The Tony award-winning play Our Town is getting another revival on Broadway!
Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes are set to the lead the cast of the upcoming adaptation, which will have a very limited engagement on the Great White Way, Deadline reports.
Also joining the cast is Zoey Deutch in her Broadway debut!
Keep reading to find out more…
“Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in my mind stands at the top of the Mount Rushmore of great American Theatre,” director Kenny Leon shared in a statement. “I feel blessed and fortunate to have gained the trust of The Wilder estate to present this classic to another generation of theatre lovers. It’s long been a burning desire to collaborate on a Broadway production of such magnitude that speaks so beautifully and intimately to all people about our shared time on the planet.”
Jim will star as the Stage Manager, Katie...
Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes are set to the lead the cast of the upcoming adaptation, which will have a very limited engagement on the Great White Way, Deadline reports.
Also joining the cast is Zoey Deutch in her Broadway debut!
Keep reading to find out more…
“Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in my mind stands at the top of the Mount Rushmore of great American Theatre,” director Kenny Leon shared in a statement. “I feel blessed and fortunate to have gained the trust of The Wilder estate to present this classic to another generation of theatre lovers. It’s long been a burning desire to collaborate on a Broadway production of such magnitude that speaks so beautifully and intimately to all people about our shared time on the planet.”
Jim will star as the Stage Manager, Katie...
- 4/3/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch and Katie Holmes will star in the Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town this fall.
In the production, directed by Kenny Leon, Parsons will play the role of Stage Manager, Deutch will play Emily Webb and Holmes will play Mrs. Webb. They lead a cast of 28 actors, who also include Richard Thomas (The Waltons, To Kill a Mockingbird) as Mr. Webb, Ephraim Sykes (Ain’t Too Proud, Hairspray Live!) as George Gibbs and Billy Eugene Jones (Purlie Victorious) as Dr. Gibbs.
The play will begin previews at the Barrymore Theatre on Sept. 17, ahead of an Oct. 10 opening.
Known for his role as Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, Parsons also has extensive stage credits, including a role in Mother Play, which begins Broadway previews April 3. He has previously appeared on Broadway in productions including The Boys in the Band, An Act of God and The Normal Heart.
In the production, directed by Kenny Leon, Parsons will play the role of Stage Manager, Deutch will play Emily Webb and Holmes will play Mrs. Webb. They lead a cast of 28 actors, who also include Richard Thomas (The Waltons, To Kill a Mockingbird) as Mr. Webb, Ephraim Sykes (Ain’t Too Proud, Hairspray Live!) as George Gibbs and Billy Eugene Jones (Purlie Victorious) as Dr. Gibbs.
The play will begin previews at the Barrymore Theatre on Sept. 17, ahead of an Oct. 10 opening.
Known for his role as Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, Parsons also has extensive stage credits, including a role in Mother Play, which begins Broadway previews April 3. He has previously appeared on Broadway in productions including The Boys in the Band, An Act of God and The Normal Heart.
- 4/3/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A constellation of renowned Broadway stars is set to grace the stage for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation’s (Pff) 14th annual Broadway Belts for Pff! on March 18 at Sony Hall in New York City.
The 14th annual Broadway Belts for Pff! benefit for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation will take place on March 18
The benefit concert promises an evening of unforgettable performances aimed at raising funds and awareness for the more than 250,000 Americans living with pulmonary fibrosis.
The Broadway Belts for Pff! 2024 starring line-up will feature:
Liz Callaway
Robert Creighton
Jose Llana
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer
Benjamin Pajek
Jasmine Amy Rogers
Raena White
Additional cast members will be announced soon. All performances are based on professional availability.
Led by Tony-award winning actress and comedienne Julie Halston, Broadway Belts for Pff! showcases Broadway’s top talent performing their favorite show tunes in a magical and memorable celebration.
“The Broadway community is deeply committed...
The 14th annual Broadway Belts for Pff! benefit for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation will take place on March 18
The benefit concert promises an evening of unforgettable performances aimed at raising funds and awareness for the more than 250,000 Americans living with pulmonary fibrosis.
The Broadway Belts for Pff! 2024 starring line-up will feature:
Liz Callaway
Robert Creighton
Jose Llana
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer
Benjamin Pajek
Jasmine Amy Rogers
Raena White
Additional cast members will be announced soon. All performances are based on professional availability.
Led by Tony-award winning actress and comedienne Julie Halston, Broadway Belts for Pff! showcases Broadway’s top talent performing their favorite show tunes in a magical and memorable celebration.
“The Broadway community is deeply committed...
- 1/25/2024
- Look to the Stars
"It's at the top of my list of lost films that I would, without conscience, kill to see." Wolfe Video has revealed a new official US trailer for an indie comedy film titled The Sixth Reel, from filmmakers Carl Andress & Charles Busch. This indie screwball comedy caper from NYC originally premiered in 2021 but hasn't been released until now - available to watch this fall. A down-on-his-luck movie memorabilia collector discovers a legendary lost film and becomes entangled in an outrageous adventure to deliver it to the right hands before it is lost forever. The film is co-written and co-directed by drag legend Charles Busch and the acclaimed American director Carl Andress. The Sixth Reel stars Charles Busch, Julie Halston, André De Shields, and Patrick Page, with Tim Daly and Margaret Cho. This looks a bit too low budget and a bit too kooky for my tastes, but also seems like...
- 9/8/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“And Just Like That” is back on Max for a second season, and it’s bringing some famous — and familiar — faces.
Kim Cattrall confirmed that she will reprise her role of Samantha Jones in an on-camera cameo. Her character communicated with Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) via text message throughout the first season, including Mr. Big’s funeral and the Paris finale.
A slim and trim John Corbett will return as Carrie’s former fiance Aidan Shaw as she moves on from the death of her husband.
“Sex and the City” fans will also be thrilled that Candice Bergen will reprise her role as Carrie’s former editor Enid Frick. Julie Halston will also be back as socialite Bitsy Von Muffling, who is as delightful as her name.
Of course, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon are back as Charlotte York Goldenblatt and Miranda Hobbes, Carrie’s longtime BFFs.
When Did...
Kim Cattrall confirmed that she will reprise her role of Samantha Jones in an on-camera cameo. Her character communicated with Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) via text message throughout the first season, including Mr. Big’s funeral and the Paris finale.
A slim and trim John Corbett will return as Carrie’s former fiance Aidan Shaw as she moves on from the death of her husband.
“Sex and the City” fans will also be thrilled that Candice Bergen will reprise her role as Carrie’s former editor Enid Frick. Julie Halston will also be back as socialite Bitsy Von Muffling, who is as delightful as her name.
Of course, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon are back as Charlotte York Goldenblatt and Miranda Hobbes, Carrie’s longtime BFFs.
