Laura Linney, who is returning to Broadway in her Tony-nominated role in Time Stands Still beginning Sept. 23, will be a guest on “Live with Regis and Kelly” Sept. 6.
In addition to Time Stands Still, Linney will also discuss her role on the new Showtime series “The Big C.” The dark comedy, in which Linney plays a teacher dying of cancer, airs Mondays at 10:30 PM ET.
Linney will return to Time Stands Still, which ran at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre this spring, opposite Brian d’Arcy James, Eric Bogosian and Christina Ricci. In Donald Margulies’ play, Linney and d’Arcy James play a photojournalist and foreign correspondent adjusting to their return to New York after working in war-torn countries.
Time Stands Still will officially re-open at the Cort Theatre Oct. 7. “Live with Regis and Kelly” airs in the metropolitan New York City area on ABC-TV Channel 7 from 9-10 AM ET; check local listings.
Emmy winner and Tony and Oscar nominee Laura Linney will appear on CBS’ “The Early Show” Aug. 16 to talk about the return of her Tony-nominated play, Time Stands Still, and the premiere of her new Showtime series, “The Big C.”
Donald Margulies’ Time Stands Still premiered at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre this spring, garnering Tony nominations for the play and for Linney’s performance as a photo-journalist returning home after a particularly dangerous run-in with covering war-torn areas. The play went on hiatus to accommodate the production of “The Big C” and will resume performances Sept. 23 (official opening Oct. 7) at the Cort Theatre.
“The Big C,” in which Linney plays a teacher battling terminal cancer, will premiere Aug. 16 at 10:30 PM ET on Showtime.
“The Early Show” airs in the New York metropolitan area on CBS-2 between 7 and 9 AM ET. Check local listings.
Tony and Oscar nominee Laura Linney will make an appearance on the Aug. 11 episode of “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.”
The acclaimed actress will discuss her upcoming return to Broadway in the second New York engagement of Time Stands Still as well as her new Showtime series, “The Big C,” which premieres Aug. 16 at 10:30 PM ET.
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” airs in New York on Comedy Central at 11 PM ET; check local listings for airings outside of New York.
The complete pilot episode of Emmy winner and Tony and Oscar nominee Laura Linney’s upcoming series, “The Big C,” is now available for (online) viewing.
Linney (Time Stands Still, Sight Unseen, The Crucible, “John Adams,” “The Savages”) plays a suburban housewife and teacher who is coping with terminal cancer. Bill Condon (“Dreamgirls,” “Chicago”) directs the pilot episode, which also features stage and screen vet Oliver Platt (Guys and Dolls, Shining City, “Huff”) as Linney’s husband and Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe (“Precious”) as a student in Linney’s class.
Cynthia Nixon and Liam Neeson are among the guest stars set for future episodes of the series.
“The Big C” officially premieres Aug. 16 at 10:30 PM ET on Showtime. To catch the pilot beforehand, look below:
Tony and Emmy Award winner Cynthia Nixon will be a recurring guest on the Showtime series "The Big C," according to published reports.
Nixon will appear in four episodes of the upcoming show as Rebecca, who unexpectedly reappears in the life of her college roommate, Cathy (Tony nominee Laura Linney), a terminal cancer patient trying to rebuild her life.
Nixon, who has survived breast cancer herself, is perhaps best-known for her role as Miranda in the HBO series “Sex and the City” and its two film sequels. She won a Tony Award for her role as a grieving mother in David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole. Other stage credits include Distracted, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Women and Indiscretions (Tony nomination).
“The Big C” will premiere Aug. 16 at 10:30 PM ET on Showtime.
Oliver Platt — last seen on Broadway in Guys and Dolls — will co-star with another stage veteran, Laura Linney, in the Showtime pilot “The C Word.”
The dark comedy stars Linney as a suburban wife and mother who has been diagnosed with cancer. Platt will portray her narcissistic but lovable husband. Also slated to be series regulars are stage actors John Benjamin Hickey (Mary Stuart, Cabaret) and Phyllis Somerville (Once in a Lifetime). Bill Condon (”Dreamgirls,” “Kinsey”) directs the pilot from Darlene Hunt’s script.
Showtime — which currently employs other stage stars Mary-Louise Parker (”Weeds”), Edie Falco (”Nurse Jackie”), Michael C. Hall (”Dexter”) and Toni Collette (”The United States of Tara”) among more — has also previously provided work for Platt on the series “Huff.” The actor’s other credits include Shining City and “Frost/Nixon.” Linney — to be seen next on Broadway in Time Stands Still — has also appeared on stage in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Sight Unseen and The Crucible. Screen creds include “The Savages,” “The Squid and the Whale” and “Kinsey.”
