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The Groundlings will host an improv musical fundraising event on Oct. 26, featuring Ana Gasteyer, Kristen Bell, Kristen Wiig and Will Forte. The event, held at the Performing Arts Center at Vista Del Mar, will benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund to support below-the-line workers impacted by the strikes.

“One Night Only,” created and directed by Groundlings Main Company member Andrew Leeds, is a full production of a well-known Broadway musical. The catch? The improvisers are given the script and their roles only 24 hours in advance.

“These strikes have taken a terrible toll on our amazing crews, and it isn’t over yet. Even with the WGA strike ending, most crew members won’t be able to start work again until the SAG-AFTRA deal is ratified,” Leeds said in a statement. “Even then, many will be fighting to survive as they wait for productions to start back up.

Ana Gasteyer, Kristen Bell, Kristen Wiig, and Will Forte are among the performers scheduled to take part in One Night Only, a Groundlings musical improv show to benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund.

The show, set for Thursday, October 26 in Los Angeles, will be a “fully-realized production of a well-known Broadway musical,” the catch being that the performers won’t know what show or their roles until 24 hours before curtain. “The audience finds out what the show is when the curtain rises on the most terrified group of actors you will ever see,” the improv company says.

Created and directed by Groundlings Main Company member Andrew Leeds, One Night Only will include performers Kristen Bell, Kristen Wiig, Ana Gasteyer, Will Forte, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Edi Patterson, Julian Gant, Michaela Watkins, Greg Worswick, Lyric Lewis, Jim Cashman, Allison Dunbar, H Michael Croner, Michelle Noh, Patty Guggenheim, Stephanie Courtney, Matt Cook,...

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The iconic sketch comedy troupe is mounting an improv musical fundraiser titled One Night Only that will serve as a benefit for below-the-line workers impacted by Hollywood’s dual strikes via the Motion Picture & Television Fund. The show will be performed at the Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center at Vista Del Mar in Los Angeles on Oct. 26.

A large cast has been assembled, headlined by Kristen Wiig, Kristen Bell, Will Forte and Ana Gasteyer, among many others. Created and directed by Groundlings main company member Andrew Leeds, One Night Only is described as “a fully-realized production of a well-known Broadway musical where the improvisors are given the script and their roles with only 24 hours to prepare.”

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“These strikes have taken a terrible toll on our amazing crews, and it isn’t over yet. Even with the WGA strike ending,...

Series star Jason George steps behind the camera to direct ABC’s Station 19 season six episode five. “Pick Up the Pieces” will air on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season six stars Jaina Lee Ortiz as Andy Herrera, Jason George as Ben Warren, Boris Kodjoe as Robert Sullivan, Grey Damon as Jack Gibson, and Barrett Doss as Victoria Hughes. Jay Hayden plays Travis Montgomery, Danielle Savre plays Maya Bishop, Stefania Spampinato is Carina DeLuca, and Carlos Miranda stars as Theo Ruiz.

“Pick Up the Pieces” Plot: The Station 19 crew works against the clock to rescue a group of employees trapped inside of a malfunctioning battery recycling plant. Carina plans a special surprise in an attempt to reconnect with Maya; Travis gets caught in the crosshairs of dirty politics, and Jack turns up at clinic day only to be confronted with new details about his past.

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Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart and Mamrie Hart are like the three Jennifer Lawrences of YouTube, rising stars whose real life friendship has caused fans to dub the trio “The Holy Trinity.”

For the record, they did not name themselves that. “I was hoping we’d be the Destiny’s Child of YouTube,” Hannah Hart said in an interview recorded earlier today on IndieWire’s Facebook page.

“We tried for that, but it’s trademarked,” said Helbig. Speaking of trademarks, this quick-witted back and forth between the three creators has earned them millions of fans across social media. It’s a genuine chemistry that serves them well in “Dirty 30,” the trio’s second feature film, which debuts tomorrow in select theaters and on iTunes.

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“Dirty 30” takes place during an epic thirtieth birthday party gone awry,...

The third season of the Silicon Valley TV series premieres on HBO, Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 10:00pm, and it is covered in Elvis dust. Season three of this irreverent tech biz comedy bows right after the sixth season premiere of Game of Thrones.

The cast of Silicon Valley includes: Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Josh Brener, Amanda Crew, Matt Ross, Jimmy O. Yang, and Suzanne Cryer. Guest stars returning this season include: Ben Feldman, Alice Wetterlund, and Chris Diamantopoulos. New Silicon Valley guest stars include Stephen Tobolowsky and Annie Sertich.

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