Feb 1, 2010 from Hollywood Reporter:
Matthew Broderick is coming to series television.

The actor, who had been courted by TV networks for years to headline a show, is attached to star in NBC's multicamera comedy pilot "Beach Lane," which was given the green light Monday.

"Beach Lane," from UMS, Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video and writer Paul Simms ("NewsRadio"), stars Broderick as a celebrity author hired by an irresponsible millionaire heir to run his struggling small-town newspaper in the Hamptons.

Broderick was approached to do the project months ago but would only commit after reading the final script.

His involvement in "Beach Lane" follows his guest stint on NBC's "30 Rock," which is exec produced by Michaels.

Jan 27, 2010 from Playbill:
Marisa Tomei, Matthew Broderick and John Slattery will appear in plays by Kenneth Longergan, Theresa Rebeck and Jon Robin Baitz for Naked Angels' The Issues Project: Collected Plays.

Presented Jan. 28 at 7:30 PM, the sold-out evening of short plays will benefit Naked Angels' New Play Development Fund. The performance is hosted and co-directed by Naked Angels artistic director Geoffrey Nauffts (Next Fall) and Pippin Parker.

The four plays and their casts include A Passion Play by Pippin Parker, featuring Marisa Tomei and Patrick Breen; Sex With the Censor by Theresa Rebeck, featuring Zachary Quinto and Jodie Markell; Beauty Runs on Light Feet by Kenneth Lonergan, featuring Lonergan and Kelly Wolf; Coq Au Vin by Jon Robin Baitz, featuring Matthew Broderick and John Slattery.

from Broadway World:
On Monday, January 25, a starry ensemble including Matthew Broderick, Jill Clayburgh, Josh Hamilton, Ethan Hawke, Marin Ireland, Natasha Lyonne, Marsha Mason, Laurie Metcalf, John Pankow, Sam Shepard, Reshma Shetty, Maggie Siff, Frank Whaley, Karen Young, Keith Carradine, Ann Harada, and Anika Larsen honored Robyn Goodman with the Michael Mendelson Award for Outstanding Commitment to Theater at The New Group's 2010 Gala Benefit. The Gala took place at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill in an dinner and auction event hosted by Wallace Shawn and Jeff Whitty.

Jan 14, 2010 from TIME:
“Who Do You Think You Are?” premieres Friday, March 5 (8-9 p.m. ET) and gives viewers an up-close and personal look inside the family history of some of today's most beloved and iconic celebrities. Among the celebrities featured are Matthew Broderick, Lisa Kudrow, Spike Lee, Sarah Jessica Parker, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields and Emmitt Smith. Ancestry.com is NBC's official partner on the series. From executive producer Kudrow - in conjunction with her production company Is or Isn't Entertainment and the U.K.'s Wall to Wall productions - “Who Do You Think You Are?” is an adaptation of the hit BBC television documentary series created and executive-produced by Alex Graham.

Dec 28, 2009 from PRNewswire:
DALLAS -- HDNet Movies presents a special Sneak Preview of the movie Wonderful World, starring Matthew Broderick Wednesday, January 6 at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Wonderful World is the latest installment in the HDNet Movies "Sneak Preview" series. Only HDNet Movies presents exclusive "Sneak Previews" of films to viewers before they premiere in theaters. All Sneak Preview films are free to HDNet Movies subscribers.

Dec 6, 2009 from PA:
US President Barack Obama has praised figures from showbusiness and the arts as he handed out Kennedy Centre awards to some notable recipients.

"I'm the president, but he's The Boss," said Mr Obama as he greeted Bruce Springsteen at a White House reception.

The rocker was honoured, as were Robert De Niro, comic genius Mel Brooks, jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck and opera singer Grace Bumbry

The honours recognise individuals who have defined American culture through the arts as a living memorial to John F. Kennedy.

The night attracted power players from Washington and Hollywood, including the president, first lady Michelle Obama, who was seated next to Springsteen, and Vice President Joe Biden.

Nov 30, 2009 from Theater Mania:
The New Group's world premiere of Kenneth Lonergan's play The Starry Messenger, at Theatre Row has extended one week, with the production to now close on Saturday, December 19.

from Sedona.biz:
SEDONA - Matthew Broderick stars in “Wonderful World” — a bittersweet comedy about families, friends and a frivolous fight against corporate institutions — which premieres in Sedona on Tuesday, Dec. 8. There will be two screenings of the film at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. at Harkins Sedona Six Theatres.

The film is being presented by the Sedona International Film Festival in this one-night-only special engagement as part of its popular Second Tuesday Cinema Series. The Sedona premiere comes five weeks before the U.S. theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles.

Nov 24, 2009 from New York Magazine:
Martin Short gave a solo standing ovation at Matthew Broderick's new play.

Nov 19, 2009 from Playblog:
The New Group, which is premiering Kenneth Lonergan’s new play, The Starry Messenger, on Nov. 23 at Theatre Row, opted to have its opening-night party a week early and packed the house with assorted celebs and its own starry stock company: Bobby Cannavale, Josh Hamilton, Jennifer Westfeldt, Sam Trammell, Sam Rockwell, Natasha Lyonne, Rosie O’Donnell, Wallace Shawn, Kathryn Erbe, Joan Rivers, Leslie Bibb, Tate Donovan, Lisa Emery and Callie Thorne.

Matthew Broderick, a longtime pal of Lonergan who appeared in the writer-director’s film “You Can Count on Me,” plays a dullish, sparkle-free astronomy teacher at the Hayden Planetarium who stumbles into an extramarital affair (with Catalina Sandino Moreno, the Oscar nominee of “Maria Full of Grace”). J. Smith-Cameron — Mrs. Lonergan, ironically — plays a wife you’d want to run away from.

The tone of the play is serious and life-like, peppered with stingy zingers and measured sarcasm. For Broderick, the role is very heavy-lifting, Hamlet-sized and full of protracted speeches. Just getting through it is a major feat of memory.

One speech, he said, “is three solid pages of script — with very wide margins.”

Nov 10, 2009 from Fredericksburg.com:
While "Marching Band" opened the festival at the University of Virginia, the new independent film "Wonderful World," with Matthew Broderick, was the 85th and final film of the four-day event, screened Sunday night.

The movie, which will be released Jan. 8, focuses on a former children's musician (Broderick) who has become jaded by the way he was treated by the business side of his industry.

It's an interesting role for the actor who also screened his earlier film "Election."

Broderick, now doing the play "The Starry Messenger" off-Broadway, said he took the "Wonderful World" role because he respects director Josh Goldin and because it's a role that made him stretch to portray a person both cynical and, down deep, hopeful.

Broderick was in a playful mood when he took questions from the crowd, especially tackling a question about whether he was actively seeking roles that came with low pay.

"No, I like getting paid!" he said, adding that he could assure the audience that his off-Broadway role was paying him "at least $40 a night, almost enough to get me to the theater and back home again."