When Did...
- 8/22/2023
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
“And Just Like That …” actor Julie Halston is ready for her Nsfw close-up. The Broadway veteran tells me it’s time for her zany ladies-who-lunch character, Bitsy von Muffling, to have a sex scene on the “Sex and the City” spinoff.
“First of all, I have pretty tits,” Halston says. “If Mpk [showrunner Michael Patrick King] said, ‘Hey, you wanna show your tits?’ I’d be like, ‘Uh, yeah!’ But they’d have to give me a little bit of advance notice so that I could pump up the arms a little bit. Even if it’s not a super sexy scene, it would be nice to see a big makeout scene or a big heavy romance.”
In “Ajlt” Episode 4, Bitsy is at the center of some Nfsw content when she sends Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) a photo of a suitor’s impressive manhood. “I did see the photo beforehand, and I was like,...
“First of all, I have pretty tits,” Halston says. “If Mpk [showrunner Michael Patrick King] said, ‘Hey, you wanna show your tits?’ I’d be like, ‘Uh, yeah!’ But they’d have to give me a little bit of advance notice so that I could pump up the arms a little bit. Even if it’s not a super sexy scene, it would be nice to see a big makeout scene or a big heavy romance.”
In “Ajlt” Episode 4, Bitsy is at the center of some Nfsw content when she sends Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) a photo of a suitor’s impressive manhood. “I did see the photo beforehand, and I was like,...
- 7/26/2023
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Julie Halston is known to Sex and the City fans as Bitsy Von Muffling. Halston appeared in a few episodes of the original series. She has since reprised the role in And Just Like That…, most recently in season 2 of the series. As Bitsy’s character comes into sharper focus in season 2 of the Max reboot, we can’t help but look back at her original casting. Halston seems perfect in the role, but apparently, it’s not the first role she auditioned for. In a recent interview, Halston revealed that she auditioned for Sex and the City a few times before Bitsy came along.
Julie Halston auditioned for ‘Sex and the City’ before being cast as Bitsy Von Muffling
Halston has had a long and storied career, but she hadn’t made a lasting impression on the casting department for Sex and the City until 2001. In a recent interview with the New York Times,...
Julie Halston auditioned for ‘Sex and the City’ before being cast as Bitsy Von Muffling
Halston has had a long and storied career, but she hadn’t made a lasting impression on the casting department for Sex and the City until 2001. In a recent interview with the New York Times,...
- 7/22/2023
- by Andrea Francese
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Spoiler alert! If you haven’t seen season 2, episode 4 of “And Just Like That”, proceed with caution.
Is “And Just Like That” finally hitting its stride? The “Sex and the City” reboot is four episodes into its sophomore season, and Thursday’s episode proved to be its best yet.
With Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) back in New York City, the original gang, including Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis), and honorary member Anthony Marantino (Mario Cantone), is able to meet up for lunch for some gossip and dirty talk, just like the old days.
There are quips about Miranda’s new fluid lifestyle with Anthony calling her “Rachel Maddow.” There are not-so-subtle euphemisms on Charlotte’s part — mayo, confetti, and a finale of fireworks (Happy July 4th!), no less — and at the heart of it, there’s the friendships fans of the original “Sex and the City...
Is “And Just Like That” finally hitting its stride? The “Sex and the City” reboot is four episodes into its sophomore season, and Thursday’s episode proved to be its best yet.
With Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) back in New York City, the original gang, including Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis), and honorary member Anthony Marantino (Mario Cantone), is able to meet up for lunch for some gossip and dirty talk, just like the old days.
There are quips about Miranda’s new fluid lifestyle with Anthony calling her “Rachel Maddow.” There are not-so-subtle euphemisms on Charlotte’s part — mayo, confetti, and a finale of fireworks (Happy July 4th!), no less — and at the heart of it, there’s the friendships fans of the original “Sex and the City...
- 7/6/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Spoiler alert! If you haven’t watched the third episode of season 2 of “And Just Like That”, proceed with caution.
After a rather subdued start to season 3 last week, the “Sex and the City” spinoff series, “And Just Like That”, packed more of an emotional punch this week. As Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) is asked to narrate the audiobook version of her book about the death of her husband, Mr. Big (Chris Noth), the fashionista is forced to relive his traumatic final moments.
Though she’d been proud of seemingly getting out on the other side of her grief, Carrie discovers that she’s far from being over the painful loss.
She runs into returning character Bitsy von Muffling (Julie Halston), who also made a cameo in the spinoff’s first season. Bitsy tells her that the second year after a loss is actually the most painful as life continues without that person.
After a rather subdued start to season 3 last week, the “Sex and the City” spinoff series, “And Just Like That”, packed more of an emotional punch this week. As Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) is asked to narrate the audiobook version of her book about the death of her husband, Mr. Big (Chris Noth), the fashionista is forced to relive his traumatic final moments.
Though she’d been proud of seemingly getting out on the other side of her grief, Carrie discovers that she’s far from being over the painful loss.
She runs into returning character Bitsy von Muffling (Julie Halston), who also made a cameo in the spinoff’s first season. Bitsy tells her that the second year after a loss is actually the most painful as life continues without that person.
- 6/29/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Exclusive: Wolfe Releasing has acquired worldwide rights to Charles Busch and Carl Andress’ comedy The Sixth Reel, and to the late director Mark Rucker’s cult comedy Die, Mommie, Die!, slating the former film for release in theaters and on digital this fall. The latter will hit theaters in 2023, subsequently making its streaming debut.
In The Sixth Reel, a down-on-his-luck movie collector (Busch) discovers a legendary lost film and becomes entangled in an outrageous adventure to deliver it to the right hands before it is lost forever. Longtime collaborators Busch and Andress directed the pic from their script, with Julie Halston (And Just Like That…), Patrick Page (In the Heights), Tim Daly (Life & Beth) and Margaret Cho (Fire Island) rounding out the cast. The film was produced by Jamie Buckner and Alex Peace-Power of Derby City Productions, and the late Ash Christian of Cranium Entertainment. It won a Special...
In The Sixth Reel, a down-on-his-luck movie collector (Busch) discovers a legendary lost film and becomes entangled in an outrageous adventure to deliver it to the right hands before it is lost forever. Longtime collaborators Busch and Andress directed the pic from their script, with Julie Halston (And Just Like That…), Patrick Page (In the Heights), Tim Daly (Life & Beth) and Margaret Cho (Fire Island) rounding out the cast. The film was produced by Jamie Buckner and Alex Peace-Power of Derby City Productions, and the late Ash Christian of Cranium Entertainment. It won a Special...
