Julia Stiles, Bill Pullman set for ‘Oleanna,’ a David Mamet play on Broadway

October 1st, 2009 Hollywood actress SCARLETT JOHANSSON has brushed off reports she is set to star in a revival of Broadway musical PROMISES, PROMISES - insisting she "hasn't been approached" for a role. Online reports suggested the actress was in contention with Anne Hathaway and Zooey Deschanel to play a waitress who falls in love with an up-and-coming businessman in the Neil Simon/Burt Bacharach/Hal David musical.

September 10th, 2009 New mum JENNIFER HUDSON is to be an aunt - her sister is pregnant. The happy news comes almost a year after a family murder tragedy, in which Hudson's sibling Julia lost her seven-year-old son Julian.

September 4th, 2009 NEW YORK - Actress Meryl Streep landed the lead role in "Julie & Julia" after she auditioned for the director during a night out at a theatre. The veteran actress plays US culinary queen Julia Child in the new film, which was written, directed and produced by Nora Ephron.

September 3rd, 2009 MERYL STREEP was so determined to land the lead in JULIE & JULIA, she auditioned for the director during a night out at the theatre. The veteran actress plays U.S.

August 28th, 2009 An arbitrator has ruled that ENTOURAGE star JEREMY PIVEN did not breach contractual obligations when illness forced him to quit a Broadway show last year (08). Producers of the Broadway revival of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow filed charges against Piven, claiming his decision to leave the show after falling ill with a severe bout of mercury poisoning cost them undue stress and cash.

July 29th, 2009 David Alan Grier joins cast of Broadway's 'Race'NEW YORK — David Alan Grier is joining the cast of David Mamet's (MAM'-eht) Broadway-bound play "Race." The 53-year-old actor will star in the production along with the previously announced James Spader (SPAY'-dur), Richard Thomas and Kerry Washington. "Race" opens Dec.

July 21st, 2009 Alicia Silverstone, Laura Linney set for BroadwayNEW YORK — Alicia Silverstone will join Laura Linney on Broadway this season. They will star in "Time Stands Still," a play by Donald Margulies (MAHR'-guh-lees).

July 15th, 2009 NEW YORK - TV host Larry King's wife Shawn is one of the two finalists being selected for Bono's Broadway musical 'Spider-Man'. The former western-country singer is being considered to play role of Arachne in the much-anticipated and hugely expensive musical, set to debut on Broadway in February, reports New York Post.

June 30th, 2009 Jude Law is set to play Hamlet on B'way this fallNEW YORK — Jude Law will play Shakespeare's melancholy Dane on Broadway this fall. The 36-year-old British actor will star in "Hamlet," opening Oct.

June 25th, 2009 David Mamet sets world premiere for fallNEW YORK — New York is getting another David Mamet (MAM'-eht) world premiere. "School," a one-act play by the author of "American Buffalo" and "Speed-the-Plow," will be half of a double bill opening Sept.

June 17th, 2009 'Irena's Vow' to close on BroadwayNEW YORK — "Irena's Vow" won't be kept on Broadway. Producers announced Tuesday that the play will have its final performance at the Walter Kerr Theatre on June 28.

June 12th, 2009 'Fela!' makes the move from off-B'way to BroadwayNEW YORK — "Fela!" — one of off-Broadway's big hits last summer — is coming to Broadway. The musical, based on the life of African composer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti, will open Nov.

June 1st, 2009 Judith Ivey as Ann Landers set to dispense adviceNEW YORK — Ann Landers will be dispensing advice off-Broadway this fall. Judith Ivey will portray the legendary problem-solving columnist in "The Lady With All the Answers," David Rambo's play drawn from Landers' life and letters.

May 12th, 2009 James Spader set to star in 'Race' on BroadwayNEW YORK — James Spader is trading in Boston for Broadway. Producer Jeffrey Richards says the star of TV's "Boston Legal" as well as the film "sex, lies and videotape," will make his Broadway debut in the world premiere of David Mamet's "Race." The play, which Mamet will direct, has also found a New York home — the Ethel Barrymore Theater — and will go into rehearsal a week earlier than previously announced.

May 4th, 2009 'Ruined' gets top Lortel off-Broadway play prizeNEW YORK — Productions set in Africa have taken the top Lucille Lortel Awards for the best of off-Broadway. "Ruined," Lynn Nottage's drama of survival set against the backdrop of an African civil war, has received the prize for best play, while "Fela!" (FAY'-la) was chosen best musical.