Trailer: ‘Mirror, Mirror’ starring Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Sean Bean

Wow… This looks awful. It reminds me more like a Disney Channel movie than a big budget feature. Did Julia Roberts get a truck load of money delivered to her door for this? Check it out below.

Mirror, Mirror: When Snow White’s beauty wins the heart of the prince that she desperately pursues, the Queen banishes her to the forest, where a ravening man-eating beast hungrily awaits. Rescued by a band of diminutive highway robbers, Snow White grows into an indomitable young woman determined to take back her realm from the treacherous Queen

Starring: Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane and Sean Bean

Directed by: Tarsem Singh

In Theaters: March 16, 2012
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Nathan Lane Signs on for “The Iceman Cometh”: “It’s a good time in my life to do this — I mean, if not now, when?”

When The Iceman Cometh, so will Nathan Lane. The theater star has signed on to play salesman Theodore “Hickey” Hickman in a 2012 revival of Eugene O’Neill’s classic Iceman Cometh. The play will begin its run at Chicago’s Goodman Theater next April 22-June 10.

“It’s a good time in my life to do this — I mean, if not now, when?” Lane said, according to the New York Times. “Sometimes you have to dive into the deep end. And if the show is good, I get to defy expectations for those people who seem to think I’ve been working for Ringling Brothers all these years. It’s just, for someone who has long been overly concerned with what people think, it feels very good to take on something with complex, emotional twists and turns into a play with this much darkness.”

The play, which was written in 1939 and debuted on Broadway seven years later, focuses on a group of regulars at a run-down Greenwich Village bar and the effect that hardware hawker Hickman has on their lives.

“He’s a haunting character, and there are things there that I can relate to,” Lane noted of Hickman. “And I was looking for a play that was bleaker than Waiting for Godot, and this is the only one I could find.”

Broadway’s ‘It Gets Better’ Video

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS, Broadway.com, and Broadway Impact present Broadway’s “It Gets Better” video featuring 63 members of the New York theatrical community speaking to LGBTQ youth.

The video is part of the It Gets Better Project, which was founded by noted writer Dan Savage in response to LGBTQ teenagers who in recent months have taken their own lives after being bullied in school. The project is a video archive where people can share their stories of overcoming bullying and finding happiness and letting young people know “It Gets Better.”

To see the full list of all involved in the video, click below

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Lend Me A Tenor’s Mary Catherine Garrison talks about how she got her start and working with such a talented cast

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The Tony Nominations just came out and one of the funniest shows of the season, Lend Me A Tenor, was nominated for Best Revival of a Play.

I saw the show when I was in New York and it was hands down the best show I saw that week – and I saw some great shows!  The moment the lights went down to the curtain call (one of the most inspired curtain calls I’ve ever seen), I never stopped laughing. Lend Me A Tenor does not disappoint.

One of the reasons the show is so good is because of Mary Catherine Garrison. She plays Maggie, Max’s (Justin Bartha) love interest in a show that is over-flowing with talent. Directed by Stanley Tucci, is also stars Tony Shalhoub, Anthony LaPaglia, Jan Maxwell and Brooke Adams, Mary Catherine shines in the role as the”virginal” damsel.

She’s got such a great story on how she got her first Broadway role working with Nathan Lane. Whether you want to work in theater or not, this interview is priceless on how she got her start.

As always, I recommend listening to the interview if you have the time.

So, as the curtain comes up you’re the very first person we see on stage. What was that feeling on opening night?

Mary Catherine Garrison: Every time I start a new show I think “This is my last chance to run away, to never be heard from or seen again.” So, I had that feeling like I always do. But it’s also neat—I’m trying to think of how many shows I’ve been on stage when they start—and it feels like an honor, but it also feels like a lot of pressure to get the ball rolling and make sure your energy is up there where it needs to be. Especially for something like this.

The cast is obviously amazing. You get a chance to run around and have fun with them night after night.

Oh, my God, it’s so stimulating. This is one of the best jobs I’ve ever had hands down, because everybody’s so good at their job and so creative. They never stop working. Tony Shalhoub is a maniac. He works on his bits. He’s still working on stuff. When he’s not onstage, he’s backstage running through things, trying to figure out certain jokes. And just the other night I was backstage with Justin and Tony and I lost some laughs that I had since the beginning, and we talked it. We were whispering. We practiced different versions of what it could be, and we figured it out and I got it back. Everyone’s so generous, and there are no crazy egos in this cast. It’s really stimulating and fun. I just feel really, really lucky to be a part of it. Everybody says stuff like that, but I actually really mean it. [LAUGHTER]

And Justin Bartha, this is his first Broadway show and it looks like he’s been doing this for years.

That’s what I’ve been saying, you’d never know this was his supposed debut. He did do plays in high school, but obviously that was a few years ago. He’s just blown me away. I love being on stage with him. I love watching him. I love watching him and Tony. I literally stand backstage and watch some of their scenes every single night. I think they’re so delicious together. And he’s just game, he’s a pleasure.

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The Cast of The Addams Family perform the opening number on Letterman

The Addams Family just opened up on Broadway and I’ve been hearing mixed reviews about it – mostly that it’s the Nathan Lane show. But if you like him, that’s not a bad thing, right?

I’m headed to NYC in a couple weeks and I might try and check it out, mostly because I’ve never seen Nathan Lane in a Broadway show and if you like musical theater, it’s something you gotta do.

In this clip, the whole cast performs the opening number on The Late Show With David Letterman. I think it looks pretty good. What do you think?

Nathane Lane and BeBe Neuwirth talk ‘Addams Family’

The Cast of Broadway's 'Waiting For Godot' talks with Charlie Rose

The cast of Broadway’s Waiting For Godot (Nathan Lane, John Goodman, Bill Irwin and John Glover) sat down for an interview with Charlie Rose to talk about the show, how hard it is to decipher and acting with each other.

I love how in the interview, John Goodman admits that he was scared and had no idea how the role worked til opening night.

Another thing I learned? It’s pronounced God-oh. Not Good-oh. Stupid college education.

Oh, and John Goodman looks scary with his head shaved.