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Bette Midler, Patti LuPone & More Will Join Fran Drescher for Virtual Cabaret Spectacular
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 18, 2020


Stage and screen star Fran Drescher has just announced that she will celebrate twenty years of being cancer-free with a virtual cabaret event on June 21 (3pm EST). The special event will feature appearances by Broadway favorites Bette Midler, Patti LuPone, and many more!

REAL to REEL Honors Michael Feinstein With Special Guest Kristin Chenoweth
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 10, 2020


The Hollywood Museum in partnership with Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell will present REAL TO REEL LIVE (VIRTUAL EDITION 2020). Michael Feinstein will be receiving the Inspiration Award, and Kristin Chenoweth will be appearing as a special guest.

Tamar Greene, Adam B. Shapiro and More to Take Part in Virtual BROADWAY SINGS FOR PRIDE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 3, 2020


Amid cancellation of Broadway Sings for Pride's 10th Pride Charity Concert due to Covid, Broadway and Off-Broadway performers representing Broadway Sings for Pride will still take part in virtual LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations this June!

BWW Blog: Getting to Know You
by Student Blogger: Emma Rose Dorsch - Jun 1, 2020


Hello, Broadway World!. I was so excited to write my first post and start sharing my ideas that I forgot to share myself, that is, to introduce myself! Before you read my opinions and views, I thought you might want to know a little about me and my theatre journey.

HGTV Announces New Series HOUSE HUNTERS: COMEDIANS ON COUCHES
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 18, 2020


Fans who miss televised live events and the pithy professional commentary that comes with them can now look to HGTV to fill that void with its new, highly anticipated series House Hunters: Comedians on Couches (fka House Hunters: LOL).

Food Network Announces Special Mother's Day Episodes and Celebrity Takeover Weekend
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 1, 2020


Food Network gears up for Mother's Day with a curated lineup of content across platforms to create the ultimate Mother's Day destination for moms everywhere to kick back and hangout with some of their favorite food personalities including Valerie Bertinelli, Ree Drummond, Trisha Yearwood and more.

SATURDAY NIGHT SEDER Has Raised $2.35 Million and Counting For the CDC Foundation
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 13, 2020


'Saturday Night Seder,' the star-studded virtual Passover Seder that premiered Saturday night on YouTube via www.SaturdayNightSeder.com and Buzzfeed's Tasty YouTube, has raised more than $2,350,000 for the CDC Foundation's Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency Response Fund, it was announced today.

WATCH: SATURDAY NIGHT SEDER Benefit Featuring Ben Platt, Idina Menzel and More!
by Stephi Wild - Apr 11, 2020


Watch 'Saturday Night Seder' a virtual Passover Seder to benefit COVID-19 first responders!

Bette Midler & Sarah Silverman Join SATURDAY NIGHT SEDER Benefit
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 10, 2020


Bette Midler and Sarah Silverman have joined the 'Saturday Night Seder,' a virtual Passover Seder streaming on www.SaturdayNightSeder.com on Saturday, April 11 at 8 PM EST, to benefit COVID-19 first responders.

Idina Menzel, Ben Platt, Josh Groban and Many More Join SATURDAY NIGHT SEDER Benefit
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 7, 2020


Saturday Night Seder — a Passover Seder on Saturday, April 11 (the fourth night of Passover) — will be different from all other nights, as a panoply of performers, musicians, and religious scholars come together (digitally, from their own homes) to celebrate through music and comedy, the original story of the Exodus, and raise money for COVID-19 first responders.

VIDEO: The Cast of THE NANNY Reunites for Virtual Table Read of Pilot
by Kaitlin Milligan - Apr 6, 2020


The original cast of The Nanny, starring Fran Drescher, reunited on Monday, April 6, for a virtual table read of the show's first episode! 

Social: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Hanks and More Pay Tribute to Adam Schlesinger
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 1, 2020


The entertainment community is bereft at the loss of Emmy and Grammy winner and Oscar nominee Adam Schlesinger, who passed away today from coronavirus-related complications.

