The role of Eponine in the upcoming screen version of “Les Misererables” is very desirable and several entertainment stars are in the running. At the top of the list is country music sensation Taylor Swift, Lea Michele, Scarlett Johansson, and Evan Rachel Wood. Taylor Swift started as a teen country star and her music has crossed over to pop. She has been nominated and won multiple Grammy and CMA Awards. She...

Stockard Channing did not let knee surgery keep her away from the set of “Other Desert Cities.” Broadway.com reported she was back to work after just four days. Channing showing she is quite the dedicated actress. Certainly it was good news for the Booth Theatre where the show is being performed. Stockard Channing is a Tony Award winning actress who has been nominated for several more Tony awards. She won...

“Will & Grace” star Eric McCormack commits to join the cast of “The Best Man.” The Broadway production is set to open for previews in March and open in earnest in April. “The Best Man” is putting together a cast which you might want to consider calling the best cast. Eric McCormack will be joining James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Candice Bergen, Michael McKean, and John Larroquette. The show is a...

“Love, Loss and What I Wore” is changing the cast up for a December off Broadway run and 2012 national tour. Daisy Eagan joins a cast which also includes Myra Lucretia Taylor, Sonia Manzano, and Loretta Swit. Daisy Eagan adds a Tony Award winning actress to the cast. The 32 year old actress won the award for her role in “The Secret Garden.” In addition to stage work she has appeared...

“The Book of Mormon” has paid back investors and still has the cash registers ringing. The Associated Press reported the show “has recouped its $11.4 million capitalization after just nine months.” However, the show is not stopping at just breaking even.  The week ending November 26, 2011 the show “took in more than $1.6 million at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.” “The Book of Mormon” has found success in more ways than...

Actor Hugh Jackman has found a diet plan that works. It is simply performing in his variety show on Broadway. His show runs through mid January and he is dropping pounds with every show. Hugh Jackman is probably best known for his Wolverine role in the movie series “X-Men.” He has also starred in the movie “Kate & Leopold” and “Van Helsing” to name a couple. However, Jackman has also had...

The New York Times is reporting “The Heiress” is coming back for a fourth revival. The last revival was in 1995 and the results were multiple Tony Awards. It is rumored film producer Paula Wagner and Broadway producer Roy Furman want to make a go of the revival and are trying to bring it to Broadway for next fall. “The Heiress” originally made its Broadway debut in 1947 with a screenplay...

Actor Thomas Sadoski is leaving the Broadway production of “Other Desert Cities” in January. He is leaving to take part in the HBO series “The Newsroom.” Sadoski will also miss from December 5-25 but during those dates he will be replaced by his understudy Matthew Risch. The play was expected to close on January 8^th but looks like it has been extended through most of March. So far there has...

Is it possible pop singer Katy Perry might portray Marilyn Monroe on Broadway? If producer Harvey Weinstein gets his way it will happen in a few years. Weinstein produced the movie “My Week with Marilyn.” According to the Daily Mail Harvey Weinstein told E! “if the movie works, I would try to make it a musical and I would go to Katy first.” In the movie that just opened actress...

Janeane Garofalo leads the cast of “Russian Transport” which is set to begin preview performances off Broadway on January 17^th with an official opening on January 30, 2012. The play is about Russian immigrants in New York. Garofalo’s career started in stand up comedy but moved into television. She appeared on the “Ben Stiller Show,” “The Larry Sanders Show,” “Saturday Night Life” and “The West Wing” to name some of her...