Theatre

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 06:46pm

Her husband thinks so! Taye Diggs recently offered his support for his wife Menzel's potential role as the biological mother of singing high school diva Rachel (Lea Michele) on the hit Fox series Glee.“I know that she would love that,” Diggs said in an interview with Fancast.com while promoting an upcoming episode of his own TV series, Private Practice. “[Appearing on Gle[...]

Tags: Television

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 12:08pm

Clark and Ellen Griswold are going back on the road this winter for another vacation. Us Weekly reports that Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo will reprise their Vacation roles in a new ad campaign for HomeAway vacation rentals. The ads will pay homage to the 1983 comedy about a madcap American family road trip and its sequels, and will also feature an exact replica of the film's ic[...]

Tags: Television

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 05:16pm

The New York Times' Patricia Cohen went to a pajama party to watch last week's episode of Glee with the high-school aged cast of Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie, and has written a cute story about the experience.Surprise! Musical theater actors love Glee! Watching the the new hit Fox series about a high school glee club has quickly become a weekly tradition for the young Birdie c[...]

Tags: Television, Odds Botkins

Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 09:18am

(Note: This post contains spoilers about this season of Mad Men, some of the Sopranos and probably some other shows)  One thought that occurred to me as I watched the quite satisfying and totally ballsy season finale of Mad Men was that fictional television shows tend to rely on a series of simple rules and set ups, all of which create various tensions throughout the show. &amp[...]

Tags: Television

Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 04:48pm

Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson (Finian's Rainbow) made his first appearance on the hit NBC sitcom 30 Rock last night. Jackson is guest starring in several episodes this season as the newest cast member of TGS, 30 Rock's show within the show. Watch a clip of Jackson from last night's episode below: -- Daniel Lehman

Tags: Internet &amp, Video, Television

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at 06:05pm

James Franco is a perplexing character. When producers announced last month that the actor would be joining the long-running soap opera General Hospital for two months in a recurring role, we didn't know if we should be surprised, intrigued, or just accepting. (The fact that Franco approached the show himself and actually asked to work in daytime TV only adds to our confusion.) In truth, [...]

Tags: Actor Life, Television