André Bishop will conclude his 33-year leadership tenure at Lincoln Center Theater in June 2025 at the conclusion of the non-profit theater company’s 40th anniversary 2024-25 season.
Bishop, whose celebrated tenure as Lct’s Artistic Director and more recently Producing Artistic Director included the premieres of such acclaimed new works as Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia and Arcadia, Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Wendy Wasserstein’s The Sisters Rosensweig, and The Light in the Piazza by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel, to name a very few, announced his intended departure today.
“My years at Lincoln Center Theater have been happy ones,” he said in a statement, “and I will miss working with all my friends and colleagues. But the time has come, as it inevitably does, for the next generation to step in and step up. I look forward to that. Lct has...
Bishop, whose celebrated tenure as Lct’s Artistic Director and more recently Producing Artistic Director included the premieres of such acclaimed new works as Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia and Arcadia, Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Wendy Wasserstein’s The Sisters Rosensweig, and The Light in the Piazza by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel, to name a very few, announced his intended departure today.
“My years at Lincoln Center Theater have been happy ones,” he said in a statement, “and I will miss working with all my friends and colleagues. But the time has come, as it inevitably does, for the next generation to step in and step up. I look forward to that. Lct has...
- 9/22/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger will star in the world premiere of Mother Play on Broadway.
The play, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel, who wrote How I Learned to Drive and Indecent, and directed by Tina Landau, will play a limited engagement at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater starting April 3, with an opening night on April 25.
This marks Lange’s first return to Broadway since she starred as Mary Tyrone in the 2016 revival of A Long Day’s Journey Into Night, for which she received a Tony Award for lead actress in a play. The American Horror Story and Tootsie star made her Broadway debut in A Streetcar Named Desire and also appeared in The Glass Menagerie on Broadway.
Parsons, who starred in the long-running sitcom The Big Bang Theory, recently appeared Off-Broadway in a revival of A Man of No Importance. He has starred on...
The play, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel, who wrote How I Learned to Drive and Indecent, and directed by Tina Landau, will play a limited engagement at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater starting April 3, with an opening night on April 25.
This marks Lange’s first return to Broadway since she starred as Mary Tyrone in the 2016 revival of A Long Day’s Journey Into Night, for which she received a Tony Award for lead actress in a play. The American Horror Story and Tootsie star made her Broadway debut in A Streetcar Named Desire and also appeared in The Glass Menagerie on Broadway.
Parsons, who starred in the long-running sitcom The Big Bang Theory, recently appeared Off-Broadway in a revival of A Man of No Importance. He has starred on...
- 9/6/2023
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger will star on Broadway this spring in a world premiere production of Paula Vogel’s new Mother Play, to be directed by Tina Landau.
The Second Stage Theater production will begin a limited engagement at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater on Wednesday, April 3, with an official opening on Thursday, April 25.
Mother Play by Pulitzer Prize winner Vogel (How I Learned to Drive) is described by Second Stage as “a bitingly funny and unflinchingly honest new play about the hold our family has over us and the surprises we find when we unpack the past.”
The synopsis: “It’s 1962, just outside of D.C., and matriarch Phyllis is supervising her teenage children, Carl and Martha, as they move into a new apartment. Phyllis has strong ideas about what her children need to do and be to succeed, and woe be the child who finds their own path.
The Second Stage Theater production will begin a limited engagement at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater on Wednesday, April 3, with an official opening on Thursday, April 25.
Mother Play by Pulitzer Prize winner Vogel (How I Learned to Drive) is described by Second Stage as “a bitingly funny and unflinchingly honest new play about the hold our family has over us and the surprises we find when we unpack the past.”
The synopsis: “It’s 1962, just outside of D.C., and matriarch Phyllis is supervising her teenage children, Carl and Martha, as they move into a new apartment. Phyllis has strong ideas about what her children need to do and be to succeed, and woe be the child who finds their own path.
- 9/6/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
2023 Drama League Awards winners: Annaleigh Ashford (‘Sweeney Todd’) takes Distinguished Performance
Winners of the 2023 Drama League Awards were announced on Friday, May 19, 2023, at an in-person ceremony, hosted by Emmy-winning reporter Frank Dilella at The Ziegfeld Ballroom. The Drama League Awards honor both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions from the 2022-2023 theater season.
