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Broadway will welcome a new musical, “Come From Away,” in 2017 with unlikely subject matter: the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks. Canadians Irene Sankoff and David Hein wrote the book, music and lyrics of the show, which is set in the tiny town of Gander, Newfoundland — whose population doubled on Sept. 11, 2001 when 38 planes and 6,579 passengers were re-routed there. The production will begin performances at a Shubert Organization-owned theater in February, following runs at Washington, D.C.’s Ford Theatre and and Toronto’s Royal Alexandra Theatre last fall, Junkyard Dog Productions announced Thursday. Also Read: Jake Gyllenhaal to Return to Broadway in 'Burn.

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The script of the film is based on the titular theory, which indulges the idea of repeating lives of different individuals through the years. One of the theory’s most famous examples is the lives of U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. Both presidents had seven letters in their last names, were elected to the senate 100 years apart (Lincoln in 1846 & Kennedy in 1946), became presidents 100 years apart (Lincoln in 1860 & Kennedy in 1960) and both were assassinated on Fridays, with Lincoln killed in Ford Theatre & Kennedy killed in a Ford vehicle. Both presidents were succeeded by presidents named Johnson that were born a 100 years apart (Andrew Johnson born in 1808 and Lyndon B. Johnson born in 1908).

Kim Seok-hyeon’s life is ideal. He has a gorgeous wife, a wonderful daughter and he is...

For the first time, Maker Studios will be distributing its content on cable television with Crossroads of History, a scripted short that is part of the History channel’s just-announced late-night comedy block.

Crossroads will explore little-known historical anecdotes, according to a press release, including “how President Lincoln’s alcoholic bodyguard, John Parker, chose the wrong night to leave his post at the Ford Theatre and how rejection from art school set a young artist, Adolf Hitler, on a very different career path.” The series is being produced by Maker alongside Trium Entertainment.

In addition to representing untread territory for the Disney-owned digital network, Crossroads is also being used to test a new distribution model, according to VideoInk. Each of the series’ eight episodes will debut on the History channel exclusively for 48 hours, before syndicating to Maker’s and History’s digital destinations. As the deal is intended to be highly experimental,...

Broadway actor Aaron Tveit has said that he would love to star in a future Wicked movie.

The Les Misérables actor played the character of Fiyero on Broadway in 2008, and told Digital Spy that he thinks the musical will translate well as a movie.

"That's such a fantastic story, and they do a really good job at creating that world on stage," he said. "That would be a fantastic movie.

"Oz the Great and Powerful created such a beautiful, colourful, vibrant world, and I think Wicked could do the same thing. The Wicked book is actually much darker, so they could also go underneath and show that in the film."

When asked if he would like to be involved in the project, he said: "I would definitely be open to that. It's a show and a part that I love, but I've heard nothing about it! It would definitely be something I'd be interested in,...

To coincide with the 20-year anniversary of the Ford Partnership Program, which nurtures locally based artists and arts organizations, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission presents the inaugural Zev Yaroslavsky Signatures Series. This two-concert program benefiting the Ford Theatre Foundation pairs world-renowned performers with a local artistic treasure, celebrating Los Angeles as a destination for world-class artists, who find here both collaboration with, and inspiration from, celebrated local artists.

To coincide with the 20-year anniversary of the Ford Partnership Program, which nurtures locally based artists and arts organizations, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission presents the inaugural Zev Yaroslavsky Signatures Series. This two-concert program benefiting the Ford Theatre Foundation pairs world-renowned performers with a local artistic treasure, celebrating Los Angeles as a destination for world-class artists, who find here both collaboration with, and inspiration from, celebrated local artists.

Actress Doe Avedon Siegel has died at the age of 86.

The veteran star passed away on Sunday in Los Angeles, according to Variety.

Avedon Siegel was married to actor Dan Mathews, photographer Richard Avedon and later to Dirty Harry director Don Siegel, with whom she adopted four children before their divorce.

While she was married to Avedon, the couple's friend - playwright/screenwriter Leonard Gershe - based his popular musical Funny Face loosely on their relationship.

Avedon Siegel started her career on Broadway, touring with Mae West, before going on to star in films such as The High and the Mighty with John Wayne and Stanley Donen's Deep in My Heart.

Her TV roles included appearances in Big Town, The Ford Television Theatre and Climax!, and her last big screen appearance came in John Cassavetes' 1984 film, Love Streams.

