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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Tony Awards: Reveal of Nominating Committee Members May Explain Annual Hollywood Star Boycott by Roger Friedman

Now that the theater season is over. a new one must begin. And so the Tony Awards have announced the members of Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:24PM
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

“Hamilton” Creators Get Full Four Year Scholarship Named for Them at Wesleyan University by Roger Friedman

“Hamilton” creators Lin Manuel Miranda and director Thomas Kail are getting a full four year scholarship named for them and the Tony Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Re…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:56PM

Pop Phenom: Tony Winning “Hamilton” Score Number 1 on iTunes, Amazon, Star Leslie Odom Goes Top 10 by Roger Friedman

The score to Broadway show “Hamilton” is now number 1 on both iTunes and Amazon.com. The Tony winner is setting a record Categories: Featured Music Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:56PM
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Exclusive: Tony Awards Considered Canceling Red Carpet Until 2 Hours Before Show by Roger Friedman

The Tony Awards almost had no red carpet this year. Because of the tragedy in Orlando, there was a discussion to yank Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:38PM
Monday, June 13, 2016

Tony After Parties: “Color Purple” Sensation Cynthia Erivo Still Has No Record Contract by Roger Friedman

In the days when there was a record business, Cynthia Erivo would already have a contract and a hit album. I wrote Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:26PM

Tony Awards Ratings: Up 33% Over Last Year, Best Showing in 15 Years Thanks to Corden, Hamilton, No Basketball Game by Roger Friedman

The Tony Awards ratings look like they were up by 33%– the same amount the Stanley Cup game was down from last Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:26PM

Tony Awards: “Hamilton” Sweepstakes its Categories, plus Jessica Lange and Frank Langella Best Actress, Actor by Roger Friedman

Hamilton has won best score, best featured actor and actress in a musical and nearly everything else. Hamilton wins Best Director for Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:03AM
Sunday, June 12, 2016

The Tony Awards Show Will Be Dedicated to the Orlando Victims, Survivors, Families by Roger Friedman

The Tony Awards will go on tonight as planned, but look for host James Corden to dedicate the evening to the Orlando Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:45PM
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Thursday, June 9, 2016

Broadway: All Star “The Front Page” Adds Holland Taylor, John Goodman, Robert Morse by Roger Friedman

When “The Front Page” comes back to Broadway this fall, just about everyone will be in it. Already announced stars Nathan Lane Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:07PM

Broadway: “Bronx Tale” Musical Co-Directed by Robert DeNiro, Coming December 1st by Roger Friedman

The new Broadway season is shaping up as the old one is put away this Sunday with the Tony Awards. I’m told Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:00AM
Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Broadway: Laura Linney, Cynthia Nixon to Co-star Next Winter in “The Little Foxes” by Roger Friedman

More big name actresses coming to Broadway next winter! Cynthia Nixon and Laura Linney will co-star in Lillian Hellman’s “The Little Foxes” Categories: Featured Theater(…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:24PM

Theater: Sally Field Coming to Broadway Next Winter, As Scooped Here in February by Roger Friedman

Sally Field is coming to Broadway next winter. Surprise! I told you back on February 23rd that two time Oscar winner Sally Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:18AM
Monday, June 6, 2016

Broadway: Scott Rudin out of Groundhog Day, plus Tonys, Fiddler, Humans, Eclipsed by Roger Friedman

THE TONY AWARDS are coming this Sunday on CBS at 8pm. Yes, it’s all about “Hamilton.” But it’s got to be about Categories: Exclusives Featured Theater(Read more..…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:10PM
Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Broadway: Barbra Streisand Presenting at Tony Awards– First Time On Show in 46 Years by Roger Friedman

She’s back. After 46 years Barbra Streisand is coming to the Tony Awards. She’s going to be a presenter. But don’t be Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:19PM
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
Friday, May 6, 2016

Broadway: “Finding Neverland” Closing This Summer, Going on Tour, Opening in London, Becoming a Film by Roger Friedman

Broadway: “Finding Neverland” will become a film musical says producer Harvey Weinstein, based on the Broadway musical which was based on the Categories: Featured Theater(Read…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:34AM
Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Broadway: “Disaster!” Musical to Close Sunday, More–without Tony Noms– to Come by Roger Friedman

No Tony nods, can’t stay open. It happens every year. “Disaster!” a funny musical parody by Seth Rudetsky, was not loved by Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:57AM
Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Tony Awards: “Hamilton” Scores Big Time with 16 Nominations by Roger Friedman

The Tony nominations are out and “Hamilton” has scored 16 of them. That’s more than 1 in some categories. “Hamilton” is on Categories: Featured Theater(Read …

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:48PM
Friday, April 29, 2016

Tony Awards Shoot Down “Shuffle Along,” Classified Original, Will Lose to “Hamilton” by Roger Friedman

“Shuffle Along” is cooked at the Tonys. The Tony committee has announced they consider the George C. Wolfe musical new and original, Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:58PM
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Review: “Shuffle Along” Is the Black “42nd Street” with No Plot and a Star Who Leaves in June by Roger Friedman

The official title of the new musical “Shuffle Along: Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and Everything that Followed” Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:36PM
Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Broadway: “Tuck Everlasting” Hits the Bottom of the Tony Awards Season Barrel by Roger Friedman

You know, I’m pretty fair to most Broadway musicals. I wasn’t wild about either “American Psycho” or “Waitress,” but there were excellent Categories: Fe…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:02AM
Monday, April 25, 2016

Broadway: “Waitress,” With Songs by Sarah Bareilles, Pushes Tony Award Season into Final Week by Roger Friedman

Sunday night: “Waitress,” based on Adrienne Shelley’s hit movie starring Keri Russell, opened on Broadway. Sara Bareilles wrote the songs. Jessie Mueller, Categories: Fea…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:39AM
Friday, April 22, 2016

Prince Gets Tributes from Broadway Casts of “Hamilton,” “The Color Purple” by Roger Friedman

Two Broadway shows offered moving tributes to Prince last night at the conclusion of their shows. The Color Purple: Hamilton:Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:08PM
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Exclusive: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller Likely Team Up for Broadway “Philadelphia Story” by Roger Friedman

EXCLUSIVE The word is that the fall season, or perhaps next spring 2017, could bring a dynamic duo to Broadway. And the Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:12AM
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Broadway: “Shuffle Along” Producers Tell Ask to Be Excused from Awards: “Not Ready” by Roger Friedman

“Shuffle Along” was not included in today’s Outer Critics Circle nominations. That’s because producer Scott Rudin told the group the multi million Categories: Featu…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:20PM
Monday, April 18, 2016

Broadway: “Hamilton” Wins Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Lin-Miranda Manuel “Grateful” by Roger Friedman

The best of this year’s Pulitzer Prizes goes to “Hamilton,” the genius of a musical by Lin-Miranda Manuel. When he heard the Categories: Featured Media Theater(Read mor…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:57PM

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