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New York Stage and Film has revealed the cast members for its 40th Anniversary Summer Season at Marist University, kicking off today in Poughkeepsie, NY. Casting for the Summer Season includes Barzin Akhavan, Kirstyn C. Ballard, Chris Bannow, Maggie Bofill, Danny Bolero, Jason Bowen, Brittany Bradford, Juan Castano, Cindy Cheung, Rheaume Crenshaw, Maya Days, Craig Wesley Divino, Carla Duren, Edie Falco, Mia Gerachis, Toney Goins, Darren Goldstein, Amara Granderson, Zach Grenier, Matthew Griffin, Anthony Irons, Daniel K. Isaac, Bianca Laverne Jones, Aidan Joyce, Daniil Krimer, Jessica Love, Christopher Lowell, Florencia Lozano, Jason Maina, Sunita Mani, Daniel Marconi,...

With the news of Erika Slezak joining General Hospital, fans are wondering if the actress will be bringing her beloved One Life To Live character to Port Charles.

Oh, Lord

As fans wait to find out what role Slezak will play in PC, many are speculating she could bring her legendary Oltl character, Viki Lord, over to Gh.

“Viki Buchanan and all her other last names gone be Real good to see!” one hopeful viewer posted on X (formerly Twitter), while another shared a slew of photos of Slezak, wondering, “Legendary actress Erika Slezak joins the cast! Viki? Niki? Or? Hmmm!!!!!” The name Niki refers to Viki’s alternate personality Niki Smith, from Oltl’s famous Dissociative Identity Disorder storyline.

Read This: Here’s what’s coming up on Gh.

One fan even has a great back story for Viki’s connection to Port Charles. “Years and years ago, I...

Since leaving General Hospital, Nicholas Alexander Chavez’s world has opened up to being part of high-profile projects, walking the red carpet at fancy premieres, and starring in TikTok videos that go viral. He has appeared in TV shows and miniseries and will make a splash on the big screen this summer in the reboot of the iconic horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer. In just a few months, he’ll add another challenge to his quickly growing acting resume: he is set to hit the stage in a Tennessee Williams play.

Read This: Gh alum Chavez dishes on life in the limelight.

Tennessee Williams Revival

People reports that Chavez will star with Baywatch and 2025 Golden Globe nominee Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl) in a revival of Tennessee Williams’s play Camino Real. The cast includes another soap alum, Florencia Lozano, and Frankie J. Alvarez of HBO’s Looking.

General Hospital (Gh) spoilers imply it’s been a hot minute since Spencer Cassadine has been seen in Port Charles.

The character’s portrayer, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, exited the soap in early 2024 and has been a busy bee since, diving into multiple projects.

Now it looks like Chavez is at it again, slated to participate in a prestigious theatre project this summer, and Cts has all the details.

Chavez Set to Star In Theatre Production

Chavez will play Kilroy at the Williamstown Theatre Festival this summer, in Massachusetts’ Berkshire Mountains. He’s set to star opposite Pamela Anderson, who’s playing Marguerite, as they dive into a revival of ‘Camino Real’.

Written by playwright Tennessee Williams, the production will be directed by Dustin Wills, and Whitney Peak, star of Hocus Pocus 2, rounds out the cast, playing Esmerelda.

In addition, there are some daytime drama connections to the play as...

Although Gossip Girls pilot episode does a pretty good job of introducing its main characters and their key relationships, producers werent convinced about the actress portraying Blairs mother. Compared to the rest of the best romance teen shows, Gossip Girls first episode accurately sets up some of its most popular and lasting dynamics; mainly, between the teenagers, but also those with their parents. Workaholic fashion designer Eleanor Waldworfs estranged relationship with her daughter is key to Blair Waldorfs popular character arc in Gossip Girl, but the first actress cast in the role offered a very different Eleanor.

Florencia Lozano was originally cast to play Eleanor Waldorf but was quickly replaced by Margaret Colin who went on to play the character for Gossip Girls six seasons. Though both were tapped for the same character, a sizable gap separated them, with Colin being 12 years older than Colin. Notably, the young actress version...

During the late 2000s and early 2010s, Gossip Girl was a staple on every teenager’s television set at home and its success speaks through fans who still love binging the show regularly. The show particularly resonated with teenagers as it portrayed the intricacies of navigating through high school drama, young love, and friendships.

Leighton Meester and Blake Lively as Blair and Serena in Gossip Girl | Credits: The CW

While Blake Lively and Leighton Meester’s Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf were the biggest pieces of the show’s entire plot, there was another character that captured the hearts of its fanbase from seasons one through six, Eleanor Waldorf. While Eleanor sprung up into the limelight due to Margaret Colin’s acting excellence, she wasn’t the first one to be cast for the role.