- 6/30/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official awards predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis; Awards Circuit Column, a weekly analysis dissecting the trends and contenders by television editor Michael Schneider (for Emmys) and Davis (for Oscars); Awards Circuit Podcast, a weekly interview series with talent and an expert roundtable discussion; and Awards Circuit Video analyzes various categories and contenders by Variety's leading awards pundits. Variety's unmatched coverage gives its readership unbeatable exposure in print and online, as well as provide inside reports on all the contenders in this year's awards season races.
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Emmys Collective
Visit each category, per the individual awards show from The Emmys Hub
To see old predictions and commentary,...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Emmys Collective
Visit each category, per the individual awards show from The Emmys Hub
To see old predictions and commentary,...
- 6/8/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Haskiri Velazquez, Michael Rady, and Amy Hargreaves are among the cast of the teen musical romance Intermedium from Mainframe Pictures. An exclusive photo of Velazquez as “It Girl” Nina Romero can be found below.
Emily Keefe and Beau Minniear return from the 2018 short film of the same name with a cast that also includes Sean Allan Krill (Dopesick), Julie Halston (Sex and the City), Jesse Posey (Selena), and Sadie Scott (Sweetbitter).
Directed by Erik Bloomquist and penned by Taylor Turner, Intermedium follows an obsessive-compulsive teenager (Keefe) as she searches for a way to rid her home of the ghost (Minniear) that haunts it — but their unexpected connection makes it hard to let go.
Nina is described as savvy, motivated, and effortlessly cool—but a dark cloud lingers beneath the facade. Haunted...
Emily Keefe and Beau Minniear return from the 2018 short film of the same name with a cast that also includes Sean Allan Krill (Dopesick), Julie Halston (Sex and the City), Jesse Posey (Selena), and Sadie Scott (Sweetbitter).
Directed by Erik Bloomquist and penned by Taylor Turner, Intermedium follows an obsessive-compulsive teenager (Keefe) as she searches for a way to rid her home of the ghost (Minniear) that haunts it — but their unexpected connection makes it hard to let go.
Nina is described as savvy, motivated, and effortlessly cool—but a dark cloud lingers beneath the facade. Haunted...
- 5/9/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
And Just Like That... we have an answer!
HBO Max's Sex and the City revival premiered Thursday, and it didn't waste any time in giving us a solid answer about why Kim Cattrall's Samantha Jones is not a part of the series.
“And where’s the fourth Musketeer? Where’s Samantha?” Bitsy Von Muffling (guest star Julie Halston) asked Sarah Jessica Parker‘s Carrie Bradshaw, Kristin Davis‘ Charlotte York, and Cynthia Nixon‘s Miranda Hobbes early into the series premiere.
“Oh, she’s no longer with us," Charlotte said, clearly making giving the wrong impression.
Seriously, could you imagine if the show actually killed Samantha off-screen?
It would not work well for fans and would probably render the new show a huge failure.
“Oh, no, I’m so sorry, I just meant, she’s not, with us,” Charlotte added after some nudging from Miranda.
“She’s in London,” Carrie finally says,...
HBO Max's Sex and the City revival premiered Thursday, and it didn't waste any time in giving us a solid answer about why Kim Cattrall's Samantha Jones is not a part of the series.
“And where’s the fourth Musketeer? Where’s Samantha?” Bitsy Von Muffling (guest star Julie Halston) asked Sarah Jessica Parker‘s Carrie Bradshaw, Kristin Davis‘ Charlotte York, and Cynthia Nixon‘s Miranda Hobbes early into the series premiere.
“Oh, she’s no longer with us," Charlotte said, clearly making giving the wrong impression.
Seriously, could you imagine if the show actually killed Samantha off-screen?
It would not work well for fans and would probably render the new show a huge failure.
“Oh, no, I’m so sorry, I just meant, she’s not, with us,” Charlotte added after some nudging from Miranda.
“She’s in London,” Carrie finally says,...
- 12/9/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
“And just like that, a new chapter begins,” says Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie in the new HBO Max teaser for its Sex and the City revival And Just Like That… As revealed in the promo, the new chapter begins December 9 with the series premiere.
The surprising appearance of Bridget Moynahan confirms the return of Natasha Naginsky, ex-wife of Carrie’s husband Mr. Big (Chris Noth). Moynahan has been spotted shooting the series in New York on multiple occasions.
Watch the teaser above.
And Just Like That… stars Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis, with the trio reprising their characters from the original series, which aired from 1998-2004 on HBO. While the original series showcased the women navigating the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s, the revival will, HBO says, explore the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.
Other returning cast includes David Eigenberg,...
The surprising appearance of Bridget Moynahan confirms the return of Natasha Naginsky, ex-wife of Carrie’s husband Mr. Big (Chris Noth). Moynahan has been spotted shooting the series in New York on multiple occasions.
Watch the teaser above.
And Just Like That… stars Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis, with the trio reprising their characters from the original series, which aired from 1998-2004 on HBO. While the original series showcased the women navigating the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s, the revival will, HBO says, explore the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.
Other returning cast includes David Eigenberg,...
- 11/12/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Update As expected, New York City will begin requiring proof of Covid vaccination for indoor activities starting tomorrow, Mayor Bill de Blasio said today.
De Blasio announced earlier this month that vax proof will be required to enter restaurants, gyms and indoor entertainment and performances this week. Today, the mayor confirmed that the mandate will begin tomorrow, with inspections and violation fines of “not less than $1,000” to start on Sept. 13.
As defined by de Blasio’s executive order, indoor entertainment includes movie theaters, music or concert venues, adult entertainment, casinos, botanical gardens, commercial events and party venues, museums and galleries, aquariums, zoos, professional sports arenas and indoor stadiums, convention centers and exhibition halls, performing arts theaters, bowling alleys, arcades, indoor play areas, pool and billiard halls, and other recreational game centers.
Broadway had already announced its mandatory vaccine policy for audiences and theater workers prior to de Blasio’s Aug.
De Blasio announced earlier this month that vax proof will be required to enter restaurants, gyms and indoor entertainment and performances this week. Today, the mayor confirmed that the mandate will begin tomorrow, with inspections and violation fines of “not less than $1,000” to start on Sept. 13.
As defined by de Blasio’s executive order, indoor entertainment includes movie theaters, music or concert venues, adult entertainment, casinos, botanical gardens, commercial events and party venues, museums and galleries, aquariums, zoos, professional sports arenas and indoor stadiums, convention centers and exhibition halls, performing arts theaters, bowling alleys, arcades, indoor play areas, pool and billiard halls, and other recreational game centers.
Broadway had already announced its mandatory vaccine policy for audiences and theater workers prior to de Blasio’s Aug.
