Tony Nominee Carol Lawrence Comes for 'Handle with Care' Broadway

Bon voyage! Tony nominee Carol Lawrence is traveling to America in Handle with Care, a new play by Emmy nominee Jason Odell Williams. Directed by Karen Carpenter (Love, Loss and What I Wore), the romantic comedy will begin performances December 3, with an official opening night on December 15 at off-Broadway’s Westside Theatre Downstairs.

In addition to Lawrence, Handle with Care will feature Sheffield Chastain (White Christmas), Charlotte Cohn (Coram Boy) and Jonathan Sale (The Shape of Things). The new play tells the story of a young Israeli woman who reluctantly travels with her grandmother to America. The young woman, who has little command of English, meets a man who has little command of romance. Is their inevitable love an accident, or destiny generations in the making? Handle with Care originally premiered at Florida's Gulfshore Playhouse in 2011.

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'About Time' Explores Love and Romance

If time travel were possible, who among us would pass up a chance to revisit a deceased family member, correct past mistakes or help someone in need?

Who could resist altering history, even a little bit?

About Time (*** out of four; rated R; opens Friday in select cities, Nov. 8 nationwide) is a time-travel rom-com with more than romance and comedy on its mind. While it's decidedly low-tech (returning to a previous era is achieved by closing one's eyes in a dark closet, and clenching one's fists), it adds an imaginative element to a charming and touching story.

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'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' Grabs a RomCom Sequel

You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave: "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" is getting a sequel.

Penelope Wilton, who played Jean Ainslie in the Golden Globe-nominated film, told Radio Times that the cast will come together once again in January. Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith are among the cast members who will fly to India in January to begin filming a sequel.

"We had a wonderful time shooting this film the first time and I am thrilled we will be going back in January to do another one. As far as I know everybody will be returning," Wilton said in the interview.

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'Undateable John' In Development

Joan Jett is developing a new romantic comedy called Undateable John.

The rocker will executive produce the film under her company Blackheart Films, as well as star in a supporting role.

According to Deadline, the dark romantic film will star Jett as a Venice Beach folk singer who befriends a couple during an AA meeting.

Estella Warren and John Philbin will play the romantic leads, with the cast also including Daryl Hannah, Margaret Cho, Meredith Baxter, Tom Arnold and Shannen Doherty.

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Eugenio Derbez, Shines Light on RomCom Hit Movie

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican comedian Eugenio Derbez jokes that it took him 12 years to become an overnight sensation.

The real punch line is that it took much longer.

The writer, director and star of the surprise Hollywood hit "Instructions Not Included" was a virtual unknown among the general audience in the U.S., where the film debuted on Labor Day weekend. Its success was shocking, climbing into the top five box office earners with only a limited release. It's pulled in more than $43 million so far in the U.S. alone, and roughly the same in Mexico. It cost just a bit over $5 million to make.

The story of an Acapulco playboy whose former lover dumps a baby at his door, "Instructions" unfolds as the Derbez character goes to the U.S. to find the girl's mother and becomes a successful movie stunt man and devoted father in the process.

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Student Production Play

Each year, Drake University puts on a Student Theatre Showcase — smaller plays that are student directed. This year, the plays are even student written. Four students created three unique plays they wrote and directed.

Alexandra Reidy is a senior musical theatre major. She worked with Napoleon Douglas, another senior musical theatre major to create “SPEAK.” The show is about addiction in America and its affect on artists.

“As aspiring performers, we understand the pressure that the outside world can create on a famous performer, and those pressures have led people to do things that they never could see themselves doing,” Douglas said.

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Cooking a Romantic Comedy Cookery Show

SAB TV has launched a new show in primetime. A romantic comedy which is also a cooking show, ‘Jo Biwi se Kare Pyaar’ premieres on October 28 and will be telecast every Monday to Friday at 7.30 PM, promising to make cooking an enjoyable experience.

The show revolves around the lives of a new age couple – Aditya and Suhani Khanna – who have a demanding office life. However, the couple tries to find different ways of spending some time together. Aditya’s plan to cook a surprise meal for his wife is a huge success, and they decide to cook their daily dinner together with the Prestige range of cookware. The young couple quickly realise that cooking is the best way to rekindle the magic in their relationship and share some quality time together.

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RomCom Screenplay in the Midst of Cancer Battle

Treatment for breast cancer can take a lot of courage, but it can also inspire creativity. Two women turned to their pens — and their laptops — to cope with the emotional and physical tests they endured through breast cancer treatment.

When Wendy Hunsaker, 48, of Houston was diagnosed with breast cancer about a year ago, it came completely "out of the blue." She had no family history of the disease and was otherwise healthy.

She was shocked by the news, and going through treatment felt "surreal," she says. She figured she could sit in the waiting room and stew while all this was going on, or she could distract herself by doing something creative.