Florencia Lozano was initially cast as Eleanor Waldorf before Margaret Colin took over...

One Life To Live spoilers and updates wonder if Oltl is coming back like All My Children is? It was recently announced by the Lifetime Network that they are bringing back All My Children as a series of Christmas movies.

One Life To Live Spoilers – AMC Fans Are Excited

Fans of soap operas are thrilled about the news surrounding Lifetime’s potential revival of All My Children; but what about other canceled favorites like One Life To Live and Another World? Keep reading to discover the possibilities of these shows returning to our screens.

The idea of characters coming back from the dead is a hallmark of soap operas, making the current discussions about All My Children’s revival feel especially appropriate.

The show, along with One Life To Live, was axed in 2011 to make way for an afternoon talk show and a cooking series, neither of which enjoyed much success.

Unaired pilots have led to important recasts that vastly improve iconic TV characters. Replacements like Emilia Clarke as Daenerys redefine the portrayal of iconic roles. Talented actors like Alyson Hannigan were the second choice to bring beloved characters like Willow to life.

Several major TV shows featured a certain actor in the pilot episode that was recast for the rest of the series. This may have been an unaired pilot shown to network executives before the show officially aired many TV show spinoffs that never aired met their end at this stage. An early pilot like this allows producers to see what they have so far and decide if the series is worth pursuing, or if some changes need to be made before filming the rest of it such as finding an actor more suited to the character.

Some TV recasts were even better than the actor they replaced, whether...

Melissa Barrera braves the elements in Keep Breathing, a gripping tale of survival coming to Netflix July 28. The In the Heights star shows herself in a brand new light in the rugged six-episode story, most of which she acted in alone. In Keep Breathing, Barrera plays New York lawyer Liv, a workaholic who doesn’t let anyone in. After her private plane crashes in the remote Canadian frontier, she finds herself as the lone survivor. Liv must battle both an unforgiving wilderness and past personal demons to stay alive in the survival thriller.  Barrera had her work cut out for her in this show. As if plunging into freezing cold water and exerting her body to the point of exhaustion weren’t daunting enough, she had to deliver a compelling emotional performance to boot. Here, Barrera breaks down the work put into Keep Breathing and why ...

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For TV critics, this week’s theme is less-buzzy new versions of some of the buzziest shows of the past year. It will be a fun game to see how many reviews discuss Peacock’s The Resort without mentioning HBO’s The White Lotus in the first paragraph (when the more apt comparison is actually Apple TV+’s Acapulco) or Amazon’s Paper Girls without mentioning Netflix’s Stranger Things (when the more apt comparison is actually Netflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club).

The answer may be close to “zero.” (I won’t even try when it comes to Paper Girls.)

I have at least successfully avoided mentioning Showtime’s Yellowjackets until several sentences into my review of Netflix’s Keep Breathing, a so-called limited series that is unquestionably most easily described as a one-woman version of Yellowjackets without any of the sensationalistic — or “fun,...

Say this much about “Keep Breathing”: It’s admirably immune to streaming-era bloat.

Could its story, of a woman confronting the pain of her past while trying to stay alive after a plane crash, have been told in a ninety-minute film? Well, sure. But in six episodes that hew pretty close to the half-hour mark, the series makes its points, underlines them a couple of times, and then moves on.

Here, Melissa Barrera plays Liv, who is clinging to life (get it?). Liv had the misfortune to wheedle her way into a seat on a small plane headed into a remote area of Canada, which — after an astoundingly unconvincing crash that indicates just how little Netflix is spending on its non-marquee content — becomes her new home. Like a grown-up, corporate-lawyer version of the protagonist of the YA classic novel “Hatchet,” Liv is surprisingly adept at delving into her own...

Keep Breathing Trailer — Netflix‘s Keep Breathing (2022) TV show trailer has been released. The Keep Breathing trailer stars Melissa Barrera, Joselyn Picard, Jeff Wilbusch, Juan Pablo Espinosa, Austin Stowell, and Florencia Lozano. Crew executive produced by co-showrunners and writers Brendan Gall and Martin Gerro and Maggie Kiley TV Show Trailer: Lawyer Melissa Barrera has to Survive the Wilderness after a Plane Crash [Netflix]...

