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Sundance Institute Announces Class of 2021 Episodic Fellows Photo Sundance Institute Announces Class of 2021 Episodic Fellows
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 14, 2021

This structural evolution of the Lab emerged in dialogue with the rapidly shifting ecosystem of the industry, including scaling demand for fresh content across networks, streamers, and platforms....


VIDEO: Comedian Vir Das Takes on Cancel Culture and Tribalism in New #TenOnTen Episod Photo VIDEO: Comedian Vir Das Takes on Cancel Culture and Tribalism in New #TenOnTen Episode
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 10, 2021

Vir Das today released the fifth episode in his acclaimed #TenOnTen series of topical standup videos, recorded with a small audience, outdoors in Goa, India (with the exception of the May 2021 installment, taped over Zoom due to a surge in COVID-19), and shared on his YouTube channel....


Cecily Strong, Larry Dorf, Maggie Wheeler & More Featured in Today's New PACK PODCAST Photo Cecily Strong, Larry Dorf, Maggie Wheeler & More Featured in Today's New PACK PODCAST Play
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 28, 2020

Today's new play released for The Pack Podcast features 'Copy Man' with Cecily Strong, Larry Dorf, Maggie Wheeler & Dayle Reyfel. Launched earlier this month, The Pack Podcast is a new spoken word series featuring star-studded casts performing short comedy plays by Emmy-nominated & Drama Desk-winner...


PIANO BAR LIVE! Streams Tonight With Sally Darling, Kenny Davidsen And Jamie McRae Photo PIANO BAR LIVE! Streams Tonight With Sally Darling, Kenny Davidsen And Jamie McRae
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 16, 2021

Featuring new performers with every show, the weekly Piano Bar Live! streams this Tuesday, February 16th at 7:15 pm ET, with host Scott Barbarino and guests Sally Darling, Kenny Davidsen and Jamie McRae, plus Mystery Guests and MORE!...


Renee Taylor, Lainie Kazan and Tim DeKay Featured in Today's PACK PODCAST Play Photo Renee Taylor, Lainie Kazan and Tim DeKay Featured in Today's PACK PODCAST Play
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 11, 2020

Today's new play released for The Pack Podcast features 'Sea Cows' with Lainie Kazan, Renee Taylor and Tim DeKay....


CRIMINAL GENIUS to Make West Coast Premiere at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theater Photo CRIMINAL GENIUS to Make West Coast Premiere at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theater
by Marissa Tomeo - May 11, 2022

Criminal Genius - a one act play, is the third play in George F. Walker's six part 'Suburban Motel Series.' Walker is one of Canada’s most prolific playwrights and is also one of the most widely produced Canadian Dramatists both in Canada and internationally. The show is produced by Jim Grollman, di...


Nancy Kerrigan To Host And Skate In HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR ON ICE At Patchogue Theatre Photo Nancy Kerrigan To Host And Skate In HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR ON ICE At Patchogue Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - November 19, 2021

Capture the magic of the season as The Gateway magically transforms Patchogue Theatre's stage into an ice rink for The Gateway's Holiday Spectacular On Ice with Host and Two Time Olympic Figure Skating Star Nancy Kerrigan!   ...


Prime Video Renews SMOTHERED For Season Season Photo Prime Video Renews SMOTHERED For Season Season
by Michael Major - January 17, 2022

The cast for Season 2 is Amanda Bearse (Bros & Married With Children), Jai Rodriguez (Bros & Queer Eye), Bobby Costanza (Friends), Aida Rodriguez (HBOMax Comedy Special: Fighting Words), Armand Fields (Queer As Folk), Debra Wilson (Mad TV & Star Wars Jedi), Krishna Smitha (Morning Show), Bryon Quiro...


Vir Das Focuses On Grief In Newest Installment Of Acclaimed #TENONTEN Stand Up Series Photo Vir Das Focuses On Grief In Newest Installment Of Acclaimed #TENONTEN Stand Up Series
by A.A. Cristi - May 10, 2021

Vir Das presents the fourth installment of his new standup series #TenOnTen, this month devoted to exploring grief amidst India's devastating surge of COVID cases....


Podcast: West of Broadway- Getting to Know Laura Bell Bundy Photo Podcast: West of Broadway- Getting to Know Laura Bell Bundy
by West of Broadway - April 22, 2020

On this episode of West of Broadway Will Armstrong and Wendy Rosoff talk with Broadway star Laura Bell Bundy about absolutely everything!...


RATINGS: FOX, SMACKDOWN Hold Off Demo Competition Photo RATINGS: FOX, SMACKDOWN Hold Off Demo Competition
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 19, 2020

Here are the highlights of the 12 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks Friday night (10/16/20)....


Shefik Returns as Official Judge for 12th Annual Shorty Awards
by Stephi Wild - May 03, 2020

Media personality and technology maven Shefik (http://shefik.info) returns as an official judge for the 12th Annual Shorty Awards (https://shortyawards.com), where he will serve alongside a panel of esteemed judges. This is the third consecutive year that Shefik has been named a judge for the compet...


Sharon Klein Named Executive Vice President of Casting, Walt Disney Television Photo Sharon Klein Named Executive Vice President of Casting, Walt Disney Television
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 13, 2021

Klein most recently served as EVP, Casting, Disney Television Studios and FX Entertainment, and oversaw casting on such recent successes as “Genius: Aretha,” “Big Sky,” “Rebel,” “Little Fires Everywhere” and “Mrs. America.”...


