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The Newsroom : Trailer #3 Want more Aaron Sorkin? Here's video of his commencement address to the 2012 class of his alma mater, Syracuse University. Want even more Aaron Sorkin? Here you go: It is now confirmed that Sorkin will write the screenplay for a Steve Jobs biopic. Sorkin will adapt Walter Isaacson's book Steve Jobs for the screen. The Hollywood Reporter has details . Casting News Dan Stevens, who stars as Matthew Crawley on Downton Abbey , will be bringing his good looks and exceptional talent to Broadway this fall in The Heiress . Stevens joins the previously announced Jessica Chastain ( The Help , Take Shelter ) and David Strathairn ( Good Night and Good Luck ). The Heiress is set to bow on Broadway this October, though specific dates and a theatre have yet to be announced. Visit Playbill for more details . (Also: In January 2013, Downton Abbey will return to PBS for its third season!) Theatre Award Season Update The Tony poster has b...

“A good relationship is worth a good fight,” claims the tagline of the beautifully written Cock , now playing at the Duke on 42nd Street. And so for 90 minutes, we watch lovers fight, and along the way we are asked to explore how our identities are tied to those we love. The title of British playwright Mike Bartlett’s play is provocative and that’s a good thing because so is the carefully crafted content. But let’s talk about the title for a moment, because I know you’re all curious! Yes, it does, in part refer to a penis. Cock centers on a lovers’ triangle so what a certain member of the triangle does with his cock is paramount to the goings on of the play. But the logo for the play uses the image of a rooster, and so it follows that the title also refers to a cockfight. As the tagline promises, in Cock we see some pretty good and heavy hitting cockfights. Pursuant to the playwright’s express intentions, scenic (and costume) designer Miriam Buether sets the action of the ...