"There's nobody coming for you... because nobody cares about you." Ouch. Netflix has revealed an official trailer for a new survival series titled Keep Breathing, formerly known as simply Breathe. When a small plane crashes in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, a lone survivor must battle the elements — and her personal demons— to stay alive. The series stars Melissa Barrera as Liv, a New York lawyer who has to figure out how to survive. I'm not sure if this is based on a true story, it doesn't mention it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's inspired by a true story about someone surviving. It was filmed up in the forests of British Columbia, and in Vancouver. In addition to Barrera, the cast includes Joselyn Picard, Jeff Wilbusch, Juan Pablo Espinosa, Austin Stowell, and Florencia Lozano. Ooh this series looks like it might be good, not only the survival...

Exclusive: Chaz Bono (American Horror Story) and Bonnie Aarons (The Nun) have signed on to star alongside Randy Couture, Reid Miller, Mike Manning, Kathleen Kenny and Cathy Marks in the action-horror pic The Bell Keeper, from director Colton Tran (Snow Falls).

In the film, a group of friends travel to a secluded campsite to film a documentary. What they find is something much more sinister than they could have ever imagined. Artisha Mann-Cooper, Nick Theurer and Jonathan Cooper are producing, with Final Destination scribe Jeffrey Reddick exec producing alongside Martin Ngongo.

Bono is represented by Luber Roklin Entertainment and Mills Kaplan Entertainment; Aarons by Mills Kaplan Entertainment and Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs.

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Exclusive: Atlas Distribution Company has acquired U.S. rights to writer-director Allen Wolf’s romantic comedy The Sound of Violet, based on his award-winning novel, with plans to release it theatrically in 20+ U.S. markets on April 29.

The...

The upcoming Netflix drama series “Breathe” has cast Austin Stowell, Variety has learned exclusively.

In the series, Melissa Barrera stars as Liv, a razor-sharp Manhattan attorney who finds herself profoundly out of her comfort zone when her small plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness and she must battle for survival. Juan Pablo Espinosa, Florencia Lozano, and Jeff Wilbusch will also appear in the series.

Stowell will next be seen in “The Hating Game” opposite Lucy Hale. His other credits include the recent Blumhouse feature reboot of “Fantasy Island,” “Swallow,” “Battle of the Sexes,” “12 Strong,” “Colossal,” and “Bridge of Spies.” He also recently starred in Hulu’s “Catch 22” and the “Amazing Stories” reboot at Apple.

He is repped by CAA and Morris Yorn.

Netflix has ordered six one-hour episodes of “Breathe.” Martin Gero and Brendan Gall are co-writing and executive producing the series, with Gero executive producing under his Quinn’s House Production company.

Exclusive: Cardinal Flix said Monday that it has wrapped production on A Stage of Twilight, an drama written and directed by Sarah T. Schwab and starring Karen Allen and William Sadler. The New York-based indie company co-run by Schwab and Brian Long will release the pic in theaters in late 2022.

The film, shot last month in New Milford, Ct, centers on Cora and Barry, a retired couple enjoying life in their 70s. When Barry receives fatal news about his health, it prompts a challenging decision for them both that is complicated when a 17- year-old neighbor (Marlon Quijije) who acts as a surrogate son to the childless couple, enters the picture.

Alfredo Narciso, Alexander Flores, Yetta Gottesman and Emily Kratter also star. Quijije is making his film debut.

“As an independent filmmaker, it is important to hire established artists while providing emerging artists with an opportunity to be seen and heard,...

Exclusive: Florencia Lozano (Life After You) and Juan Pablo Espinosa (Half Brothers) are set for recurring roles opposite Melissa Barrera in Breathe, Netflix’s one-hour drama series from Blindspot creator Martin Gero and writer-executive producer Brendan Gall, and Warner Bros. Television.

In Breathe, written by Gero and Gall, when a small plane crashes in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, a lone woman (Barrera) must battle the elements and odds to survive. Barrera’s Liv is a razor-sharp Manhattan attorney who finds herself profoundly out of her comfort zone when her plane crashes and she must battle for survival.

Lozano and Espinosa will play Liv’s mother and father, respectively.

Gero executive produces via his Quinn’s House production company, along with Gall. Warner Bros. TV is the studio.

Lozano co-wrote and stars in Life After You, which was awarded Best Feature and Best Actress at the Nice International Film Festival.

1983: Gh's Robert & Holly made love.

1984: Dynasty's Fallon crashed her car.

1985: Days' Marlena met the new chief of police.

2006: Atwt's Luke Snyder came out to his parents."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1969: On Another World, Liz Matthews (Audra Lindley) left Bay City. Lindley, who took over the role as Liz on Another World's second episode, was leaving the show after 5 years. She returned on June 20th for one final appearance. Lindley would go on to star as Mrs. Roper in the hit ABC sitcom Three's Company.

