SEP 13: KRISTIN CHENOWETH RECEIVES POINT COURAGE AWARD FROM POINT FOUNDATION!

LOS ANGELES, August 12, 2008 Point Foundation (Point), the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students of merit, today announced the recipients of its Courage and Inspiration awards. Kristin Chenoweth, the Tony® Award-winning and Emmy® nominated actress who has made her mark in television, theatre and film in celebrated performances in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Wicked, The West Wing, Pushing Daisies and Running with Scissors, will receive the Point Courage Award; Wells Fargo will receive the Point Inspiration Award. Both awards will be presented at Point’s annual Los Angeles benefit, Point Honors, which will be held on September 13, 2008 at the Jim Henson Studios. | more

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SEP 18: KRISTIN CHENOWETH HOSTS REALITY DOCUMENTARY ON THIRTEEN/WNET

While the comedy of mistaken identity and love unfolds onstage at the critically-acclaimed Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (HVSF), Thirteen/WNET gives viewers an intimate look at the backstory and theatrical process of preparing for and performing Shakespeare's Twelfth Night to a sell-out crowd. | more

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OCT 1: "PUSHING DAISIES" RETURNS FOR ITS SECOND SERIES

"PUSHING DAISIES", the hit sitcom on ABC-TV about a young man who has an incredible touch of life, returns to production this summer with new episodes scheduled to air this September. | more

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OCT 14: KRISTIN CHENOWETH'S NEW CHRISTMAS CD - A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND CHRISTMAS

SONY BMG MASTERWORKS ANNOUNCES NEW CHRISTMAS CD BY KRISTIN CHENOWETH - AWARD WINNING ACTRESS AND SINGER A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND CHRISTMAS - AVAILABLE OCTOBER 14, 2008

On October 14, 2008 Sony BMG Masterworks will release KRISTIN CHENOWETH’s new Christmas CD A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND CHRISTMAS. For her third album, Chenoweth covers a wide range of Christmas songs from “Christmas Island,” popularized by The Andrew’s Sisters to Kristin’s personal favorite “Come On Ring Those Bells.” | more

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FALL 2008: KRISTIN CHENOWETH LURED TO "TEMPTATION"

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Tony-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth will play a suicidal prostitute in the independent film "Into Temptation." In the drama by writer-director Patrick Coyle, Chenoweth stars opposite Jeremy Sisto. Her character confesses to a priest her plans to end her life on her birthday. The priest (Sisto) then searches for her, to intervene. | more

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NOVEMBER 26: "FOUR CHRISTMASES" IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

A young couple (Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn) are forced to trek to each of their divorced parents' homes on just one Christmas Day. Kristin plays the role of Courtney in this romantic comedy directed by Seth Gordon from New Line Cinema and Spyglass Entertainment. Details to follow.

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SPRING 2009: KRISTIN THE AUTHOR

Kristin is in the early planning stages of her book that is scheduled for a Spring 2009 release by Simon & Schuster. More details to come.

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MARCH 2010: KRISTIN RETURNS TO THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

Ms. Chenoweth will return to the Met stage to perform the role of Samira in the Met’s production of John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles, scheduled to open in March of 2010. Considered by Corigliano to be a “grand opera buffa,” The Ghosts of Versailles is an opera in two acts to an English libretto by William Hoffman, suggested by the play La Mere Coupable (The Guilty Mother) by Beaumarchais. First commissioned by the Met in celebration of its 100th anniversary, the production debuted on December 19, 1991, with Marilyn Horne as Samira.

“I have always had the dream to sing at the Met, where the greatest stars in the world have given some of the most renowned performances in history,” said Ms. Chenoweth. “I am humbled that I now have this incredible opportunity and I am thrilled to have the chance to sing in this magnificent place.”

“Although Kristin is a Broadway star, she was first trained as an opera singer,” said Peter Gelb, the Met’s General Manager. “We’re eager to have her perform on the Met stage, both in this special concert and in our later revival of Ghosts of Versailles. In fact, John Corigliano was so taken with the idea of casting Kristin as Samira in Ghosts that he is re-writing the role to fit Kristin’s beautiful lyric soprano voice.”