Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Back in March I told you I was rooting for Faye Dunaway’s Broadway debut this fall as Katharine Hepburn in “Tea at
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:12PMWednesday, July 17, 2019
Broadway is struggling right now. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. A day after “Waitress” announced it would shutter this, Carole King’s
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:03PMPaul McCartney had done everything except for…Broadway! So as Carole King’s show and others leave the Great White Way, Paul, at 77,
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:03PMMonday, July 15, 2019
When you’re a Jet, you’re a Jet all the way. That is unless you’re Dieter from “Sprockets.” Or Bill Hader’s Stefon from
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:42AMThursday, July 11, 2019
Rip Torn– contentious, brilliant, mercurial, genius– actor is dead at age 88. He was best known for playing Garry Shandling’s sidekick on
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:12AMSunday, July 7, 2019
Martin Charnin, 85, the co-creator and lyricist for “Annie,” has died. His daughter posted a notice to Instagram over night. Charnin and
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:06AMFriday, July 5, 2019
Even adding the famous song it was named for has not saved Broadway’s “Pretty Woman.” The tepidly reviewed musical will close on
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:18PMWednesday, July 3, 2019
Carole King has had a huge hit with her Broadway musical, “Beautiful,” even though it may be winding down soon. King’s songs
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:54AMSunday, June 30, 2019
Liberace and his glittering pianos are finally on track for Broadway. For the last couple of years, movie producer David Permut–who just
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:36AMWednesday, June 26, 2019
One thing the 17 actors on stage at Riverside Church couldn’t see last night as they performed Robert Schenkkan’s “The Investigation”: the
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:18AMI attended this extraordinary performance last night at the magnificent Riverside Church on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Annette Bening is the host.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:18AMSummer can be cruel on Broadway — especially if there are no Tony Awards in mid June for shows that are suffering
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:18AMWednesday, June 19, 2019
First of all, it’s hard to believe “Pretty Woman” is still playing on Broadway. It got no Tony nods at all. Nothing.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:54PMTuesday, June 11, 2019
Sunday night’s Tony Awards crashed in the ratings. This should not have come as a surprise to anyone. Going in we knew
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:03PMSunday, June 2, 2019
For as long as I’ve known her, Patty Watt, daughter of late great theater critic Douglas Watt, has been honoring Broadway performers.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:54AMSaturday, June 1, 2019
Producer Scott Rudin gambled a lot on Glenda Jackson playing “King Lear” on Broadway. He lost. The production has announced its final
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:36AMFriday, May 31, 2019
The good news is that Michael Shannon and Audra McDonald sizzle in “Frankie and Johnny,” Terrence McNally’s classic two hander about a
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:18AMTuesday, May 7, 2019
UPDATE I told you last week that the once powerful “Book of Mormon” had gone on discount at ticket brokers, and there
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:18PMSaturday, May 4, 2019
Eight years ago, you couldn’t get a ticket to “The Book of Mormon” on Broadway. The show was sold out when it
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:12PMThursday, May 2, 2019
The Tony Awards didn’t buy what producer Scott Rudin was selling this year. They snubbed his big budget productions of “To Kill
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:42AMFriday, April 26, 2019
“Beetlejuice” debuted on Broadway last night, and it was just as good if not better than when I saw it a month
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:06PMWednesday, April 24, 2019
“Tootsie” has arrived on Broadway to great reviews and lots of laughs in the airport terminal like Marriott Marquis Theater last night.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:22AMTuesday, April 23, 2019
What a relief to see a real play. Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” is back, directed with new insights by Jack O’Brien,
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:07AMMonday, April 22, 2019
Mel Brooks is coming to Broadway. Two nights– June 17th and 18th at the Lunt Fontanne Theater. Mel is 92 years young.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:11PMSunday, April 21, 2019
I don’t blame Nathan Lane. He’s a comic giant, along with Kristine Nielsen and Julie White. They are the best actors Broadway
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:04PMWednesday, April 17, 2019
Everyone’s very excited about Annette Bening on Broadway this spring in Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons.” She opens next Monday. The should-have-an
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:59PMSaturday, April 13, 2019
Last year, Laurie Metcalf won her second Tony Award in a row for “Three Tall Women.” OK, it was for a supporting
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:25PMFriday, April 12, 2019
If I could reverse things, Joel Grey’s Yiddish “Fiddler on the Roof,” off Broadway at Theater 42 next to Playwrights Horizons, would
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:31PMThursday, April 4, 2019
On the night before Glenda Jackson opened in “King Lear” on Broadway, no less an eminence than Donald Sutherland came to see
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:39AMFriday, March 29, 2019
The Tony Awards race is upon us. On Thursday night we got to see a major contender for Best Musical as “Beetlejuice,”
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:04AMMonday, March 25, 2019
Doesn’t September 2020 seem a long time from now? By then, we’ll have a presidential race. But that’s another story. To alleviate
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:07AM 
