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Chris Colfer 'Glee' role written for him
11 November 2009 9:41 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Glee star Chris Colfer has claimed that his role on the show was written especially for him. The 19-year-old, who plays gay high school student Kurt Hummel, said that he originally auditioned for the part of Artie, which eventually went to Kevin McHale. Colfer explained that executive producer Ryan Murphy asked him if he had ever been in a production of The Sound Of Music, which is how his tailor-made character came about. He told TV Guide: "I told him I had played Kurt in The Sound of Music when I was younger. The next thing I knew, (more) »
- By Tim Parks
Tony Winner Benanti to Replace Evans and Russell in Kennedy Center Concert, 4/30
9 November 2009 11:16 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Tony Award winner Laura Benanti is set to replace British stars Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell in an upcoming "Spotlight" concert series at the Kennedy Center. Benanti will take over the concert, which is set to be a part of the "Barbara Cook's Spotlight" concert series, featuring Broadway stars and curated by Barbara Cook.
Portraying compelling characters in Broadway theater, television, and film has made Tony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti one to watch. She hit Broadway by storm starring opposite Patti LuPone in Gypsy. Playing Louise, Benanti received critical acclaim for her performance--the New York Times called her "delicious in the title role"--and became the first actress in that role on Broadway to win the Tony for "Best Featured Actress in a Musical." She also earned Tony nominations for her roles in Swing! and the revival of Into the Woods opposite Vanessa Williams.
Her Broadway credits include Gypsy (for »
Birthday Suits: Immortal Beloveds
8 November 2009 6:27 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Who needs holidays? Make your own with the birthdays of movie people.
Parker, Oleg and Vlad the Impaler (as interpreted by Gary Oldman)
Today's Birthdays 11/08
1431 Vlad the Impaler would have turned 578 years old today if not for that stake through the heart. To be accurate, his exact birthday is unknown but sometimes he's listed on this date which probably has something to do with...
1847 Bram Stoker who wrote the original Dracula, which gave Vlad the immortality that he had mythically already won as the original nosferatu... vampyr. The cinema loves him harder and deeper than Lucy Harker ever could.
1900 Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind. She didn't have to impale anyone or renounce heaven to achieve immortality. She just had to write one mammoth book. The movie based on her novel is still the highest grossing film of all time when adjusted for inflation. One of only four films »
- NATHANIEL R
Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre Presents The Producers 9/11-11/7
7 November 2009 12:30 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
The show broke countless box office records and won every theatre award imaginable, including 12 Tonys in 2001, more than any production in history. It began as a movie, made its way to Broadway, and then found itself back on the silver screen. Now, the smash-hit musical comedy The Producers comes to the Frederick stage for the very first time!
From 2001 to 2007, the hottest tickets on the Great White Way were for Mel Brooks' first musical, which was based on his 1968 film about a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant who come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history thereby bilking their backers (all "little old ladies") out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit! The antics of Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom as they maneuver their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive Springtime For Hitler), hiring a director, »
Theatre for the New City Presents Jim Farmer's The Supper Club Of Lost Causes, 11/6 - 11/29
6 November 2009 2:00 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Certain small, old towns of the Northeast are full of time warps. People crossing the street can seem like they sprang from decades past and certain buildings are forgotten relics, unseen and unnoticed. As a boy, playwright/director Jim Farmer saw "The Sound of Music" in a large, decrepit movie theater in Hawley, Pa, near Lake Wallenpaupack. The movie palace's sad and spooky overtones brought back feelings he had as a younger child, when he was taken by his parents to a supper club in Bayonne NJ, his hometown. Surrounded by its scratchy jazz band and eerie, wrinkled comics, Farmer knew that he wasn't experiencing a "Jack Benny Show" of the past but a David Lynch moment of the future. »
Theatre for the New City Presents Jim Farmer's The Supper Club Of Lost Causes, 11/6 - 11/29
6 November 2009 2:00 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Certain small, old towns of the Northeast are full of time warps. People crossing the street can seem like they sprang from decades past and certain buildings are forgotten relics, unseen and unnoticed. As a boy, playwright/director Jim Farmer saw "The Sound of Music" in a large, decrepit movie theater in Hawley, Pa, near Lake Wallenpaupack. The movie palace's sad and spooky overtones brought back feelings he had as a younger child, when he was taken by his parents to a supper club in Bayonne NJ, his hometown. Surrounded by its scratchy jazz band and eerie, wrinkled comics, Farmer knew that he wasn't experiencing a "Jack Benny Show" of the past but a David Lynch moment of the future. »
Way Off-Broadway Dinner Theatre Hosts 'Breakfast with Santa Claus,' 12/19, 12/20 & 12/23
5 November 2009 9:14 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
One of the most popular events at The Way off Broadway Dinner Theatre and Children's Theatre is its annual Breakfast with Santa (and Mrs. Claus). Each year, children and their families get to spend a festive morning with Mrs. Claus and the elves waiting for Santa's arrival. This year, the theatre has three scheduled breakfasts: Saturday, December 19th; Sunday, December 20th; and Thursday, December 23rd.
