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The producers of Irving Berlin's White Christmas, the stage adaptation of the beloved classic film, have announced casting for the upcoming National Tour. The show will star Sean Montgomery as 'Bob Wallace', Jeremy Benton as 'Phil Davis', Kerry Conte as 'Betty Haynes', and Kelly Sheehan as 'Judy Haynes'. Also featured are Lorna Luft as 'Martha Watson', Conrad John Schuck as 'General Waverly', Dave Schoonover as 'Ralph Sheldrake', Aaron Galligan-Stierle as 'Mike Nulty', Frank Ridley as 'Ezekiel Foster', and Clancy and Samantha Penny as 'Susan Waverly'. Rounding out the cast are Kelly Black, Maria Rose Briggs, Elish Conlon, Laurie Difilippo, Sarah Fagan, Matthew Kilgore, Danny McHugh, Chris McNiff, Kara Mikula, Bryan Charles Moore, Kristyn Pope, Jake Primmerman, Sean Quinn, Rachel Rhodes-Devey, Jessica Wockenfuss, and John T. Wolfe.

Sure, it would be easy to rattle off all sorts of movie titles that feature the name of colors. Go ahead and knock yourself out: The Pink Panther, Red Dawn, Yellow Submarine, Purple Rain, Blue Velvet, Goldfinger, etc. The listing seems rather endless. However, can one come up with color-contained movie titles that also carry some messaging of substance and contemplation? Maybe films such as Fried Green Tomatoes or Steel Magnolias are color-coated entries that carries some relevance in its messaging about feminine empowerment for instance. In Rainbow Coalition: Top 10 Movie Titles with Color and Substance let us look are the leading selections that have both color (in title) and substance (in thematic forethought) attached to its skin. Hey, maybe one can make a case for Pink Flamingos but The Blue Lagoon might be stretching things a bit…don’t you think? The Rainbow Coalition: Top 10 Movie Titles with Color...

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Even though it.s Southern California, you.ll need to dress warm for one of the Best Christmas movies ever. In celebration of actor Danny Kaye.s centennial, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen the holiday classic White Christmas (1954) at Oscars Outdoors in Hollywood on Thursday, December 6, and Friday, December 7, at 7 p.m. Special guests include Dena Kaye, Mary Crosby and Monsita Ferrer Botwick, the daughters of Kaye, Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney, respectively.

And get this – Hollywood special effects wizards are predicting a 100 percent chance of snow at the open-air theater on the Academy Hollywood campus, bringing the evening to a dramatic conclusion. December marks the start of the celebration of Danny Kaye.s centennial, a year of festivities across the country spotlighting the legendary entertainer and humanitarian.

Directed by Michael Curtiz with songs by Irving Berlin, White Christmas tells the story...

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The Thanksgiving holidays are over, which means that Christmas is storming in, ringing in a barrage of holiday songs for the next four weeks. I grew up surrounded by music, and so the holidays were full of Christmas carols and sing-alongs. However, I was an adult before I ever watched White Christmas (1954), the title song of which is the number one performed secular holiday song, with more than 500 versions, according to Ascap. It's actually the second movie to feature Irving Berlin's song -- I've yet to see the 1942 film in which it premiered, Holiday Inn, starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. Crosby recorded the song, which went on to win the Best Song Academy Award of 1942.

In 1954, the film White Christmas was developed to further promote the popular song. What came about was a musical comedy featuring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye as Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, ex-army...

New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse is currently presenting Irving Berlin's White Christmas, directed by Marc Bruni, with choreography by Randy Skinner and musical direction by Steven Freeman. The cast features James Clow Bob Wallace, Tony Yazbeck Phil Davis, Jill PaiceBetty Haynes, Meredith Patterson Judy Haynes, Edward James Hyland General Waverly and Lorna Luft Martha Watson. The show opened last night, November 20, and runs through Saturday, December 24.BroadwayWorld brings you highlights from the show below...

New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse is currently presenting Irving Berlin's White Christmas, directed by Marc Bruni, with choreography by Randy Skinner and musical direction by Steven Freeman. The cast features James Clow Bob Wallace, Tony Yazbeck Phil Davis, Jill PaiceBetty Haynes, Meredith Patterson Judy Haynes, Edward James Hyland General Waverly and Lorna Luft Martha Watson. The show opened last night, November 20, and runs through Saturday, December 24.

New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse is currently in rehearsal for Irving Berlin's White Christmas, directed by Marc Bruni, with choreography by Randy Skinner and musical direction by Steven Freeman. The cast features James Clow Bob Wallace, Tony Yazbeck Phil Davis, Jill Paice Betty Haynes, Meredith Patterson Judy Haynes, Edward James Hyland General Waverly and Lorna Luft Martha Watson. The show begins performances on Wednesday, November 16 and runs at the Millburn theater through Saturday, December 24. Opening night is scheduled for Sunday, November 20. Yesterday, November 8, the company treated the press to a performance preview. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you performance highlights...

