Carol Burnett News

The Shorewood Recreation Department presents the 2011 spring acting class "Shakespeare Made Fun" and the players of Shorewood Drama Jr. in CONDENSED SHAKESPEARE SOUP...Shakespearean sketch comedy.

Today in show business news: Sandra Bullock considers joining the Annie musical, Portlandia rides again, and Ethan Hawke made a smart business decision.

With a fall start on the horizon, casting is moving along on Will Gluck 's remake of Annie .

Performances will be put on by Pickerington Community Theatre and will include sketches from The Carol Burnett Show, as well as improv comedy games.

Erin Zelanzy captured the hearts of the entire audience Friday, performing as Princess Winnifred the Woebegone in Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre production of Once Upon a Mattress.

Tonight on American Masters--- Carol Burnett . America, in the 1960s and '70s, was in turmoil - the civil rights struggle, the war in Vietnam and the sexual revolution defined a nation in conflict.

Libby couldn't hold back tears. Her friend had told me on the way to DPAC that my daughter had cried off and on all day, unable to contain her excitement at the notion that she'd soon see her lifelong idol up close and personal.

'The Carol Burnett Show' comedian Tim Conway jokes around at BookExpo America in New York City as he is photographed signing copies of his book 'What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life'.

Actors Kristin Barrett, Brandon Weaver, Wendy Bax and Erin Zelazny in the musical comedy "A AoeOnce Upon a Mattress."

In 1977, Little Orphan Annie was adapted to the Broadway stage as Annie. With music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin and book by Thomas Meehan, the original production ran from April 21, 1977 to January 2, 1983.

May 28--Tacoma second-grader Amelia Stiles, her dad, Marty, and baby brother, Henry, were halfway out the door one recent Saturday when the phone rang, and Dad answered.

The federally-mandated center for the performing arts on the Potomac River just announced that pioneering comedienne Carol Burnett will be the recipient of the 2013 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

There are so many ways "Ruthless!" the musical farce playing at Germantown Community Theatre could have gone wrong.

Carol Burnett and comedy have long gone hand-in-hand, so her being this year's recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is no surprise.

Being the recipient of the 2013 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor must be the feather in Carol Burnett's legendary comedy cap.

Carol Burnett, it's time to pull your best dress from the closet because you'll be needing it at a celebratory gala.

Who knew Carol Burnett was still such a rock star? The adoring fans who gobbled up tickets fast to the legendary TV comic's sold-out appearance Friday at the State Theatre came bearing gifts and even wearing Irish green Scarlett O'Hara dresses .