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‘The Sound Of Music Live!’, ‘Billy Elliot: The Musical’ Among Blockbuster Musicals Set For Indian TV Debuts Through Zee Theatre Deal

EXCLUSIVE: Some of the West End and Broadway’s biggest productions are making their debuts on Indian TV. Zee Theatre has secured agreements to bring The Sound of Music Live!, Hairspray Live!, Peter Pan Live! and Billy Elliot: The Musical to Indian pay-TV channel Tata Play Theatre. The Sound of Music Live! will kick…

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Craig Zadan Dies: ‘Chicago’ Producer Who Led Oscar Telecasts & Live TV Musicals Was 69

Craig Zadan, a prolific producer of movies, television and Broadway musicals, including the Oscar-winning Chicago, Gypsy, Annie, Cinderella, Steel Magnolias, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, five live musicals on NBC and three Oscar telecasts on ABC, has died unexpectedly. He was 69. "It is with…

ITV To Mount ‘The Sound Of Music Live!’ UK Christmas Special

This Christmas, Britain will be alive with The Sound Of Music Live! Following in the footsteps of the unrelated 2013 NBC special that was produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, ITV will present a new dramatization of the world's most popular musical. The network is billing the 2 1/2-hour musical drama as the “must…

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‘Peter Pan Live!’ Ratings Down 47% From ‘Sound Of Music’ Last Year, ‘The Taste’ Debuts Down – Update

2ND UPDATE, 1:50 PM: The stage is all packed away, the final numbers are in and NBC's Peter Pan Live! saw a small adjustment up while CBS's NFL inflated primetime saw significant movement downward. The Neil Meron and Craig Zadan produced 3-hour live musical went up a tenth to 2.4/7 among adults 18-49. That's 47% less…

EMMYS: ‘True Detective’, ‘Fargo’ & Other Hopefuls Continue TV’s Rich Legacy (Analysis)

You may have heard that we are living in a glorious age of television, one where the biggest movie stars leap unceremoniously from the cineplex to the now-nontoxic small screen. An era of event programming and limited series, where stories of anti-heroes and the underbelly of the American Dream are being revealed…

Paul Rudd And ‘Anchorman 2’ Castmates Storm ‘SNL’: Video

Host Paul Rudd and his Anchorman 2 cohorts Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, and David Koechner kept the promo train chugging along for Ron Burgundy’s December 18 return to screens last night on Saturday Night Live. First Anchorman 2 cast mate and former SNL grand dame Kristen Wiig lampooned NBC’s universally panned The Soun…

Vinnie Jones Set For ABC’s ‘Galavant’ Pilot; NBC’s ‘Sound Of Music’ Casts Kids & Rolfe

Vinnie Jones is the first actor cast in ABC’s single-camera pilot Galavant, a comedy fairytale written by The Neighbors creator Dan Fogelman, with Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken attached to write the music. Produced by ABC Studios, Galavant centers on handsome Prince Galavant and his quest for revenge over the…