The doors will open at 8:00 a.m. on December 19th and 20th and 9:00 a.m. on December 23rd. All tickets are $16.00 per person. First started in 2002, this has become an event families look forward to every year for the holidays.
Breakfast with Santa (and Mrs. Claus) has become such a popular activity over the years that Way Off Broadway has expanded its Breakfast Series to also include a Magical Princess Breakfast, with a full Fairytale Breakfast in the works for the coming year. »
The Sound Of Music Cast Recording Gets 50th Anniversary Re-Release, 11/3; Barnes & Noble Original Cast Reunion Set for 11/16
2 November 2009 9:12 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
On November 16, 1959, The Sound of Music - the last musical collaboration of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II - made history when it opened at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theater. Masterworks Broadway celebrates that milestone with a special 50th anniversary edition of the musical's beloved original cast recording, starring Broadway legend Mary Martin. The 50th anniversary edition of the original cast recording of The Sound of Music will be released on November 3, 2009. »
The Fantasticks to Kick Off Long Wharf's 2009-10 Season Oct 7 - Nov 1
1 November 2009 1:30 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Long Wharf Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Ray Cullom, will present the beloved musical The Fantasticks, directed by Amanda Dehnert, from October 7 through November 1, 2009, on the Mainstage.
Press night is Wednesday, October 14 at 7:30 p.m. Curtain times are Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Wednesdays at 2 and 7 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3p.m. and 8p.m., and Sundays at 2p.m. and 7p.m. Tickets are $30-$70.
"I have loved The Fantasticks since I was a little kid," said Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein. "This will be so much fun for the entire family."
This hit musical with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt, the longest running Off-Broadway musical in history, tells the story of Luisa and Matt, a pair entering the bloom of their youth. Their fathers, scheming to encourage their budding love, hire »
Way Off Broadway Theater Presents Another Radio Christmas Runs 11/20-1/9
30 October 2009 2:32 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Four years ago, audiences were first introduced to the zany on-air personalities of the 50's radio station Wwob. Several years have passed and it is time to return to the station to see what has happened as they once again go on the air with their special Christmas broadcast. Closing out the Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's 15th Anniversary Season, Another Radio Christmas begins performances Friday evening, November 20th and runs through January 9, 2010.
Way Off Broadway's holiday production is always the feel good show of the year. Perfect for the whole family, the show brings together songs, dances, and scenes to celebrate the season. Always full of laughs and Christmas spirit, the true meaning of the holiday is never forgotten.
Bringing the cast of characters to life this season are some of the most familiar faces of the theatre including Ann Davis as Annie Pinciotti, A.J. Dorsey as the Announcer, »
Michael Jackson has earned $90 million since he died
28 October 2009 4:50 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Michael Jackson has earned $90 million since he died.
The late 'Thriller' singer - who passed away from acute Propofol intoxication on June 25 - came third in Forbes.com's annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list with the huge financial haul.
