The Groundlings will host an improv musical fundraising event on Oct. 26, featuring Ana Gasteyer, Kristen Bell, Kristen Wiig and Will Forte. The event, held at the Performing Arts Center at Vista Del Mar, will benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund to support below-the-line workers impacted by the strikes.
“One Night Only,” created and directed by Groundlings Main Company member Andrew Leeds, is a full production of a well-known Broadway musical. The catch? The improvisers are given the script and their roles only 24 hours in advance.
“These strikes have taken a terrible toll on our amazing crews, and it isn’t over yet. Even with the WGA strike ending, most crew members won’t be able to start work again until the SAG-AFTRA deal is ratified,” Leeds said in a statement. “Even then, many will be fighting to survive as they wait for productions to start back up.
“One Night Only,” created and directed by Groundlings Main Company member Andrew Leeds, is a full production of a well-known Broadway musical. The catch? The improvisers are given the script and their roles only 24 hours in advance.
“These strikes have taken a terrible toll on our amazing crews, and it isn’t over yet. Even with the WGA strike ending, most crew members won’t be able to start work again until the SAG-AFTRA deal is ratified,” Leeds said in a statement. “Even then, many will be fighting to survive as they wait for productions to start back up.
- 10/3/2023
- by Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
Ana Gasteyer, Kristen Bell, Kristen Wiig, and Will Forte are among the performers scheduled to take part in One Night Only, a Groundlings musical improv show to benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund.
The show, set for Thursday, October 26 in Los Angeles, will be a “fully-realized production of a well-known Broadway musical,” the catch being that the performers won’t know what show or their roles until 24 hours before curtain. “The audience finds out what the show is when the curtain rises on the most terrified group of actors you will ever see,” the improv company says.
Created and directed by Groundlings Main Company member Andrew Leeds, One Night Only will include performers Kristen Bell, Kristen Wiig, Ana Gasteyer, Will Forte, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Edi Patterson, Julian Gant, Michaela Watkins, Greg Worswick, Lyric Lewis, Jim Cashman, Allison Dunbar, H Michael Croner, Michelle Noh, Patty Guggenheim, Stephanie Courtney, Matt Cook,...
The show, set for Thursday, October 26 in Los Angeles, will be a “fully-realized production of a well-known Broadway musical,” the catch being that the performers won’t know what show or their roles until 24 hours before curtain. “The audience finds out what the show is when the curtain rises on the most terrified group of actors you will ever see,” the improv company says.
Created and directed by Groundlings Main Company member Andrew Leeds, One Night Only will include performers Kristen Bell, Kristen Wiig, Ana Gasteyer, Will Forte, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Edi Patterson, Julian Gant, Michaela Watkins, Greg Worswick, Lyric Lewis, Jim Cashman, Allison Dunbar, H Michael Croner, Michelle Noh, Patty Guggenheim, Stephanie Courtney, Matt Cook,...
- 10/3/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Groundlings has entered the chat.
The iconic sketch comedy troupe is mounting an improv musical fundraiser titled One Night Only that will serve as a benefit for below-the-line workers impacted by Hollywood’s dual strikes via the Motion Picture & Television Fund. The show will be performed at the Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center at Vista Del Mar in Los Angeles on Oct. 26.
A large cast has been assembled, headlined by Kristen Wiig, Kristen Bell, Will Forte and Ana Gasteyer, among many others. Created and directed by Groundlings main company member Andrew Leeds, One Night Only is described as “a fully-realized production of a well-known Broadway musical where the improvisors are given the script and their roles with only 24 hours to prepare.”
One Night Only poster
“These strikes have taken a terrible toll on our amazing crews, and it isn’t over yet. Even with the WGA strike ending,...
The iconic sketch comedy troupe is mounting an improv musical fundraiser titled One Night Only that will serve as a benefit for below-the-line workers impacted by Hollywood’s dual strikes via the Motion Picture & Television Fund. The show will be performed at the Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center at Vista Del Mar in Los Angeles on Oct. 26.
A large cast has been assembled, headlined by Kristen Wiig, Kristen Bell, Will Forte and Ana Gasteyer, among many others. Created and directed by Groundlings main company member Andrew Leeds, One Night Only is described as “a fully-realized production of a well-known Broadway musical where the improvisors are given the script and their roles with only 24 hours to prepare.”
One Night Only poster
“These strikes have taken a terrible toll on our amazing crews, and it isn’t over yet. Even with the WGA strike ending,...
- 10/3/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 7th annual Lmgi Awards have named Once Upon A Time in Hollywood and The Last Black Man in San Francisco as its film location winners.
The awards spotlight international features, television, and commercials in which the creative use of filming locations set the tone, enrich the character and enhance the narrative.
The Location Managers Guild International /Lmgi announced the winners in an online event hosted by Isaiah Mustafa, honoring outstanding creative contributions of location professionals in film, television and commercials from around the globe, and recognizing outstanding service by film commissions for their support “above and beyond” during the production process.