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John Krasinski to Star in Cameron Crowe's RomCom

"The Office" star John Krasinski is reportedly the latest actor to have his name attached to Cameron Crowe's upcoming romantic comedy. Krasinski is in talks for the currently untitled project, which already boasts a star-studded cast including big names such as Bill Murray, Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Alec Baldwin, and Rachel McAdams.

THR reports that Krasinski is up for a part in the film as a member of the military who is married to McAdams' character, a woman who was previously married to Cooper's character.

"I can't really say anything about the script, but I'm excited," Cooper said about the Crowe project earlier this year in an interview with HuffPost Entertainment.

The film, which began filming in Hawaii last month, is expected to be a new spin on an older Crowe script called "Deep Tiki."

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Strong Actors for RomCom Leading Man

Plenty of romantic comedies star fresh new faces as their leads. And yet there are quite a few older actors who still have what it takes to make hearts flutter. In fact, some actors just seem to get better at it as they age.

Here are a few actors over 35 whose kdramas you may want to check out.

Song Seung Hoon, 37, was the broody gangster Han Tae Sang in love with Shin Se Kyung in "When A Man Loves." The model-turned actor is now filming "Human Addiction." In this film he plays an officer who falls in love with a junior officer's wife.

Ji Sung, 36, sets off more than a few sparks in "Secret," playing Jo Min Hyuk, the chaebol who loses his girlfriend to a hit and run accident. His recent marriage to actress Lee Bo Young has not caused him to lose any fans.

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'Sleeping with the Fishes' to Deliver Fresh Perspective

Gina Rodriguez is starring in a new film, Sleeping With the Fishes, a colorful romantic comedy which delivers a fresh perspective on diverse families in America.

Set in Brooklyn, Sleeping With the Fishes follows Alexis, played by Rodriguez, a Latina Jew with an overprotective familia. She ends up on a journey to self-discovery when she falls for a hunky guy from a very different background.

Sleeping With the Fishes will introduce audiences to a family not often seen on screen: the movie will portray a Latino/Jewish household. Director Nicole Gomez Fisher based it on her own multicultural upbringing and felt the plot was very relevant to modern times.

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'Forev' RomCom Graces the New Orleans Film Festival

The comedy "Forev," fresh off a special jury mention in the competition for best narrative feature at the 24^th annual New Orleans Film Festival, highlights Day 6 of the 2013 fest. Here's the scoop on it and other notable screenings, along with a full schedule of the day's events.

Day 6 (Tuesday, Oct. 15)
Today's best bet: "Forev" (3 stars, out of 5); directed by Molly Green and James Leffler; 1 hour 28 minutes; Unrated.
 
Mandeville High and NOCCA grad Molly Green co-writes and co-directs a sweet little L.A.-shot indie road-trip rom-com about two twentysomething neighbors who decide -- despite hardly knowing each other -- to get married while on an impromptu road trip.

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Cowboys and Romance in a RomCom Novel

Mary Connealy will tell you that what she writes is unique.

“I write historical, inspirational, western, romantic comedy/suspense. That’s the most unique thing I’ve ever heard of. I invented my own genre,” said Connealy, who lives near Decatur.

Her invention, along with years of work, appears to have served her well. The area author has 28 books in print with contracts which will increase that number to 36.

Connealy’s most recent book, “Fired Up,” is the second in the “Trouble In Texas” series published by Bethany House. The next series book, “Stuck Together,” is set to come out in June, continuing the best-selling author’s signature style of “romantic comedy with cowboys.”



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Halloween RomCom in 'Bell, Book and Candle'

With Halloween approaching, Laurel Mill Playhouse is staging a story about a free-spirited witch named Gillian who falls for her next-door neighbor, a publisher named Shep.

“It’s a sweet love story with some comedy in it,” said Larry Simmons, director of “Bell, Book and Candle,” which runs from Oct. 11-27 at the Laurel Mill Playhouse.

‘Bell, Book and Candle’

When: 8 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 11-12, 18-19, 25-26; 2 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 20, 27

Where: Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., Laurel

Tickets: $15 for general admission; $12 for students 18 and younger, senior citizens 65 and older

For information: 301-617-9906, laurelmillplayhouse.org

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Gay RomCom Underway from Director Paul Feig

Next Tuesday, the cop comedy The Heat with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy hits Blu-Ray and DVD, and director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids) is making the publicity rounds to talk about the film. While speaking with CinemaBlend, Feig revealed that he's working on a new romantic comedy, but rather than focusing on the relationship between a boy and a girl, he's going to shake up the formula by making it a gay romantic comedy. The story would follow an average guy who somehow catches the eye of a hunk comparable to the Sexiest Man Alive, and he just can't handle it. That sexy man will be played by Channing Tatum. Read on!