- 8/16/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Law & Order: Organized Crime is putting a face to a name it dropped in the Season 1 finale: Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us) will recur as Congressman Leon Kilbride during Season 2 of the NBC drama, Give Me My Remote reports. The character, who was mentioned by Nick Creegan’s Richie in prison, is described as a “born politician who fosters connections and always plays his cards right.”
Additionally, Vinnie Jones (Arrow, Galavant) will appear in multiple episodes as Albi Briscu, a Eastern European gangster “who is the last remaining member of the organization from the old country.”
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Additionally, Vinnie Jones (Arrow, Galavant) will appear in multiple episodes as Albi Briscu, a Eastern European gangster “who is the last remaining member of the organization from the old country.”
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- 8/3/2021
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Julie Halston will reprise the role of Bitsy Von Muffling in HBO Max’s Sex and the City revival And Just Like That… as a recurring guest star.
Bitsy is a New York socialite who married flamboyant cabaret singer Bobby Fine in the season 5 episode of the HBO original “I Love a Charade.” The last time she appeared was in the season 6 episode “The Domino Effect,” when a very pregnant Bitsy advises Charlotte (Kristin Davis)—who was having issues conceiving—to try acupuncture.
It is as yet unknown whether Nathan Lane, who played Bitsy’s beloved Bobby, will also appear.
And Just Like That…, from executive producer Michael Patrick King, follows Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte navigating the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s. The 10-episode,...
Bitsy is a New York socialite who married flamboyant cabaret singer Bobby Fine in the season 5 episode of the HBO original “I Love a Charade.” The last time she appeared was in the season 6 episode “The Domino Effect,” when a very pregnant Bitsy advises Charlotte (Kristin Davis)—who was having issues conceiving—to try acupuncture.
It is as yet unknown whether Nathan Lane, who played Bitsy’s beloved Bobby, will also appear.
And Just Like That…, from executive producer Michael Patrick King, follows Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte navigating the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s. The 10-episode,...
- 8/3/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Actress Julie Halston will receive the 2020 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award, the Tony administration committee announced today.
The award is presented annually to a member of the theater community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations. Halston is being recognized for her work and advocacy in raising funding and awareness for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.
“It is with the deepest appreciation that I wish to thank both The Broadway League and The American Theatre Wing for this incredible honor,” said Halston in a statement. “I am so grateful to be a part of the extraordinary Broadway community and I am profoundly indebted to them for their support of my advocacy on behalf of patients struggling with pulmonary fibrosis. I am so genuinely humbled and sincerely touched by this recognition.”
Halston most recently appeared on Broadway in the musical Tootsie.
The award is presented annually to a member of the theater community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations. Halston is being recognized for her work and advocacy in raising funding and awareness for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.
“It is with the deepest appreciation that I wish to thank both The Broadway League and The American Theatre Wing for this incredible honor,” said Halston in a statement. “I am so grateful to be a part of the extraordinary Broadway community and I am profoundly indebted to them for their support of my advocacy on behalf of patients struggling with pulmonary fibrosis. I am so genuinely humbled and sincerely touched by this recognition.”
Halston most recently appeared on Broadway in the musical Tootsie.
- 7/28/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Douglas Carter Beane’s newest play, Fairycakes, will make its world premiere this fall Off Broadway at the Greenwich House Theater in a production starring Mo Rocca, Jackie Hoffman, Julie Halston, Brooks Ashmanskas, Alfie Fuller and Jason Tam.
Beane will direct the play at the venue, home to many of his previous works. The comedy will also feature Kuhoo Verma, Ann Harada and Jamen Nanthakumar in the cast.
Fairycakes begins its limited engagement at the Greenwich House on Thursday, October 14, and run through January 2, 2022. The announcement was made by producer Thomas Laub.
“Doug Beane’s new play is wildly original, hysterically funny and deeply moving – and it’s a chance for me finally to speak in iambic pentameter outside the house,” Rocca said in a statement to Deadline. “How could I say no?”
The play is described as an “uproarious clash of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and old-world fairy tales.
Beane will direct the play at the venue, home to many of his previous works. The comedy will also feature Kuhoo Verma, Ann Harada and Jamen Nanthakumar in the cast.
Fairycakes begins its limited engagement at the Greenwich House on Thursday, October 14, and run through January 2, 2022. The announcement was made by producer Thomas Laub.
“Doug Beane’s new play is wildly original, hysterically funny and deeply moving – and it’s a chance for me finally to speak in iambic pentameter outside the house,” Rocca said in a statement to Deadline. “How could I say no?”
The play is described as an “uproarious clash of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and old-world fairy tales.
- 7/13/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway stars on a mission to raise funds and awareness for pulmonary fibrosis (Pf) will take the stage virtually for the first time in the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation’s (Pff) 11th annual Broadway Belts for Pff! on Friday, March 12, at 7 p.m. Et.
Broadway stars on a mission to raise awareness for pulmonary fibrosis
The free event will be live-streamed on the Pff’s YouTube and Facebook channels.
Award-winning Broadway actress and comedienne Julie Halston, will host the evening on her popular YouTube series, Virtual Halston along with co-host, Jim Caruso (Jim Caruso’s Cast Party). The evening will feature some of Broadway’s biggest stars as they raise their voices to help those living with the disease. Halston, who lost her husband Ralph Howard to Pf, describes Broadway Belts for Pff! as near and dear to her heart.
“We are bringing the glitz and glamour of Broadway directly to...
Broadway stars on a mission to raise awareness for pulmonary fibrosis
The free event will be live-streamed on the Pff’s YouTube and Facebook channels.
Award-winning Broadway actress and comedienne Julie Halston, will host the evening on her popular YouTube series, Virtual Halston along with co-host, Jim Caruso (Jim Caruso’s Cast Party). The evening will feature some of Broadway’s biggest stars as they raise their voices to help those living with the disease. Halston, who lost her husband Ralph Howard to Pf, describes Broadway Belts for Pff! as near and dear to her heart.
“We are bringing the glitz and glamour of Broadway directly to...
- 2/10/2021
- Look to the Stars
Morgan Freeman, Laurie Metcalf, John Malkovich, Zachary Quinto, Vanessa Williams, David Alan Grier, Elizabeth Ashley, Matthew Broderick, Lucas Hedges and Paul Mescal are among the actors who’ll take part in a benefit series of new, livestreamed stage reading productions of works by such major playwrights as Gore Vidal, David Mamet, Kenneth Lonergan and Donald Margulies.
Producer Jeffrey Richards announced the new line-up of the weekly Spotlight On Plays, a web series at the recently launched Broadway’s Best Shows website. Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to The Actor’s Fund, with the livestreamed events available for a strictly limited amount of time.
Productions are all-new and performed remotely, with directors including Mamet, Phylicia Rashad and Daniel Sullivan given leeway in how to present their shows. (Watch a trailer for the series above.)
