Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Sting’s hit musical, “The Last Ship,” is going into dry dock for a bit. Washington DC’s National Theater just announced the run
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:02PMThursday, March 12, 2020
Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? We all should be, as it turns out. An usher who worked at that Broadway show from
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:48PMThe 2020 Tony Award season is now in jeopardy of being cancelled. There will be no performances until April 13th. Tonight’s premiere
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:48PMMore, more, more. CBS will move its advertising upfront presentations to online and digital for May 13th. No events in New York.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:48PMWednesday, March 11, 2020
Hello, hello, hello? Starting Thursday at noon you’ll be able to buy tickets to “The Book of Mormon” on Broadway for just
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:18PMFriday, March 6, 2020
Bob Dylan wakes up this morning a Broadway star. Unlike Bruce Springsteen, he didn’t have to set foot on stage. Unlike Cher,
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:48PMLike it or not, a Britney Spears jukebox musical is coming toward us like a meteorite set to destroy the world. “Once
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:18AMWednesday, March 4, 2020
Is it virus panic or lack of interest? Former Broadway blockbuster “The Book of Mormon” is in distress. Last week the receipts
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:42AMTuesday, February 25, 2020
Ben Platt has the Tony Award for “Dear Evan Hanson” and a load of other awards and starred already in Netflix’s “The
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:12PMMonday, February 24, 2020
Chekhov– that is, Anton, not the guy on “Star Trek” –`is getting the star treatment this spring. His “Three Sisters” will have
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:54PMActress Sophia Ann Caruso has broken her silence about her abrupt departure from “Beetlejuice”: “Thank you to my Beetlejuice family! I love
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:03PMSunday, February 23, 2020
It’s been a long, cold winter on Broadway. Not much has been happening besides “West Side Story” opening to vicious reviews. (The
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:36AMFriday, February 21, 2020
Producer Scott Rudin has joined forces with two Hollywood powerhouses, David Geffen and Barry Diller, to produce the new “West Side Story,”
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:32PMSunday, February 16, 2020
Tonight, CBS’s Bill Whitaker did an excellent report on the mess that is Ivo von Hove’s “West Side Story.” The musical revival
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:12PMSaturday, February 15, 2020
Lynn Cohen died yesterday at age 86 according to friends on social media. She was not famous in the movie star sense
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:48PMThursday, February 13, 2020
It’s been a tough winter for Broadway at the box office. This past weekend’s take was $27.9 million, the lowest since last
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:36PMFriday, February 7, 2020
The call for help went out at 2:42pm on Thursday, just while Donald Trump was having a nervous breakdown on national TV.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:54AMTuesday, February 4, 2020
The Lunt Fontanne Theater was bursting with stars and heavy hitters of renown yesterday afternoon to say goodbye to the great Jerry
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:12PMMonday, February 3, 2020
“Hamilton” is coming to movie theaters. The Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning powerhouse of a musical was evidently worth $75 million, according
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:12PMWednesday, January 29, 2020
Sting brought his brilliant musical, “The Last Ship,” to Jimmy Kimmel last night. They talked about the show, currently at the Ahmanson
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:18PMThursday, January 23, 2020
There was always a problem with Sting’s Broadway musical, “The Last Ship.” Even though the music was par excellence, the songs beyond
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:54PMWednesday, January 22, 2020
Madonna is certainly suffering from her blown out knee. She cancelled another show, this time in Lisbon last night with 45 minutes
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:03AMTuesday, January 14, 2020
Winter, as they say on Game of Thrones, is here. On Broadway the January chill has set in after three weeks of
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:12AMMonday, January 13, 2020
No one is more “in” right now than Elaine May. At age 87, she’s just won a Tony Award for “The Waverly
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:03AMSaturday, January 11, 2020
The new version of “West Side Story” was supposed to open on Broadway on February 6th. But then the actor who plays
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:36AMThursday, December 12, 2019
William Shakespeare is having a bad year. First, Netflix’s “The King,” starring Timothee Chalamet, dropped his name and all reference to him
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:18PMWednesday, December 11, 2019
Busy week on Broadway with last week’s box office numbers just in. “Jagged Little Pill,” based on Alanis Morissette’s shrieky album from
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:18AMMonday, December 9, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: The new “West Side Story” is supposed to start previews tomorrow. I’m told that the avant garde choreographer hired for the
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:06PMSaturday, December 7, 2019
Alannis Morissette’s famous album, “Jagged Little Pill,” opens on Broadway tonight. Producers are crossing their fingers for exultant reviews to spur ticket
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:06AMWednesday, December 4, 2019
I don’t know if Meryl Streep and Beth Leavel know each other, but they should. Leavel, a 2006 Tony winner for “The
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:18AMMonday, December 2, 2019
The “Hustlers” awards campaign came to New York Sunday night with an Academy screening, a Q&A, and a reception at the Museum
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:54PM 