With only a few days left until Christmas day is upon us, chances are your kids are now out of class until next year and spending their free time in some mixture of snowball fights outside and curled up in front of the television inside (we'd love for them to be reading, but we know how kids are). While the time they spend outside frolicking in the snow equates to peaceful R&R time for you parents, you can help even if out by putting in some of these high-quality Christmas classics that are guaranteed to be as entertaining for the grown-ups as they are for the kids.

For infants through 8-year-olds...

A Charlie Brown Christmas

A Charlie Brown Christmas, released in 1965, was (and remains) a huge hit. It came out at the height of Peanuts’ popularity, but also marked the transition Peanuts made from a comic strip about kids...

For me, the holiday season is synonymous with White Christmas. I grew up with this movie, watching it at least once a year. I know every word to every song. My sisters and I regale our family with renditions of Sisters. Rosemary Clooney’s outfit in "Love, You Didn’t Do Right By Me" kick-started my obsession with elbow-length gloves. If pressed, I could probably recite most of the movie from memory. My love of White Christmas, however, goes beyond nostalgia for Christmases past. The cast stars musical legends Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Rosemary Clooney performing some of Irving Berlin’s most memorable songs, and even though some people find the plot thin, I think that more soldiers coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan will be able to relate to the plight of General Waverly than one might initially expect.

In White Christmas, Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis...

It just wouldn.t be Christmas without Bing Crosby. Even if his songs don.t turn up on the radio anymore, come December the .old groaner. graces radio airwaves and television screens once again with White Christmas. It.s now given a high definition gloss that should keep it shining for many Christmases to come. On Christmas Eve, 1944, Capt. Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) is entertaining his fellow troops with the help of Pvt. Phil Davis (Danny Kaye). Their beloved commander Maj. Gen. Thomas Waverly (Dean Jagger) arrives for the end of the show and to relinquish command. His men give his a rousing send off that is interrupted by an enemy barrage. During that barrage, Davis injures his...

Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a film that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents: White Christmas (1954) While walking through a major store the other day, I noticed that all of their Christmas gear had already been broken out, and I felt that that sent a central message to shoppers that Thanksgiving is easily overlooked. The hell with Thanksgiving. Bring on Christmas. I've decided to join in the exclusionary spirit, completely bypassing Thanksgiving (as if my entries seem themed in the first place), and go straight to the source of holiday cheer that is the only holiday that can leave the streets and highways of Los Angeles empty. And what better way than to spotlight White Christmas? I recognize that for some modern audiences, this film will seem completely dated. It's one of those films that was birthed from the stage show, from...

The palatial M&C offices have an air of snow about them and it.s not even Thanksgiving yet. It may have to do with a visit from troubadours Der Bingle, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. It may be a White Christmas after all and I didn.t even know it was coming. Lord help the sister that comes between man and my man, that didn.t sound right. On Christmas Eve, 1944, Capt. Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) is entertaining his fellow troops with the help of Pvt. Phil Davis (Danny Kaye). Their beloved commander Maj. Gen. Thomas Waverly (Dean Jagger) arrives for the end of the show and to relinquish command. His men give his a rousing send off that is...

We have a brand new exclusive special feature clip from the brand new anniversary edition of White Christmas, which will be released on DVD on November 3. Click below to take a look at our exclusive special feature clip, which deals with Bing Crosby taking the time to sing for American soldiers.

White Christmas, Paramount's belated follow-up to the 1942 hit Holiday Inn, was the studio's first VistaVision production. A veritable warehouse full of oldie-but-goodie Irving Berlin tunes are woven into the film's simplistic plotline, along with a handful of new songs, of which &"What Can You Do With a General?" is the least memorable. Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye (replacing an ailing Donald O'Connor) play nightclub entertainers Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, while Rosemary Clooney and VeraEllen are cast as singing-sister act Betty and Judy. The foursome travel to Vermont to visit Bob and Phil's Wii commanding officer, General Waverly (Dean Jagger,...

Snow will fill the Marquis Theatre this holiday season as Irving Berlin's White Christmas comes to Broadway for a limited run, following productions in San Francisco, Boston, Detroit, Toronto, Los Angeles, and St. Paul, Minn. David Ives has adapted the script from the popular 1954 film, fondly remembered for its timeless spirit and melodies, including the title song — the best selling record in history. Many other Berlin favorites, including "Blue Skies" and "I Love a Piano," will be interpolated into the tale. Ives and the cast describe it as a reinvention rather than a revival. The story concerns two showbiz duos — a male song-and-dance team and a sister act — who fall in love and help save a Vermont inn. The show boasts a full orchestra and a 32-member cast. Back Stage spoke with cast members Stephen Bogardus (Bob Wallace), Kerry O'Malley (Betty Haynes), Jeffry Denman (Phil Davis), and Meredith Patterson...