Odds & Ends: See Kristin Chenoweth's Maleficent, Get Your Sugar Fix With Audra McDonald & Corey Cott & More
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the weekend.
Kristin Chenoweth's Maleficent
Move over Angelina Jolie! Kristin Chenoweth may currently be showing off her comedic chops in On the Twentieth Century, but on screen she's taken a positively Wicked turn! Check out the below trailer for the Tony winner's upcoming appearance as Maleficent in the Disney Channel's telepic Descendants. Under the direction of Kenny Ortega, the film will air this summer.
Fran Drescher is Developing a Broadway Musical
Fran Drescher, who is reprising her Great White Way performance as the wicked stepmother on the Cinderella tour, is also working on “a Broadway musical that I would be a writer and producer on.” However, The Nanny fave goes on to say to Variety that she is not ready to pitch the project yet. We will let you know more details as we get them!
Bebe Neuwirth & Sierra Boggess' Tribute
Two-time Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth will host the 30th Annual Women of Achievement Awards Gala on June 8 at The Edison Ballroom. Honorees will include Tony and six-time Emmy-winning actress Tyne Daly (It Shoulda Been You), with special appearances at the event by Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Sierra Boggess (It Shoulda Been You), Margo Seibert (Rocky) and more.
Jonathan Groff & Laura Osnes Team Up
Another gathering we would love to be a fly on the wall at! Jonathan Groff will perform, along with special guests Laura Osnes and Jan Maxwell, at a Theatre Development Fund Gala on June 15 at the Edison Ballroom. The event, hosted by Julie Halston, will honor three of the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts’ “Unsung Heroes”—Ted Chapin, Jeffrey Gural and Robert Zukerman.
Get Your Sugar Fix With Audra McDonald & Corey Cott
We at Broadway.com, along with everybody who works in the vicinity of the Great White Way, are addicted to Schmackary’s. The gourmet cookie company will host its third annual Broadway Bakes event May 25 through May 29 in support of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Some of the Main Stem’s biggest names have been tapped to work behind the counter including six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald and her hubby Les Miz’s Will Swenson, Gigi’s Corey Cott, Laura Osnes, Megan Hilty and Matilda’s Lesli Margherita. We’ll be there cheering them on! (And if anyone ever wants to buy the team at Broadway.com a present, please send us Schmackary’s c/o 729 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10019.)
