - September 21, 2009 Jeff Daniels will fly in from New York where he is currently starring in GOD OF CARNAGE, be guest of honor at a gala benefit for his newest play, ESCANABA, at The Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea. ...
BILLY ELLIOT To Launch National Tour In Chicago At The Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre In March 2010
by Eddie Varley - July 21, 2009 Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions in association with Weinstein Live Entertainment announced today that the 2009 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Billy Elliot the Musical, featuring music by Elton John, book and lyrics by Lee Hall, choreography by Peter...
James Roday and Michael Weston Star In EXTINCTION 11/21-12/13
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2009 James Roday (USA Network's Psych), Michael Weston (Fox's House) and Amanda Detmer (ABC's Private Practice) star in the world premiere of Gabe McKinley's Extinction, a darkly funny exploration of the evolution of friendships - and the lengths to which we go to save them from dying out. ...
Complete Casting Announced For Broadway's HAMLET With Jude Law; Previews 9/12, Opening 10/6
by Charlie Piane - July 30, 2009 Producer Arielle Tepper Madover and the Donmar Warehouse are pleased to announce the complete Broadway cast for William Shakespeare's HAMLET, with Jude Law in the title role, directed by Michael Grandage. The production will begin performances at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) on Satu...
BWW Special Feature: In Conversation with EXTINCTION's James Roday & Michael Weston
by Jessica Lewis - February 23, 2010 It has been said that there is approximately only a 1 in 100th of a chance that a person will land a job working in theater in New York. The chances of working successfully in the industry are smaller than that. Sometimes, though, you meet people like EXTINCTION's James Roday (of the hit televisio...
Broadway-Bound Denzel Washington Regrets Passing on 'Seven'
by Samantha Jacobsen - January 13, 2010 Two-time Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington, who is set to appear in August Wilson's FENCES this spring, expressed some lingering regret in turning down the Brad Pitt role in the 1995 thriller SEVEN. Washington told Entertainment Weekly, 'The only film that was sort of dark that I'd turned down ...
RIALTIO CHATTER: Robin Wright Pulls Out of TALLEY'S FOLLY? Sally Hawkins to Step In?
by Rialto Chatter - September 16, 2010 New York Magazine is reporting that Robin Wright has pulled out of Broadway's TALLEY'S FOLLY. Reportedly, her would-be co-star Richard Schiff reportedly told the mag yesterday at fashion week: 'Robin just had to drop out right now for personal reasons.' Undeterred, Schiff has been hard at work tryin...
Simm, Hart, Fox Star In SPEAKING IN TONGUES, Opens At Duke Of York's Theatre 9/28
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2009 John Simm (Life on Mars, State of Play) returns to the stage this autumn leading an exciting cast including Ian Hart (The Virgin Queen, Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone) and Kerry Fox (An Angel at my Table, Shallow Grave), in the highly charged thriller SPEAKING IN TONGUES....
Steppenwolf Presents PHEDRE Screening With Mirren, Cooper, Tyzack Opens 7/13
by BWW News Desk - July 13, 2009 Steppenwolf Theatre is pleased to present the exclusive Chicago screening of the National Theatre of London's performance of PHÈDRE starring Helen Mirren, Dominic Cooper and Margaret Tyzack on Monday, July 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St. PHÈDRE is written by ...
Showtime Greenlights SHAMELESS, Starring Macy, Rossum, And Janney
by Charlie Piane - April 08, 2010 SHOWTIME, Warner Bros. Television and acclaimed Emmy(R) Award-winning television and film producer John Wells (ER, THE WEST WING, SOUTHLAND, WHITE OLEANDER, FAR FROM HEAVEN, SHOWTIME's AN AMERICAN CRIME) are bringing an adaptation of SHAMELESS, the long-running British series, to American premium te...
