"House of Cards" creator Beau Willimon's new play, "The Parisian Woman," is set in Washington just like his "Farragut North"

Fred Weller and Josh Hamilton will appear in "Reasons to Be Happy," the Neil Labute sequel to "Reasons to Be Pretty"

James Franco says he will play George in the John Steinbeck classic "Of Mice and Men" on Broadway and invites Stephen Colbert to join him

Jacob Bernstein says career considerations made Nora Ephron hesitant to come clean about her disease

Idina Menzel, who won the Tony Award for "Wicked," will star in "If/Then," a new musical by the team behind "Next to Normal"

A live performance of Peter Morgan's play starring Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II will be broadcast to theaters around the world this June

"Big Fish," a musical version of the 2003 film, will bow in Chicago in April before heading to Broadway in the fall

Gloria Estefan is working on the project with husband Emilio Estefan and the Nederlander Organization

Lily Rabe and Chris Messina will star in "Miss Julie," the August Strindberg play re-set in Long Island just before the 1929 stock market crash

"Annie" is no longer being re-imagined as a vehicle for Willow Smith; Sony Pictures will begin looking for a new star

Mike Medavoy and Rick Nicita were intrigued by the number of foreign productions for "Jekyll and Hyde"

"Avenue Q" puppets will appear in public service announcements on Logo that are designed to create awareness about HIV