Celebrating the theme “2020 Vision: We See It First,” this year’s Lmgi Awards broke with tradition in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the ceremony was presented on a digital platform and streamed to a worldwide audience.
“At a time when the industry is shifting under our collective feet,...
The awards spotlight international features, television, and commercials in which the creative use of filming locations set the tone, enrich the character and enhance the narrative.
The Location Managers Guild International /Lmgi announced the winners in an online event hosted by Isaiah Mustafa, honoring outstanding creative contributions of location professionals in film, television and commercials from around the globe, and recognizing outstanding service by film commissions for their support “above and beyond” during the production process.
Celebrating the theme “2020 Vision: We See It First,” this year’s Lmgi Awards broke with tradition in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the ceremony was presented on a digital platform and streamed to a worldwide audience.
“At a time when the industry is shifting under our collective feet,...
- 10/24/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Evangeline Lilly, Ike Barinholtz and Mike Manning get acting jobs, “Easy Rider” returns and Gravitas buys “Chasing Molly.”
Castings
Evangeline Lilly and Ike Barinholtz have joined the independent comedy “Happy Life” with David Stassen (“The Mindy Project”) set to write and direct his debut feature film.
Stassen and Barinholtz are also serving as producers alongside Andrew Robinson and Aperture Media Productions. Highland Film Group has come on board to handle international sales which will begin in Cannes this month. UTA Independent Film Group is handling the U.S. sale.
Lilly will portray a new mom who suspects her workaholic husband, played by Barinholtz, of having an affair with an Instagram star. One mistake after another leads her into the arms of a younger man as she struggles to come to terms with her life decisions and be the mother she aspires to be. Principal photography will commence this summer.
Castings
Evangeline Lilly and Ike Barinholtz have joined the independent comedy “Happy Life” with David Stassen (“The Mindy Project”) set to write and direct his debut feature film.
Stassen and Barinholtz are also serving as producers alongside Andrew Robinson and Aperture Media Productions. Highland Film Group has come on board to handle international sales which will begin in Cannes this month. UTA Independent Film Group is handling the U.S. sale.
Lilly will portray a new mom who suspects her workaholic husband, played by Barinholtz, of having an affair with an Instagram star. One mistake after another leads her into the arms of a younger man as she struggles to come to terms with her life decisions and be the mother she aspires to be. Principal photography will commence this summer.
- 5/7/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Former White Collar star Sharif Atkins is set as a series regular opposite Michael Urie and Annie Mumolo in Amy's Brother, Fox's single-camera comedy executive produced by the husband-and-wife duo of Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone via Warner Bros TV. Written and co-executive produced by Jim Cashman and Mitch Silpa and directed/exec produced by Beth McCarthy Miller, Amy's Brother is about an unconventional family that is formed when a successful type-a man, Matthew…...
- 3/20/2017
- Deadline TV
Melissa McCarthy has welcomed Michael Urie into her showbiz family, tapping the Ugly Betty alum to play the titular role in her Fox comedy pilot Amy’s Brother, TVLine has learned.
Exec produced by McCarthy and her producer-husband Ben Falcone, the potential series centers on an unconventional family consisting of type-a man Matthew (Urie), his estranged sister Amy (About a Boy‘s Annie Mumolo) and her two children.
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Exec produced by McCarthy and her producer-husband Ben Falcone, the potential series centers on an unconventional family consisting of type-a man Matthew (Urie), his estranged sister Amy (About a Boy‘s Annie Mumolo) and her two children.
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- 3/10/2017
- TVLine.com
Ugly Betty alum Michael Urie is set as the title character and male lead opposite Annie Mumolo in Amy's Brother, Fox's single-camera comedy executive produced by the husband-and-wife duo of Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone via Warner Bros TV. Written and co-executive produced by Jim Cashman and Mitch Silpa and directed/exec produced by Beth McCarthy Miller, Amy's Brother is about an unconventional family that is formed when a successful type-a man, Matthew (Urie), and his…...
- 3/10/2017
- Deadline TV
Louie‘s Ursula Parker and Miguel Pinzon (Mystery Girls) are set as series regulars opposite Annie Mumolo in Amy's Brother, Fox's single-camera comedy produced by the husband-and-wife duo of Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone and Warner Bros TV. Written and co-executive produced by Jim Cashman (Saturday Night Live) and Mitch Silpa (Bridesmaids), and directed by Beth McCarthy Miller, Amy's Brother is about an unconventional family that is formed when a successful type-a man…...
- 3/10/2017
- Deadline TV
Variety reports that Bridesmaids writer Annie Mumolo will star in a new comedy series that’s being executive produced by Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone. Mumolo, who also costarred with McCarthy (and Falcone) in The Boss, will play the titular Amy in Amy’s Brother. As the title suggests, the half-hour comedy will center on a mismatched pair of siblings and their unconventional family. Amy’s bro is a Type-a, uh, type, while Amy is a single mother of two kids. They have to move in together, probably because of the economy, and so wacky, ultimately warmhearted hijinks can ensue.
