Wednesday, May 15, 2024
The Hollywood strikes last year are now turning into a big win for Broadway. Both George Clooney and Robert Downey Jr are coming to town next in plays for the first time. Clooney will star i…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:32AMWednesday, May 8, 2024
A little more from last night’s elegant and funny one night only performance for Lincoln Center Theater (1000 times better than that low class Met Gala). Sigourney Weaver was deftly funnie…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:18PMWow! Tuesday night Lincoln Center Theater put on the kind of star studded event that was a throwback to the good old days. To raise money, LCT produced — in two days — a retro staging of…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:12AMMonday, May 6, 2024
In the world of the Tony Awards, musicals like “The Great Gatsby,” “The Notebook,” and “Back to the Future” are considered, well, “bad,” and get no nominations. But in Broadw…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:24PMThursday, May 2, 2024
I gather Sting’s “Message in a Bottle,” directed and choreographed by the remarkable Kate Prince, has had runs in the UK, Australia, and in some US cities. Last night it arrived at Cit…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:12PMAlex Edelman is the toast of Broadway this morning. After one short run on Broadway in the summer of 2023, Edelman has been awarded an honorary Tony. “Just for Us,” which lasted two mont…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:02PMTuesday, April 30, 2024
The 2024 Tony Nominations are out, and it’s not great for “The Great Gatsby.” The musical based on the famed novel by F Scott Fitzgerald received just one nod. Its death is secured. On…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:18PMThursday, April 25, 2024
I don’t know what the surviving members of Fleetwood Mac have made of “Stereophonic.” The play about a mid 70s rock band taking three years to record their masterpiece has opened at th…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:18PMMonday, April 22, 2024
EXCLUSIVE A lot of A-listers and stars packed their way into the two opening nights of “Cabaret” this weekend. The show is sizzling, so it’s understandable that it required two premier…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:12PMOn Broadway, The Drama League is not the Drama Desk. They’re an outlier group like the National Board of Review that nominates everything so everyone will come to their dinner. So ouch! To…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:06PMBy 10am you will not be able to get a ticket for the six month run of “Cabaret” on Broadway. The sensational revival, imported from London, features a thrilling and award winning perform…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:54AMSunday, April 21, 2024
Alicia Keys’s musical, “Hell’s Kitchen” — opening tonight — could not have more entertaining performers. Does its story hold up? Not so much. But don’t think about it too hard.…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:32AMFriday, April 19, 2024
Last night I attended a press preview for Alicia Keys’s lively Broadway musical, “Hell’s Kitchen.” The Shubert Theater was packed except for two house seats just across the aisle. At…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:02PMTuesday, April 16, 2024
Jack Antonoff is making his Broadway debut. The Grammy winning pop producer of Taylor Swift, Lana del Rey, and many others will supply music for a new Broadway production of “Romeo and Jul…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:48PMFriday, April 12, 2024
You may have heard: Alicia Keys is debuting a Broadway musical this month. It’s called “Hell’s Kitchen.” The show is the story of her life leading up to signing with Clive Davis’s …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:24AMTuesday, April 9, 2024
“Monty Python” star John Cleese is on a short tour to eclectic cities, from the West Coast to Medford, Massachusetts. The tour began just six days ago, in Portland, Oregon, but already t…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:24PMThursday, March 28, 2024
I would guess a lot of people my age are suckers for The Who’s rock opera, “Tommy.” We loved it in 1969 as a double album, the 1974 movie, and in 1992 on Broadway with Michael Cerveris…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:03PMWednesday, March 27, 2024
The Tony Awards are back on CBS on June 16th. This year’s host will the same as last year’s — Ariana DeBose, an Oscar winner and Tony nominee. De Bose was a big hit last year hosting t…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:02PMFriday, March 22, 2024
Thursday night, the elephants got their water on Broadway. A new musical based on the book and movie, Water for Elephants, stormed the Imperial Theater. A magnificent lifesize puppet elephan…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:06AMTuesday, March 19, 2024
There’s going to be a line outside the Park Avenue Armory today. That’s where “Illinoise” is playing for another week. Theater fans are going to want to see this unusual musical befo…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:18PMHenrik Ibsen wrote “An Enemy of the People” in 1882. He could never guess how timely it would be in 2024 — and in its 11th production on Broadway since 1895! Sam Gold’s revival at Ci…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:07AMTuesday, March 12, 2024
Now we know why Al Pacino was a presenter at the Oscars. The Oscar and Emmy winner is publishing a memoir this fall, on October 8th It’s called “Sonny Boy,” from Penguin. The book will…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:36AMMonday, February 26, 2024
For a while there, Broadway was getting a musical called “A Star is Born.” A script was being worked on, and Bill Condon was going to direct. This was announced in 2017. Then in 2018 Bra…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:18AMFriday, February 23, 2024
It’s time to say goodbye to “Beautiful Noise.” The Neil Diamond Broadway musical will shut down on June 30th after an 18 month run. It will have played 657 performances. The show has b…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:18PMWednesday, February 21, 2024
Guess who’s coming to Broadway? Ella Beatty is one of the four children of actors Warren Beatty and Annette Bening. Beatty is joining the play “Appropriate” when it makes its transfer …
SOURCE: showbiz411.com at 05:54PMWednesday, January 31, 2024
Chita Rivera seemed like she’d live forever. She died today at 91, but will live on forever in Broadway history. She starred
SOURCE: showbiz411.com at 04:32AMThe Kennedy Center is looking for a new CEO. Billionaire David Rubenstein, whose name and imprimatur is on the Center, the Washington
SOURCE: showbiz411.com at 04:32AMMonday, January 29, 2024
As we know, Denzel Washington can do anything. Movies, Broadway, TV. He’s a star in every arena. Now the big rumor on
SOURCE: showbiz411.com at 10:06PMSunday, January 21, 2024
Barry Manilow’s musical, “Harmony,” opened on November 13th at the Barrymore Theater on Broadway. Previews began October 18th. Now the show is
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:12PMThursday, January 18, 2024
“Schmigadoon” has sung its last song, at least on Apple TV. Show creator Cinco Paul announced on Instagram that Apple has cancelled
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:02PMWednesday, January 17, 2024
It’s virtually impossible to launch an original musical on Broadway without stars. The latest casualty is Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman’s “Harmony.”
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:32AM 
