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Vassar and New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater is now presentingits 31st year of championing new works, with a full season of stories that take audiences from a South Sea island to center court at the Us Open and beyond.Beth Dixon and Carter Hudson star in the mainstage production The Unbuilt City by Keith Bunin and directed by Tony-nominee Sean Mathias now through July 12.

To see some of the most talented stage and screen artists take on new material in development, head on up to the Hudson Valley for the 31st Powerhouse Theater season! A collaboration between New York Stage and Film and Vassar College, Powerhouse runs from June 26 to Aug. 2 and gathers some of the most promising artists working today to Poughkeepsie for a summer of workshops, readings, and new productions. The program consists of eight-week residencies on the Vassar campus for over 250 professional artists, as well as 50 apprentices in the Powerhouse Training Program. Past seasons have helped launch Broadway-bound shows such as John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt,” Green Day’s “American Idiot,” and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s upcoming “Hamilton.” Headlining this year’s schedule are two mainstage shows: Keith Bunin’s “The Unbuilt City,” directed by Sean Mathias and starring Beth Dixon and Carter Hudson; and Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen’s “The Light Years,...

Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" episode 8 of season 6. The episode is currently untitled. It sounds like things will get very intense and drama-filled as major tensions will take place between Alicia and Louis Canning when they battle each other in the court room, and more! In the new,8th episode press release: Alicia and Louis Canning are going to square off in court. Press release number 2: Alicia will take on a college rape case which pits her against Louis Canning when it moves from a university hearing to civil court. In the meantime, Eli and Elfman will conduct a political focus group as Alicia dives into her campaign for State’s Attorney, Michael J. Fox returns as Louis Canning. Rita Wilson guest stars as lawyer Viola Walsh. Guest stars feature: Jerry Adler (Howard Lyman), David Fonteno (Judge Robert Parks), Madeleine Martin...

As we look in the rearview mirror of the summer blockbusters, September heralds the start of the fall movie season. Filled with Hollywood heavyweights and A-listers, here’s our Big list of the most anticipated movies coming to cinemas this autumn and during the holidays.

Our exhaustive list includes films that are playing at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival as well the ones that already have a theatrical release date. With the awards season on the horizon, we also added a few bonus films at the end to keep your eye out for in the months ahead.

Pull up a chair, grab a pen and paper and get ready for Wamg’s Guide to the 100+ Films This Fall And Holiday Season.

We kick it off with what’s showing in Toronto at the film festival that runs September 4 – 14.

Maps To The Stars – September 2014 – Toronto International Film Festival; UK & Ireland September...

The Toronto International Film Festival announced more selections Tuesday for the upcoming 2014 edition of the annual awards season kick-off. The majority of the festival's program was announced last month, but this group includes intriguing world premieres from notable directors such as Todd McCarthy ("The Cobbler") and Gina Prince-Bythewood ("Beyond the Lights"). A number of the titles revealed have screened at other festivals including the underrated "Infinitely Polar Bear" and "Laggies" from Sundance as well as Cannes players "Two Days, One Night," "The Search" and "Clouds of Sils Maria." And yes, the presence of "Sils Maria," which is a favorite of this particular writer, means Kristen Stewart will likely hit one of the festival's many red carpets. As you'd expect for Toronto, the world premieres feature some big names including Josh Hutcherson and Benicio Del Toro in "Escobar: Paradise Lost," Jean Dujardin in "The Connection (La French)," Dustin Hoffman in "Boychoir,...

The 2014 Toronto Film Festival, which begins Sept. 4, added seven Galas and 17 Special Presentations to its lineup, including a semi-serious Adam Sandler project from Tom McCarthy, the director of The Station Agent and The Visitor. In The Cobbler, Sandler plays a man who has the unique ability to walk in his customers’ shoes. The movie features Dustin Hoffman, who also stars in Boychoir, François Girard’s tale of an orphan’s steep learning curve at a prestigious music school. In Welcome to Me, Kristen Wiig plays a mentally unstable woman who wins the lottery and decides to sink her winnings into a talk show.

Expect to see a bevy of stars on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival this September. Today, more Gala and Special Presentation titles were announced, with some star-studded projects in the mix. Now, Escobar: Paradise Lost, starring Benicio del Toro as the infamous drug lord, will have its world premiere at Tiff, as will The Forger, with John Travolta, Christopher Plummer and Tye Sheridan.

Other promising projects newly announced to be screening at Tiff are Win Win director Thomas McCarthy’s The Cobbler, which finds Adam Sandler taking on a rare dramatic role; Clouds of Sils Maria, which stars Juliette Binoche as an aging actress who confronts the young starlet (Chloe Grace Moretz) taking on the role that made her famous decades earlier; and Gemma Bovery, starring Gemma Arterton as the sensual object of a French food critic’s affection. Check out the full list of new...

The 39th Toronto International Film Festival added another seven Galas and 17 Special Presentations to its September fest lineup running September 4 to 14. Here are the newcomers:

Galas

Boychoir François Girard, USA World Premiere

An orphaned 12-year-old boy is sent to prestigious music school where he struggles to join an elite group of world-class singers. No one expects this rebellious loner to succeed, least of all the school’s relentlessly-tough conductor who wages a battle of wills to bring out the boy’s extraordinary musical gift. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Josh Lucas, Kevin McHale, Eddie Izzard, Debra Winger and Garrett Wareing.

The Connection (La French) Cédric Jimenez, France/Belgium World Premiere

Marseille, 1975. Pierre Michel, a young police magistrate with a wife and children, has just been transferred to help crack down on the city’s organized crime. He decides to take on the French Connection, a Mafia-run operation that exports heroin all over the world.

Lincoln Center Theater has announced that John Aylward, Kristen Bush, Beth Dixon, Barbara Garrick, Jan Maxwell, Luke Niehaus, Kevin O'Rourke and Michael Simpson will be featured in its upcoming production of The City Of Conversation, a new play by Anthony Giardina, directed by Doug Hughes. The City Of Conversation begins previews Thursday, April 10 and opens on Monday, May 5 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 150 West 65 Street. Additional casting for The City Of Conversation will be announced at a later date.

The original New York cast -- Amy Brenneman Judging Amy, NYPD Blue, Private Practice, Beth Dixon, Virginia Kull, Kellie Overbey and Lee Tergesen Monster, Wayne's World, Weird Science - are set for the West Coast premiere of Rapture, Blister, Burn, written by Gina Gionfriddo, in the Gil Cates Theater at the Geffen Playhouse, running through September 22, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at highlights of the production below...