“Leopoldstadt” asserted itself as the dominant play of the season, picking up the Best Play prize. Tom Stoppard’s drama has been perched atop Gold Derby’s Tony Awards odds since we launched the prediction center. With Tony favorite “Kimberly Akimbo” out of the running for Best Musical (the Drama League already considered that tuner for its Off-Broadway run), “Some Like it Hot” cruised to a win in that category. It prevailed over four of its fellow Tony nominees: “& Juliet,” “New York, New York,” and “Shucked.”
The Drama League bolstered the Tony prospects of “A Doll’s House” by bestowing it with the Best Revival of a Play prize. But the...
“Leopoldstadt” asserted itself as the dominant play of the season, picking up the Best Play prize. Tom Stoppard’s drama has been perched atop Gold Derby’s Tony Awards odds since we launched the prediction center. With Tony favorite “Kimberly Akimbo” out of the running for Best Musical (the Drama League already considered that tuner for its Off-Broadway run), “Some Like it Hot” cruised to a win in that category. It prevailed over four of its fellow Tony nominees: “& Juliet,” “New York, New York,” and “Shucked.”
The Drama League bolstered the Tony prospects of “A Doll’s House” by bestowing it with the Best Revival of a Play prize. But the...
- 5/20/2023
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
The Outer Critics Circle (Occ), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, today announced the nominees for the 72nd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2022-2023 Broadway and Off-Broadway season.
“New York, New York” received a major backing from this announcement, which coincides with the production’s opening night. The new musical with songs from John Kander, the late Fred Ebb and Lin-Manuel Miranda earned a whopping 12 nominations, the most of any production. “Some Like it Hot” trails just behind it with 10 nominations. The most nominated plays of the season are the Off-Broadway sensation “Downstate” and Broadway epic “Leopoldstadt,” both with six nominations apiece.
This is the first season with newly reconstructed acting categories, which have removed gender specifications, and have been expanded to separately include off-Broadway performers. In the previous configuration, actors in Broadway and off-Broadway productions competed in the same category.
“New York, New York” received a major backing from this announcement, which coincides with the production’s opening night. The new musical with songs from John Kander, the late Fred Ebb and Lin-Manuel Miranda earned a whopping 12 nominations, the most of any production. “Some Like it Hot” trails just behind it with 10 nominations. The most nominated plays of the season are the Off-Broadway sensation “Downstate” and Broadway epic “Leopoldstadt,” both with six nominations apiece.
This is the first season with newly reconstructed acting categories, which have removed gender specifications, and have been expanded to separately include off-Broadway performers. In the previous configuration, actors in Broadway and off-Broadway productions competed in the same category.
- 4/26/2023
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
One of modern drama's most prolific playwrights, Terrence McNally, sits down with Rob and Kevin to look at his upcoming production of Frankie and Johnny In The Clair De Lune, as well as take a look back on his incredible career which includes such shows as Love Valor Compassion Master Class, It's Only a Play, The Ritz, and writing the book to such musicals as The Rink, Ragtime, A Man of No Importance, and many more.
- 5/13/2019
- by Behind the Curtain
- BroadwayWorld.com
Exclusive: Irish producer ShinAwiL has launched a drama division and has set a slate that includes a crime drama from Ballykissangel writer Barry Devlin, a period drama from author Ann-Marie Casey and a tween Canadian co-pro.
The company, which is best known for producing Irish versions of unscripted hits such as Dancing with the Stars and The Voice, has tapped Vikings and The Borgias producer Aaron Farrell to run the unit with Mary Callery, former commissioning editor of drama at Irish public broadcaster Rte.
ShinAwiL is launching its inaugural scripted slate ahead of Series Mania in Lille, France, where it will talk with broadcasters and production partners about its projects.
Kill is a six-part contemporary crime drama written by Devlin, who produced a number of music videos for U2 in the 1980s and has written episodes of The Darling Buds of May, PBS and BBC co-pro My Mother and Other Strangers...
