Helen Arthur

Arthur Kopit, Emily Mann, Keith Josef Adkins, Lisa Ramirez and More Win 2015 NYCT Helen Merrill Playwright Awards

Ten playwrights have won the New York Community Trust Helen Merrill Playwright Awards, honoring established and emerging writers for the theater. The winners are currently producing work on topics ranging from basement dwelling families in the middle of the 21st century to the 19th century all-black community that faced destruction in order to create Central Park.

Helen Mirren Joins Russell Brand in 'Arthur' Remake

Two-time Tony Award nominee, Helen Mirren, is set to star in the motion picture, 'Arthur', alongside Russell Brand. The British actress will play a valet in this 1981 comedy remake. In the Oscar Award-Winning film, Arthur is a drunk, clueless man waiting to receive a large sum of inheritance money.