Odds & Ends: NBC Taps Nicole Scherzinger, Juliette Binoche Set for New Kennedy Center Season & More

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.

NBC Taps Nicole Scherzinger
We're all hoping that Nicole Scherzinger will reprise her acclaimed star turn in London’s Cats revival on Broadway, but before that she will appear in a new NBC comedy variety series this summer. Hosted by Marlon Wayans, I Can Do That! will challenge the former Pussy Cat Doll and five other celebrities to put on an entertainment show with skills they didn’t even know they had. So Scherzinger won't be belting or dancing then, as we all know she can nail both a key change and a tango.

Juliette Binoche & More Set for Kennedy Center
Juliette Binoche is heading to Washington D.C.! Her previously reported international tour of Antigone has added a stop at the Eisenhower Theater as part of the Kennedy Center’s 2015-16 season. Directed by Ivo van Hove, the show will run October 22 through October 25. Also on the season’s slate is a production of The Bridges of Madison County. The short-lived but much-loved former Broadway tuner will play June 28, 2016 through July 17, again at the Eisenhower Theater. Meanwhile, stage faves Terri White, Randy Graff, Michele Lee, John Lloyd Young and Frances Ruffelle will headline intimate cabarets at the Terrace Theater.

London Sweeney Adds Date & Cast
The Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel-led Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A Musical Thriller has added an extra date at the London Coliseum. Lonny Price’s production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s classic will additionally play April 5. Along with the previously reported Thompson, Terfel and Philip Quast, we also now know the show will star Matthew Seadon-Young, Katie Hall, Jack North, Alex Gaumond, Rosalie Craig and John Owen-Jones.

Tena Štivičić Wins Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
The 2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been awarded to Tena Štivičić for her play 3 Winters. Štivičić collected the prize (and $25,000!) on March 2 at a celebration of the winner and finalists hosted by New York's Playwrights Horizons. The honor is the oldest and largest prize awarded to women playwrights.

See Maggie Smith & James Corden in Van Trailer
We have our first look of Tony and Oscar winner Maggie Smith in the film adaptation of Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van. Check out the trailer below, which includes a scene-stealing cameo by Tony winner James Corden at the end!