Sting Makes A Sensational ‘Debut’ on Broadway in His “Last Ship” Musical by Roger Friedman

Tuesday night marked Sting’s debut in his own Broadway musical, “The Last Ship.” He was on Broadway over twenty years ago in Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Broadway Press Agent Bans WSJ Critic Who Admits to Leaving Shows at Intermission by Roger Friedman

A few days ago Wall Street Journal theater critic wrote in a column that she often ‘Bolted” from shows she didn’t like Categories: business Featured Theater(Read more..…

Sting’s Big Kennedy Center Surprise: “The Last Ship” Cast Buses Down to DC After Sunday Matinee by Roger Friedman

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(Watch) Sting Scores Parade Success with Totally Reworked, Re-staged “Last Ship” Number by Roger Friedman

Sting performed in his first Macys Thanksgiving Parade this morning– showing off a big, reworked number from his Broadway musical “The Last Categories: Featured Theater(Read m…

Broadway: Glenn Close and Cast Strike “A Delicate Balance” on Roughest Critics Night Ever by Roger Friedman

I bought a ticket to see Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Bob Balaban, Martha Plimpton and Lindsay Duncan in ” A Delicate Balance.” Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more…

Broadway: Hugh Jackman’s “The River” So Big It Extends Run for a Month by Roger Friedman

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Broadway Legend Elaine Stritch Gets A List Send Off at Star Studded Memorial by Roger Friedman

If Elaine Stritch had seen the crowd yesterday afternoon at the Al Hirschfeld Theater, she’d have had a whopping good laugh. Her Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more...)

Review: Hugh Jackman Comes to “The River,” Drowns in Boredom by Roger Friedman

During the 85 minute bore of a play called “The River,” I thought about a lot of things. None of them was Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Martin Short will Replace Nathan Lane in Broadway Smash “It’s Only A Play” by Roger Friedman

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Theatre: “Billy Elliott” Director Stephen Daldry Will Have 3– Yes 3– Plays This Spring by Roger Friedman

If you want to have lunch with “Billy Elliott” director Stephen Daldry, I’d say do it now. Very shortly he will be Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Broadway: Ain’t Nothing Like “The Real Thing” as Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor Make Debuts by Roger Friedman

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Nathan Lane’s New Job Means It’s Official: Broadway Smash Hit It’s Only A Play Really Does Close January 4th by Roger Friedman

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Sting Musical “The Last Ship”: Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Robert DeNiro Make Opening Night by Roger Friedman

First the good news. The New York Times review of “The Last Ship,” Sting’s original musical– the only new original musical this Categories: Featured Theater(Read m…

Broadway: Sting’s “Last Ship” Tightens Up for a Sunday Launch by Roger Friedman

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Broadway: New Revival of “On the Town” Scores a Home Run with “Overnight” star Tony Yazbeck by Roger Friedman

New York, New York, the Bronx is up and the Battery’s down. New York, New York, what a wonderful town. Those words Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Bruce Springsteen Leads Standing Ovation for Sting Musical “Last Ship” Preview on Broadway by Roger Friedman

Quite a night, last night, I’m told, at the preview for Sting’s musical The Last Ship” on Broadway. Bruce Springsteen led the Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane Score a Major and Hilarious Hit with “It’s Only a Play” by Roger Friedman

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Broadway: Sting Makes Slight Tweaks As “The Last Ship” Sets Sail for Previews by Roger Friedman

A few people I know had the same idea last and hied themselves over to the Neil Simon Theater on West 52nd Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Broadway Barks: Brit Import “Curious Incident” Opens to Raves with 25 Year First Timer in Lead by Roger Friedman

Alex Sharp is from Devon, England and had no theater training until he was accepted into Juilliard’s acting program. Last March he Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Neil Patrick Harris Check out Blythe Danner’s “Country House” by Roger Friedman

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Johnny Carson, the Musical? Joan Rivers, Ed McMahon Among Characters in Broadway Workshop Production by Roger Friedman

Remember that book about Johnny Carson by the late talk show host’s lawyer, Henry Bushkin? Well, Bushkin has decided to turn it Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Broadway: Helen Mirren vs. Carey Mulligan for Tony Award Best Actress, Different Plays, Same Director by Roger Friedman

I don’t know how this is going to work, exactly. Much awarded and beloved director Stephen Daldry (The Reader, Billy Elliott, etc) Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Broadway: Harvey Weinstein Will Open “Finding Neverland” in April for Tony Awards by Roger Friedman

Harvey Weinstein is bringing “Finding Neverland” to Broadway next spring. The April 8th opening will be right in time for the Tony Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

James Earl Jones, 83, is the Beating Heart of Broadway’s “You Can’t Take It With You” by Roger Friedman

Theatre: “American Psycho” Musical Pulled from Scheduled Off Broadway Run by Roger Friedman

I was really looking forward to Patrick Bateman tap dancing while he chopped up various sex partners on stage this year. But Categories: business Featured Theater(Read more...)

UPDATE Joan Rivers: All Broadway Theaters Will Dim Lights Tonight after All by Roger Friedman

UPDATE Broadway League changed its mind after worst pr mistake in history. All Broadway houses will dim lights tonight for Joan Rivers. Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Broadway: Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy Bringing “Skylight” in Long Enough to Get Tony Awards by Roger Friedman

I believe I told you a few weeks ago that David Hare’s hit production of “Skylight” would come from London to get Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more...)

Broadway: Neil Patrick Harris Exits “Hedwig” and Box Office Plummets by Roger Friedman

There may be a musical out there called “Hedwig and the Angry Producers.” Tony winning star Neil Patrick Harris has left “Hedwig Categories: business Featured Theater(R…

Cate Blanchett’s Hot NY Theater Ticket Draws Nicole Kidman, Oscar Isaac, And Lots of Luminaries by Roger Friedman

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Late Night News: James Corden Hire Makes Broadway Producers Scramble for New “Forum” Star | Showbiz411 by Roger Friedman

Tony winner James Corden has thrown a major monkey wrench into the planned spring Broadway revival of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” Corden was set to play Pseudolus i…

Helen Mirren Will Bring “The Audience” to Broadway for Spring 2015 by Roger Friedman

Dame Helen Mirren– so good in “The One Hundred Foot Journey”– comes to Broadway this spring 2015. Helen is bringing Peter Morgan’s Categories: Featured Theat…