Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Normand Latourelle was the co-creator of the Cirque du Soleil empire and took it to the top. He left to create Cavalia,
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:42PMFriday, October 9, 2020
The situation on Broadway and in New York theater is now a full scale disaster. The word is that the Broadway League
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:24AMMonday, October 5, 2020
Keep refreshing… Spike Lee has announced on Twitter and Instagram that actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd was murdered last night in Atlanta. Byrd
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:03AMWednesday, September 23, 2020
Good news and bad news at the Metropolitan Opera. First the bad news: they’ve cancelled the season right through May 2021. No
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:18PMFriday, September 11, 2020
Diana Rigg, the gifted and beloved stage, TV and movie star has died in the UK at age 82. Rigg is permanently
SOURCE: 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
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:36PMMonday, August 31, 2020
The Tony Awards are really insisting in going through with a faux awards show sometime this fall on a streaming platform. It
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:54AMSunday, August 23, 2020
Broadway is in a muddle, and no one seems to know what’s going on. Today the Broadway League announced they were planning
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:24PMFriday, August 14, 2020
Don’t cry for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. The composer of “Evita,” “Cats,” and many other Broadway musicals says on Twitter that he’s
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:02PMWednesday, August 12, 2020
Things could not be stranger now on Broadway. With the season demolished, and no Tony Awards, and no fall season, producers are
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:06PMMonday, August 10, 2020
Scott Rudin has lived large on Broadway for years. He’s made his recent reputation in the last decade for bringing in big
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:32PMTuesday, August 4, 2020
Reality has set in: Radio City Music Hall has cancelled the Christmas Spectacular for the first time since 1933. I give them
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:12PMWednesday, July 22, 2020
Kanye West‘s 99th nervous breakdown continues apace. Working up to his album release on Friday (maybe, who knows, maybe he’s imagining it),
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:06PMWednesday, July 8, 2020
The GoFundMe campaign for Nick Cordero’s family is nearing $1 million. As of 5:30pm it was up to $965,000. Cordero died two
SOURCE: 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”
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:06PMMonday, July 6, 2020
UPDATE Unfortunately, I can confirm that the story is true. Nick is said to have passed around 11:30am at Cedars Sinai in
SOURCE: 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
SOURCE: 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
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:12PMFriday, July 3, 2020
When anyone says Cirque du Soleil you think of flying acrobats, nameless, faceless bodies from shows with strange names. But the recent
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:42AMAdd another show to next April 2021 on Broadway. The revival of the baseball musical “Take me Out” has set March 22nd
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:42AMWednesday, July 1, 2020
The “Hamilton” CD, the score to the hit Broadway show, was released on September 25, 2015. It was a hit right away,
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:18PMTuesday, June 30, 2020
I always say, and you may, too: Donald Trump doesn’t realize who will write his story. Lin Manuel Miranda got that when
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:42AMMonday, June 29, 2020
I was lucky enough to attend the opening of “Hamilton” at the Public Theater on February 17, 2015. To say everyone in
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:32PMBroadway will remain shut down at least until January 3rd, 2021 says the Broadway League. It’s because, as we know, social distancing
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:24PMThursday, June 25, 2020
Great news! The revival of David Mamet’s “American Buffalo” and the launch of Tracy Letts’ “The Minutes” will open on Broadway next
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:03PMNick Cordero: his wife Amanda Kloots has posted a long, honest message on Instagram. I have copied it here. This poor guy.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:03PMOver 80 days in the hospital, still just described as “alert” but not talking Broadway star Nick Cordero is still suffering from
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:42AMWednesday, June 24, 2020
I guess producer Scott Rudin doesn’t care if his very very expensive “Music Man” revival gets Tony Awards in 2021. Rudin has
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:42PMTuesday, June 23, 2020
The filmed stage version of “Hamilton” comes to DisneyPlus on July 3rd. The mega hit musical will one day be a real
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:06AMOn Twitter just now, Lin Manuel Miranda explained what he gave up so DisneyPlus would rate the “Hamilton” telefilm PG-13 instead of
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:06AMFriday, June 19, 2020
Nick Cordero’s wife, Amanda Kloots, took live questions over Instagram last night. She keeps an upbeat visage, but the news isn’t very
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:42AM 