Gilda's LaughFest Begins To Roll Out Artists Announcements For 2022 Festival
by Stephi Wild - January 19, 2022

Gilda’s LaughFest, presented by Gun Lake Casino, today announced some of the headliners participating during LaughFest’s festival, March 16-20. Additionally, Justin Willman, magician, comedian and creator of Netflix’s Magic for Humans, will perform during Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids’ 20th anniversary ...


John Ciccolini to Bring FRANK SINATRA SCREWED UP MY LIFE! to The Duplex Photo John Ciccolini to Bring FRANK SINATRA SCREWED UP MY LIFE! to The Duplex
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 14, 2022

NYC- Ol' Blue Eyes meets modern romance in the hit comedy Frank Sinatra Screwed Up My Life!, a one-man fusion of music and stand-up. ...


Comedy Series TEN PERCENT to Premiere on Sundance Now and AMC+ Photo Comedy Series TEN PERCENT to Premiere on Sundance Now and AMC+
by Marissa Tomeo - April 06, 2022

Sundance Now is set to release the first season of the upcoming original comedy series Ten Percent. The show's two-episode premiere is set for Friday, April 29 on Sundance Now and AMC+. An encore airing of the first episode will debut linearly on BBC AMERICA Sunday, May 1 with one episode weekly the...


Fashion Designers Prabal Gurung and Phillip Lim Team Up for the Disney+ Original Seri Photo Fashion Designers Prabal Gurung and Phillip Lim Team Up for the Disney+ Original Series AMERICAN BORN CHINESE
by Michael Major - April 28, 2022

In their first-ever professional collaboration, the pair will work together with 'American Born Chinese' costume designer Joy Cretton to design costumes for culturally significant characters from Chinese mythology and classic literature portrayed in the series by stars Michelle Yeoh and Daniel Wu....


Sundance Now Acquires US Rights to British Remake CALL MY AGENT! Photo Sundance Now Acquires US Rights to British Remake CALL MY AGENT!
by Sarah Jae Leiber - July 20, 2021

The English adaptation of Call My Agent! will keep the sensibilities and premise of the French series, in which the staff of a Parisian talent agency must hustle to keep clients happy after the abrupt death of their founder — all while juggling their own personal and love lives....


Craig Wedren Shares New 'Sabbath Sessions' Podcast Episodes Photo Craig Wedren Shares New 'Sabbath Sessions' Podcast Episodes
by A.A. Cristi - March 18, 2020

Acclaimed songwriter, singer, film & television composer and Shudder To Think frontman Craig Wedren has just released Episodes 4 & 5 of his Sabbath Sessions podcast. Each episode runs approximately twenty minutes, providing an aural correlative for meditation practice. Episode 4 was recorded during ...


Simu Liu to host The 2022 JUNO Awards in Toronto Photo Simu Liu to host The 2022 JUNO Awards in Toronto
by Michael Major - February 02, 2022

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and CBC announced today that Simu Liu, Marvel Studios star of Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings, is returning to his hometown to take on a new role: host of The 2022 JUNO Awards Broadcast....


Comedian Vir Das Comes To Thousand Oaks Next Month Photo Comedian Vir Das Comes To Thousand Oaks Next Month
by Stephi Wild - September 10, 2021

Das was born in India but spent his early years in Nigeria before moving to Delhi. He eventually found himself studying dramatic acting at Knox College in Illinois, with every intention of becoming a professional actor, but he shifted gears to pursue stand-up comedy instead, returning to India to st...


CRASH BASH: WHAT'S THE RUSH? Will Embark on Tour of New Zealand Photo CRASH BASH: WHAT'S THE RUSH? Will Embark on Tour of New Zealand
by Stephi Wild - February 13, 2020

Fasten your seatbelts because Crash Bash: What's the Rush? is hitting the road this month....


Casting Announced For Week Three Of The Blank Theatre's 28th Annual Young Playwrights Photo Casting Announced For Week Three Of The Blank Theatre's 28th Annual Young Playwrights Festival
by A.A. Cristi - August 17, 2020

Casting has been announced for week three of The Blank Theatre's 28th Annual Young Playwrights Festival. Being presented this year as digital shorts, the next three of 13 winning plays by young playwrights aged 15a?"19 from nine different states will be available to stream on Vimeo August 22a?"29. ...


AMERICAN BORN CHINESE Gets Straight-to-Series Order at Disney+ Photo AMERICAN BORN CHINESE Gets Straight-to-Series Order at Disney+
by Michael Major - October 04, 2021

American Born Chinese tells the story of Jin Wang, an average teenager juggling his high school social life with his immigrant home life. When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythologi...


TRUE STORY, Starring Ed Helms & Randall Park, is Coming to NBC Photo TRUE STORY, Starring Ed Helms & Randall Park, is Coming to NBC
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 21, 2020

NBC has ordered “True Story,” a hilarious new series co-hosted by award-winning actor-comedians Ed Helms (“The Office,” “The Hangover”) and Randall Park (“Fresh Off the Boat,” “Always Be My Maybe”). Helms will also executive produce....






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