Michael was the highest ranking deceased singer, after bringing in the enormous sum from radio play, royalties from album sales, rights to his name and royalties from his stake in the Sony/Atv music catalogue.
Since Michael's shock passing there have also been numerous sales of memorabilia, iconic outfits and even a lock of his hair.
Forbes Senior Editor Matthew Miller said: "The money might be drying up in Hollywood, but there's still plenty of cash being made in the graveyard. The earning power of dead celebrities is more powerful than ever before."
Elvis Presley dropped down from first position last year to fourth this time round with earnings of $55 million. »
- Paul
Theatre for the New City Presents Jim Farmer's The Supper Club Of Lost Causes, 11/6 - 11/29
26 October 2009 2:40 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Certain small, old towns of the Northeast are full of time warps. People crossing the street can seem like they sprang from decades past and certain buildings are forgotten relics, unseen and unnoticed. As a boy, playwright/director Jim Farmer saw "The Sound of Music" in a large, decrepit movie theater in Hawley, Pa, near Lake Wallenpaupack. The movie palace's sad and spooky overtones brought back feelings he had as a younger child, when he was taken by his parents to a supper club in Bayonne NJ, his hometown. Surrounded by its scratchy jazz band and eerie, wrinkled comics, Farmer knew that he wasn't experiencing a "Jack Benny Show" of the past but a David Lynch moment of the future. »
Keira Knightley is a Very Fair Lady Indeed
26 October 2009 12:39 PM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
My Fair Lady is my favorite musical because, if the film didn’t have a single song in it, there would still be a wonderful story in place. Much of it is the casting. Even though Julie Andrews played Eliza Doolittle in the stage version and also went on to star in The Sound of Music, it is hard to imagine anyone besides Audrey Hepburn transforming from shrieking Cockney flower girl into a tame and erudite high class woman. And so it came as some surprise to learn that not only is a remake of My Fair Lady being planned, as the Telegraph reports, but that Keira Knightley has beaten out Scarlett Johansson for the role of Eliza Doolittle. It’s hard to imagine someone so restrained and “practiced” in the role, but then, it’s hard to imagine Eliza Doolittle’s voice being emitted from an actual person (and not, »
- Jacob
Photo Flash: Rebecca Luker Celebrates Greenwich Time at Barnes & Noble
23 October 2009 4:41 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Rebecca Luker has been a Broadway favorite since she stepped in as Christine in The Phantom of the Opera in 1988. She is currently starring in Mary Poppins for which she earned a 2007 Tony Award® nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. Other Broadway credits include Show Boat (Tony® nomination), The Music Man (Tony® nomination), Nine, the most recent revival of The Sound of Music, and The Secret Garden. Ms. Luker recently performed to sold-out audiences at her critically acclaimed American Songbook Series of solo concerts at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Her recordings include Leaving Home (PSClassics.com), Anything Goes: Rebecca Luker Sings Cole Porter, Aria, Aria 2 and Aria 3 (Koch records), The Boys From Syracuse, Wonderful Town, Annie Get Your Gun, Broadway Showstoppers, Jerome Kern Treasury, and Brigadoon. »
Andrews Gets Hope For Wrecked Voice
23 October 2009 5:06 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Dame Julie Andrews is hoping an innovative new throat treatment will help her sing again - after a botched operation robbed the star of her famous vocal range.
The Sound of Music actress, whose voice once spanned four octaves, underwent surgery in 1997 to remove non-cancerous nodules from her throat.
It left her unable to sing and she filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against doctors at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital. The case was settled out of court in 2000.
The 74 year old's voice coach, Dr Steven Zeitels, has been collaborating with chemical engineer Professor Robert Langer, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in a bid to find a cure.
And now Langer has made a breakthrough which could help give Andrews her voice back, by injecting man-made gel into her vocal cords to restore their elasticity.
Professor Langer reveals the treatment could be made available within two years: "So far the animal trials have been promising. It appears safe in animals. We hope we can start a clinical trial on this gel in a year or two. I don't want to promise we'll do it on Julie Andrews but she has been a big proponent of it. She has been a great supporter. She came into our office and explained that she cannot hold a note because of scarring." »
The Death of Hollywood?