1971: The last appearance of Barnabas Collins on the original Dark

Shadows. 1984: Jack Wagner debuted as Frisco Jones on Gh.

1998: One Life to Live's Téa tried to figure out Todd.

2006: Passions aired a Bollywood episode."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1931: Clara, Lu & Em shifted from Wgn to the NBC Blue Network, one of the earliest radio soap operas. Listen to the episode here.

1953: On The Guiding Light, Meta Bauer White prepared for the worst.

Thanks to Jennifer for sending in the clip above.

1982: As the World Turns' Bob married Miranda.

1985: Jon Hensley debuted as Holden Sndyer on Atwt.

1999: Jason Cook debuted as Shawn Brady on Days of our Lives.

1999: The Young and the Restless' Nikki battled Diane."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1964: On Peyton Place, Betty (Barbara Parkins) was afraid to tell Rodney (Ryan O'Neal) about her pregnancy out of fear he would believe she was trapping him into a relationship.

1970: Actor Herb Holcombe died at age 65. He played Adam Bilodeau in Dark Shadows.

1979: On As the World Turns, when Lisa Colman (Eileen Fulton...

1940: Portia Faces Life premiered on CBS Radio.

1980: Edge of Night's Clown Puppet killer claimed its first victim.

1991: Y&R's David died in a trash compactor.

1997: One Life to Live's Tea fell out a window."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1940: Radio soap opera Portia Faces Life debuted on CBS, sponsored by General Foods during its entire run on radio. The series had premiered early in 1940 on radio station Wnac in Boston, then moved to Wls in Chicago, Krld in Dallas, Kgw in Portland and Kfi in Los Angeles before moving to the CBS network.

1987: Santa Barbara.'s Cruz went to Summerfest with Eden.

1992: Gl's Alan-Michael switched out Eleni's birth control pills.

2009: One Life to Live's Nora slapped Tea in court.

2009: General Hospital's carnival began."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1969: On Dark Shadows, Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) told Magda Rakosi (Grayson Hall) what would happen when he used the rods--his body would remain while his spirit traveled into the future. He told her to go to Collinwood and warn Quentin to leave.

1970: On Another World, Pat and John Randolphs's twins, Michael and Marianne Randolph, were born.

1983: Gh's Robert & Holly made love.

1984: Dynasty's Fallon crashed her car.

1985: Days' Marlena met the new chief of police.

2006: Atwt's Luke Snyder came out to his parents."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1969: On Another World, Liz Matthews (Audra Lindley) left Bay City. Lindley, who took over the role as Liz on Another World's second episode, was leaving the show after 5 years. She...

As the New York City theater community gears up for another Tony Awards season honoring Broadway’s best, The League of Professional Theatre Women got a head start handing out accolades March 16. Their annual Theatre Women Awards, the only ceremony dedicated to promoting the visibility of female thespians across all disciplines, served as both an opportunity for well-deserved congratulations and a timely reminder of the power of gender parity in the arts. Presented at The TimesCenter and hosted by multidisciplinary artist Florencia Lozano, the evening celebrated the achievements of some of the most exciting women working in theater today. Actor Phylicia Rashad was given the Lptw’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. “My entire career has been nurtured by women,” said Rashad. “When women come together there is magic, especially when we come together in support and in recognition of one another.” The List and Beyond: Inside the Kilroys’ Theater Revolution...

1971: The last appearance of Barnabas Collins on the original Dark

Shadows. 1984: Jack Wagner debuted as Frisco Jones on Gh.

1998: One Life to Live's Téa tried to figure out Todd.

2006: Passions aired a Bollywood episode."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."

― Machiavelli

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1931: Clara, Lu & Em shifted from Wgn to the NBC Blue Network, one of the earliest radio soap operas.

Here’s a theory: For any TV creators who get more than a season to prove themselves, it’s Season 2 where they really figure out what kind of show they’re making. And with “Narcos,” we see some pretty clear proof of that.

Season 1 of Netflix’s fact-based drama — about how cocaine created criminal empires in Colombia and beyond — was jam-packed with over 15 years of drug cartel history, and the result, unfortunately, was not consistently engaging for anyone other than the most passionate fans of the subject matter. But from the first moments of Season 2, the Netflix series shows new focus. Thanks to a much narrower scope — the 18-month hunt for Pablo Escobar, following his escape from La Catedral prison — characters are allowed to breathe more. The power struggles have real weight. And the potential for seasons to come becomes clear.

