Celebrity Bulletin , October 17 2025

Husband-and-wife duo PHILLIPA SOO ('Ruth Condomine') and STEVEN PASQUALE ('Charles Condomine') will star in New York City Center's 2026 Encores! series production of High Spirits along with Tony Award winner KATRINA LENK as 'Elvira' and two-time Tony Award winner ANDREA MARTIN as 'Madame Arcati.' Performances will run Feb. 4-15, 2026. There will be a Post-Show Talkback on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2 PM.

The British actress will make her Broadway debut reprising her role of 'Felicity Crossland' as the Olivier Award-winning smash-hit play Giant, written by MARK ROSENBLATT, transfers to Broadway straight from sold-out runs on the West End and at the Royal Court Theatre. Directed by two-time Tony Award winner NICHOLAS HYTNER, Giant will begin previews on March 11, 2026 at the Music Box Theatre for a strictly limited 16-week engagement.

The New York Restoration Project will celebrate their 30th anniversary at Hulaween: New York, New York, a Helluva Town! hosted by actress, author, and advocate BUSY PHILIPPS on Friday, Oct. 24th, 7 PM at Cipriani South Street. The fundraiser will also honor their founder, BETTE MIDLER, with a special award for her inspired leadership and unwavering commitment to their mission. 

The Emmy Award-winning TV host, producer, and author is this year's New York Restoration Project's Joan Kors Green Champion honoree to be presented at their Hulaween: New York, New York, a Helluva Town! fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 24th, 7 PM at Cipriani South Street. 

The Tony Award-winning Deaf West Theatre, with KEVIN RYAN, and DIANE SCOTT CARTER, will host an industry preview event at NYC's Museum of Broadway on Monday, Oct. 20, for Elephant Shoes, a new original musical with a book by IVAN MENCHELL, music and lyrics by CAROLINE KAY, and directed and choreographed by Tony Award-nominee JEFF CALHOUN. This invitation-only event will include performances from DANIEL DURANT, AISHA JACKSON, JAMES OLIVAS, and SIENA RAFTER as well as appearances by the show's creative team. Performed in American Sign Language and spoken English, Elephant Shoes will have its world premiere as a co-production between Two River Theater and Deaf West from June 4, 2026–June 28, 2026 as part of Two River Theater's 32nd season.

The philanthropist, TV personality, and author will be honored alongside ROBERT WIENER (Chairman Emeritus, Maxx Properties) and JEFF SETTLEMAN, Ph.D. (SVP, Chief Scientific Director, Oncology Research and Development at Pfizer) at the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation's 28th Waxman Collaboration for a Cure: A Celebration of Breakthroughs to be held at Apella on Wednesday, Oct. 22nd, 6:30 PM-9 PM.

The actress seen in Broadway's Six and Head Over Heels and the Hamilton national tour will star as 'Charlotte Lucas' in the upcoming IGNITE Concert of Charlotte Lucas is 27 and Not Dead, a new musical by JESSIE FIELD and JAMES MARTINEZ SALEM. An irreverent new queer love story that takes place against the backdrop of JANE AUSTEN's beloved classic Pride & Prejudice, featuring a joyful pop rock score, performances will take place at Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Ave.) on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 7 PM, and Sunday, Oct. 26 at 3 PM.

The Obie Award-winning playwright and songwriter ETHAN LIPTON and two-time Tony nominee director LEIGH SILVERMAN bring their new musical THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS (the irreverently funny musical adaptation of THORNTON WILDER's The Skin of Our Teeth) to The Public Theater this fall. The Public Theate begins previews for the world premiere with a Joseph Papp Free Performance on Friday, Oct. 24. THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS officially opens in The Public's Newman Theater on Thursday, Nov. 13 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 30. The cast includes SHULER HENSLEY and RUTHIE ANN MILES as 'Mr. Antrobus' & 'Mrs. Antrobus.'