23 October 2009 2:29 AM, PDT | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
“Hollywood has always been a cage... a cage to catch our dreams.” – John Huston The sagacious Huston may have been right, once, but if recent reports are to be believed, and there is no reason to doubt them, the finances of the major Hollywood studios are in freefall. Battered by both the rise of digital, and thus the manner in which people are choosing to consume entertainment, and a quickening drought in funding, production is predicted to fall by more a third over the coming year. In response to the broader global economic meltdown banks have withdrawn much of their investment in the West Coast industry ($12bn from a total of $18bn has been made unavailable) and the ascent of Internet piracy, and even the legitimate but far less profitable download and video-on-demand sectors, is ripping the DVD market asunder. Foreign language films, too, are chipping away at the assumed »
- Nick Clarke
Theatre for the New City Presents Jim Farmer's The Supper Club Of Lost Causes, 11/6 - 11/29
21 October 2009 2:22 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Certain small, old towns of the Northeast are full of time warps. People crossing the street can seem like they sprang from decades past and certain buildings are forgotten relics, unseen and unnoticed. As a boy, playwright/director Jim Farmer saw "The Sound of Music" in a large, decrepit movie theater in Hawley, Pa, near Lake Wallenpaupack. The movie palace's sad and spooky overtones brought back feelings he had as a younger child, when he was taken by his parents to a supper club in Bayonne NJ, his hometown. Surrounded by its scratchy jazz band and eerie, wrinkled comics, Farmer knew that he wasn't experiencing a "Jack Benny Show" of the past but a David Lynch moment of the future. »
Alec Baldwin Channels His Feminine Side
21 October 2009 4:50 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
With some of Hollywood's most talented, glamorous and iconic females assembled in one room for Elle Magazine's 16th Annual Women in Hollywood tribute, it seemed next to impossible for a man to steal the show. But Alec Baldwin did just that, leaving the ladies rolling in the aisles while serving as the event's first male host. During Baldwin's Dean Martin-esue stint at the dais, he had the largely female audience women - including Katie Holmes, Renée Zellweger, Emily Blunt, Julianne Moore, Robin Wright and Julie Andrews - shrieking with laughter as he took aim at a variety of topics. »
- Scott Huver
Tantalizing Tunes: A Fall Handful of Hit Performances
19 October 2009 9:44 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
From Tchaikovsky to Broadway, Butterfly to Frankie Valli and Shalom, Toronto is truly alive with The Sound of Music! The Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall Ever since the grand opening of Koerner Hall my ears have been eager for the sounds of the symphony. On October 7th I enjoyed a night of Tchaikovsky at the impressive Roy Thomson Hall, where famed Russian conductor Maxim Vengrave led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23 and Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique." I love arriving early and listening to the cacophony of warm up collide with the rising hum of voices and chit-chat in the audience. As I gazed around the room I was very pleasantly surprised to see a spattering of young adults in attendance, many on dates for... »
- Marissa Bronfman
Blu-Ray Round Up, Oct. 15, 2009: ‘Wolf,’ ‘Waterworld,’ ‘Frankenstein’
15 October 2009 3:37 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – The Blu-Ray Round-Up is back with this week’s collection of HD titles that may not get the buzz of something like the latest Sandra Bullock romantic comedy or what Sam Raimi brought back from Hell but could be just what you’re looking for at the mall this weekend. A few modern horror movies, a notable box office bust, and a beloved BBC show highlight this week’s list. Pick your favorite.
“Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Wolf,” and “Red Dwarf: Back To Earth - The Director’s Cut” was released on October 6th, 2009.
“Waterworld” will be released on October 20th, 2009.
“Red Dwarf: Back To Earth - The Director’s Cut”
Photo credit: BBC
Synopsis: “Back To Earth takes place after “Series X.” Kochanski’s dead and the crew are hurled through a portal and discover they’re just characters from a TV series. Knowing they »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
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