Odds & Ends: James Lipton Exclusively on Bradley Cooper, Stephen Sondheim's Saturday Night Revived & More
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Exclusive: James Lipton on Former Student Bradley Cooper
Inside the Actors Studio’s James Lipton recently spoke to Broadway.com about his former student, Bradley Cooper, and the Oscar nominee's upcoming opening night in The Elephant Man. “I was his Dean. I auditioned him. I admitted him to our world. You bet I’ll be there!” In true #TBT spirit, watch the pair in 1999 with Sean Penn, below. Seven years later Cooper won a Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for his Great White Way debut in Three Days of Rain—dreams can come true!
Andrew Keenan-Bolger & More Lead Sondheim's Saturday Night
The first New York revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Saturday Night will take place as part of the York Theatre Company’s fall 2014 Musicals in Mufti series. Directed by Stafford Arima, with a book by Julius J. Epstein, the cast will include former Newsies stars Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Ben Fankhauser, along with Lindsay Mendez (Wicked) and Margo Seibert (Rocky). Don't miss the limited engagement, which will play November 8 through November 16 at the York Theatre Company at Saint Peter’s.
Broadway Alums Tapped for Paper Mill's Elf
A number of Broadway vets have boarded Paper Mill’s previously announced Christmas production of Elf. James Moye (Bullets Over Broadway) will play Buddy, with Kate Fahrner (Wicked) as Jovie, Paul C. Vogt (Chicago) as Santa, Heidi Blickenstaff (The Addams Family) as Emily Hobbs, Robert Cuccioli (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark) as Walter Hobbs, Cleve Asbury (How to Succeed) as Mr. Greenway and Jessica Sheridan (Sister Act) as Deb. Directed by Eric Ankrim, the production will run November 26 through January 4, 2015.
James Corden & Wife Julia Welcome Second Child
Congratulations to Tony winner, Into the Woods star and future Late Late Show host James Corden and his wife Julia. According to BBC News, the pair welcomed daughter Carey into the world on October 27. Named after her Mum’s maiden name, Carey is little sister to three-year-old Max.