Law & Order is back in action.
The long-running NBC series originally ended back in 2010 after 20 seasons, but the network decided to reboot the show years later.
Season 23 premiered on Thursday ,January 18 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, and there have already been some major casting changes.
Click through to see who returned and who is leaving for Law & Order Season 23…
Law & Order is back this week!
The long-running NBC series originally ended back in 2010 after 20 seasons, but the network decided to reboot the show years later. The 21st season aired in early 2022. and Season 22 ran from September 2022 to May 2023.
Season 23 premieres on Thursday (January 18) at 8 p.m. ET on NBC!
And now, we know who is likely to return for Season 23, and one star who is sadly leaving the show.
Click through to see who is and isn’t returning for Law & Order Season 23…
There are so many stars in attendance at the opening night of Appropriate on Broadway!
Jennifer Lawrence, Dakota Fanning, and Rose Byrne are just some of the celebs who walked the carpet at the opening event on Monday (December 18) at the Hayes Theater in New York City.
Appropriate, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, stars Sarah Paulson, Corey Stoll, and Dakota‘s younger sister Elle Fanning. The play is billed as a “darkly comic American family drama” that takes place as the Lafayette family has returned to their late patriarch’s Arkansas home to deal with the remains of his estate. Long-hidden secrets and buried resentments can’t be contained, and the family is forced to face the ghosts of their past.
More stars in attendance at the event included Jim Parsons, Jane Krakowski, Amanda Peet, Zachary Quinto, Nicholas Braun, Rebecca Hall and Morgan Spector, and so many more.
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The television series Transparent is now a musical and it’s playing in Los Angeles for three more weeks!
Dylan Mulvaney, Angela Bassett, and more stars stepped out for the opening night performance of A Transparent Musical on Wednesday night (May 31) at Center Theater Group’s Mark Taper Forum in downtown Los Angeles.
More celebs in attendance included Trace Lysette, Johnny Sibilly, Frankie Grande, Peppermint, Rosie O’Donnell, Camryn Manheim, and Barrett Foa.
In the new show, audiences will follow the Transparent story through the Pfefferman family’s youngest child Ali Pfefferman as she navigates the ups and downs of self discovery. Ali’s Los Angeles Jewish family is filled with secrets, but when her parent, Maura transitions to the transgender matriarch she always knew she was, the family is forced to confront their own identities and navigate their relationships with each other.
Transparent creator Joey Soloway wrote the show with sibling Faith Soloway and MJ Kaufman.
The musical will conclude its limited run on June 25.
Take Me Out is back on Broadway with stars Jesse Williams and Jesse Tyler Ferguson reprising their roles!
The Tony-winning play returned with an opening night performance on Thursday (October 27) at the Schoenfeld Theatre in New York City.
Take Me Out won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play and Best Featured Actor in a Play for Ferguson. The production is now back on Broadway for a 14-week return engagement. All actors other than Patrick J. Adams returned with the production and he was replaced by Bill Heck.
Celebs like Sara Bareilles, Camryn Manheim, Jessica Hecht and Tony winners Nathan Lane, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Danny Burstein, and Katie Finneran were in the audience for the performance.
Sara previously worked with producers Barry and Fran Weissler on her musical Waitress, so she was clearly there to support them!
In Take Me Out, playwright Richard Greenberg celebrates the personal and professional intricacies of America’s favorite pastime. When Darren Lemming (Williams), the star center fielder for the Empires, comes out of the closet, the reception off the field reveals a barrage of long-held unspoken prejudices dealing with sexuality and masculinity, money and power, and race and class. Facing some hostile teammates and fraught friendships, Darren is forced to contend with the challenges of being a gay person of color within the confines of a classic American institution. As the Empires struggle to rally toward a championship season, the players and their fans begin to question tradition, their loyalties, and the price of victory.
Jesse recently opened up about the show’s famous shower scene and joked about water temperature problems.
Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni step out for the Law & Order franchise premiere event held at Capitale on Monday (September 19) in New York City.
The two actors were joined by their fellow Law & Order stars including Ice-T, Sam Waterston, Mehcad Brooks, Brent Antonello, Pearlena Igbokwe, Camryn Manheim, Ainsley Seiget, Odelya Halevi, Hugh Dancy, Danielle Mone Truitt, Octavio Pisano, and Rick Gonzalez.
While appearing at the 2022 Emmy Awards earlier this month, Mariska and Chris joked about her being labeled his wife on a Wikipedia page.
“I mean, I don’t think I’ll be marrying him any time soon, but I am kind of like his second wife,” she joked about the slip up. “Wife, therapist, bestie, sister, mother.”
Chris added that “the fandom goes nuts” over their onscreen chemistry, before saying that “I think the uber fans literally want our spouses to go away.”
The trio of Law & Order shows will kick off on Thursday, September 22 with a triple crossover on NBC. Get the details here!
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Taylor Kinney lays a kiss on Camryn Manheim while attending a photo call during the 2022 Monte Carlo TV Festival on Saturday (June 18) in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
The two actors joined their One Chicago co-stars Luke Kleintank and Marlyne Barrett at the event, as well as The Good Doctor‘s Paige Spara and Hill Harper; and The Terminal List‘s Taylor Kitsch, David DiGilio, and Antoine Fuqua.
Soap stars Melissa Ordway, Jason Thompson, and Tanner Novlan (who is a new dad!) were also seen at the event with Danny Glover, David Hasselhoff, Eric Close, Neal McDonough, and Ricky Whittle.
After the opening ceremony, many of the stars attended individual photo calls over the weekend, promoting their television shows and movies to press and fans.
If you didn’t see, Monaco’s royals – Prince Albert and Princess Charlene – were also in attendance at the festival.
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