Listings compiled by Jessica Gardner and Pete KeeleyDEFINITIONS:Membership: Theater maintains an active company or ensemble of actors and generally casts productions from that pool.Open: Each show is cast on an open basis.Limited: Theater casts on an open policy under limited or special circumstances, usually when a part cannot be cast from existing company members.Key To Symbols & Abbreviations: R: Theater is available for rent. R-va: Rental with variable availability. H&R: Headshots and résumés accepted. M: Accepts manuscripts. Include self-addressed, stamped envelope. W: Workshops or classes offered. D: Charges dues.Note: The following sets of listings comprise theater venues and producing companies; often these are one and the same and are listed as such. Producing companies not exclusively associated with any particular venue are included in the "Independent Theatre Companies" listing on page 18. Affiliated companies are listed in parentheses.More Than 499 Seatsahmanson THEATRE135 N. Grand Ave.Los Angeles,...

This writer attended the world premiere of Lionsgate’s The Last Exorcism last night at the Ford Theatre in Hollywood, CA, and while there chatted with the flick’s producer Eli Roth, who riffed on the Arcade Pictures/Strike Entertainment/Studiocanal production as well as giving us word on the status of the long anticipated feature version of his Grindhouse Thanksgiving trailer. Read on!

Hosted by the Los Angeles Film Festival and Screamfest La, The Last Exorcism opens nationwide on August 27th, and on-hand for the event were director Daniel Stamm, producers Roth, Eric Newman and Marc Abraham, composer Nathan ("True Blood") Barr and cast-members Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Tony Bentley, Irs Bahr, Louis Herthum and Caleb Landry Jones.

“I’m very excited!,” said the very personable Roth of the screening, which, in addition to last night’s audience, was the first time the majority of the cast in attendance had ever seen the completed,...

In another move where Radiohead let fans put a price on what they think their music is worth, like the industry-first release of their album "In Rainbows." This time, fans were willing to shell out thousands for a ticket for the band's show at L.A.'s Henry Ford Theatre, where every ticket was put on auction for Oxfam to support Haiti relief. The total amount of money raised from the one-off show: 2,774.00

The highest bids were over ,000 for one ticket to the show, while the lowest winning bid stood at 5. All the proceeds from the show are going to Oxfam, a foundation dedicated to providing water and sanitation in the region.

The Henry Ford Theatre only holds a capacity of 1,300. The show attracted celebrities like Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, Drew Barrymore, Anna Paquin, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

During the performance, the band's setlist covered nearly all of their albums, performing...

Anyone who's read James Swanson's thrilling Manhunt or Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals has envisioned who might play Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth in a movie adaptation and been tantalized by simmering in-development projects involving Steven Spielberg and Liam Neeson or Harrison Ford. But perhaps news of Robert Redford's Lincoln-assassination film, The Conspirator, will finally resurrect such colorful historical characters for the screen. Though the film is primarily about Mary Surratt, who was hanged for her participation in the assassination, Booth is undeniably the killer role. Remember, Booth was a famous actor in his own time who single-handedly impacted history. We're talking about a murderer who delayed his escape from Ford Theatre so he could deliver one final theatrical line of dialogue: "Sic semper tyrannis." It's too surreal to completely fathom a contemporary comparison. Buried in a Risky Business Blog scoop about Redford's project, which hopes to shoot this fall,...

DVD Playhouse—June 2009

By

Allen Gardner

The International (Sony) An Interpol agent (Clive Owen) joins forces with a Manhattan D.A. (Naomi Watts) to bring down an arms dealing ring and a corrupt global banking cartel that’s funding them. Superlative thriller was oddly ignored by critics and audiences alike, but expertly blends intelligence (courtesy screenwriter Eric Warren Singer’s masterfully-crafted script) and full-throttle action (director Tom Tykwer stages one of the great film shoot-outs in New York’s iconic Guggenheim Museum), making this dynamite thriller reminiscent of the best work from masters such as John Frankenheimer and Robert Aldrich. Armin Mueller-Stahl is wonderful as a world-weary covert op. Bonuses: Extended scene; Featurettes; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby 5.1 surround.

The Jack Lemmon Film Collection(Sony) Five films from the two-time Oscar winning actor, focusing on his early career: Phfft! is a zippy comedy from 1954, one of Lemmon’s earliest films, in which...