The series, which follows last May’s production of Love Letters with Bryan Cranston and Sally Field,...
Producer Jeffrey Richards announced the new line-up of the weekly Spotlight On Plays, a web series at the recently launched Broadway’s Best Shows website. Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to The Actor’s Fund, with the livestreamed events available for a strictly limited amount of time.
Productions are all-new and performed remotely, with directors including Mamet, Phylicia Rashad and Daniel Sullivan given leeway in how to present their shows. (Watch a trailer for the series above.)
The series, which follows last May’s production of Love Letters with Bryan Cranston and Sally Field,...
- 10/7/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Virtual Halston - Julie Halston's weekly YouTube talk show, continues today. Produced by Julie Halston and Jim Caruso, Virtual Halston was created to provide much-needed laughter in a dark, uncertain time, has indeed, provided respite to thousands of viewers each week. Ms. Halston states, 'I really wanted to find a way to help people laugh again during this terrible time. And our show helps keep the light on for performers and fans until theater finds its way back.'...
- 9/11/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Virtual Halston - Julie Halston's weekly YouTube talk show, continues today. Produced by Julie Halston and Jim Caruso, Virtual Halston was created to provide much-needed laughter in a dark, uncertain time, has indeed, provided respite to thousands of viewers each week. Ms. Halston states, 'I really wanted to find a way to help people laugh again during this terrible time. And our show helps keep the light on for performers and fans until theater finds its way back.'...
- 9/11/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to Tony-nominated director and actor Charles Busch about the soundtrack to the 1983 film 'Yentl.' They also discuss Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Linda Lavin, Julie Halston, Patrick Dennis, 'Mame,' Michael Tanner, Tom Judson, Dick Gallagher, Lucie Arnaz, Lorna Luft, Michael Vollbracht, 'The Women,' Carl Andress, Lynne Meadow, Tony Roberts, Paul Newman, Sasha Velour, Bianca Del Rio, Stephen Sondheim, and Michele Lee. Charles talks about his career in and out of drag, as well as the difference between downtown and mainstream theater. Charles is the author of a number of fabulous plays, many of which he starred in, including 'Vampire Lesbians of Sodom,' 'Psycho Beach Party,' and his most recent, 'The Confession of Lily Dare.' His 2000 hit play, 'The Tale of the Allergist's Wife,' ran on Broadway and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play.
- 3/23/2020
- by Ben Rimalower
- BroadwayWorld.com
An annual sold-out event that is an exclusive New York musical theater experience,Broadway Belts For PFFfeaturedBroadway stars performing some of their favorite songs and original pieces to benefit the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Pff. The benefit began as a tribute to Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press theater critic, who died suddenly of pulmonary fibrosis in 2010. Julie Halston, a founding partner of the event, is one of the Pff's leading advocates nationwide and shined as the evening's host Her Broadway credits includeTootsie, Hairspray, Gypsy,andYou Can't Take It With You.
- 2/26/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The 10th Annual Broadway Belts For Pff will take place on Monday, February 24 at the Edison Ballroom. Hosted by Broadway's Julie Halston Tootsie, You Can't Take it With You, Sex and the City and directed by Carl Andress The Confession of Lily Dare, this year's gala event will honor multi-award winning Broadway producer Daryl Roth. Tickets can be purchased at BroadwayBeltsforPFF.org...
- 2/20/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Multi-Tony Award-Winner, Bernadette Peters, along with New York’s theatrical community, will raise funds and awareness for pulmonary fibrosis (Pf), a debilitating lung disease, in the 10th annual Broadway Belts for Pff!
Bernadette Peters To Perform In Pulmonary Fibrosis Benefit
Hosted by Broadway’s Julie Halston, the celebration benefiting the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (Pff) is set for Monday, February 24, at the Edison Ballroom in New York City.
This year’s Broadway Belts for Pff! will feature performances by some of Broadway’s biggest stars including J. Harrison Ghee, Jason Gotay, Sierra Boggess, Tony Award-Winner Annaleigh Ashford (Broadway’s Sunday in the Park With George), Tony Award-Nominees Charles Busch and Beth Malone, and New York Yankees legend and Latin Grammy-Nominee Bernie Williams. Sponsorships and tickets for this exclusive evening feature a pre-event cocktail reception, elegant dinner, seating for the show, and after-party. Tickets are available at BroadwayBeltsForPFF.org
Broadway Belts for Pff!
Bernadette Peters To Perform In Pulmonary Fibrosis Benefit
Hosted by Broadway’s Julie Halston, the celebration benefiting the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (Pff) is set for Monday, February 24, at the Edison Ballroom in New York City.
This year’s Broadway Belts for Pff! will feature performances by some of Broadway’s biggest stars including J. Harrison Ghee, Jason Gotay, Sierra Boggess, Tony Award-Winner Annaleigh Ashford (Broadway’s Sunday in the Park With George), Tony Award-Nominees Charles Busch and Beth Malone, and New York Yankees legend and Latin Grammy-Nominee Bernie Williams. Sponsorships and tickets for this exclusive evening feature a pre-event cocktail reception, elegant dinner, seating for the show, and after-party. Tickets are available at BroadwayBeltsForPFF.org
Broadway Belts for Pff!
- 2/13/2020
- Look to the Stars
Three-time Tony Award nominee Rebecca Luker announced today that she’s been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, drawing a wave of support on social media from the Broadway community.
The 58-year-old Luker, whose husband, actor Danny Burstein, currently stars in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, posted the news on Twitter today. “Hello friends,” she wrote. “I have some tough news. Late last year I was diagnosed with Als. I have the best medical care in the world and the greatest support. My dear husband Danny has been an angel. I will get well. In the meantime, we fight and go forward. Keep us in your thoughts.”
See the tweets, and others, below.
Luker has been a strong and consistent presence on the Broadway musical stage since her 1988 debut in The Phantom of the Opera. In 1995 she was nominated for her first Tony Award for Show Boat, and was nominated again in...
The 58-year-old Luker, whose husband, actor Danny Burstein, currently stars in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, posted the news on Twitter today. “Hello friends,” she wrote. “I have some tough news. Late last year I was diagnosed with Als. I have the best medical care in the world and the greatest support. My dear husband Danny has been an angel. I will get well. In the meantime, we fight and go forward. Keep us in your thoughts.”
See the tweets, and others, below.
Luker has been a strong and consistent presence on the Broadway musical stage since her 1988 debut in The Phantom of the Opera. In 1995 she was nominated for her first Tony Award for Show Boat, and was nominated again in...
