Jackie Hoffman

Paramount+ is ready to chronicle the rise of the Pink Ladies, having now locked in the cast for its musical Grease prequel series. The streaming service on Monday unveiled the full cast (detailed below), as well as announced that filming on the 10-episode series is now underway in Vancouver. Set in 1954 — four years prior to the original Grease movie that was released in 1978 — Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies takes place in a time “before rock ‘n’ roll ruled, before the T-Birds were the coolest in the school,” as four fed-up outcasts dare to have fun on their...

Feud and Only Murders in the Building vet Hoffman will play Rydell High’s Assistant Principal McGee. She'll be joined by Marisa Davila as Jane, Cheyenne Isabel Wells as Olivia, Ari Notartomaso as Cynthia, Tricia Fukuhara as Nancy, Shanel Bailey as Hazel, Madison Thompson as Susan, Johnathan Nieves as Richie, Jason Schmidt as Buddy and Maxwell Whittington-Cooper as Wally. Paramount+ also announced that filming is underway in Vancouver.

Actress Julie Halston had a medical emergency during a performance of writer-director Douglas Carter Beane’s new downtown comedy “Fairycakes” at the Greenwich House Theatre the other night, we’re told. “When an unexpected nosebleed happened during Act I, Julie had to depart the stage,” said a theater source. Halton’s sudden exit...

EXCLUSIVE: Douglas Carter Beane’s newest play, Fairycakes, will make its world premiere this fall Off Broadway at the Greenwich House Theater in a production starring Mo Rocca, Jackie Hoffman, Julie Halston, Brooks Ashmanskas, Alfie Fuller and Jason Tam. Beane will direct the play at the venue, home to many of...

Stage and screen star Jackie Hoffman – known for her Emmy-nominated role of ‘Mamacita’ from FX’s Feud: Bette and Joan, her critically acclaimed Off-Broadway appearance in the Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof at the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, and her MAC Award for Best Female Stand Up – is soon to be seen in a recurring role in the upcoming fourth season of Amazon’s award-winning series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. In July, you can also catch her live at the cell, in the world premiere of E. Dale Smith’s Fruma-Sarah (Waiting in the Wings).

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated Jackie Hoffman (Feud) and Allison Guinn (On the Town, Hair) are set for recurring roles on the upcoming fourth season of Amazon’s Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Character details are being kept under wraps. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,. from creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and executive...