The excitement and buzz continues to build for “The Little Mermaid.”
A source tells me that director Rob Marshall and husband, producer John DeLuca, hosted a private screening of Disney’s live adaptation of the 1989 animated classic on Sunday night at New York’s Whitby Hotel.
The guest list of about 80 people included Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, Matt Damon and his family, Emily Mortimer, Ben Platt and his “Parade” co-star Micaela Diamond, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Bob Balaban and Lynn Grossman, Diane and Brian Sutherland, and Scott Ellis. The film’s composer Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda, who co-wrote three new songs for the movie, were also there.
I’m told the star-studded audience applauded after each musical number and continued to rave during a post-screening reception. Marshall joked that the evening’s torrential downpour was fitting because it felt like they were truly “under the sea.”
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A source tells me that director Rob Marshall and husband, producer John DeLuca, hosted a private screening of Disney’s live adaptation of the 1989 animated classic on Sunday night at New York’s Whitby Hotel.
The guest list of about 80 people included Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, Matt Damon and his family, Emily Mortimer, Ben Platt and his “Parade” co-star Micaela Diamond, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Bob Balaban and Lynn Grossman, Diane and Brian Sutherland, and Scott Ellis. The film’s composer Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda, who co-wrote three new songs for the movie, were also there.
I’m told the star-studded audience applauded after each musical number and continued to rave during a post-screening reception. Marshall joked that the evening’s torrential downpour was fitting because it felt like they were truly “under the sea.”
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- 5/2/2023
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Last week, Nrdc (Natural Resources Defense Council) hosted its annual New York fundraising comedy event, “Night of Comedy”, at Casa Cipriani New York.
Seth Meyers speaks onstage during Nrdc's Night of Comedy
Credit/Copyright: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Nrdc
The evening paid special tribute to Nrdc Honorary Trustee and “Night of Comedy” Founder, Anna Scott Carter, for her tremendous service on behalf of Nrdc and its mission to safeguard the earth and the natural systems on which all life depends.
Presented in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery, the evening was hosted by Seth Meyers and featured performances by renowned comedians Mike Birbiglia, Michael Che, Chloe Fineman, Nick Kroll and Hasan Minhaj–all of whom came together in support of Nrdc’s on-going work to fight climate change and protect public health.
Anna Scott Carter and Graydon Carter were joined by David Zaslav and Jim and Penny Coulter as National Co-Chairs.
Seth Meyers speaks onstage during Nrdc's Night of Comedy
Credit/Copyright: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Nrdc
The evening paid special tribute to Nrdc Honorary Trustee and “Night of Comedy” Founder, Anna Scott Carter, for her tremendous service on behalf of Nrdc and its mission to safeguard the earth and the natural systems on which all life depends.
Presented in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery, the evening was hosted by Seth Meyers and featured performances by renowned comedians Mike Birbiglia, Michael Che, Chloe Fineman, Nick Kroll and Hasan Minhaj–all of whom came together in support of Nrdc’s on-going work to fight climate change and protect public health.
Anna Scott Carter and Graydon Carter were joined by David Zaslav and Jim and Penny Coulter as National Co-Chairs.
- 9/26/2022
- Look to the Stars
Michelle Williams has reportedly been asked to star in Michael Mayer's new big-screen version of the classic musical "South Pacific".
The story follows U.S. navy ensign Nellie Forbush, the hick from Little Rock nursing injured sailors and soldiers in the New Hebrides Islands during World War II.
Lynn Grossman has penned the screenplay, while Bob Balaban, Ileen Maisel, Lawrence Elman and Denis Wigman are producing.
Grossman has reportedly gone back to James Michener's Pulitzer prize-winning novel "Tales Of The South Pacific" for use in the script. The work was the source material that Rodgers and Hammerstein used for the their original stage show.
Source: The Daily Mail...
The story follows U.S. navy ensign Nellie Forbush, the hick from Little Rock nursing injured sailors and soldiers in the New Hebrides Islands during World War II.
Lynn Grossman has penned the screenplay, while Bob Balaban, Ileen Maisel, Lawrence Elman and Denis Wigman are producing.
Grossman has reportedly gone back to James Michener's Pulitzer prize-winning novel "Tales Of The South Pacific" for use in the script. The work was the source material that Rodgers and Hammerstein used for the their original stage show.
Source: The Daily Mail...
- 5/10/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The actress Blythe Danner can do anything, and in the one-woman play, My Brilliant Divorce by Geraldine Aron, she does: pirouetting, leaping, laughing, singing, sashaying across a bare stage fitted with one large stuffed chair in which she is engulfed like Eloise. Accompanied only by a stuffed dog in a wheeling cart, she recounts the tale of marital loss in a staged reading directed by the playwright and Jim Lawson. This being a comedy, she finds love. The evening of husbands and wives was sponsored by Dina Merrill and Ted Hartley who cheered Danner on along with Bob Balaban and Lynn Grossman, Danner's children Jake Paltrow with Taryn Simon, and daughter Gwyneth with husband Chris Martin of Coldplay. This was one of Guild Hall's stellar summer evenings. The week prior, the shy Barbara Kruger greeted guests at her one-woman show (till...
- 8/27/2010
- by Regina Weinreich
- Huffington Post
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