Television networks recently held their upfronts to announce the crop of new series that will debut this fall, and there are plenty of theater people featured in the new shsows. Theater fans can expect to see some of their favorite stage stars appearing on TV, including Book of Mormon boys Andrew Rannells (The New Normal) and Josh Gad (1600 Penn ...

Tony Award winner Jason Alexander has signed on to star in a film adaptation of Lucky Stiff, according to Variety. Directed by Christopher Ashley (Memphis, Leap of Faith) and choreographed by Joey Pizzi (Burlesque), the film will begin production in mid-June in Southern California. The cast of Lucky Stiff also features Tony Award winner Nikki M. James, two-time Tony nominee ...

The new NBC comedy The New Normal has released a hilarious extended preview that gives fans a clear insight into what they can expect from the new Ryan Murphy sitcom. Starring The Book of Mormon’s Andrew Rannells and Broadway vet Justin Bartha as a gay couple trying to have a baby via surrogate, the show also features no-nonsense Tony ...

The Book of Mormon star Andrew Rannells is gearing up to headline his first TV series this fall on NBC's The New Normal. In the series, which is written and produced by Glee's Ryan Murphy, Rannells and Justin Bartha play a gay couple interested in having a baby via surrogate. In a clip from the show's pilot ...

Tony-nominated The Book of Mormon star Josh Gad will soon say farewell to Broadway to star in the upcoming NBC series 1600 Penn. In the comedy Gad plays the goofball son of the U.S. President (Bill Pullman), who may just turn out to be the glue that keeps his family together. In a clip of the show Gad and ...

From the looks of this promo shot, The Book of Mormon star Andrew Rannells is headed for the maternity ward! Rannells and fellow Broadway vets Justin Bartha and Ellen Barkin have signed on to star in the NBC comedy The New Normal. Glee creator Ryan Murphy and Allison Adler wrote the pilot for the show (directed by Murphy), which centers ...

NBC has ordered 1600 Penn, the White House comedy featuring The Book of Mormon's Josh Gad, to series, according to Deadline.com. In addition to starring in the series, Gad will serve as a co-executive producer. Jason Winer directed the pilot episode. No start date for the series has been announced at this time.

1600 Penn follows a dysfunctional ...

NBC has ordered a full season of the previously announced TV pilot The New Normal for the 2012-2013 season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Co-written by Glee’s Ryan Murphy and Allison Adler, and directed by Murphy, the series stars Tony nominee Andrew Rannells, Tony winner Ellen Barkin, Broadway vet Justin Bartha and newcomer Georgia King.

The single-camera sitcom is ...

The Book of Mormon Tony nominee Josh Gad is in talks to play Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in the Steve Jobs biofilm Jobs, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gad would co-star with previously announced star Ashton Kutcher, who will portray Jobs.

Directed by Joshua Michael Stern, Jobs will chronicle the late Jobs’ transformation from Northern California hippie to co-founder of ...

Composer Robert Lopez knows how to work with well with folks from the animation world, having earned two Tonys along South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Now Lopez is collaborating with the folks behind another famed animation series by penning an original song for the long-running hit The Simpsons. The song appears on the April 29th episode “A ...