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Ben Giroux will guest-star in the new Farrelly Brothers Fox TV Pilot “The Rules for Starting Over.” The pilot episode will was shot on location in downtown Boston at the Fleetcenter, during a Celtics game, with series star Rashida Jones (”The Office”) and Craig Bierko (”Cinderella Man”). More information to come. Pictured: Ben Giroux and Rashida Jones (”The Office”) on location shooting “The Rules for Starting Over” in Boston.

Ben Giroux began his run as Hines in the Pajama Game tonight to a laughing, receptive audience at the Bing Theatre in Los Angeles.  This is Giroux’s final USC show.  For information on show dates and times, see the right-hand column of this site.

Ben Giroux has been cast as Tim in 20th Century Fox’s new television pilot, The Rules for Starting Over.  Check out the IMDB info for the project here.  The project is created by the Farrelly brothers, the duo that produced classic comedies such as There’s Something About Mary and Dumb and Dumber.  Filming begins April 9th, 2007.  More info to come, stay tuned!

USC’s annual 24-hour Ed Wood Film Festival just took place. Giroux, a new member of renowned Team Free Scotland headed by Logan Burdick, took part in the filming. The festival gives filmmakers a prompt, and 24 hours later the film must be completed. 2007’s prompt was “My Eyes Are Killing Me,” and Team Free Scotland won the festival for the Best Use of Theme. The film depicts a 1970’s basketball game between Jews and Soviets. To view the winning film, visit the video page.Giroux also starred in Burdick’s 2005 short film, Quarantined. Burdick’s other work is available on both www.burdickfilms.com and www.fermentedtentacle.com.

Broadcaster Briefs has aired a new movie preview with Ben Giroux. Check it out on the video page or right on the Broadcaster site. The buddy comedy was shot in early December 2006, as it details the second coming of Jesus and Hitler, best of friends!  Giroux was cast opposite of renowned character actor Whit Hertford (Jurassic Park, Full House). Check back soon for Giroux’s second Broadcaster Briefs short film.

Ben Giroux has just completed two new comedic short films, “Second Coming” and “Big Bongs for Jesus,” for Broadcaster Briefs.  The internet sketch-comedy company is a new start-up faction of parent company Broadcaster.com.  The site is slated to launch in early February with new comedic original content featuring Ben Giroux.  Check back soon to see the two new films.

Ben Giroux’s new photo gallery has been launched, featuring photos from Ben’s shows, events, and shoots. Ben’s new headshots by Devin Begley Photography are also posted in the new gallery, including commercial, theatrical, and character shots. Check it out! See Ben next in USC’s production of The Threepenny Opera in the Bing Theatre from October 26 - 29, 2006.

A milestone of 20th century musical theatre, “The Threepenny Opera” serves up a deliciously dark satire of “respectable” society, with dashing thieves, brazen prostitutes and lingering melodies. “The Threepenny Opera” thrusts the audience into the seedy underworld of Mack the Knife, a dapper criminal, and his wry love affair with Polly Peachum. Weill’s acid harmonies and Brecht’s biting text created a revolutionary new musical theatre that inspired such subsequent hits as “Cabaret” and “Chicago.”

Giroux has been cast as Matthew. The Threepenny Opera, directed by Andrew Robinson (Dirty Harry, Hellraiser) will run October 26-29, 2006 at USC’s Bing Theatre. Show times are: Thur/Fri: 7:00 pm, Sat: 2:30 & 8:00 pm, and Sun: 2:30 pm.