Read More: ‘Narcos’ Season 2: Watch the First 11 Minutes...

Florencia Lozano (One Life To Live) has booked a series regular role opposite Wagner Moura and Pedro Pascal in Season 2 of Netflix drama series Narcos. Written by Chris Brancato and directed by Jose Padilha, Narcos is the true-life story of the growth and spread of cocaine drug cartels across the globe and attendant efforts of law enforcement to meet them head on in brutal, bloody conflict. Lozano will play DEA agent Claudia Messina. Lozano appeared in feature Amok…...

Leonardo DiCaprio (finally) took the Oscar for best actor, and his fans on Twitter can't contain their happiness. The Internet offered up memes on top of memes for DiCaprio - who after years of being nominated, finally snagged the award for his role in The Revenant. Rather than focus on his win (a long overdue one, according to many fans), the actor used his acceptance speech to call attention to global warming. "Our production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet to find snow. Climate change is real. It is happening right now," he said. "It is...

Entertainment One Films has released the first trailer for Veronika Decides to Die starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. The story centers on a severely depressed woman who rediscovers her will to live after learning that she has only days left due to the irreparable damage done to her heart as a result of her recent suicide attempt.

Based on the international best seller by Paulo Coelho, Emily Young (Kiss of Life) directs the film with Sriram Das producing, while Larry Gross and Roberta Hanley adapted the screenplay from Paulo Coelho's novel. Veronika Decides to Die opens in select theaters and on demand January 20, 2015.

Check out the first footage featuring Sarah Michelle Gellar as she learns that confronting death is discovering life. She stars alongside Jonathan Tucker (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and Academy Award Winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter). If you had a second chance at life, what would you change?...

Just like last year, the 2014 Daytime Emmy acting reels are being made available for public viewing online. The roundup of episode submissions continues with Best Younger Actress. I've watched all five; first-time nominee Kelley Missal ("One Life to Live"), who is also the first ever nominee for a digital series, could be a threat: -Break- Daytime Emmy nominees reveal episodes submitted to judges Length of Reel: 6:57 Synopsis: Danielle Manning (Missal) wakes up in the hospital after a drug overdose, but is surprised when her mother, Tea (Florencia Lozano), reveals that her supposed father, Victor (Trevor St. John), is back from the dead. She is then confronted by her real father, Todd (Emmy-winner Roger Howarth), to whom she confesses that she feels invisible. Analysis: Missal submitted the shortest reel in the category, but she arguably has the most range. She starts with a moment of strong impact, when Victor appear.

Take notice, Daytime Emmys! Annually for the last 10 years, our savvy forum posters have come together to decide the best in daytime television, and for the first time they've picked "General Hospital" as daytime's Best Drama. The long-running ABC soap, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, won six awards total, including Best Writing and Best Ensemble Cast. "Gh" also won three acting prizes: Florencia Lozano won Best Limited/Guest Performance for a brief crossover of her "One Life to Live" character, Tea Delgado. Jason Thompson (pictured above, right), who also contends at the Daytime Emmys, won Best Actor. And Robin Mattson was awarded Best Supporting Actress; she was pre-nominated at the Emmys for her villainous turn as Heather Webber, but didn't make the final cut. "The Young and the Restless," which leads the Daytime Emmys with 23 nominations, had to settle for two wins from ou...

From the new opening credits to the influx of new actors playing aged up characters to spicier scenes, the retooled online versions of All My Children and One Life to Live are trying to show they’re not your mother’s soaps… while still trying to hold on to your mother as a viewer. If you have not seen the new shows yet, stop reading. Spoilers ahead.

The new 30-minute episodes from Prospect Park launched this morning on Hulu, set to post new episodes every weekday starting at 5 Am Et/2Am Pt.

All My Children picks up five years after...

The Company Members of Labyrinth Theater Company, the award-winning, downtown ensemble, have announced today casting for its upcoming Newyorknewyork Festival Marathon Weekend, which will feature forty-eight hours of free, round-the-clock readings of plays centered around New York themes - iconic playwrights, vibrant cultures, urban ideals, and more.Over 180 actors will participate in the marathon weekend of free play readings including Max Casella, Sarita Chowdhury, Liza Colon-Zayas, Kieran Culkin, Tony Danza, John Doman, Tate Donovan, Halley Feiffer, Michael Kelly, Elizabeth Kemp, Josh Hamilton, Sarah Nina Hayon, Florencia Lozano, Julia Murney, Tony Plana, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Julia Stiles, Marlo Thomas, and Yul Vazquez. The marathon will feature classic works by over twenty esteemed New York playwrights, including Maria Irene Fornes, Lorraine Hansberry, David Henry Hwang, Kenneth Lonnergan, Arthur Miller, Clifford Odets, Miguel Pinero, and more.

