NBC has found its Little Orphan Annie: 12-year-old Celina Smith will headline the network’s forthcoming musical event Annie Live!, it was announced Tuesday.
Smith — who is best known for her supporting role as Rebecca Wilson on Tyler Perry’s Nickelodeon sitcom Young Dylan — won the role after a nationwide search. She previously played Young Nala in the national touring company of The Lion King. She joins an all-star cast that includes Harry Connick Jr. (Will & Grace) as Sir Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks, Taraji P. Henson (Empire) as Miss Hannigan, Nicole Scherzinger (The Masked Singer) as Grace, and Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable...
Smith — who is best known for her supporting role as Rebecca Wilson on Tyler Perry’s Nickelodeon sitcom Young Dylan — won the role after a nationwide search. She previously played Young Nala in the national touring company of The Lion King. She joins an all-star cast that includes Harry Connick Jr. (Will & Grace) as Sir Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks, Taraji P. Henson (Empire) as Miss Hannigan, Nicole Scherzinger (The Masked Singer) as Grace, and Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable...
- 8/24/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
New York City cinemas sprang back to life on Friday with moviegoers showing confidence in theater safety during Covid-19 and delight in being able to reconnect with a favorite form of entertainment.
At 25% capacity, it’s rough going but after a quiet start to the day many evening shows across the city were sold out, according to theater websites.
“Theaters are doing very well in the city, generally speaking, and Hollywood is going to be pleased on Monday,” said Joe Masher, president of NATO New York. “It’s a start. We have to start somewhere,” Masher said.
At the AMC Lincoln Square at 68th and Broadway Manhattanites Roy Cedillo and Benjamin Maddy awaited a screening of The Marksman. It’s their first theatrical foray since Covid and they’ve missed it. “We are three-time a-week movie people and it’s been a year.”
Rebecca Wilson and her sons from just...
At 25% capacity, it’s rough going but after a quiet start to the day many evening shows across the city were sold out, according to theater websites.
“Theaters are doing very well in the city, generally speaking, and Hollywood is going to be pleased on Monday,” said Joe Masher, president of NATO New York. “It’s a start. We have to start somewhere,” Masher said.
At the AMC Lincoln Square at 68th and Broadway Manhattanites Roy Cedillo and Benjamin Maddy awaited a screening of The Marksman. It’s their first theatrical foray since Covid and they’ve missed it. “We are three-time a-week movie people and it’s been a year.”
Rebecca Wilson and her sons from just...
- 3/6/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
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