- 2/10/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Hosted by the actresscomedienne Julie Halston, Broadway Belts For Pff will hold its special tenth-anniversary fundraiser, featuring an evening of the hottest music and comedy in town to benefit the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Pff. This year's event will honor 10-time Tony-Award Winning Producer Daryl Roth with the Ralph Howard Legacy Award and will take place on Monday, February 24, at 530 pm at the Edison Ballroom 240 W, 47th St. in New York City.
- 1/10/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Hosted by the actresscomedienne Julie Halston, Broadway Belts For Pff will hold its special tenth-anniversary fundraiser, featuring an evening of the hottest music and comedy in town to benefit the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Pff. This year's event will honor 10-time Tony-Award Winning Producer Daryl Roth with the Ralph Howard Legacy Award and will take place on Monday, February 24, at 530 pm at the Edison Ballroom 240 W, 47th St. in New York City.
- 1/9/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Broadway’s Tootsie musical is hitting the road and going global: In addition to a just-announced national North American tour, producers confirmed plans for London, Australia and a Japanese-language production to premiere in Tokyo.
The North American tour will kick off at Shea’s Buffalo Theater in Buffalo, New York in fall 2020, announced Tootsie lead producers Scott Sanders and Carol Fineman. Casting, dates and additional tour cities will be announced later.
A planned London production will hit the West End in 2021, with Scott Sanders Productions and Fineman partnering with Michael Harrison and David Ian. A separate Australian production, in partnership with Benjamin Lowy Productions, also will tour New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The Japanese-language production, produced by Toho Co., Ltd., will debut in Tokyo and tour to several other major cities across Japan. Timing will be announced in the coming months.
Tootsie, nominated for 11 2019 Tony Awards, features...
The North American tour will kick off at Shea’s Buffalo Theater in Buffalo, New York in fall 2020, announced Tootsie lead producers Scott Sanders and Carol Fineman. Casting, dates and additional tour cities will be announced later.
A planned London production will hit the West End in 2021, with Scott Sanders Productions and Fineman partnering with Michael Harrison and David Ian. A separate Australian production, in partnership with Benjamin Lowy Productions, also will tour New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The Japanese-language production, produced by Toho Co., Ltd., will debut in Tokyo and tour to several other major cities across Japan. Timing will be announced in the coming months.
Tootsie, nominated for 11 2019 Tony Awards, features...
- 5/16/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Last week, Tootsie joined Broadway’s million dollar club – the choice group of productions that break the $1 million mark in weekly box office. Along with 11 Tony Award nominations and a star-making turn by lead actor Santino Fontana, the musical adaptation of the 1982 film comedy starring Dustin Hoffman can, in retrospect, seem like a no-brainer, the type of Broadway success that complainers complain about when they gripe over Hollywood pedigrees.
But take a closer look at To Kill A Mockingbird, Network, Pretty Woman, Beetlejuice and Tootsie, and what jumps out are their differences, specifically their varying approaches to their source material. Mockingbird went meta, Network post-modern high tech. Pretty Woman could have benefited from less respect for its celluloid self, Beetlejuice from more.
Of the musicals, Tootsie found the sweetest balance between old and new, all the more surprising given what would seem, at first consideration, a storyline and worldview best left to the ’80s.
But take a closer look at To Kill A Mockingbird, Network, Pretty Woman, Beetlejuice and Tootsie, and what jumps out are their differences, specifically their varying approaches to their source material. Mockingbird went meta, Network post-modern high tech. Pretty Woman could have benefited from less respect for its celluloid self, Beetlejuice from more.
Of the musicals, Tootsie found the sweetest balance between old and new, all the more surprising given what would seem, at first consideration, a storyline and worldview best left to the ’80s.
- 5/8/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Roundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic DirectorCEO has just announced that Nick Choksi as 'Dr. Grover Lockwood,' Holley Fain as 'Anita Highland,' Richard Kind as 'Max Jacobs,' Michael Mulheren as 'Conductor,' and Raji Ahsan, Franklin Bongjio, Daniel Fredrick and Evan Powell as the 'Porters' have joined the one-night-only benefit reading of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's comedy Twentieth Century, in a new adaptation by Ken Ludwig, directed by Walter Bobbie. They join the previously announced Alec Baldwin as 'Oscar Jaffe,' Anne Heche as 'Lily Garland,' Henry Winkler as 'Matthew Clark,' Dan Butler as 'Owen O'Malley,' Stephen DeRosa as 'First Beard,' Julie Halston as 'Ida Webb,' and Paul Alexander Nolan as 'George Smith.'...
- 4/26/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
We’ve all had that moment of genius, usually while getting stuck on TCM, when the brilliant idea reveals itself to us: This film really deserves a remake, an update stripped of archaic notions or bad hair and polished to a shiny modern sheen. Some movies all but demand it. Tootsie isn’t one. Sydney Pollack’s 1982 film starring Dustin Hoffman seems so perfectly of its time – right down to the blissful ignorance of its unexamined mansplaining – that any fiddling would seem as unnecessary as spray tan on a president.
You’ll have just enough time during the false-start opening moments of director Scott Ellis’ wonderful new Tootsie to ponder such things, and then the musical and its star Santino Fontana grab hold and don’t let go. It’s not without a few runs in its stockings, but this Tootsie is a delight, a not-quite-blind date that plays out...
You’ll have just enough time during the false-start opening moments of director Scott Ellis’ wonderful new Tootsie to ponder such things, and then the musical and its star Santino Fontana grab hold and don’t let go. It’s not without a few runs in its stockings, but this Tootsie is a delight, a not-quite-blind date that plays out...
- 4/24/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
4 out of 5 stars
Let’s hear it for Tootsie, the laugh-out-loud funniest musical of the Broadway season. Yes, it’s another tune-filled spin on a hit movie — Pretty Woman, King Kong, the list goes on. But this one is actually good — hell, better than good, it’s musical-comedy heaven. Using the beloved 1982 movie with Dustin Hoffman as a launching pad, the singing-dancing Tootsie still features an unemployed asshole of an actor who has to dress up as a woman to land a part. But the film’s casual sexism (it...
Let’s hear it for Tootsie, the laugh-out-loud funniest musical of the Broadway season. Yes, it’s another tune-filled spin on a hit movie — Pretty Woman, King Kong, the list goes on. But this one is actually good — hell, better than good, it’s musical-comedy heaven. Using the beloved 1982 movie with Dustin Hoffman as a launching pad, the singing-dancing Tootsie still features an unemployed asshole of an actor who has to dress up as a woman to land a part. But the film’s casual sexism (it...
