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 ...

Rory O’Malley has audiences rolling in the aisles as the gay, tap-dancing Mormon Elder McKinley in the Broadway hit The Book of Mormon. The Tony nominated actor invited Broadway.com into his dressing room at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre for even more laughs. O’Malley keeps himself smiling with a photo of himself in high school with fellow ...

Tony nominee Gavin Creel is set to play Elder Price in the upcoming national tour of the Tony-winning musical The Book of Mormon. The tour will launch at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver on August 14 and will stop in 15 cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Detroit, Boston and more. Further casting for the production ...

Dharma & Greg star Jenna Elfman will play the First Lady and stepmother to The Book of Mormon’s Josh Gad in the NBC pilot, 1600 Penn, according to Deadline.com. In addition to starring, Gad will also serve as co-writer and executive producer of the presidential comedy. Elfman joins previously announced stars Bill Pullman and Brittany Snow. 

1600 Penn follows ...

The Book of Mormon funny man Josh Gad joined comedian Chelsea Handler on her late-night talk show for a few laughs on March 13. The Tony nominee, who is currently in L.A. filming his new TV pilot 1600 Penn, charmed the Chelsea Lately audience with tales of how a waitress once mistook him for late comedian John Belushi, so ...