Jake Gyllenhaal has agreed to star in a one-night-only performance of “Sunday in the Park With George” to raise money for New York City Center.

Mr. Gyllenhaal, although best known as a film star, wowed musical theater fans last summer with his star turn in an Encores! Off-Center production of “Little Shop of Horrors” at City Center. And “Sunday in the Park,” with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine, is one of the most beloved shows in musical theater. The show, a look at the artistic and romantic compromises faced by the painter Georges Seurat, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985.

The concert performance is being produced by Jeanine Tesori, the Tony-winning composer of “Fun Home,”.

The gala, honoring the philanthropist Adrienne Arsht, is scheduled for October 24; performance-only tickets will be sold for $75 beginning at noon on May 25 at nycitycenter.org.

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After shining brightly in Constellations on Broadway last season, Jake Gyllenhaal is aiming to return to the Main Stem in Lanford Wilson’s Burn This. According to the New York Post, the production will be helmed by Tony winner Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening). No word yet on dates or theater.

Burn This centers on four New Yorkers whose lives are uprooted by a young dancer’s accidental death. The play premiered off-Broadway in 1987, later transferring to the Great White Way. The Signature Theatre Company revived the show off-Broadway 2002.

Gyllenhaal made his New York stage debut in If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet and starred in the revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s This is Our Youth in London’s West End in 2002; he recently appreared in Little Shop of Horrors for Encores!. The actor earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in Brokeback Mountain and his additional film credits include Prisoners, Enemy, Source Code, Donnie Darko, Nightcrawler and Everest.

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Jake Gyllenhaal will be promoting ‘Demolition’ on various talk shows next week. Be sure to tune in!

Upcoming TV Appearances

• March 21st, 2016 – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
• March 22nd, 2016 – The Today Show
• March 23rd, 2016 – Live with Kelly & Michael

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Jake Gyllenhaal will star in Life, Skydance’s sci-fi project that is being directed by Daniel Espinosa. Ryan Reynolds was to have starred in the project opposite Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation breakout Rebecca Ferguson but the Deadpool star has a conflict with his newest movie, the action thriller Hitman’s Bodyguard. Instead, Reynolds will take a smaller role.

The story follows the crew of the International Space Station, who, after retrieving a sample from Mars, discover that it displays signs of life, and proves to be more intelligent than expected.

Gyllenhaal has the Tom Ford drama Nocturnal Animals in which he stars opposite Amy Adams opening this fall. He will also shoot Lionsgate’s Boston Marathon bombing drama Stronger, which he is also producing.

He next stars in Jean-Marc Vallee’s Demolition, which opens April 8.

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South by Southwest has revealed its star-studded 2016 film festival lineup.

The schedule features no less than 10 world premieres, including “In a Valley of Violence” by Ti West, starring Ethan Hawke and Taissa Farmiga, “Shovel Buddies” starring Bella Thorne and “The Trust”, starring Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood. The new Jean-Marc Vallée drama “Demolition”, featuring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts, will also get its US premiere at the festival in Austin, Texas.

The film section of the multifaceted festival sees movies compete in 10 different categories, including narrative feature competition, documentary feature competition, headliners and visions.

SXSW will run from March 11-20. For more information, visit sxsw.com

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