Sunday, February 23, 2020
It’s been a long, cold winter on Broadway. Not much has been happening besides “West Side Story” opening to vicious reviews. (The
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:36AMFriday, February 21, 2020
Producer Scott Rudin has joined forces with two Hollywood powerhouses, David Geffen and Barry Diller, to produce the new “West Side Story,”
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:32PMSunday, February 16, 2020
Tonight, CBS’s Bill Whitaker did an excellent report on the mess that is Ivo von Hove’s “West Side Story.” The musical revival
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:12PMSaturday, February 15, 2020
Lynn Cohen died yesterday at age 86 according to friends on social media. She was not famous in the movie star sense
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:48PMThursday, February 13, 2020
It’s been a tough winter for Broadway at the box office. This past weekend’s take was $27.9 million, the lowest since last
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:36PMFriday, February 7, 2020
The call for help went out at 2:42pm on Thursday, just while Donald Trump was having a nervous breakdown on national TV.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:54AMTuesday, February 4, 2020
The Lunt Fontanne Theater was bursting with stars and heavy hitters of renown yesterday afternoon to say goodbye to the great Jerry
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:12PMMonday, February 3, 2020
“Hamilton” is coming to movie theaters. The Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning powerhouse of a musical was evidently worth $75 million, according
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:12PMWednesday, January 29, 2020
Sting brought his brilliant musical, “The Last Ship,” to Jimmy Kimmel last night. They talked about the show, currently at the Ahmanson
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:18PMThursday, January 23, 2020
There was always a problem with Sting’s Broadway musical, “The Last Ship.” Even though the music was par excellence, the songs beyond
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:54PMWednesday, January 22, 2020
Madonna is certainly suffering from her blown out knee. She cancelled another show, this time in Lisbon last night with 45 minutes
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:03AMTuesday, January 14, 2020
Winter, as they say on Game of Thrones, is here. On Broadway the January chill has set in after three weeks of
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:12AMMonday, January 13, 2020
No one is more “in” right now than Elaine May. At age 87, she’s just won a Tony Award for “The Waverly
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:03AMSaturday, January 11, 2020
The new version of “West Side Story” was supposed to open on Broadway on February 6th. But then the actor who plays
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:36AMThursday, December 12, 2019
William Shakespeare is having a bad year. First, Netflix’s “The King,” starring Timothee Chalamet, dropped his name and all reference to him
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:18PMWednesday, December 11, 2019
Busy week on Broadway with last week’s box office numbers just in. “Jagged Little Pill,” based on Alanis Morissette’s shrieky album from
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:18AMMonday, December 9, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: The new “West Side Story” is supposed to start previews tomorrow. I’m told that the avant garde choreographer hired for the
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:06PMSaturday, December 7, 2019
Alannis Morissette’s famous album, “Jagged Little Pill,” opens on Broadway tonight. Producers are crossing their fingers for exultant reviews to spur ticket
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:06AMWednesday, December 4, 2019
I don’t know if Meryl Streep and Beth Leavel know each other, but they should. Leavel, a 2006 Tony winner for “The
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:18AMMonday, December 2, 2019
The “Hustlers” awards campaign came to New York Sunday night with an Academy screening, a Q&A, and a reception at the Museum
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:54PMFriday, November 22, 2019
The Broadway Michael Jackson musical has a star. Ephraim Sykes, who played David Ruffin in “Ain’t Too Proud” this past season, and
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:33AMMonday, November 18, 2019
The six hour play “The Inheritance” opened last night on Broadway, with eyes on the 2020 Tony Award for Best Play next
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:03PMFriday, November 15, 2019
Mock- yeah. It’s Box Office Redux for producer Scott Rudin as Jeff Daniels has exited “To Kill a Mockingbird” on Broadway and
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:33PMTuesday, November 12, 2019
#RIP “Tootsie.” Nominated for 11 Tony’s, winner of two including Best Actor and Best Book, “Tootsie” will shuffle off to Buffalo next
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:06AMSunday, November 10, 2019
Last year, director Ivo von Hove brought his hit London production of “Network” to New York and caused a lot of talk:
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:24AMFriday, November 8, 2019
It was a great night on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater for the opening of “Tina!” the musical about beloved legend Tina
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:06PMWednesday, November 6, 2019
Chelsea Clinton is coming to off Broadway. And in fact in the neighborhood of Chelsea Clinton. The daughter of Bill and Hillary
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:03PMThe CD isn’t out yet, but you can stream David Byrne’s extraordinary Broadway production, “American Utopia,” right now on Spotify. I haven’t
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:03PMFriday, October 25, 2019
It wasn’t that long ago that David Byrne, of Talking Heads fame, was responsible for the unique landmark musical, “Here Lies Love,”
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:12AMFriday, October 18, 2019
Sometimes the magic is there, everything works. The play is unexpectedly great, the star has a towering moment, the director bats a
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:24AMThursday, October 17, 2019
I am flummoxed by the new revival of Tennessee Williams’ “The Rose Tattoo,” which opens this week with Marisa Tomei as the
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:18PM 
