Phil Smith, the long time head of the Shubert Organization, and a Broadway star in his own right, has died at age
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 07:18PMHarvey Fierstein, stand down. Emma Thompson has been cast as evil Mrs. Trunchbull, the deliciously malicious central antagonist in the movie version
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 01:18PMThis is interesting. Yesterday, Paramount announced a film version of “Spamalot” directed by Casey Nicholaw. Today their theatrical division pulled the plug
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 10:32PMThe hit Monty Python musical, “Spamalot,” played to sold out Broadway audiences for four years, from 2005 to 2009. It accrued 1,575
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 10:12PM1925– it was a very good year. It was the year F. Scott Fitzgerald published “The Great Gatsby,” Virgina Woolf issued “Mrs.
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 03:42PMI had to read this information a couple of times– I’ve translated it into English for you. (It was supposedly written in
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 09:24PM2020 is almost over. Hey wait– what happened to the Tony Awards? Well, the Tony season never really happened. Broadway closed back
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 07:54PMJustin Bieber is preparing for a live streamed New Year’s Eve show tomorrow night, sponsored by T Mobile. The question is: Why?
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 07:24PMRebecca Luker was literally a light on Broadway. Beloved by all, with a gorgeous voice, she was nominated for three Tony Awards
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 04:36PMJohn Mulaney restored “Saturday Night Live” to its past glory when he hosted the show last night for the second time in
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 08:54PMReally, it’s another world. The Tony nominations came from 16 eligible shows, a very slight field. The result is that Aaron Tveit
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 12:18PMThere are only 16 shows eligible for the 2020 Tony Awards. The nominees come from these shows, and it’s a mediocre list
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 12:18PMNormand Latourelle was the co-creator of the Cirque du Soleil empire and took it to the top. He left to create Cavalia,
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 05:42PMThe situation on Broadway and in New York theater is now a full scale disaster. The word is that the Broadway League
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 03:24AMKeep refreshing… Spike Lee has announced on Twitter and Instagram that actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd was murdered last night in Atlanta. Byrd
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 08:03AMGood news and bad news at the Metropolitan Opera. First the bad news: they’ve cancelled the season right through May 2021. No
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 09:18PMDiana Rigg, the gifted and beloved stage, TV and movie star has died in the UK at age 82. Rigg is permanently
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 10:36PMIs he stepping down or being pushed out the window? Whichever way it’s gone, Ben Brantley is out as the New York
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 10:36PMThe Tony Awards are really insisting in going through with a faux awards show sometime this fall on a streaming platform. It
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 05:54AMBroadway is in a muddle, and no one seems to know what’s going on. Today the Broadway League announced they were planning
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 08:24PMDon’t cry for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. The composer of “Evita,” “Cats,” and many other Broadway musicals says on Twitter that he’s
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 05:02PMThings could not be stranger now on Broadway. With the season demolished, and no Tony Awards, and no fall season, producers are
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 04:06PMScott Rudin has lived large on Broadway for years. He’s made his recent reputation in the last decade for bringing in big
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 09:32PMReality has set in: Radio City Music Hall has cancelled the Christmas Spectacular for the first time since 1933. I give them
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 01:12PMKanye West‘s 99th nervous breakdown continues apace. Working up to his album release on Friday (maybe, who knows, maybe he’s imagining it),
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 02:06PMThe GoFundMe campaign for Nick Cordero’s family is nearing $1 million. As of 5:30pm it was up to $965,000. Cordero died two
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 03:06PMI told you already this week, the “Hamilton” soundtrack is number 1 on iTunes, where it’s selling downloads by the thousands. “Hamilton”
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 03:06PMUPDATE Unfortunately, I can confirm that the story is true. Nick is said to have passed around 11:30am at Cedars Sinai in
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 02:12PM“Hamilton” is on Disney Plus so we’re never going to know how well it’s doing, or did on its first weekend of
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 02:12PMAmanda Kloots, Nick Cordero’s devoted wife, has posted a long, sad message to Instagram following her husband’s death. She writes: “God has
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 02:12PMWhen anyone says Cirque du Soleil you think of flying acrobats, nameless, faceless bodies from shows with strange names. But the recent
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