The company, which is best known for producing Irish versions of unscripted hits such as Dancing with the Stars and The Voice, has tapped Vikings and The Borgias producer Aaron Farrell to run the unit with Mary Callery, former commissioning editor of drama at Irish public broadcaster Rte.
ShinAwiL is launching its inaugural scripted slate ahead of Series Mania in Lille, France, where it will talk with broadcasters and production partners about its projects.
Kill is a six-part contemporary crime drama written by Devlin, who produced a number of music videos for U2 in the 1980s and has written episodes of The Darling Buds of May, PBS and BBC co-pro My Mother and Other Strangers...
- 3/25/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – He moved deftly from British matinee idol to formidable movie star to reliable character actor, and was nominated four times for an Academy Award (no wins). Albert Finney had a nearly 50 year stage and screen career that encompassed virtually all types and genres of acting. He died in London on February 7th, 2019. He was 82.
He was born Albert Finney Jr., and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating at age 20 in 1956. He became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company shortly thereafter, and appeared on the stage throughout the late 1950s, and throughout his career. His debut film role was “The Entertainer” in 1960. He was the title character in the Oscar Best Picture “Tom Jones” (1963), and other films in that decade included “Night Must Fall” (1964), “Two for the Road” (1967) and “Charlie Bubbles”.
An Early Career Albert Finney
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His most fruitful film era was arguably the 1980s and ‘90s,...
He was born Albert Finney Jr., and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating at age 20 in 1956. He became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company shortly thereafter, and appeared on the stage throughout the late 1950s, and throughout his career. His debut film role was “The Entertainer” in 1960. He was the title character in the Oscar Best Picture “Tom Jones” (1963), and other films in that decade included “Night Must Fall” (1964), “Two for the Road” (1967) and “Charlie Bubbles”.
An Early Career Albert Finney
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His most fruitful film era was arguably the 1980s and ‘90s,...
- 2/26/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Drama Desk and Obie-winning Transport Group has announced that Tyne Daly Master Class, Mothers and Sons, It Shoulda Been You, Rabbit Hole, Jason Danieley The Visit, Chicago, Hannah Elless Bright Star, Godspell, and Marc Kudisch Hand to God, Finding Neverland will join Richard Thomas 'The Americans,' You Can't Take it With You in its concert of A Man of No Importance, which takes places Monday, December 5 at 8pm at the Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 West 42nd Street.
- 11/18/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Just last week, The New York Pops performed an inaugural concert at its new summer home, Forest Hills Stadium, with two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, joined by former Broadway co-stars Colin Donnell and Megan McGinnis. Among other numbers, she performed John Denver's 'Sunshine on my Shoulders,' Cole Porter's 'I Get a Kick Out of You,' and will reprise her touching duet 'Flight' with McGinnis. Donnell will perform a duet with Foster, in addition to 'On the Streets of Dublin,' from Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's A Man of No Importance. The concert is sponsored by Morgan Stanley and Reed Smith.BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the special night below...
- 8/10/2015
- by Jessica Fallon Gordon
- BroadwayWorld.com
Stage Tube: Sutton Foster Duets with Colin Donnell & Megan McGinnis at New York Pops Summer Concert!
Just last night,The New York Popsperformed an inaugural concert at its new summer home, Forest Hills Stadium, with two-time Tony Award winnerSutton Foster, joined by former Broadway co-starsColin DonnellandMegan McGinnis.Among other numbers, she performedJohn Denver's 'Sunshine on my Shoulders,'Cole Porter's 'I Get a Kick Out of You,' and will reprise her touching duet 'Flight' with McGinnis. Donnell will perform a duet with Foster, in addition to 'On the Streets of Dublin,' fromLynn AhrensandStephen Flaherty's A Man of No Importance. The concert is sponsored by Morgan Stanley andReed Smith.
- 8/7/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
On August 6, 2015, The New York Pops will perform an inaugural concert at its new summer home, Forest Hills Stadium, with two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, joined by former Broadway co-stars Colin Donnell and Megan McGinnis. Among other numbers, Foster will perform John Denver's Sunshine on my Shoulders, Cole Porter's I Get a Kick Out of You, and will reprise her touching duet Flight with McGinnis. Donnell will perform a duet with Foster, in addition toOn the Streets of Dublin, from Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's A Man of No Importance. The concert is sponsored by Morgan Stanley and Reed Smith.
