‘Jagged Little Pill’ Producers To Launch Investigation Into Cast Member Claims Of Unsupportive Workplace

Friday's Stand Up to Cancer special. Celebrity Gogglebox will air as part of the marathon programme of SU2C events on Channel 4 this Friday evening.

Before his time as TV's best loved baker, Paul Hollywood studied sculpting at art school.The Great British Bake Off host is best known for his love of bread, steely blue eyes and his handshakes of approval, but Paul grew up dreaming of working with clay, not bread.The 55 year old's ambition at the time was to become an artist and he began studying sculpture at Wallasey School of Art, until his father bribed him to quit to become a baker instead.

As the cast of Saturday Night Live underwent a bit of a shakeup ahead of its 47th season, fans were introduced to a new set of comics ready to take the stage, including Sarah Sherman. The hilarious comedian, who made a name for herself for her outlandish live shows in Chicago, joins the cast along with Aristotle Athari and James Austin Johnson. Find out more about Sarah, aka “Sarah Squirm,” and her journey to the SNL stage!

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “No Direction Home,” the Season 5 finale episode of Showtime drama “Billions.” Damian Lewis has signed off of “Billions” after a five-season run as the alpha-male hedge fund billionaire Bobby Axelrod.The Showtime drama series set in the world of billionaires and global high-finance has already been renewed for a sixth season.

new cast member James Austin Johnson made his debut as President Joe Biden as he squared off with four Democrats while trying to pass his $4.5 trillion infrastructure plan.Johnson as Biden was flanked by Cecily Strong as Senator Kyrsten Sinema and Aidy Bryant as Senator Joe Manchin, two moderate Democrats who have been holding up the passage of Biden’s bill.

“Saturday Night Live” kicked off its 47th season over the weekend, and started things off with an expectedly political “Cold Open” sketch. In a surprise, the show put a lot of faith in a first-time castmember to play President Joe Biden.

James Austin Johnson will be one of the newest faces gracing television screens every Saturday night starting on Oct. 2. The comedian, who is known for his amazing Donald Trump impersonations, was announced as one of three new Saturday Night Live cast members on Sept. 27. Aristotle Athari and Sarah Sherman will also be joining the show after cast members Beck Bennett and Lauren Holt decided to part ways.

NEW YORK -- “Saturday Night Live” will return for its new season on Saturday with all but one cast member, Beck Bennett, returning, the show said on Monday.Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson and Pete Davidson, all busy cast members whose returns were considered questionable, will all be coming back.The show's 47th season begins Saturday with Owen Wilson as host and Kacey Musgraves as musical guest.The crowded stage will include 16 cast members and five featured performers.

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about the season 4 premiere of The Rookie.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical swept the 74th Tony Awards presented on Sunday to celebrate exemplary stage  performances and the return to Broadway following an 18-month Covid-induced shutdown. Lois Smith and Aaron Tveit with their awards at the 74th Tony Awards There were fewer category of nominees at the Tonys this year due to a shortened 2019-20 theatrical season after a nationwide lockdown was imposed in March 2020 to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

The cast of Jagged Little Pill performed some of Alanis Morissette‘s hit songs during the 2020 Tony Awards broadcast!

after former cast members alleged that management intimidated and forced them to delay critical surgery. Actors Nora Schell and Celia Rose Gooding have claimed that the workplace was harmful to the trans and non-binary community onstage and off.In accepting her Tony, Patten acknowledged the controversy around the show.

Lauren Patten picked up her first Tony Award amid the controversy surrounding her role in the musical Jagged Little Pill.

The cast of the Tony-nominated musical Jagged Little Pill is at the 2020 Tony Awards!

Schell, who made their debut in the 2019 show, said on social media that they were repeatedly “intimidated, coerced, and forced by multiple higher ups to put off critical and necessary surgery to remove growths from my vagina that were making me anemic.”The union today said in a statement that it has hired an independent investigator to address these claims:“We are deeply concerned about the revelations in Nora Schell’s statement released Friday.

Actors’ Equity Association released a statement expressing deep concern over accusations made today by former Jagged Little Pill cast member Nora Schell about what the union described as “a truly painful experience that shouldn’t have happened.”

Two former cast members of Broadway’s Jagged Little Pill, including Tony-nominated featured actress Celia Rose Gooding, released statements today accusing the production of doing, as Gooding writes, “harm to the trans and non-binary community both onstage and off.”

I’m glad I took notes. Looking at the roster of nominees for this year’s too-long-delayed Tony Awards is all the reminder anyone could need of just how interminable Broadway’s Covid pandemic shutdown has seemed. Productions and performances from the 2019-20 season, many reviewed nearly two years ago, are calling out – some more forcefully than others – to be remembered and honored. As I said, I’m glad I took notes.

The new stars of the Broadway musical Jagged Little Pill have been announced ahead of the show’s reopening next month!