- 4/24/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Roundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic DirectorCEO has just announced that Dan Butler as 'Owen O'Malley,' Stephen DeRosa as 'First Beard,' Julie Halston as 'Ida Webb,' Paul Alexander Nolan as 'Dr. Grover Lockwood,' and Henry Winkler as 'Matthew Clark' have joined the one-night-only benefit reading of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's comedy Twentieth Century, in a new adaptation by Ken Ludwig, directed by Walter Bobbie. They join the previously announced Emmy, Golden Globe amp SAG Award winner and Oscar amp Tony Award nominee Alec Baldwin as 'Oscar Jaffe' and Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Anne Heche as 'Lily Garland.'...
- 4/4/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Henry Winkler, Dan Butler and Julie Halston will join the previously announced Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche in a one-night-only Roundabout Theatre Company benefit reading of Twentieth Century, Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of the classic 1932 Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur comedy. The reading, which reunites most of the surviving team from Roundabout’s acclaimed 2004 staging of the play, is set for April 29 at the Roundabout’s Studio 54 theater.
Rounding out the production will be Stephen DeRosa and Paul Alexander Nolan. The casting was announced today by by Todd Haimes, Roundabout Artistic Director/CEO. All proceeds benefit the not-for-profit Roundabout and its programs.
Directed by Walter Bobbie, the Twentieth Century stage reading reunites the director with Baldwin, Heche, Butler, Halston and DeRosa from the 2004 Roundabout production of the play. As previously announced, Baldwin will reprise his role of “Oscar Jaffe,” as will Heche with “Lily Garland.”
Of the newly announced cast,...
Rounding out the production will be Stephen DeRosa and Paul Alexander Nolan. The casting was announced today by by Todd Haimes, Roundabout Artistic Director/CEO. All proceeds benefit the not-for-profit Roundabout and its programs.
Directed by Walter Bobbie, the Twentieth Century stage reading reunites the director with Baldwin, Heche, Butler, Halston and DeRosa from the 2004 Roundabout production of the play. As previously announced, Baldwin will reprise his role of “Oscar Jaffe,” as will Heche with “Lily Garland.”
Of the newly announced cast,...
- 4/4/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Frozen's Patti Murin, Summer's Jenny Laroche and Julie Gold Grammy-Award winner for Song of the Year for 'From a Distance', join an amazing collection of talent for this year's Broadway Belts For Pff, hosted by actresscomedienne Julie Halston. This year marks the ninth Broadway Belts For Pff, featuring an evening of music and comedy benefitting the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Pff. The event will take place on Monday, February 25 at 530 pm at the Edison Ballroom 240 West 47th Street in New York City. A limited number of tickets are still available and can be purchased at www.BroadwayBeltsForPFF.org.
- 2/14/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Hosted by the actresscomedienne Julie Halston, Broadway Belts For Pff will hold its ninth annual fundraiser, featuring an evening of music and comedy benefitting the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Pff. This year's event will take place on Monday, February 25 at 530 pm at the Edison Ballroom 240 West 47th Street in New York City. A variety of sponsorship opportunities and tickets are available and can be purchased at www.BroadwayBeltsForPFF.org.
- 1/8/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tootsie, the musical adaptation of the hit 1982 Dustin Hoffman comedy, has announced its opening date and Broadway venue: Director Scott Ellis’ staging will begin previews March 29, 2019, at the Marquis Theatre, with an opening date of Tuesday, April 23.
The musical, from Scott Sanders Productions, will makes its world premiere this fall in a pre-Broadway engagement at Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre, Sept. 11 – Oct. 14, with an opening night Sept. 30, 2018.
Tickets for the Broadway production go on sale to the general public Oct. 1.
Tootsie, the story of a talented but difficult actor who struggles to find work until an audacious, desperate stunt – no spoilers necessary if you’ve seen the movie – lands him (or her) the role of a lifetime.
The musical features an original score by David Yazbek, book by Robert Horn, choreography by Denis Jones and musical direction by Andrea Grody. It’s based on the story by Don McGuire...
The musical, from Scott Sanders Productions, will makes its world premiere this fall in a pre-Broadway engagement at Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre, Sept. 11 – Oct. 14, with an opening night Sept. 30, 2018.
Tickets for the Broadway production go on sale to the general public Oct. 1.
Tootsie, the story of a talented but difficult actor who struggles to find work until an audacious, desperate stunt – no spoilers necessary if you’ve seen the movie – lands him (or her) the role of a lifetime.
The musical features an original score by David Yazbek, book by Robert Horn, choreography by Denis Jones and musical direction by Andrea Grody. It’s based on the story by Don McGuire...
- 8/9/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
On this episode, team of commentators Adam Feldman of Time Out New York, Jesse Green of The New York Times, actor Julie Halston, Michael Musto of NewNowNext.com, Patrick Pacheco of OnStage, Jan Simpson of BroadwayRadio, Elisabeth Vincentelli of The New York Times, and Jason Zinoman of The New York Times join Susan Haskins in the studio the day after the TONYs to evaluate the ceremony, make sense of the upsets, celebrate the season past and enjoy a performance by the fab duo Theater Talk's Musical Director, Tyrik Washington and Tyrik Washington, Jr.
- 6/25/2018
- by Theater Talk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tony-nominated actors Taylor Louderman and Grey Henson from new musical Mean Girls have a fabulous time with Julie Halston, Michael Musto and Susan Haskins, celebrating their successful Broadway show. Next, our intrepid producer Lane Binkley goes on location to Theatre Row to interview Randy, the witty and insightful and Australian star of Off-Broadway's new hit Randy Writes a Novel.
- 5/29/2018
- by Theater Talk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Playwright Tony Kushner, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning Angels in America is back on Broadway, will be the honoree of Tdf’s 50th anniversary gala in June, Tdf announced today, with playwright/director James Lapine set to receive the organization’s inaugural Tdf Founders Award.
“Tony Kushner is an extraordinary playwright whose body of work embodies everything the theatre can and should be,” said Tdf’s Executive Director Victory Bailey. “He has deeply touched audiences around the world, proven once again by the current Broadway production of his seminal work, Angels in America.”
Among Kushner’s current projects is a West Side Story remake script for Steven Spielberg.
Lapine’s work, which includes Sunday in the Park With George and Into the Woods, “not only entertains, but it illuminates and enriches the human spirit,” said Bailey. “As a mentor he does the same for the students to whom he commits his time and passion each year.
“Tony Kushner is an extraordinary playwright whose body of work embodies everything the theatre can and should be,” said Tdf’s Executive Director Victory Bailey. “He has deeply touched audiences around the world, proven once again by the current Broadway production of his seminal work, Angels in America.”
Among Kushner’s current projects is a West Side Story remake script for Steven Spielberg.
Lapine’s work, which includes Sunday in the Park With George and Into the Woods, “not only entertains, but it illuminates and enriches the human spirit,” said Bailey. “As a mentor he does the same for the students to whom he commits his time and passion each year.