- 8/5/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tony Award-winning writing team Lynn Ahrens amp Stephen Flaherty and Tony Award winner Terrence McNally's musical A Man Of No Importance comes to 54 Below on March 15, for an all-star concert presentation. The show played off-Broadway at Lincoln Center in 2002, winning the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. Since then it has become a beloved piece done by theaters all over the world. The score of A Man Of No Importance, including songs such as Princess, The Streets of Dublin, and Love Who You Love, is treasured by musical theatre fans.
- 3/11/2015
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Last night, Thursday, September 26, 54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, launched its first of six performances celebrating the extraordinary 30-year collaboration of Tony Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty Ragtime, Once on This Island, My Favorite Year, Seussical, Lucky Stiff, the upcoming Rocky, and more. In 'Nice Fighting You A 30th Anniversary Celebration,' September 26 - 28, Ahrens and Flaherty offer six very special concerts featuring their best known songs, rare gems and even some never-before-heard material, performed by a rotating cast of Broadway stars. Last night's opening night concert featured Tony nominee Stephanie J. Block The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Anything Goes, Tony nominee Liz Callaway Baby, Anastasia, Tony Award winner Lachanze Dessa Rose, Once on This Island, Kecia Lewis Dessa Rose, Once on This Island, Sean McCourt Wicked, A Man of No Importance, Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell Ragtime, Kiss Me Kate Tony Award nominee Mary Testa 42nd Street,...
- 9/27/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Seussical The Musical, one of Broadway's most joyous musicals, written by the esteemed, Tony Award winning team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, will be presented at the Newtown High School this summer. Authors, Ahrens and Flaherty Ragtime, Once on This Island, My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance and the upcoming Rockymusical have expressed their joy that this musical has been selected as the inaugural production of the 1214 Foundation.
- 6/18/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Playwrights Horizons Tim Sanford, Artistic Director Leslie Marcus, Managing Director announced today complete details for Far From Heaven, a new musical with book by Tony Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard Greenberg Take Me Out, Three Days of Rain, the current Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Assembled Parties both now on Broadway, music by Tony Award nominee Scott Frankel Grey Gardens at Ph and on Broadway, Finding Neverland and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Michael Korie Grey Gardens at Ph and on Broadway, The Grapes of Wrath, Finding Neverland. The musical is choreographed by Alex Sanchez Giant, Fiorello and directed by three-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif Grey Gardens at Ph and on Broadway Rent, Next to Normal, Giant. The musical is based on the Focus FeaturesVulcan Productions motion picture Far From Heaven, written and directed by Todd Haynes. Far From Heaven will now begin previews Wednesday evening,...
- 3/21/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. Feb. 28 'A Man of No Importance' 'Bye Bye Birdie' 'Chess' 'The Real Thing' Fri. March 1 'A Man of No Importance' 'Next to Normal' Sat. March 2 Cabrillo Stage 2013 Summer Season 'Brecht on Brecht' 'Little Foxes' 'Next Level Pranks', Host 'Next to Normal' Ucsb, 'Bring Me My Shotgun' Sun. March 3 Cabrillo Stage 2013 Summer Season 'Brecht on Brecht' 'Little Foxes' 'Next to Normal' 'Return to the Forbidden Planet' 'Twelfth Night' Mon. March 4 'Parade' (Nonunion) 'Return to the Forbidden Planet' Tue. March 5 'Parade' (Union) Wed. March 6 'Brecht on Brecht' 'Cinderella: The Rock Musical' Theatreworks Silicon Valley 2013-14 Season Thu. March...
- 2/26/2013
- backstage.com
Broadway vet Steven Pasquale,reasons to be pretty, Off-Broadway's A Man of No Importance stars as Dr. Jason Cole in the new NBC drama Do No Harm. The cast also includes Phylicia Rashad A Raisin in the Sun as Dr. Vanessa Young and 'In the Heights' creator Lin-Manuel Miranda as Dr. Eli Malak star. The series premieres tonight at 1000 pmET. Below, check out photos from the new drama...