High School Musical‘s Corbin Bleu has been added to the cast of One Life To Live as Jeffrey King, a young reporter friend of Matthew Buchanan (Robert Gorrie) and Danielle Manning (Kelley Missal) who comes to town to work for Llanview’s newspaper The Banner under Victoria Lord (Erica Slezak). Production begins Monday on the soap revival, which debuts with new 30-minute episodes on April 29 via Prospect Park’s The Online Network, streaming online on Hulu, Hulu Plus, and available on iTunes. Bleu joins fellow Oltl cast members Melissa Archer (Natalie Buchanan Banks), Kassie DePaiva (Blair Cramer), Robert Gorrie (Matthew Buchanan), Laura Harrier (Destiny Evans), Roger Howarth (Todd Manning), Josh Kelly (Cutter Wentworth), Florencia Lozano (Tea Delgado), Kelley Missal (Danielle Manning), Erika Slezak (Victoria Lord), Hillary B. Smith (Nora Buchanan), Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord), Andrew Trischitta (Jack Manning), Jerry verDorn (Clint Buchanan), Tuc Watkins (David Vickers), Robert S. Woods...

The long-awaited return of "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" is set for April 29, when new episodes of both series will become available via Hulu, Hulu Plus and the iTunes store.

Prospect Park's The Online Network is producing the new 30-minute episodes, which will be available for free online and via streaming devices connected to Hulu Plus or iTunes. Production began Feb. 25 on "All My Children" (cast pictured below) and will begin March 18 on "One Life to Live" (cast pictured above).

"We thank the fans whose tenaciousness to see these shows return made this historical moment possible," Prospect Park partners Jeff Kwatinetz and Rich Frank said in a statement. "The response and camaraderie of our cast and crew has been inspiring as we have all banded together to succeed in our mission; unencumbered by the creative constraints of traditional broadcast television, to deliver storylines, style and characters that are stronger,...

It's really happening: The "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" premiere dates have been set. Both soaps return to life on Monday, April 29 on various online platforms.

The two soaps will air half-hour episodes and will be available for free on Hulu, Hulu Plus and iTunes.

“I am so pleased that our dream of bringing these two series back to life is coming to fruition," "AMC" and "Oltl" creator Agnes Nixon said in a statement. "I am grateful to Prospect Park for their unwavering commitment to this project and to the amazingly talented casts of ‘All My Children’ and ‘One Life to Live’ -- their devotion to these franchises has made this moment possible. And to the fans – well, we wouldn’t be here without you."

Nixon will serve as a consultant on the two soaps, which were originally cancelled by ABC -- "All My Children" ended in...

The Online Network's revivals of ABC's canceled soaps "One Life to Live" and "All My Children" have revealed their returning cast members, but there are still a few big names missing: including Susan Lucci.

There's a chance more familiar faces will be added as the shows ramp up production for a spring launch, but the newly confirmed cast members assembled for a promotional photo shoot are...

"All My Children":

Sal Stowers as Cassandra Foster

Eric Nelson as Aj Chandler

Denyse Tontz as Miranda Montgomery

Jordan Lane Price as Celia Fitzgerald

Ryan Bittle as Jr Chandler

Eden Riegel as Bianca Montgomery

Cady McClain as Dixie Cooney

Ray MacDonnell as Dr. Joe Martin

David Canary as Adam Chandler

Heather Roop as Jane McIntyre

Francesca James as Evelyn Johnson

"One Life to Live":

Robert Gorrie as Matthew Buchanan

Laura Harrier as Destiny Evans

"One Life to Live" was already far ahead...

Daytime TV icon Erika Slezak is just one of the familiar faces moving back to Llanview this year, when the defunct daytime drama “One Life to Live” returns with new episodes online. Twenty-two cast members, including Slezak, have been confirmed to reprise their roles for the upcoming web reboots of “One Life to Live” and “All My Children,” production company Prospect Park announced Jan. 22.The confirmed cast of “One Life to Live” now includes Slezak as Victoria Lord Buchanan, Robin Strasser as Dorian Lord, Tuc Watkins as David Vickers, Robert S. Woods as Bo Buchanan, Kassie DePaiva as Blair Cramer, Jerry verDorn as Clint Buchanan, Florencia Lozano as Tea Delgado, Melissa Archer as Natalie Buchanan Banks, Hillary B. Smith as Nora Buchanan, Kelley Missal as Danielle Manning, Josh Kelly as Cutter Wentworth, and Andrew Trischitta as Jack Manning, with recurring cast members Sean Ringgold as Shaun Evans, Shenaz Treasury Rama Patel,...