- 4/3/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (Pff) announced that its annual Broadway Belts for Pff! raised a record-breaking $350,000, bringing its eight-year fundraising total to nearly $1.2 million.
Broadway stars Aaron Tveit, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Harvey Fierstein, Andrew Rannells
The sold-out event on March 12 featured a “Sweet 16” reunion of the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray original cast members to honor Margo Lion, an original producer and a longtime supporter of Broadway Belts for Pff! The reunion, helmed by its Tony Award-winning composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and featuring stunning performances by Marissa Jaret Winokur, Harvey Fierstein, Andrew Rannells, Jackie Hoffman, Chester Gregory, Clark Thorell and many original Hairspray cast members, drew standing ovations from the crowd.
In addition, Bryan Terrell Clark (Hamilton, Motown: The Musical), Robert Creighton (Cagney, Frozen), Lesli Margherita (Matilda, Dames At Sea), Stephanie Gibson (Charlie And The Chocolate Factory) and Alex Getlin (Anything Can Happen In The Theater) were among...
Broadway stars Aaron Tveit, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Harvey Fierstein, Andrew Rannells
The sold-out event on March 12 featured a “Sweet 16” reunion of the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray original cast members to honor Margo Lion, an original producer and a longtime supporter of Broadway Belts for Pff! The reunion, helmed by its Tony Award-winning composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and featuring stunning performances by Marissa Jaret Winokur, Harvey Fierstein, Andrew Rannells, Jackie Hoffman, Chester Gregory, Clark Thorell and many original Hairspray cast members, drew standing ovations from the crowd.
In addition, Bryan Terrell Clark (Hamilton, Motown: The Musical), Robert Creighton (Cagney, Frozen), Lesli Margherita (Matilda, Dames At Sea), Stephanie Gibson (Charlie And The Chocolate Factory) and Alex Getlin (Anything Can Happen In The Theater) were among...
- 3/23/2018
- Look to the Stars
This year's Broadway Belts for Pff, hosted by Broadway's Julie Halston, will be an even bigger celebration as Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman bring together members of the original Broadway cast of Hairspray to celebrate its 'Sweet 16.' The HairspraySweet 16 segment will honor Margo Lion, a lead producer on the original production, for her theatrical career and her support for Broadway Belts for Pff and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Pff. This once-in-a-lifetime event is exclusively available through sponsorship opportunities that can be purchased at www.BroadwayBeltsforPFF.org.
- 2/15/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Hosted by the one-and-only actresscomedienne Julie Halston, Broadway Belts For Pff will celebrate its eighth annual fundraiser, featuring Broadway stars in an evening of music and comedy benefitting the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation. This year's event will take place on Monday, March 12 at 530 pm at the Edison Ballroom 240 West 47th Street in New York City. A variety of sponsorship opportunities and tickets are now available and can be purchased at www.BroadwayBeltsForPFF.org.
- 1/19/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
It was batter up at the Stephen Sondheim Theater last night Roundabout Theatre Company just presented its Damn Yankees Benefit Concert Reading, starring Whoopi Goldberg as 'Applegate,' Maggie Gyllenhaal as 'Lola,' and Matthew Morrison 'Joe Hardy' and included Stephen Bogardus 'Joe Boyd,' Danny Burstein as 'Van Buren,' Victoria Clark as 'Meg Boyd,' Annie Golden 'Doris,' Julie Halston 'Sister,' Reggie Jackson as 'Mr. Welch,' and Adrienne Warren 'Gloria Thorpe.'...
- 12/12/2017
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Roundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic DirectorCEO has just announced that Matthew Morrison Joe Hardy, Annie Golden Doris, Julie Halston Sister and Adrienne Warren Gloria Thorpe have joined the Benefit Concert Reading of Damn Yankees, the Tony award-winning musical comedy by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The evening will bring these beloved stars of stage and screen back to the Broadway stage for one night only with Whoopi Goldberg as Applegate, Maggie Gyllenhaal as Lola, Danny Burstein as Van Buren and Victoria Clark as Meg Boyd.
- 11/17/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Playbill Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh got their Sardi's caricatures this week
BFI Pedro Almodóvar recommends 13 Spanish films, some classics and some recent, including Jamon Jamon, Blancanieves (♥︎), and Peppermint Frappé
McCarter want to see Murder on the Orient Express on stage before the big screen remake later this year? A new production just opened in Princeton with a pretty great cast that includes Veanne Cox, Julie Halston and gorgeous Max Von Essen who should've won the Tony two years back for An American in Paris
Jezebel "Carol Without Women" boring crap or still beautiful abstraction? Must watch!
Mnpp Sam Claflin will costar in the next film from brilliant Babadook director Jennifer Kent
Interview talks to the new Iron Fist Finn Jones
Ashlee Marie shows you how to make a standing Lego Batman cake
Shudder a new streaming service for horror fans is streaming Ken Russell's notorious and brilliant and...
BFI Pedro Almodóvar recommends 13 Spanish films, some classics and some recent, including Jamon Jamon, Blancanieves (♥︎), and Peppermint Frappé
McCarter want to see Murder on the Orient Express on stage before the big screen remake later this year? A new production just opened in Princeton with a pretty great cast that includes Veanne Cox, Julie Halston and gorgeous Max Von Essen who should've won the Tony two years back for An American in Paris
Jezebel "Carol Without Women" boring crap or still beautiful abstraction? Must watch!
Mnpp Sam Claflin will costar in the next film from brilliant Babadook director Jennifer Kent
Interview talks to the new Iron Fist Finn Jones
Ashlee Marie shows you how to make a standing Lego Batman cake
Shudder a new streaming service for horror fans is streaming Ken Russell's notorious and brilliant and...
- 3/16/2017
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Patty Freedman, the co-owner of Andrew E. Freedman Public Relations and a former actress, has died. She was 64.
Freedman died Feb. 17 of breast cancer in her New York home, where she was surrounded by friends and family, her company announced.
Freedman's many clients included Margo Martindale, Eartha Kitt, Stephen Schwartz, Winnie Holzman, Jason Robert Brown, Julie Halston, Liz Larsen, Billy Strich, John McDaniel, Lea Delaria and Steven Lutvak.
She also spearheaded publicity campaigns for theater-specific accounts such as the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center; Circle in The Square, where she...
Freedman died Feb. 17 of breast cancer in her New York home, where she was surrounded by friends and family, her company announced.
Freedman's many clients included Margo Martindale, Eartha Kitt, Stephen Schwartz, Winnie Holzman, Jason Robert Brown, Julie Halston, Liz Larsen, Billy Strich, John McDaniel, Lea Delaria and Steven Lutvak.
She also spearheaded publicity campaigns for theater-specific accounts such as the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center; Circle in The Square, where she...
- 2/24/2017
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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