- 1/31/2013
- by TV News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, which honors Off-Off-Broadway theater, announced their 2012 nominees for their 8th annual It (Independent Theatre) Awards on Monday.This year’s It nominees feature more than 137 individual artists from 52 productions and 57 Off-Off Broadway theater companies. The Gallery Players’ “A Man of No Importance” and the Metropolitan Playhouse’s “The House of Mirth” lead in several categories, including outstanding actress and actor in a lead role, outstanding actress in a featured role, and outstanding director. Since 2004, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation has honored independent theater artist from more than 350 theater companies, 1,650 individual artists, and 450 productions. “You need a new mainstream voice for what is coming up,” playwright Michael Weller said in the release. “It is very important that this kind of ceremony becomes more and more central just so everyone recognizes the body of work that is being done.”The 8th...
- 7/24/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Laura Meltzer)
- backstage.com
This is an actor who takes us back in time and reminds us of Richard Burton, Richard Harris and Peter O'Toole. He would have fit right in with these "bad boys." Jonathan was born in Dublin, Ireland on July 27, 1977. He was born with a heart condition and was baptized rather quickly as it was thought he might not live very long. His family moved to County Cork, Ireland when he was one year old. Jonathan's father John O'Keeffe was a musician. He separated from his wife Mary, leaving her to raise the four boys by herself. His mother, Mary Geraldine Meyers, raised Jonathan and his younger brothers Alan, James, and Paul, by herself. He was raised a Roman Catholic and was the oldest of the four brothers. All his brothers are musicians. Music is in the blood as Jonathan is a self taught guitarist and singer. He spent some time in an orphanage.
- 5/14/2012
- by jbonadona@corp.popstar.com (Julia Bonadona)
- PopStar
On Monday, April 30, The New York Pops marked its 29th birthday with a grand gala evening titled Journey On honoring Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated songwriting team of such renowned Broadway musicals as Ragtime, Once On This Island, Seussical, My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance, The Glorious Ones and the feature film Anastasia.
- 5/1/2012
- by Linda Lenzi
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Camp Broadway Kids, which is comprised of 58 theatre-loving kids, ages 12-16, are set to perform in the New York Pops 29th Birthday Gala titled Journey On at Carnegie Hall on Monday, April 30. Under the direction of Camp Broadways Artistic Director,Tony Parise Broadway credits include Me and My Girl and 42nd Street, the cast, which was selected from a nation-wide pool of over 500 auditionees, will perform alongside Broadway stars during musical numbers honoring the work of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated songwriting team of such renowned Broadway musicals as Ragtime, Once On This Island, Seussical, My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance, The Glorious Ones and the feature film Anastasia.
- 4/27/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
On Monday, April 30, The New York Pops marks its 29th birthday with a grand gala evening titled Journey On honoring Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated songwriting team of such renowned Broadway musicals as Ragtime, Once On This Island, Seussical, My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance, The Glorious Ones and the feature film Anastasia.
- 4/17/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
On Monday, April 30, The New York Pops marks its 29th birthday with a grand gala evening titled Journey On honoring Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated songwriting team of such renowned Broadway musicals as Ragtime, Once On This Island, Seussical, My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance, The Glorious Ones and the feature film Anastasia.
- 3/16/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
On Monday, April 30, The New York Pops marks its 29th birthday with a grand gala evening titled Journey On honoring Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated songwriting team of such renowned Broadway musicals as Ragtime, Once On This Island, Seussical, My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance, The Glorious Ones and the feature film Anastasia. The event begins at 700 Pm with a concert at Carnegie Hall featuring a spectacular lineup of guest artists under the baton of Music Director Steven Reineke. Following the concert, a black tie dinner and dance will be held at the luxurious Plaza Hotel.
- 2/24/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Melanie Griffith has joined the cast of the upcoming thriller "The Grief Tourist" for Vision Entertainment Group and Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions reports Yahoo News.
The story follows a disturbed and troubled man (Michael Cudlitz) whose fascination with serial killers leads him and the audience on a horrific and menacing journey through his obsessive and twisted mind as he retraces their footsteps.