Fox ordered the pilot last month, which was created by two other Bridesmaids and The Boss cast members, Jim Cashman and Mitch Silpa. Mumolo, who was nominated for an Oscar for Bridesmaids, has done lots of TV work, including stints on Transparent and Angie Tribeca.
Fox ordered the pilot last month, which was created by two other Bridesmaids and The Boss cast members, Jim Cashman and Mitch Silpa. Mumolo, who was nominated for an Oscar for Bridesmaids, has done lots of TV work, including stints on Transparent and Angie Tribeca.
- 3/1/2017
- by Danette Chavez
- avclub.com
Actress-writer Annie Mumolo has been tapped as the female lead in Amy's Brother, Fox’s single-camera comedy produced by the husband-and-wife duo of Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone and Warner Bros TV. The project reunites Bridesmaids co-writer Mumolo with McCarthy, who got her big break in the movie, and her husband Falcone, who also has a part in it. McCarthy and Falcone later cast Mumolo in their feature comedy Boss. Written and co-executive produced by Jim Cashman (Satu…...
- 2/28/2017
- Deadline TV
Fox has given pilot green light to Amy’s Brother, a single-camera comedy produced by the husband-and-wife duo of Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone and Warner Bros TV. This is Fox’s first pilot order to an outside studio this season. The network has picked up 10 other pilots — five comedies and five dramas — all from 20th TV. Written and co-executive produced by Jim Cashman (Saturday Night Live) and Mitch Silpa (Bridesmaids), Amy’s Brother is about an unconventional family…...
- 2/2/2017
- Deadline TV
Melissa McCarthy and husband Ben Falcone are teaming up for a Casual-sounding good time.
RelatedPilot Season: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
Fox has given a pilot order to the half-hour comedy Amy’s Brother, which the former Mike & Molly star will executive-produce alongside Falcone. The two have already worked together on several projects, including The Boss and Tammy.
Behold, the single-camera comedy’s official logline: “An unconventional family is formed when a successful type A man and his estranged sister, plus her two children, find themselves not only back in each other’s...
RelatedPilot Season: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
Fox has given a pilot order to the half-hour comedy Amy’s Brother, which the former Mike & Molly star will executive-produce alongside Falcone. The two have already worked together on several projects, including The Boss and Tammy.
Behold, the single-camera comedy’s official logline: “An unconventional family is formed when a successful type A man and his estranged sister, plus her two children, find themselves not only back in each other’s...
- 2/2/2017
- TVLine.com
Fox has ordered a pilot for a family comedy series that boasts Melissa McCarthy and husband Ben Falcone as executive producers. Currently titled “Amy’s Brother,” the series would follow an unconventional family that is formed when a successful type A man and his estranged sister, plus her two children, find themselves not only back in each other’s lives but also living under one roof. The half-hour single camera comedy pilot will be written and co-executive produced by Jim Cashman and Mitch Silpa. Warner Bros. Television will produce. Also Read: Fox Orders Workplace Comedies From Will Ferrell, '1600 Penn'...
- 2/2/2017
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
If you're still smarting because the Mike & Molly TV show was cancelled by CBS, we have some good news for you. Fox is developing a new untitled comedy TV series with Melissa McCarthy and her husband and Ben Falcone.The duo will executive produce the project, which hails from Warner Bros. Television. Writers Jim Cashman and Mitch Silpa are co-executive producers, Variety reports. Read More…...
- 9/9/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Chicago Boy Band it’s not, but über producer Dick Wolf and former One Direction singer Zayn Malik are teaming up for a potential NBC drama about a musical group.
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The project, titled Boys, follows the formation of a hugely successful boy band and all the excitement, competition, fun and pressure that ensue.
Sherri Cooper Landsman and Jennifer Levin (Beauty and the Beast, Brothers & Sisters) will pen the pilot and exec-produce alongside Wolf and Malik.
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RelatedNBC to Reboot Oliver Twist as a Female-Driven Procedural
The project, titled Boys, follows the formation of a hugely successful boy band and all the excitement, competition, fun and pressure that ensue.
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- 9/6/2016
- TVLine.com
Melissa McCarthy and husband Ben Falcone are in development on a family comedy for Fox, TheWrap has confirmed. From Warner Bros. Television, the untitled half-hour single-camera sitcom recently received a script development deal from the broadcaster. Writers Jim Cashman and Mitch Silpa will co-executive produce the project. Also Read: 'Ghostbusters': Is There a Post-Credit Scene? Here’s the official logline: An unconventional family is formed when a successful type-a man and his estranged sister, plus her two children, find themselves not only back in each other’s lives but also living under one roof. That’s about all...
- 9/6/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Fox has put in development a half-hour single-camera family comedy project executive produced by the husband-and-wife duo of Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone. Written and co-executive produced by Jim Cashman (Saturday Night Live) and Mitch Silpa (Bridesmaids), the untitled project is about an unconventional family that is formed when a successful type-a man and his estranged sister, plus her two children, find themselves not only back in one another's lives but also…...
- 9/6/2016
- Deadline TV
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