THE NANNY Cast to Reunite for Virtual Table Read
by Kaitlin Milligan - Mar 31, 2020


Variety has learned that the original cast of The Nanny is reuniting for a virtual table read of the pilot via Zoom! The table read will be posted on the Sony Pictures YouTube page the morning of Monday, April 6, according to Variety.

Café Carlyle Cancels the Remainder of its Spring Season
by Stephi Wild - Mar 26, 2020


In light of the global COVID-19 outbreak, all performances for the remainder of the spring season have been canceled.

VIDEO: Watch a Look Into the Making of INDEBTED on NBC
by Sarah Leiber - Mar 6, 2020


Indebted creator Dan Levy and castmates Fran Drescher, Abby Elliott, Adam Pally, Steven Weber, Jessy Hodges and more talk about their commute and giant water bottles as they take you behind the scenes of NBC's Indebted.

Photographer Robert Lundberg Launches New Podcast, Episode One Out Now!
by Abigail Charpentier - Feb 10, 2020


Today photographer Robert Lundberg launches his new series, Uncontaminated Sound: The Interviews, via Pure Grain Audio. For the first episode, featuring notable and buzzworthy comedian Mike Cannon, Lundberg speaks with Cannon about his process and path which sets the tone for the series. Filmed in New York City and Boston, the video series will be released bi-weekly. The series focuses on having raw and uncut conversations with contemporary artisans, entertainers, musicians and more.

Photo Flash: See Fran Drescher, Alex Newell and More in Photos from NBC's Mid-Season Press Junket
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Jan 24, 2020


NBCUniversal hosted a press junket at the Four Seasons Midtown Hotel in New York City on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, featuring new and returning mid-season series including 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' 'Good Girls,' 'Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector,' 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist,' 'Indebted,' 'Manifest,' 'America's Got Talent: The Champions' and more.

BWW Readers Name The TV Shows That Should Get Stage Adaptations!
by Linnae Medeiros - Jan 13, 2020


We asked, and you answered! The classic television show The Nanny is being developed as a musical with the help of Fran Drescher, Peter Marc Jacobson, and Rachel Bloom. To celebrate we asked BroadwayWorld readers to name the other TV shows that they'd like to see come to the stage. Now we've gathered some of the most popular answers for you to enjoy, from classics like The Golden Girls and Bewitched to more recent favorites like Smash and The Good Place.

Fran Drescher Will Make Her Café Carlyle Debut This Summer
by Stephi Wild - Jan 13, 2020


Acclaimed actress, comedian, writer and activist Fran Drescher makes her Café Carlyle debut, June 16 a?" 20. The Queens native has received two Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations for her portrayal as the lovable Miss Fine on the CBS hit series The Nanny, a show she also created, wrote, directed and executive produced. Fran's next sitcom was based off of her real life relationship with her gay ex-husband, Peter Marc Jacobson -- a show she also produced, created, and starred in called Happily Divorced. Currently, she is starring in NBC's new sitcom Indebted where she plays a baby boomer gone broke who has to move in with her adult son and his young family. An accomplished film actress, she's won Esquire's Five Minute Oscar for her memorable performance in the mockumentary, This Is Spinal Tap. She has co-starred in countless films throughout her career with the likes of Robin Williams, Dan Aykroyd, Tim Robbins and Billy Crystal, not to mention such esteemed directors as Rob Reiner, Milos Forman and Francis Ford Coppola. Her latest films slated to be released this year are The Creatress and After Class.

BWW Interview: Renée Taylor on MY LIFE ON A DIET, THE NANNY and Her Long Career as a Funny Lady of the Stage and Screen
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 10, 2020


Renée Taylor is an Emmy Award winner, Oscar nominee, actress, screenwriter, playwright and comedy legend known for Lovers and Other Strangers, Made for Each Other, and of course, The Nanny, to name only a few of the projects that make up her long and impressive career.

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