Broadway: Helen Mirren vs. Carey Mulligan for Tony Award Best Actress, Different Plays, Same Director by Roger Friedman

I don’t know how this is going to work, exactly. Much awarded and beloved director Stephen Daldry (The Reader, Billy Elliott, etc) Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Broadway: Harvey Weinstein Will Open “Finding Neverland” in April for Tony Awards by Roger Friedman

Harvey Weinstein is bringing “Finding Neverland” to Broadway next spring. The April 8th opening will be right in time for the Tony Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

James Earl Jones, 83, is the Beating Heart of Broadway’s “You Can’t Take It With You” by Roger Friedman

Theatre: “American Psycho” Musical Pulled from Scheduled Off Broadway Run by Roger Friedman

I was really looking forward to Patrick Bateman tap dancing while he chopped up various sex partners on stage this year. But Categories: business Featured Theater(Read more...)

UPDATE Joan Rivers: All Broadway Theaters Will Dim Lights Tonight after All by Roger Friedman

UPDATE Broadway League changed its mind after worst pr mistake in history. All Broadway houses will dim lights tonight for Joan Rivers. Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Broadway: Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy Bringing “Skylight” in Long Enough to Get Tony Awards by Roger Friedman

I believe I told you a few weeks ago that David Hare’s hit production of “Skylight” would come from London to get Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more...)

Broadway: Neil Patrick Harris Exits “Hedwig” and Box Office Plummets by Roger Friedman

There may be a musical out there called “Hedwig and the Angry Producers.” Tony winning star Neil Patrick Harris has left “Hedwig Categories: business Featured Theater(R…

Cate Blanchett’s Hot NY Theater Ticket Draws Nicole Kidman, Oscar Isaac, And Lots of Luminaries by Roger Friedman

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Late Night News: James Corden Hire Makes Broadway Producers Scramble for New “Forum” Star | Showbiz411 by Roger Friedman

Tony winner James Corden has thrown a major monkey wrench into the planned spring Broadway revival of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” Corden was set to play Pseudolus i…

Helen Mirren Will Bring “The Audience” to Broadway for Spring 2015 by Roger Friedman

Dame Helen Mirren– so good in “The One Hundred Foot Journey”– comes to Broadway this spring 2015. Helen is bringing Peter Morgan’s Categories: Featured Theat…

EXCLUSIVE Larry David Headed to Broadway in His Own New Comedy by Roger Friedman

I told you in January, exclusively, that Larry David told me he’d written a play intended for Broadway. He told me then Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Broadway: James Bond Producer Brings All Star “Love Letters” With Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston, Candice Bergen, by Roger Friedman

Broadway is about to get a big star jolt from A.R. Gurney’s chestnut, “Love Letters.” James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and her Categories: Featured Theater(Read more…

Theater: “Shakespeare in Love” Wows London, Joins “Skylight” as Possible Spring Tony Fare by Roger Friedman

The stage version of “Shakespeare in Love” opened in London’s West End last night and got rave reviews from all the papers. Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Broadway: Bullets Over Broadway to Close on August 24 by Roger Friedman

“Bullets over Broadway” will close on Broadway on August 24th. The Woody Allen-Susan Stroman show is one several fatalities this season. This Categories: Featured Theater(Read…

“Rocky” In Broadway Knockout, Latest Show of this Season to Close by Roger Friedman

“Rocky” has been knocked out on Broadway. Despite a stellar set, and actors like Andy Karl who were terrific, the musical version Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Lily Rabe Jokes About Rain-Cancelled Shakespeare in the Park: “We’re Very Good in It” by Roger Friedman

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Broadway: 2Pac Musical “Holler” Gets a Bad Rap, DeNiro Still With “Bronx Tale”? by Roger Friedman

It’s pretty much curtains for the 2Pac musical “Holler If Ya Hear Me.” Billboard prematurely announced the show was closing, which sent Categories: Featured Theater(Read…

Frankie Valli, Four Seasons Hold at Number 1, Broadway Show Up 5% Since Film Release by Roger Friedman

“Jersey Boys,” directed by Clint Eastwood, is a modest box office hit for a movie. In six days it’s made about $18 Categories: Featured Movies Music Theater(Read more.…

Tony Awards Give Biggest Box Office Leaps to Bryan Cranston as LBJ, “Jersey Boys,” Gentleman’s Guide by Roger Friedman

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Movie Stars on Broadway: They Came, They Got their Tony’s –Or Didn’t–And Now They’re Leaving by Roger Friedman

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Stephen Sondheim Will Get Double Dose of “Into the Woods” This Winter by Roger Friedman

Is everyone ready for a lot of “Into the Woods”? The Rob Marshall directed movie is coming at Christmas based on Stephen Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Broadway: Sting Musical “The Last Ship” Sails and Soars in Super Chicago Launch by Roger Friedman

It’s going to be a rockin’ fall on Broadway if last night in Chicago was any indication. The previews here have begun Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Watch the Tony Awards “In Memoriam” Which CBS Cut from Broadcast by Roger Friedman

CBS cut the In Memoriam segment last night from the Tony Awards. Dead People don’t get ratings! There was rapt applause in Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Exclusive: Idina Menzel Used a TelePrompter to Sing “If/Then” Song on Tony Awards by Roger Friedman

There were lots of performances last night on the Tony Awards, all live, none lip synched. Everyone sang songs from the shows Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Tony Awards: Audra McDonald Wins 6th Tony, Carole King Gets with the Program by Roger Friedman

What a night for the Tony Awards! Audra McDonald won her sixth statue, this time for Best Actress in a Play even Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Tony Awards: Carole King Will Be There Tonight as “Beautiful” Could Win by Roger Friedman

Carole King wouldn’t come to the opening night of “Beautiful,” a musical based on her life and classic songs. She finally did Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Rea…

Broadway: After Sunday’s Tony Awards, Many Shows Could Start Closing by Roger Friedman

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Tony Awards: Neil Patrick Harris Has Lost 21 Pounds So Far Playing “Hedwig” by Roger Friedman

They do say the camera adds at least 10 pounds. So viewers at home for Sunday night’s Tony Awards (CBS, 8pm) may Categories: Theater Uncategorized(Read more...)

Clint Eastwood First Time Ever Appearance on Tony Awards, Hosted by Hugh Jackman by Roger Friedman

Multiple Oscar winner Clint Eastwood is about to ‘make our day’ with his first ever appearance on the Tony Awards. That’s right, Categories: Featured Theater(Read more..…

Broadway News: Hugh Jackman, Holly Knight’s “Battlefield,” “On the Town” by Roger Friedman

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Broadway: “Kinky Boots” Taking a Vacation as Univision Buys Out Theater for One Week by Roger Friedman

The Tony winning musical “Kinky Boots” is so hot that it finishes fourth every week at the box office after “Wicked,” “The Categories: Featured Theater(Read …