The "Saturday Night Live" icon and Tony Award nominee will chat with a lineup of writers and actors from Tony®, Olivier®, and Emmy® Award winning and nominated hit comedies including Operation Mincemeat (NATASHA HODGSON), The Book of Mormon (CODY JAMISON STRAND), Gutenberg! The Musical, Beetlejuice The Musical (ANTHONY KING and SCOTT BROWN), Titanique (LEA DELARIA) and The Play That Goes Wrong (HENRY SHIELDS) at "PUNCHLINE AND POWER BALLADS: BROADWAY'S FUNNIEST ARTISTS," the first-ever Broadway panel to be part of the programming at this year's New York Comedy Festival. The panel will be hosted at Broadway Comedy Club (318 W. 53rd St) on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 6:30 PM with 100% of ticket proceeds benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

The acclaimed independent film and theatre actor stars in Nepo Baby, a devilish new satire set to make its world premiere Off-Broadway at New Stage Performance Space (36 W. 106th St.). Written by NICK BISA and directed by BEEJAN LAND, the production begins previews on Thursday, Nov. 6, with an official press opening on Saturday, Nov. 8.

UPDATED: After the New York Comedy Festival presents Louis C.K: Ridiculous at the Beacon Theatre for three 7:30 shows --  Nov. 14, 15 & 16 -- the comedian will bring the Ridiculous Tour back to the Beacon Theatre on Nov. 25 & 26 at 7:30 PM.

The writer-director-producer's film Sinners will receive the Ensemble Tribute at the 35th Annual Gotham Film Awards on Dec. 1, 2025 at Cipriani Wall Street. With this tribute, the Gotham honors the full ensemble cast.

The world premiere of All Out: Comedy About Ambition by Simon Rich, with direction by Tony Award®-winner ALEX TIMBERS will begin performances Friday, Dec. 12 at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). Performed with a rotating cast of four actors for 12 weeks, All Out will feature original music performed by soul-pop band LAWRENCE for all performances. The first cast will be ERIC ANDRE (Dec. 12–28), JIM GAFFIGAN (Dec. 12-Jan. 11), ABBI JACOBSON  (Dec. 12-28) & JON STEWART (Dec. 12-21).

The Grammy® and Emmy® Award-winning composer and pianist will join THE SINFONIETTA to appear as the featured pianist for Symphony & Sensibility: The Music of Jane Austen in Film, a one-night-only orchestral event taking place on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 7 PM — the date which would have been JANE AUSTEN's 250th birthday — at The Town Hall.

The multi-hyphenate will receive the Maltin Modern Master Award on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026 at CA's Arlington Theatre as part of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (various venues, Feb. 4-14, 2026) and join LEONARD MALTIN for an on-stage conversation about his work & career. The Modern Master Award honors an individual who has enriched culture through accomplishments in the motion picture industry. 

The Oscar winner will receive the Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award, presented by JANE FONDA, at the WIF Honors ceremony from Women In Film on Nov. 6, 2025 at the Beverly Hilton in LA. 

Eco Entertainment presents a night of stand-up with the Emmy and Grammy award winning comedian, joined by DJ TRAUMA and special guests at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 6. As the launch event for Eco Entertainment, and in collaboration with the EE&R Program -- the first program of its kind fusing live entertainment and impact -- the night not only offers entertainment, but each ticketholder will be eligible to receive a no-cost, energy efficient appliance or energy kit just for attending.

The Oscar®-nominated producer and Academy Producers Branch governor will return to produce the 16th Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for her seventh time. be presented to Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise and Wynn Thomas, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Dolly Parton. Taking place on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood, Honorary Oscars® will be presented to DEBBIE ALLEN, TOM CRUISE and WYNN THOMAS, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to DOLLY PARTON. 

Interviews are available with the KALOGERAS SISTERS — SUNDAY (aka KYRIAKI), DEMITRA (aka MIA), and ELIANA (aka MARKELLA) — three Greek-Canadian sisters with over 56 million followers who have become more than digital creators. They're entrepreneurs, visionaries, and modern celebrities using their influence to build a brand dynasty that blends fashion, beauty, business, and entertainment. Together, they've collaborated on headlined highly successful campaigns, some of which include Fenty Beauty, SKIMS, Paul Mitchell, Puma and a Microsoft Copilot collaboration that ranked them in the top 98th percentile of global creators—cementing their reputation as not just influencers, but powerful brand partners.

The Broadway star and Emmy winner will appear opposite To Sir, With Love star LULU in concert performances of To Sir, With Love – A New Musical, directed by SHELDON EPPS, at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, London at 2:30 PM & 7:45 PM on Monday, Nov. 24th. The newly reimagined stage adaptation of E.R. BRAITHWAITE's memoir features music and lyrics by JOHN FARRAR and KARA DioGUARDI.