Suri Krishnamma ("A Man of No Importance," "New Years Day") directs from a script by Frank John Hughes. Production is currently underway for release next year.
Griffith is currently at work on Nick Cassavettes drama "Yellow" co-starring Sienna Miller and Ben Foster.
The story follows a disturbed and troubled man (Michael Cudlitz) whose fascination with serial killers leads him and the audience on a horrific and menacing journey through his obsessive and twisted mind as he retraces their footsteps.
Suri Krishnamma ("A Man of No Importance," "New Years Day") directs from a script by Frank John Hughes. Production is currently underway for release next year.
Griffith is currently at work on Nick Cassavettes drama "Yellow" co-starring Sienna Miller and Ben Foster.
- 10/5/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
We are Sex Bob-Omb and we are here to make you think about Casting Tidbits and get sad and stuff. First up, fresh off his Emmy win last weekend, Variety reports Bryan Cranston has signed on to star in an indie thriller called The Grief Tourist. "Southland's" Michael Cuditz also joins the cast in a story of a troubled soul who retraces the footsteps of serial killers who fascinate him as his hobby. His dark obsession with past killers soon becomes his reality and it leads us on a menacing and horrific journey inside his twisted mind. Siru Krishnamma (of A Man of No Importance) is directing from actor/writer Frank John Hughes' script. Second, Coming Soon reports that Luke Wilson, David Morse (Disturbia) and Riley Keough (The Runaways) have joined the cast of Yellow, a drama from director Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook, Alpha Dog). Hank Azaria will also...
- 9/1/2010
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Bryan Cranston will star in the independent thriller "The Grief Tourist." According to Variety, Michael Cudlitz ("Southland") will also star.Zachery Bryan, Adam Targum, Suzanne De Laurentiis and Cudlitz are producing.Suri Krishnamma ("A Man of No Importance," "New Years Day") is directing from a Frank John Hughes script.The film centers on a troubled man whose hobby of retracing the footsteps of serial killers blends into his reality.Cranston just won his third consecutive Emmy for the AMC drama "Breaking Bad." He will appear in the upcoming Tom Hanks film "Larry Crowne," opposite Hanks and Julia Roberts as well as Disney.s "John Carter of Mars."...
- 8/31/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Having just collected his third consecutive Emmy for his work on the critically beloved AMC series Breaking Bad, Variety reports that 54-year-old Bryan Cranston has booked the lead role in the indie thriller The Grief Tourist. With director Suri Krishnamma (A Man of No Importance) at the helm, the story centers around a dark man whose fascination with the psychology of serial killers, yuh oh!, proceeds to eat away at his noggin. (Southland’s Michael Cudlitz will co-star.)
Since Cranston landed the enviably rich role of Breaking Bad’s Walter White he has booked eight film roles that are currently in pre- or post-production.
Since Cranston landed the enviably rich role of Breaking Bad’s Walter White he has booked eight film roles that are currently in pre- or post-production.
- 8/31/2010
- by Karen Valby
- EW.com - PopWatch
Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad") and Michael Cudlitz (Southland) have joined the mystery thriller "The Grief Tourist" for Vision Entertainment Group for Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions reports Variety.
The story follows a disturbed and troubled soul, Jim Tahana, who retraces the footsteps of serial killers who fascinate him as his hobby.
His dark obsession with past killers soon becomes his reality and leads viewers on a menacing and horrific journey inside his twisted mind.
Suri Krishnamma ("A Man of No Importance," "New Year's Day") directs from a script by Frank John Hughes ("Band of Brothers," "Catch Me if You Can"). Cudlitz, Zachery Ty Bryan, Adam Targum and Suzanne DeLaurentiis will produce.
The story follows a disturbed and troubled soul, Jim Tahana, who retraces the footsteps of serial killers who fascinate him as his hobby.
His dark obsession with past killers soon becomes his reality and leads viewers on a menacing and horrific journey inside his twisted mind.
Suri Krishnamma ("A Man of No Importance," "New Year's Day") directs from a script by Frank John Hughes ("Band of Brothers," "Catch Me if You Can"). Cudlitz, Zachery Ty Bryan, Adam Targum and Suzanne DeLaurentiis will produce.
