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*So how does one become a Broadway superstar? While there are countless paths to New York’s Great White Way, beginning actors all cite the same three pathways to the big stage – audition, audition, audition. “I auditioned for a lot of summer stock, and then I auditioned for ‘The Secret Garden’ on Broadway, and [...]
*Audra McDonald has been hosting this season’s “Live From Lincoln Center” series on PBS, but she’s set to command center stage next month for the show’s season finale. The special, titled “Audra McDonald In Concert: Go Back Home,” will see the “Private Practice” star and five-time Tony Award winner performing a gala concert at Lincoln [...]
*Taye Diggs scored himself a lead role in Steven Bochco’s mystery pilot “Murder in the First” for TNT. The “Private Practice” alum will join “Boss” vet Kathleen Robertson in the drama revolving around two seemingly unrelated high-profile murder cases and the subsequent police investigation, arrest and trial, offering viewers a window into the inner-workings of [...]
*ABC medical drama “Private Practice” will end its six-season run in January with the grand return of a familiar face. Audra McDonald will make an appearance on the series finale, slated to air at the end of January, reports TVGuide.com. McDonald will reprise her role as Dr. Naomi Bennett, the best friend of Addison (Kate [...]
*Oh no! After six years, 613 episodes and a lot of drama, “Private Practice,” and cast featuring Taye Diggs, is ending. Yes, the woman behind it all, Shonda Rhimes, posted a special message to all the fans on her production company’s website. “There was a lot of discussion and debate but, in the end, the [...]
*Fans of ABC’s “Private Practice” got a glimpse of guest star Anika Noni Rose last week when her character Corrine was bailed out of jail by her brother Sam, played by Taye Diggs, after she robbed a convenience store. Despite what the promos lead you to believe, she’s not just some drugged out, desperate woman, [...]
*Shonda Rhimes has churned out another drama for ABC – this one a “part soap, part conspiracy thriller” titled “The Circle.” The hour-long project, which hails from ABC Studios, follows ten friends, adopted as children by a billionaire philanthropist, who begin to question their past when one of their own is murdered, notes The Hollywood [...]
*ABC just bought another one-hour drama from Shonda Rhimes, reports TV Guide. After selling the drama pilot “Gilded Lillys” to the network in late August, the TV writer/producer has sold an untitled series about a young Minneapolis defense lawyer who struggles to start his own firm after being fired from his high-powered gig. As he [...]
*Shonda Rhimes has landed yet another series with ABC, bringing her total active projects with the network to four. The “Grey’s Anatomy” creator signed a deal for her new show “Gilded Lillys,” which is set in 1895 and revolves around a family who owns the first luxury hotel in New York City, and their encounters [...]
*”Private Practice” star Audra McDonald will join fellow Tony Award winner Liev Schreiber to announce the nominations for the 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards on May 2 at 9:30 a.m. ET at the New York Friars Club. The 56th annual ceremony, which will feature musical numbers from the nominated New York stage productions, will be [...]
*TVLine.com is reporting that Audra McDonald is leaving ABC’s “Private Practice” at the end of Season 4 so she can be closer to her New York-based family. “I have spent four amazing years working with the best cast and crew on television at Private Practice,” she told the website. “Though I am stepping away from [...]
So is Shonda Rhimes’ new series “Off the Map” just “Grey’s Anatomy” in the jungle? Created by Jenna Bans for Rhimes’ ShondaLand shingle, the show – premiering tomorrow night (Jan. 12) at 10 on ABC – is set in a remote South American village, where six doctors search for reasons that led each of them [...]
*ABC delivered Shonda Rhimes an early Christmas present Friday, handing the uber-producer the network’s first official pilot order this development season, reports Variety. The untitled drama, to be written by Rhimes, follows the “life and work of a professional fixer and her dysfunctional staff.” The show is based on the life of real-life African American [...]
*”Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes is reportedly developing a new drama loosely based on the life of public relations consultant Judy Smith. According to New York Magazine, the untitled project is being developed for ABC and is expected to focus on a PR executive and her “dysfunctional” staff. Rhimes is writing the script and will [...]
*ABC on Tuesday picked up a third medical drama from “Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes. “Off the Map,” executive produced by Rhimes for ABC Studios, revolves around three doctors, each anxious for a fresh start. They leave the comfort of the States to work at an isolated tropical clinic, where they face both exotic and [...]
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