Former ABC soaps "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" are officially being revived online. Production company Prospect Park announced the return of 22 cast members on Tuesday. They've closed deals with the actors to reprise their roles when the shows relaunch on TheOnlineNetwork.com.

So far, standout star Susan Lucci has not agreed to return as Erica Kane on "All My Children," but Prospect Park says they're still working on some more deals -- so there is still hope.

Characters set to return to "All My Children" are as follows:

Darnell Williams as Jesse Hubbard

Debbi Morgan as Dr. Angela Hubbard

Vincent Irizarry as Dr. David Hayward

Lindsay Hartley as Cara Martin

Jordi Vilasuso as Griffin Castillo

Jill Larson as Opal Cortlandt

Thorsten Kaye as Zach Slater

These familiar faces will be back on "One Life to Live":

Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord Buchanan Robin Strasser as Dorian...

Many big stars of "One Life To Live" have signed on to the Prospect Park reboot of the classic ABC soap, set to return via TheOnLineNetwork.com.

On Tuesday, Prospect Park announced that it had closed deals with heavy hitters Erika Slezak (Victoria Lord Buchanan), Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord), Kassie DePaiva (Blair Cramer), Hilary B. Smith (Nora Buchanan) and Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan).

Photos: The Returning Stars Of 'One Life To Live'

Deals were also closed with Tuc Watkins (David Vickers), Jerry verDorn (Clint Buchanan), Florencia Lozano (Tea Delgado), Melissa Archer (Natalie Buchanan Banks), Kelley Missal (Danielle ...

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Prospect Park has announced the casts for the newly revived "One Life to Live" and "All My Children."

"One Life to Live" mainstay Erika Slezak has officially signed on to reprise her role of Victoria Lord Buchanan. Other returning "Oltl" players include Kassie DePaiva, Hillary B. Smith and Melissa Archer. Susie Bedsow Horgan and Thom Racina will serve as co-head writers with Jessica Klein, Alex Douglas and Jeff Wilber on the writing staff.

The returning cast for "All My Children" includes Darnell Williams, Lindsay Hartley and Jill Larson.

In a press release Prospect Park said deals are still being worked on for other returning cast and crew. The company would not comment on the current state of negotiations with "All My Children" star Susan Lucci.

Check out the full cast lists below.

"One Life to Live" cast:

Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord Buchanan

Robin Strasser as Dorian Lord

Tuc Watkins...

Prospect Park, the independent production firm responsible for reviving One Life to Live and All My Children onto The Online Network (Toln), revealed today that 22 cast members have been confirmed to return for the soaps' upcoming relaunches. 

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Sneak a peek at the stars who've signed on:

One Life to Live:

Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord Buchanan

Robin Strasser as Dorian Lord

Tuc Watkins as David Vickers

Robert S. Woods as Bo Buchanan

Kassie DePaiva as Blair Cramer

Jerry verDorn as Clint Buchanan

Florencia Lozano as Tea Delgado

Melissa Archer as Natalie Buchanan Banks

Hillary B. Smith as Nora Buchanan

Kelley Missal as Danielle Manning

Josh Kelly as Cutter Wentworth

Andrew Trischitta as Jack Manning

Sean Ringgold as Shaun Evans

Shenaz Treasury as Rama Patel

Nick Choksi as Vimal Patel

All My Children:

Darnell Williams as Jesse Hubbard

Debbi Morgan as Dr. Angela Hubbard...

Prospect Park on Tuesday revealed a list of 22 cast members currently confirmed to take part in its online relaunch of the defunct ABC sudsers One Life to Live and All My Children, at TheOnlineNetwork.com.

The Oltl ensemble as of now looks like this:

Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord Buchanan

Robin Strasser as Dorian Lord

Tuc Watkins as David Vickers

Robert S. Woods as Bo Buchanan

Kassie DePaiva as Blair Cramer

Jerry verDorn as Clint Buchanan

Florencia Lozano as Tea Delgado

Melissa Archer as Natalie Buchanan Banks

Hillary B. Smith as Nora Buchanan

Kelley Missal as Danielle Manning

Josh Kelly...

Welcome back, Jesse and Angela Hubbard! Good to see you again, Clint Buchanan!

Prospect Park today announced the cast members who have closed deals to star in the online versions of All My Children and One Life to Live.

