Dan Castellaneta News

Actor Dan Castellaneta is a familiar face and voice from TV's The Simpsons and The Tracy Ullman Show. He has written a play entitled For Piano and Harpo that will open on February 10 at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank. In our chat he tells us about his past work, the play and what inspired him to write it. Tell us how For Piano and Harpo came about. Were you intrigued by the relationship between Harpo and Oscar Levant? What a frenzy those two must have created together!

American Soul/R&B singer Freda Payne and Grammy Award nominee B. Slade, who brought down the house during the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts' co-production of For The Record: Scorsese - American Crime Requiem, bring their signature vocal styles to The Wallis for special one-night-only concerts in The Sorting Room on January 7 and 8, respectively. The Sorting Room, an exciting new intimate space for live performance, temporarily transforms The Wallis' Lovelace Studio Theater into a 150-seat nightclub that offers Los Angeles audiences the opportunity to see some of the best established and upcoming talent in cabaret, comedy, live contemporary music, dance performance and more, now through January 14.

FOX will air new and returning Thanksgiving and holiday favorites throughout the months of November and December.

FOX has ordered 29th and 30th seasons of the pop culture phenomenon THE SIMPSONS. The renewal takes the long-running animated series to 669 episodes, the largest number of episodes for any scripted television show ever, breaking the record previously set by “Gunsmoke” (635).

The Sorting Room-an exciting new intimate space for live performance-is launching in December at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts through January 14, 2017. Transforming the Lovelace Studio Theater into a 150-seat custom-built space, The Sorting Room will offer Los Angeles audiences the opportunity to see some of the best and upcoming talent in cabaret, comedy, live contemporary music, dance performance and more, delivering a unique, personal experience.

Continuing Adirondack Theatre Festival's (ATF) 22nd summer season of professional theatre is EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE: THE LIFE & SLIMES OF MARC SUMMERS.

Already in the history books for its unprecedented, upcoming 28th season, THE SIMPSONS makes history once again with its first-ever one-hour episode airing in January 2017 on FOX.

Continuing Adirondack Theatre Festival's (ATF) 22nd summer season of professional theatre is EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE: THE LIFE & SLIMES OF MARC SUMMERS.

Continuing Adirondack Theatre Festival's (ATF) 22nd summer season of professional theatre is HOME. Performances will be held at the Charles R. Wood Theater (207 Glen Street in downtown Glens Falls) July 28th - August 5th at 7:30pm with a special matinee performance on August 3rd at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $30-$42 and are available at the Wood Theater Box Office, online at ATFestival.org, or by calling (518) 480-4878. Discount season flex passes are available for the full seven show line-up.

Nickelodeon announced today that the upcoming TV movie titled HEY ARNOLD!: The Jungle Movie will feature 19 original voices from the beloved television series. The announcement comes in the midst of Nickelodeon's 25th anniversary celebration of original creator-driven animation. Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie is written and executive produced by the series' original creator Craig Bartlett and produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank. The two-hour TV movie will debut in 2017.

Falcon Theatre Founder, Garry Marshall, has announced the Falcon Theatre's 2016-2017 Five-Play Subscription Season. Falcon Theatre's 15th subscription season brings five entertaining productions to Burbank, including a holiday collaboration with the award-winning Troubadour Theater Company, and a world premiere written by and starring Dan Castellaneta. For the 2016-2017 season, the Falcon has also partnered with Malbec restaurant in Toluca Lake to give subscribers a delicious bonus benefit.

Below, watch a sneak peek at the magical couch gag from animator Eric Goldbert, airing in the all-new episode of THE SIMPSONS, this Sunday, April 24th at 8/7c on FOX.

Andrew Rannells announced on Twitter today that he will be playing himself in this Sunday's episode of THE SIMPSONS on FOX!

The May 15th episode will have Dan Castellaneta's Homer Simpson discussing topical subjects and responding to fan questions.

Below, watch a sneak peek of 'Couch Gag -- A Love Story' airing in the Valentine's Day Episode of THE SIMPSONS, this Sunday, Feb. 14, at 8/7c on FOX!

The January 10th opening of FOX's THE SIMPSONS features an all-new Miami Vice-inspired couch gag. The segment was created by animator Steve Cutts.

This Sunday's episode of FOX's THE SIMPSONS offers a take on the 2014 Oscar-winning film BOYHOOD. In the clip below, Bart walks in on Homer and Chief Wiggum smoking pot.

In the annual fright fest Halloween episode of FOX's THE SIMPSONS, Sideshow Bob finally kills Bart, only to reanimate him; Homer wakes up with short-term memory loss; and Lisa, Bart, and Milhouse get super powers from radiation.

Halloween comes early this year when FOX airs frightfully funny all-new episodes of SCREAM QUEENS (Tuesdays, Oct. 6 and 13; 9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), THE SIMPSONS (Sunday, Oct. 18 and 25; 8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT), BOB'S BURGERS (Sunday, Oct. 18; 9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (

Look out for a special nod to Season 75 of THE SIMPSONS during the series premiere of MINORITY REPORT on Monday, September 21st on FOX.