Complete Casting Announced For Broadway's HAMLET With Jude Law; Previews 9/12, Opening 10/6
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2009 Producer Arielle Tepper Madover and the Donmar Warehouse are pleased to announce the complete Broadway cast for William Shakespeare's HAMLET, with Jude Law in the title role, directed by Michael Grandage. The production will begin performances at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) on Satu...
TheaterWorks Presents BROKE-OLOGY 9/17-10/24
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 08, 2010 Renowned director Tazewell Thompson stages the poignant comic-drama Broke-ology, by Nathan Louis Jackson at TheaterWorks in Downtown Hartford. ...
James Roday and Michael Weston Take EXTINCTION Off-Broadway, 2/13 - 3/14
by Jessica Lewis - January 11, 2010 James Roday, star of the hit television series 'Psych,' and Michael Weston of TV's 'House' will play two friends on a reckless weekend in Gabe McKinley's new play EXTINCTION, previewing Off-Broadway on Feb 13, 2010 prior to its official press opening February 17 at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commer...
James Roday and Michael Weston Star In EXTINCTION 11/21-12/13
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2009 James Roday (USA Network's Psych), Michael Weston (Fox's House) and Amanda Detmer (ABC's Private Practice) star in the world premiere of Gabe McKinley's Extinction, a darkly funny exploration of the evolution of friendships - and the lengths to which we go to save them from dying out. ...
NY Neo-Futurists Present (un)afraid At The Living Theater, Opens 10/14
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 16, 2010 NEW YORK NEO-FUTURISTS are pleased to present their final prime-time show of the season, (un)afraid, written and performed by Jill Beckman, Cara Francis, Ricardo Gamboa & Dan McCoy, directed by Rob Neill. (un)afraid will be presented at the historic Living Theater (21 Clinton St, NY 10002)....
James Roday and Michael Weston End Run of EXTINCTION Off-Broadway, 3/14
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2010 James Roday, star of the hit television series 'Psych,' and Michael Weston of TV's 'House' will close the production of Gabe McKinley's new play EXTINCTION, after previewing Off-Broadway on March 14th. The production was directed by Wayne Kasserman....
Jeff Daniels to Attend ESCANABA Benefit
by Jessica Lewis - September 21, 2009 Jeff Daniels will fly in from New York where he is currently starring in GOD OF CARNAGE, be guest of honor at a gala benefit for his newest play, ESCANABA, at The Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea. ...
Photo Flash: EXTINCTION At Cherry Lane Theater
by Gabrielle Sierra - February 15, 2010 James Roday, star of the hit television series 'Psych,' and Michael Weston of TV's 'House' will play two friends on a reckless weekend in Gabe McKinley's new play EXTINCTION, previewing Off-Broadway on Feb 13, 2010 prior to its official press opening February 17 at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commer...
James Roday and Michael Weston Star In EXTINCTION 11/21-12/13
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2009 James Roday (USA Network's Psych), Michael Weston (Fox's House) and Amanda Detmer (ABC's Private Practice) star in the world premiere of Gabe McKinley's Extinction, a darkly funny exploration of the evolution of friendships - and the lengths to which we go to save them from dying out. ...
Balaban, Harbour, and Thompson Join Cast of 'The Convincer' Film
by Jeff Dennhardt - February 23, 2010 Bob Balaban, David Harbour, and Lea Thompson will join Alan Arkin, Billy Crudup, and Greg Kinnear in the upcoming film, 'The Convincer.' Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher wrote 'The Convincer,' and Jill Sprecher will direct....
HAMLET With Jude Law Begins Performances 9/12
by Eddie Varley - September 11, 2009 Performances begin tomorrow night, Saturday, September 12th, for the critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of William Shakespeare's HAMLET with Jude Law in the title role, directed by Michael Grandage. The production opens October 6 at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street). HAMLET...
FROST/NIXON's Peter Morgan Joins Writing Team For Next 'BOND' Film
by Eddie Varley - June 12, 2009 Variety is reporting that 'Frost/Nixon' playwright and screenwriter Peter Morgan has signed on to the writing team for the upcoming James Bond 23.... |