- 8/31/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Vision Entertainment Group has partnered with Suzanne De Laurentiis Productions to produce a new mystery thriller titled the The Grief Tourist. A disturbed and troubled soul, Jim Tahana, retraces the footsteps of serial killers who fascinate him as his hobby. His dark obsession with past killers soon becomes his reality and leads viewers on a menacing and horrific journey inside his twisted mind.
Cast for the film include Michael Cudlitz (Southland, A River Runs Through It, Grosse Point Blank, Running Scared, The Negotiator) and Emmy Award Winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad).
Vision Entertainment Group founders and producers Zachery Bryan (Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Game of their Lives (opposite Gerard Butler), Held For Ransom (opposite Dennis Hopper)), and Adam Targum writing/producing credits include Fox’s “Standoff,” CBS’s “Eleventh Hour” and “CSI:ny” as well as the feature film, “The Good Student,” team up with Suzanne De Laurentiis “10th & Wolf,...
Cast for the film include Michael Cudlitz (Southland, A River Runs Through It, Grosse Point Blank, Running Scared, The Negotiator) and Emmy Award Winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad).
Vision Entertainment Group founders and producers Zachery Bryan (Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Game of their Lives (opposite Gerard Butler), Held For Ransom (opposite Dennis Hopper)), and Adam Targum writing/producing credits include Fox’s “Standoff,” CBS’s “Eleventh Hour” and “CSI:ny” as well as the feature film, “The Good Student,” team up with Suzanne De Laurentiis “10th & Wolf,...
- 8/30/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Bryan Cranston has come a long way from playing Jerry Seinfeld's dentist and the one-armed colonel in Saving Private Ryan. Just after collecting his third Emmy for his riveting work as the "Breaking Bad" cancer-stricken meth-maker, the actor will shift his attention to murderers in the mystery-thriller The Grief Tourist. The indie will be directed by Suri Krishnamma (A Man Of No Importance) and also features "Hey, it's that guy" actor Michael Cudlitz, who you may know...
- 8/30/2010
- by Dave Davis
- JoBlo.com
Suri Krishnamma (“A Man of No Importance”) will direct the film adaptation of acclaimed New Age author Deepak Chopra's graphic novel "Beyond" says The Hollywood Reporter.
The supernatural thriller follows an American businessman and his family who journey to India on vacation. In the midst of a teeming bazaar, the son sees his mother wander into a small store but never come out, leading to a frenzied search for her whereabouts.
Gotham Chopra, Sharad Devarajan, John Garland and Michael Dufficy will produce the UK film production.
The supernatural thriller follows an American businessman and his family who journey to India on vacation. In the midst of a teeming bazaar, the son sees his mother wander into a small store but never come out, leading to a frenzied search for her whereabouts.
Gotham Chopra, Sharad Devarajan, John Garland and Michael Dufficy will produce the UK film production.
- 3/5/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Variety reports that Liam Neeson has signed to star in The Virgin of Las Vegas, which recalls the phenomenon of Irish show bands. In the days before television became widespread, many Irish would go to live venues to see singers cover early rock and roll songs. The bands become increasingly popular in Ireland beginning in the 1950s and evenutally amassed large followings across the country.
This movie will see Neeson as an aging show band performer who has moved to Las Vegas and spends his days in a drunken haze until a mysterious stranger arrives to change his fortunes. The script is being penned by Barry Devlin, who also wrote A Man of No Importance, which tells the story of a gay Irish bus driver with a passion for Oscar Wilde plays. The connection, of course, is a maladjusted Irishman who finds redemption in the arts.
Although no other casting decisions have been announced,...
This movie will see Neeson as an aging show band performer who has moved to Las Vegas and spends his days in a drunken haze until a mysterious stranger arrives to change his fortunes. The script is being penned by Barry Devlin, who also wrote A Man of No Importance, which tells the story of a gay Irish bus driver with a passion for Oscar Wilde plays. The connection, of course, is a maladjusted Irishman who finds redemption in the arts.
Although no other casting decisions have been announced,...
- 9/4/2009
- by Rich Z Zwelling
- Reelzchannel.com
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