Wednesday, April 25, 2012
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark”–litigious, controversial, but you know what? It’s making money every week. And now it’s picked up some nominations from the Oute…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:43PMMonday, April 9, 2012
When you think of Los Angeles, you think of movies and television. Theater, Opera, and spectacular performance art thrive in LA, and our Leah Sydney catches us up on what is being buzzed a…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:48AMSunday, March 18, 2012
The greatest American play? Quite possibly Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” set in 1949 and revived last night on Broadway in a production that is outstanding. Mike Nichols direc…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:50PMFriday, March 9, 2012
Baz Bamigboye reports exclusively in the Daily Mail that Nicole Kidman is heading back to the theater. Remember last year I told you that Nicole would appear on Broadway in “Sweet Bird…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:49PMSaturday, March 3, 2012
Julie Taymor has finally filed a strong counterclaim in US District Court in New York against the producers of “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” explaining her side of the collapse of thei…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:43PMThursday, February 16, 2012
The producers of “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” have finally caved in. They’ve settled with director-creator Julie Taymor on basic financial issues. They’ve agreed t…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:41PMWednesday, January 4, 2012
Wow. Big announcement today that Hugh Jackman will play Harry Houdini on Broadway in 2013/2014. However: I broke that story THREE YEARS ago. Yes, here is the link. http://www.foxnews.com/sto…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:26PMFriday, December 16, 2011
It was the penultimate movie premiere of the fall Oscar season– Stephen Daldry’s “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.” Or is it “Extemely Close and Incredibly …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:51AMSunday, December 11, 2011
“On A Clear Day You Can See Forever” only a ran a few months when it first opened on Broadway in 1965. It’s never been revived, and for good reason. Now, some misguided peo…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:17PMFriday, December 9, 2011
I’m completely appalled by the glee the New York Post’s theater columnist takes in reporting how badly some shows are doing on Broadway. Enough with the negativity. There are so …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:25AMTuesday, December 6, 2011
“Once”–do you remember this fine indie film from 2006? It went on to win the Academy Award for Best Song (“Falling Slowly”). The movie won the Indie Spirit Awar…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:50AMSunday, November 27, 2011
So “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” is a year old, technically. It began previews a year ago yesterday. In Monday’s New York Times (and online Sunday night), producer Michae…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:00PMSunday, November 20, 2011
It was only a few minutes into “Seminar,” Theresa Rebeck’s new hit Broadway comedy, when I realized who Alan Rickman was playing: the famed book editor and writing teacher …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:49PMWednesday, November 9, 2011
Julie Taymor’s lawsuit against the producers of “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” has some serious consequences not yet explored. It turns out her lawyers are asking for a pe…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:33PMAnother big Broadway bow: Hugh Dancy and Nina Arianda pretty much stole the week, and it’s only Tuesday. They opened the Manhattan Theater Club’s fall season with a wild renditio…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:38AMFriday, November 4, 2011
Charles Edwards–you do not know who he is because you are not British. Last night he completed the second of two performances at NYU’s Skirball Center with better known actor Jos…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:49AMThe economy is bad, and maybe worse than we thought. On Thursday evening, the producers of the revival of “Funny Girl” on Broadway–set for this winter–announced they …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:02AMWednesday, November 2, 2011
It’s almost a year since “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” started previews on Broadway. Flashback if you will to November 21st, no, 28th to that fateful, postponed performan…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:22AMMonday, October 31, 2011
Movie star Hugh Jackman’s solo musical show took in $1.2 million in its first week on Broadway. It finished 5th for the week, behind big deal musicals “Wicked,” “The …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:13PMMonday, October 24, 2011
Roland Emmerich’s “Anonymous” opens this week. It should be called “Preposterous.” The film makes a case that William Shakespeare didn’t write his plays. …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:29PMFriday, October 21, 2011
The trio of one act plays called “Relatively Speaking” is a hit–opening last night on Broadway with contributions from Woody Allen, Elaine May, and Ethan Coen. And it’…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:25AMWednesday, October 19, 2011
Exclusive: Kirstie Alley–newly slimmed down, but still a dieting Scientologist–is planning a Broadway debut. I’m told that Kirstie has agreed to do a three month run in a n…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:35PMFriday, October 14, 2011
What a night on Broadway: “The Mountaintop” opened, with incendiary performances from Samuel L. Jackson respectively as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Angela Bassett as a maid (…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:26AMTuesday, October 11, 2011
“The King’s Speech” is headed to Broadway. But readers of this column know I broke this story last year–that David Seidler wrote the script as a play, then converted …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:44AMTuesday, October 4, 2011
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick learned a lot about dinosaurs last night. So did about 200 people who came to the American Museum of Natural History to support Mike Nichols and Cy…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:46PMAlicia Keys — Grammy winner, newcomer from a decade ago–has really spread her wings in showbiz. She’s now writing music for the new Broadway play “Stick Fly.” K…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:25PMFriday, September 23, 2011
Broadway’s $70 million “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” actually started performances in mid November 2010, if you recall. Coming up on the year anniversary, two leads from …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:40PMWednesday, September 7, 2011
Alicia Keys is producing a Broadway play. Why not? She’s conquered pop music, that’s for sure. The play, “Stick Fly,” will star Ruben Santiago Hudson, Mekhi Phifer (&…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:50PMMonday, September 5, 2011
I read with some amusement in the last few days that Oscar nominated actor James Franco “backed out” of doing “Sweet Bird of Youth” on Broadway this fall. This isn…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:29PMMonday, August 15, 2011
Reeve Carney can really thank Julie Taymor now. He’s been plucked from his grueling job playing Peter Parker in “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” to star in the official bio …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:20PMSaturday, August 6, 2011
I told you first, and quite a while ago, that “The King’s Speech” would head to Broadway after its run as a film. Then it won the Oscar. Now I’m told that David Seidl…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:28AM 
