Dan Aykroyd News

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced the selection of the individuals who will receive the Kennedy Center Honors of 2009. Recipients to be honored at the 32nd annual national celebration of the arts are: writer, composer, actor, director, and producer Mel Brooks; pianist and composer Dave Brubeck; opera singer Grace Bumbry; actor, director, and producer Robert De Niro; and singer and songwriter Bruce Springsteen.

A slew of Broadway talent joined in the 32nd annual Kennedy Center Honors on December 6th to honor acclaimed Broadway producer, Mel Brooks. The group included Gary Beach, Matthew Broderick, Richard Kind, Jane Krakowski, Matthew Morrison, Frank Langella and Martin Short. Brooks was honored as a winner of the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors for his contributions to both stage and screen.

A.V. Club Denver/Boulder presents CHICAGO'S FAMED SECOND CITY COMES TO BOULDER THEATER Saturday, February 6 doors 7:00pm, show 8:00pm

To celebrate The Second City's 50th Anniversary, the legendary comedy theatre will host a weekend of performances, panel discussions and screenings at its intimate theatres on Wells Street and in The Piper's Alley Complex in Chicago on Friday, December 11th through Sunday, December 13th. See below for a complete list of events for the weekend.

The Laguna Playhouse announces their upcoming shows from November 2009 through April 2010. The Laguna Playhouse was launched in a living room! That's right...on October 22, 1920, a group of dedicated local drama devotees got together and decided it was time to establish a community theatre in Laguna Beach. Initially there were play readings and performances in private homes and storefronts. The company's first full production on record was Suppressed Desires, a satire on Freudian psychology by Susan Glaspel, a member-with Eugene O'Neill-of the famed Provincetown Playhouse in New York and Massachusetts.

The world-famous Second City theatre is proud to announce the launch of 'The Second City's Neighborhood Tour.' This humorous and historic walking tour of Chicago's Old Town neighborhood will begin on July 19th, 2009 at 4pm and will continue every Sunday and Wednesday through October 4, 2009.

The Second City - the timeless producer of improvisational based comedy - celebrates its milestone 50th Anniversary this fall with a series of events and happenings that will bring together alumni, recreate renowned sketches and characters, and bring the history of the theatre to life. During the weekend of December 11-13, the theatre's home on Wells Street in Chicago will serve as an historic backdrop for celebratory alumni reunion performances, panels and screenings.

The Second City - the timeless producer of improvisational based comedy - celebrates its milestone 50th Anniversary this fall with a series of events and happenings that will bring together alumni, recreate renowned sketches and characters, and bring the history of the theatre to life.

The world-famous Second City theatre is proud to announce the launch of 'The Second City's Neighborhood Tour.' This humorous and historic walking tour of Chicago's Old Town neighborhood will begin on July 19th, 2009 at 4pm and will continue every Sunday and Wednesday through October 4, 2009.

Get ready for an outrageous evening of laughter when internationally acclaimed sketch-comedy troupe, The Second City, comes to Orange County March 16 - April 11, 2010, with the World Premiere of Can You Be More Pacific, a custom-crafted production for The Laguna Playhouse that lampoons Laguna Beach and The OC. Tickets are on sale now.

The world-famous Second City theatre is proud to announce the launch of 'The Second City's Neighborhood Tour.' This humorous and historic walking tour of Chicago's Old Town neighborhood will begin on July 19th, 2009 at 4pm and will continue every Sunday and Wednesday through October 4, 2009.

The Huffington Post reports that Barbra Streisand got an awkward kiss on the cheek from the president, and yes, she gave him a smooch back, Streisand, a vocal critic of President George W. Bush, was a guest Sunday at the White House just before one of Washington's few A-list events: the Kennedy Center Honors.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts selected the individuals who will receive the Kennedy Center Honors of 2008. Recipients to be honored at the 31st annual national celebration of the arts are: actor Morgan Freeman, singer George Jones, actress and singer Barbra Streisand, choreographer Twyla Tharp, and musicians Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who. They were given personal kudos by some of their talented peers in Variety.

EOnline.com is reporting that amongst those paying tribute to Barbra Streisand on December 7 at the Kennedy Center Honors will be Queen Latifah, Ne-Yo and Beyonce Knowles.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the selection of the individuals who will receive the Kennedy Center Honors of 2008. Recipients to be honored at the 31st annual national celebration of the arts are: actor Morgan Freeman, singer George Jones, actress and singer Barbra Streisand, choreographer Twyla Tharp, and musicians Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who.

Last night, Wednesday, June 11th 2008, comic legend Dan Aykroyd and his wife, actress Donna Dixon and family and friends visited the cast and crew of the Disney musical The Little Mermaid.