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Thursday, July 31, 2014

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…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:43AM

Thursday, July 24, 2014

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...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:46AM

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

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…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:02PM

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

“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...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:21PM

Friday, July 4, 2014

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

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:01AM

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

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…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:06AM

Friday, June 27, 2014

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.…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:45AM

Monday, June 16, 2014

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

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:12PM

Friday, June 13, 2014

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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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:45PM

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...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:25PM

Thursday, June 12, 2014

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...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:48AM

Monday, June 9, 2014

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...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:28PM

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...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:33AM

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...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:11AM

Sunday, June 8, 2014

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…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:12PM

Saturday, June 7, 2014

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

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:41AM

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

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...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:50AM

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

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..…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:31AM

Friday, May 9, 2014

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

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:08AM

Friday, May 2, 2014

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 …

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:58AM

Talking Heads Leader David Byrne’s Brilliant “Here Lies Love” Re-Opens off Broadway by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:25AM

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Tony Nominations 2014: After Midnight, Aladdin, Beautiful, Gentleman’s Guide– Movie Stars Snubbed by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:49AM

Friday, April 25, 2014

Tony Awards Judges Pit 2 “Les Miz” Actors Against Each Other, Make Audra McDonald Musical a Play by Roger Friedman

Broadway: the Tony Awards committee, a mysterious group that will decide who is nominated for what next week, has made a couple Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:57PM

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Broadway: Neil Patrick Harris Will Get The Tony Award Everyone Wants to Give Him by Roger Friedman

The Tony Awards and the Broadway cognoscenti want to give Neil Patrick Harris a Tony Award so badly you actually hear it Categories: Celebrity Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:44PM

Broadway: Hollywood Stars Denzel, Franco, Radcliffe Snubbed by Outer Critics Circle Awards by Roger Friedman

Denzel Washington, James Franco, and Daniel Radcliffe came to Broadway looking for love. But the Outer Critics Circle, the first group to Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:07PM

Monday, April 21, 2014

Broadway Shows Post Huge Easter Week Numbers, “Rocky” Finally Takes Off by Roger Friedman

Broadway shows really benefited from the Passover-Easter holiday. All the shows got big numbers at the box office. The big news is Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:32PM

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Review: “Of Mice and Men” Brings Broadway Debuts for Franco, O’Dowd and Meester by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:15AM

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

“Soul Train” is Coming to Broadway: Get out the Afro Wigs and Platform Shoes by Roger Friedman

Broadway continues to revisit pop music of the recent past. “Motown” is a big hit, and “Rock of Ages” keeps chugging along. Categories: Featured Theater(Read more.…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:05PM

Monday, April 14, 2014

Word: Annette Bening Coming Back to New York Theatre This Summer by Roger Friedman

Is Annette Bening returning to New York theater at last? I am told– still unconfirmed–that Bening has agreed to play Goneril in Categories: Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:34PM

Friday, April 11, 2014

New York Theatre Scoops: James Earl Jones, Dianne Wiest Coming This Fall by Roger Friedman

These are EXCLUSIVES (sorry, have to do that because some people just don’t learn): James Earl Jones may be heading back to Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:40PM

Woody Allen’s Smash Broadway Opening: Film’s Oscar Winner Dianne Wiest “Loved It” by Roger Friedman

Dianne Wiest won the second of her two Oscars (so far) for Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway” in 1995. (The first was Categories: Broadway Reviews Featured Reviews …

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:47AM

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