Saturday, 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 11:28AMTuesday, July 26, 2011
Exclusive: The revival of “Funny Girl” is on its way to Broadway, but without “Glee” star Lea Michele. There was talk that Lea was going to star as Fanny Brice, the p…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:59PMFriday, July 15, 2011
This is how not to succeed in business: Broadway’s “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” had to shut down for two nights last week so Daniel Radcliffe could be…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:12AMThursday, July 14, 2011
Poor little Lea Michele. Imagine getting fired from your wildly popular TV show and the news breaks while you’re sitting in a Broadway premiere. A premiere, by the way, filled with pre…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:36AMWednesday, July 13, 2011
What a night for the cast of Broadway’s “Baby, It’s You”! The one and only Queen of Soul, Miss Aretha Franklin, arrived a couple of minutes late at the Broadhurst The…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:50AMFriday, July 1, 2011
Not many modern stars find their names in a Shakespeare play. It’s usually Henry the fourth and Richard the third. But last night Broadway and film star Bill Irwin got a surprise when …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:39AMTuesday, June 28, 2011
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” is bigger than ever. Defying the critics and naysayers, the troubled Broadway musical is troubled no more. Having actually opened on June 14th, th…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:20PMThursday, June 16, 2011
David Geffen is a busy man. He’s obviously too busy to watch an entire play. Last night he left the revival of “Born Yesterday” at the intermission. Geffen, accompanied by …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:13AMWednesday, June 15, 2011
And so the “Spider Man” after party meant what seemed like thousands of people tried to jam into the Bowl Mor lanes on West 44th St. The queue ran up the block from BowlMor to th…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:27AM“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” finally opened last night, and it is better. There’s no question that some needed editing, rearranging, and adding of a couple of key scenes…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:55AMMonday, June 13, 2011
One of the big topics last night at the Tony Awards: word that Matthew Broderick will replace Harry Connick, Jr. in a long planned “new” Gershwin musical. “Nice Work If You…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:20AMSunday, June 12, 2011
Tonight: the Tony Awards on CBS. Don’t miss ‘em. You’ll see the best of the past Broadway season. But once the parties and fun are over, get ready for closing notices. R…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:03PMWednesday, June 8, 2011
Christie Brinkley — supermodel, ex wife of Billy Joel, TV aerobics pitchwoman. Broadway musical star. Huh? Gorgeous Christie is 57, looks 20 years younger, and has never sung or danced…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:02AMThursday, June 2, 2011
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” finally opens–yes, opens– on June 14th after a wild winter and spring of previews, the sidelining of creator Julie Taymor, and a three…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:46AMTuesday, May 17, 2011
Hello, Wall Street Journal. Woody Allen is indeed returning to Broadway. I told you this news back on March 28th. Woody, Elaine May and Ethan Coen each have one act plays coming to Broadway.…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:58PMSaturday, May 7, 2011
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” returns to Broadway next Thursday, May 12th after a three week break. It still hasn’t opened officially and won’t until June 14th. Sti…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:57PMThursday, May 5, 2011
Everyone on Broadway thought Arthur Laurents would live to be 100. But he died Thursday night at 93 from complications of pneumonia. Two years ago, when “West Side Story” was in …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:40PMTuesday, May 3, 2011
Broadway loves the money Hollywood stars bring to the Great White Way. But awards? That’s another story. Now that the Tony nominations have been announced, the reality of movie actors …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:58PMNominations for the 2011 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards® Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing Best Play Good People Author: David Lindsay-Abaire Produce…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:57AMThursday, April 28, 2011
I’ve been watching director and creator Floyd Mutrux put together his musical, “Baby It’s You,” for a few years now in Los Angeles. The story of Florence Greenberg, w…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:49AMThis is the reason I like Kelly Ripa: she told me last night at the Broadway premiere of “The Normal Heart” that her kids don’t watch TV, share a family computer, don’…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:23AMTuesday, April 26, 2011
The Outer Critics Circle announced its nominations today for Broadway and Off Broadway. Some surprises: many of the star names now playing on Broadway from Hollywood didn’t make the cu…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:32PMSunday, April 24, 2011
Who knew? Ben Stiller has made so many movies in the last few years, it was all getting to be a blur. But when he opens Monday night on Broadway in John Guare‘s “House of Blue Le…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:17PMWednesday, April 20, 2011
Kathleen Turner has a lot of loyal exes, I’ll say that for her. Last night for the premiere of her new play, called “High,” she packed the house with ‘em. Michael Dou…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:20AMSunday, April 17, 2011
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” played its last preview Sunday afternoon after more than a 100. Without ever officially opening, it closed for three weeks to retool ostensibly wi…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:03PMThursday, April 14, 2011
Michael Morpurgo‘s “War Horse” comes to Broadway tonight so highly marketed that the hype is almost scarier than World War I. A monster hit in London, and a movie to be rel…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:51PMTuesday, April 12, 2011
So the f word, which already makes dozens of appearances in “The Book of Mormon,” is literally all over Stephen Adly Guirgis’s uneven new play, “The Motherf**cker wit…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:29AMMonday, April 11, 2011
Steven Spielberg is probably a busy guy, but this is his week on Broadway. Last night, a musical version of his film, “Catch Me If You Can,” opened with a star studded premiere a…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:57AMMonday, April 4, 2011
Elton John has been getting might testy lately. First he went after Billy Joel for his drinking. Then on Saturday Night Live he took a poke at his “Lion King” collaborator Julie …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:49AMFriday, April 1, 2011
Robin Williams has a stunning hit on Broadway: he’s the star and main character in “Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo.” He opened Thursday night to rave reviews and thunderou…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:09AMWednesday, March 30, 2011
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” is now using understudies instead of its leads for regular performances. Two sources tell me that an announcement was made to the cast and crew th…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:01AM 
