Billy Crystal to Return to Broadway in Musical Adaptation of 'Mr. Saturday Night'

primetime special, “Forever Young: Searching For The Fountain of Youth,” is not about plastic surgery.“This isn’t an hour about famous people who are astonishingly beautiful and successful even though they are,” said Pauley, 71.

BBC Three will be returning to Scots television screens next year after an absence of almost six years.

Before he wowed Broadway with Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared in a production of tick, tick… Boom!

Billie Eilish will be pulling double duty, making her debut as a host and her second appearance as a musical guest on Dec. 11, performing tracks off her new album, .On Dec.

Billie Eilish will be returning to the Saturday Night Live stage next month, being both the musical guest and making her debut as host.SNL made the announcement on social media, sharing that Eilish will be hosting and performing on the December 11 episode of the series.

The Nov. 13 edition of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Jonathan Majors with musical guest Taylor Swift, drew a 1.37 rating in the 18-49 demo and 5.8 million viewers for its linear telecasts as well as full-episode digital viewing through Sunday, Nov. 14, per NBC. That was up a tick from the previous week’s telecast, hosted by Kieran Culkin with musical guest Ed Sheeran (1.31 in 18-49, 5.7 million viewers, and about average for the season so far.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have been parodied in a sketch on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, where they open up a pet store called Dog Bones-N-Melodies.

A day after Taylor Swift released All Too Well, a short film based on the new, 10-minute version of her song of the same name, the Grammy winner performed the song on Saturday Night Live. Breaking with convention, Swift did All Too Well as her only music performance of the night in her fifth stint as musical guest.

took comedic aim at Ted Cruz's recent anti- rant in this week's cold open.Aidy Bryant reprised her celebrated impression on the Republican senator for special conservative reboot of called .The far-right take on the children's education series served as an impression showcase, with cast members playing bizarre versions of beloved characters as well as outspoken GOP members.Between Cecily Strong's Marjorie Taylor Greene brandishing an assault rifle around kids to Kyle Mooney playing a molting Big

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAfter Ted Cruz called Big Bird “government propaganda” on Twitter because that fictional character’s account tweeted about the COVID-19 vaccine, “Saturday Night Live” saw an opportunity to create a fictional new kids’ show from the senator. Titled “Cruz Street” and hosted by Aidy Bryant as Cruz, that sketch opened the Nov.

Following a week in which Ted Cruz grabbed headlines for his Twitter attacks on Big Bird for spreading vaccine “propaganda,” Saturday Night Live used its cold open to skewer the Texas senator.

of the highlights of my career – 30 years ago I needed 5 hours of make-up to play him, now I just show up,” Crystal said in a statement. “It’s been a joy to collaborate once again with the brilliant and hilarious Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, my co-writers from the film, and to be joined by the wonderful team of Jason Robert Brown, Amanda Green, Ellenore Scott and directed by John Rando.

Billy Crystal is returning to Broadway and revisiting one of his most popular film roles: Mr. Saturday Night, a new musical based on the 1992 movie will begin performances at the Nederlander Theatre next spring.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThirty years ago, Billy Crystal brought the story of Buddy Young Jr., a stand-up comic whose talent can’t outrun his self-destructive tendencies, to the big screen with “Mr. Saturday Night.” The film, which Crystal co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in, was a modest critical success but a box office bomb.

Billie Eilish has performed a kid-friendly rework of her track ‘Happier Than Ever’ for an upcoming episode of Sesame Street.For the episode, Eilish performs a duet with the Count about the joys of counting, beginning with the lyrics “When I’m counting with you, I’m happier than ever“. Watch the duet below:Eilish was recently announced as one of the guest stars on Sesame Street’s 52nd season, which premieres on November 11.

Isn’t this news wonderful? After nearly 10 years of development, the long-awaited film adaptation of Broadway’s Wicked is making headway as it finally landed its stars, director and potential start dates.