In addition, the average guy has already been cast as well. Comedian John Milhiser will take the role, and you may not know him by name yet, but he's one of the six new cast members who joined "Saturday Night Live" for this 39th season. In fact, you can check out an impressive impersonation of Jon Cryer in that Fifty Shades of Grey audition reel sketch we posted earlier this week.  Feig has been a fan of Milhiser for years, and might have been responsible for his breakthrough by introducing him to "SNL" producer on Lorne Michaels. We're hoping this gay romantic comedy comes together sooner than later. Sound good?

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'Pulling Strings' Pulls Up the RomCom Films

“Pulling Strings” takes a bit of a hit by being the third Latin single-dad comedy to roll into American theaters in a month. And though it is funnier and out-charms “Tio Papi,” it lacks the whimsy, magical realism and kid-friendly sentiment of the sleeper hit “Instructions Not Included.”

But this tale of a mariachi singer denied a visa, who then tries to trick and charm the American embassy staffer who turned him down, is a winning vehicle for singer/actor Jaime Camil.

Alejandro (Camil) is raising his 9-year-old daughter alone, and fears what the Catholic school nuns are telling him is true — that he’s botching the job. She needs to go spend time with her grandparents. In Arizona.

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'Heterosexual Jill' RomCom Explores Her Sexuality

Imagine a film with the following plot line: A woman, Jill, asks her female ex-lover, Jamie, if they can date each other again just so that Jill can prove to herself that she is no longer attracted to Jamie and therefore no longer a lesbian. Jamie agrees.

This is the scenario in Michelle Ehlen's new film Heterosexual Jill. Although it might seem that Jamie's choice to sacrifice her self-worth for her ex is crazy, Ehlen craftily makes it all make sense. In fact, Ehlen, who stars as Jamie, plays her to great comic effect. She's also the writer, director, producer and editor of the film. What's more, this entertaining film asks some serious questions about gender, sexuality and identity but never seems preachy or overly didactic.

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'Lend me a Tenor' RomCom Lights Up the Westside

POCATELLO — What a wonderful start to October! Westside Players opened their final show of the season “Lend Me A Tenor” by Ken Ludwig. Phil Shepherd was the brilliant director who pulled together a great cast for this hilarious Romantic comedy. The dinner was catered by Café Tuscano, and it was fabulous! The lobby artist was Barbara Swanson. Her pieces were so beautifully done. They were very vibrant and colorful. I especially loved the painting of people who were on inner tubes and lazing about, made me think of summer. I loved it.

The comedy begins with Maggie getting weak at the knees listening to Tito the famous Italian Opera Star. She is interrupted in her reverie by Max who is in a panic because Tito has not arrived to sing for the show that night. Maggie was played by this sweet innocent faced Lacey Taylor. She was so cute dancing around the stage waiting to meet her crush. She wants to have one more fling before she officially settles down with someone.

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First Asian-American RomCom, 'Wedding Palace', Now in U.S. Theaters

An indie trailblazer, WEDDING PALACE was the first Asian American romantic comedy and family movie to open in U.S. theaters on Sept. 27 in New York, Los Angeles and Hawaii.

Produced with the support of the Los Angeles Koreatown business community, Korean corporations and the Korean government, the making of WEDDING PALACE is a grass roots story from the local streets to the screen. It makes history as the first ever US-Korea independent co-production shot in Los Angeles and Seoul, Korea. While many films compare themselves to hit movies, WEDDING PALACE can lay claim it was passed over for a “movie like yours, but it’s Greek,” which was My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Abandoned at the altar, Jason‘s (BrianTee) family quickly introduces him to other eager brides in waiting but to their horror, he rejects them all. The clock is literally ticking on Jason’s life as his 30th birthday is fast approaching, bringing along an old family curse. On a business trip to Korea, Jason meets the girl of his dreams, Na Young (Kang Hye-jung). They embark on a cyber love affair fueled by imagination and video chats. Jason proposes and his family is beyonddelighted. However when Na Young arrives in Los Angeles with a surprising revelation, Jason has hesitations and his wacky family goes overboard causing a roller coaster of ups-and-downs at every turn in this modern romance. Jason will have to bridge the gapbetween family expectationsand being true to himself to find his true love.

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Netflix's Top Romantic Comedies

Tired of scrolling endlessly through Netflix's recommendations for something charming and sweet, yet also funny and entertaining? Well, then this is the list you've been searching the interwebs for.

Here are 9 films to keep you entertained for hours.

"She's All That" (1999)

In "She's All That," Freddie Prinze Jr. plays high school jock Zack who, after being dumped by his girlfriend, bets a friend he can turn a nerd (Rachel Leigh Cook) into the school’s prom queen. However, he begins to sincerely fall for her and more problems arise with the more popularity she gains.

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