Here is who is expected to return to Oltl’s Llanview: Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord Buchanan, Robin Strasser as Dorian Lord, Tuc Watkins as David Vickers, Robert S. Woods as Bo Buchanan, Kassie DePaiva as Blair Cramer, Jerry verDorn as Clint Buchanan, Florencia Lozano as Tea Delgado, Melissa Archer as Natalie Buchanan Banks, Hillary B. Smith as Nora Buchanan, Kelley Missal as Danielle Manning,...

A trio of General Hospital vets are headed to the late, great Llanview in this Thursday’s installment — and we have an exclusive first look at the wonderfully rocky road trip.

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Port Charles denizens Carly, Skye and Todd hightail it to the now-defunct One Life to Live‘s Pennsylvania burg to track down soon-to-be-wed Blair and Tea (played by Kassie DePaiva and Florencia Lozano, respectively). Their mission: to question the twosome about Tomas’ uncanny resemblance to erstwhile Gh mobster Alcazar before he marries Todd’s ex.

Erstwhile Desperate Housewives star James Denton has nabbed his first post-Wisteria Lane gig — and it finds him right smack in the middle of Ohio.

Per TV Guide Magazine, the actor will guest-star in the May 16 episode of Hot In Cleveland as a love interest for Jane Leeves’ Joy.

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Dana Delany is officially on her way back to Wisteria Lane.

According to TVLine, the actress will appear in the series finale of "Desperate Housewives" on Sunday, May 13 at 10 p.m. Et on ABC.

Last seen running off with her lover Robin ("Dexter" actress Julie Benz), Delany's character, Katherine Mayfair, is also known for being a cold-hearted homemaker. She was the subject of a year-long mystery involving her daughter Dylan (Lyndsy Fonseca) in the show's fourth season.

Most recently seen as Dr. Megan Hunt On ABC's "Body Of Proof," Delany also nabbed an Emmy in 2009 for her performance on "Prism."

In other casting news...

Anthony Lapaglia and Rachel Griffiths have landed roles in "Underground." Lapaglia ("Without a Trace") and Griffiths ("Six Feet Under," "Brothers & Sisters") have landed starring roles in Network Ten's two-hour TV movie chronicling the life of Julian Assange's early years as a teenage hacker. [THR]

"One Life To Live...

Dana Delany is officially on her way back to Wisteria Lane.

According to TVLine, the actress will appear in the series finale of "Desperate Housewives" on Sunday, May 13 at 10 p.m. Et on ABC.

Last seen running off with her lover Robin ("Dexter" actress Julie Benz), Delany's character, Katherine Mayfair, is also known for being a cold-hearted homemaker. She was the subject of a year-long mystery involving her daughter Dylan (Lyndsy Fonseca) in the show's fourth season.

Most recently seen as Dr. Megan Hunt On ABC's "Body Of Proof," Delany also nabbed an Emmy in 2009 for her performance on "Prism."

In other casting news...

Anthony Lapaglia and Rachel Griffiths have landed roles in "Underground." Lapaglia ("Without a Trace") and Griffiths ("Six Feet Under," "Brothers & Sisters") have landed starring roles in Network Ten's two-hour TV movie chronicling the life of Julian Assange's early years as a teenage hacker. [THR]

"One Life To Live...

Has another One Life to Live alum found new life on General Hospital?

As reported by suds blog WeLoveSoaps.net, Florencia Lozano is slated to bring her tough-as-nails Llanview attorney, Tea Delgado, to Port Charles this spring.

A spokesperson for the soap could not confirm the report to TVLine.

Lozano’s One Life journey ended with her pregnant character determined to take down Roger Howarth’s Todd Manning for “murdering” her husband, Victor Lord Jr. (played by Trevor St. John). Howarth, as we first reported, has been made a contract player on Gh, alongside his on-screen offspring Kristen Alderson (Starr...

Our forum posters follow the Daytime Emmys with keen interest. This year's revamped nominations process has been the subject of much discussion. The list of semi-finalists for acting nominations generated much discussion. Below is just a sampling of what they had to say. What do you think of who made the cut and who got snubbed? Join in the debate here.  jw79bull: No Florencia Lozano or Ilene Kristen?!?! this is some bull-shit!! its a popularity contest people..cause i love Kassie and Gina but they did not deserve to get in over Florencia and Ilene...Oltl DS0816: I have found in recent years, when reviewing a pre-noms list, there can be an acting category here or there for which I don't care to see beyond three of the entries make the final cut for official nominations. OLTLFan: Thrilled to see that Jerry verDorn, Bob Woods, Erika Slezak and...