Larry David Returns to the Stage with New Broadway Comedy “Fish in the Dark”
Larry David returns to the stage for the first time since eighth grade, in a brand-new Broadway comedy written by… Larry David. Mr. David plays Norman Drexel, a character who is very much like…Read More…
View ArticleBruce McCarty Directs a New Play ‘Shesh Yak’ Written By & Starring Laith Nakli
In Shesh Yak, it’s spring of 2011, five weeks into the civil uprising in Syria. Jameel, a 30-something-year-old Syrian-American writer is in his New York apartment waiting for…Read More…
View ArticleSofia Black-D’Elia Lands ‘Ben-Hur’ Role
Black-D’Elia will take the role of Tirzah, Judah’s sister who becomes quietly political when the Roman Empire takes control of Jerusalem. She is imprisoned alongside her mother and…Read More…
View ArticleGretchen Mol Currently on Broadway in the 2013 Pulitzer Prize Drama ‘Disgraced’
If Gretchen Mol Has learned anything from her current role in the provocative Broadway drama “Disgraced,” it’s likely this: When it comes to dinner parties…Read More…
View ArticleTeddy Sears To Star In CBS Pilot ‘Doubt’
Teddy Sears (Masters of Sex, American Horror Story) is set as the male lead opposite KaDee Strickland in Doubt, CBS’ hourlong pilot from Timberman/Beverly and CBS TV Studios. Written by longtime Grey’s...
View ArticleStephen Adly Guirgis Wins Pulitzer for Drama
Stephen Adly Guirgis’s “Between Riverside and Crazy” has won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for drama, a play hailed by the judges for using “dark comedy to confront questions of life and death.” The Columbia...
View ArticleAmy Schumer to Star in HBO Comedy Special Directed by Chris Rock
This is the first HBO comedy special for the Comedy Central breakout and ‘Trainwreck’ star. Amy Schumer is set to headline her first HBO comedy special, the network announced Thursday. The special,...
View ArticleWilliam Esper Studio Listed As One of The 25 Best Drama Schools In The...
This year, THR is lifting its annual ranking of the best drama schools to a higher level. The magazine is concentrating on the best places to get a postgraduate education (with one- to three-year...
View ArticleShannon Esper Joins ‘Orange Is The New Black’
Shannon Esper has booked a recurring role on the upcoming fourth season of Netflix/Lionsgate TV prison drama, Orange Is The New Black. She will play Alana Dwight, a new inmate whose meek ways make…Read...
View ArticleMike Houston lands recurring role on the upcoming fourth season of Orange Is...
Brad William Henke, Mike Houston and Kelly Karbacz have landed recurring roles on the upcoming fourth season of Netflix/Lionsgate TV prison drama Orange Is The New Black. Details of their characters...
View ArticleNancy Mayans Voted as Favorite Vocal/Singing Coach in Backstage Readers’ Choice.
Nancy Mayans is skilled at tapping into an actor’s essential and internal energy. The winning combination of her experience as an energy worker and healer and her acting courses at the William Esper...
View ArticleAmy Schumer’s Big Year Now Includes Emmy Win
Amy Schumer is officially an Emmy winner. The funny lady of the year walked away with a golden statue Sunday night for her Comedy Centralseries “Inside Amy Schumer,” which won for outstanding variety...
View ArticleOkieriete Onaodowan In Hottest Show, ‘Hamilton’ on Broadway
Hamilton,” the mega-buzzy bio-musical about Alexander Hamilton and the founding fathers, opened to glowing accolades. In his review, Ben Brantley writes: “Yes, it really is that good.” It’s one of the...
View ArticleMargarita Levieva To Star In HBO Drama Pilot ‘The Deuce’
Margarita Levieva (Revenge) has landed a co-lead opposite James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal in David Simon’s HBO drama pilot The Deuce. Also cast in the project, a narrative set in the Times Square...
View ArticleKarl Glusman Joins ‘Nocturnal Animals’
Following up his starring role in Gaspar Noé’s sexually explicit romantic drama Love, Karl Glusman has joined the cast of Focus Features’ Nocturnal Animals, based on Austin Wright’s 1993 novel Tony And...
View ArticleRobert Knepper Joins Cast of ‘Twin Peaks’
I have learned that Robert Knepper has joined the cast of David Lynch’s upcoming new installment of his groundbreaking 1990 mystery series. The project has been shrouded with secrecy, so noone is...
View ArticleTimothy Olyphant in Kenneth Lonergan’s new play, ‘Hold on to Me Darling’
Q. and A.: Timothy Olyphant, a Tough Lawman, Goes Country Onstage. Countless words have been spilled on the subject of Timothy Olyphant and the Stare: that faint narrowing of those fathomless eyes,...
View Article‘Wolverine 3’ Sets ‘Narcos’ Boyd Holbrook As Chief Villain
Holbrook will play a relentless, calculating and intense head of security for a global enterprise who is set against Jackman’s clawed Wolverine/Logan hero. The CAA-repped actor’s deal was just...
View ArticleThe Blacklist’ Spinoff: Tawny Cypress To Co-Star
Tawny Cypress (Unforgettable) has been cast as a series regular opposite Famke Janssen, Ryan Eggold and Edi Gathegi in NBC’s proposed spinoff from The Blacklist. Like fellow new Blacklist addition...
View ArticleMike Houston Is On Guard Duty in Netflix’s ‘Orange Is the New Black’ – Season 4
If you’re reading this, then I already know that you won’t be getting much sleep this weekend. On June 17th (somewhere supposedly around 3am ET), Season 4 of Netflix’s Orange is the New Black drops....
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