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1,416 stories by "Roger Friedman"

Broadway: Tony Winner "Strange Loop" and "1776" Revival Cancel Shows for Illness, Other Shows Use Standbys by Roger Friedman

It's 2:28pm. A half hour ago, two Broadway shows didn't start their matinees. According to Twitter account BroadwayCovers, both "A Strange Loop"

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:54pm on December 24, 2022

Review: Wendell Pierce's Willy Loman Reinvents Greatest American Drama, "Death of a Salesman" by Roger Friedman

Almost four years ago I ran into the great actor Wendell Pierce sitting in the lobby of the Four Seasons hotel in

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:32pm on December 23, 2022

Broadway: Good News, Bad News as "Funny Girl" Breaks Record, Two Shows to Close by Roger Friedman

Broadway is surviving the kinda recession, pandemic, and bad weather with good news, bad news. "Funny Girl" has gone from a disaster

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:36pm on December 20, 2022

Broadway: Sondheim's "Merrily" Will Roll Along Next Fall, Skipping 2023 Tony Awards by Roger Friedman

There will not be a Sondheim vs. Sondheim cage match at the 2023 Tony Awards, after all. Stephen Sondheim's "Merry We'll Roll

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:48pm on December 16, 2022

Fake New Sondheim Show for Broadway with Bernadette Peters, Nathan Lane Announced on Twitter by Hoaxer by Roger Friedman

Earlier today, the Broadway crowd got very excited for a few precious minutes. On Twitter came the news that an unproduced show

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:32pm on December 15, 2022

Broadway Review: Everyone's Favorite Movie "Some Like It Hot" Finally Becomes a Terrific Musical by Roger Friedman

The Shubert Theater was ringing with ovations and applause Sunday night. That's because everyone's favorite comedy, Billy Wilder's 1959 hit, "Some Like

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:06am on December 12, 2022

Broadway: Audra McDonald Goes for Her 7th Tony Award in "Ohio State Murders" Drama, A List Crowd Cheers Opening Night by Roger Friedman

You know that Audra McDonald has six Tony Awards, she's only 52 so more are coming. And tonight, the 7th was lined

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:54am on December 9, 2022

Broadway: Tom Stoppard's "Leopoldstadt" Extends Run Through July and Probably Tony Awards Win by Roger Friedman

Oh come on, you knew "Leopoldstadt" wasn't going anywhere. The sensationally moving and profound Tom Stoppard play has just been extended through

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:48pm on December 8, 2022

Broadway: Neil Diamond Juke Box Musical "A Beautiful Noise" is a Big, Incoherent Mess by Roger Friedman

I am sad to report that there is very little salvageable in the new musical that opened last night about singer songwriter

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:24am on December 5, 2022

Broadway Exclusive: David Byrne's Amazing "Here Lies Love" Finally Coming this Spring, Should Win the Tony Award Hands Down by Roger Friedman

I told you all about David Byrne and Fat Boy Slim's "Here Lies Love" back in 2014. It was a sensation at

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:03am on December 4, 2022

Broadway Bewildered: "Great Gatsby" Musical Coming from Failed "Paradise Square" Team by Roger Friedman

How badly can this group maim "The Great Gatsby"? Weren't two movies enough? And yet, here comes a "Gatsby" musical from the

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:12pm on December 1, 2022

Broadway: "Phantom" Extends Run: Now Like Electronics Stores That Say They're Going Out of Business by Roger Friedman

"Phantom of the Opera" will not go away. As soon as the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical announced that it was closing in

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:32pm on November 29, 2022

Broadway: Mariah Carey Likes It Hot, "Fiddler" a Gem in Yiddish is Back and Better Than Ever, Have Gumbo Downtown with The White Blacks by Roger Friedman

Theater news: MARIAH CAREY has added her name to the new musical version of "Some Like it Hot" as a producer. This

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:06pm on November 28, 2022

Watch Wild Ovation for Nicole Kidman When She Donates $100K to Broadway AIDS Charity Last Night at Hugh Jackman's "Music Man" by Roger Friedman

You've got to watch this video. Last night at "The Music Man" Nicole Kidman donated $100,000 to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. She

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:42pm on November 27, 2022

Legendary Borscht Belt Comic Freddie Roman, 85, Dies, The Last of a Great Generation of Jewish Humor by Roger Friedman

Alan King, Don Rickles, Jackie Mason, Shecky Greene. They were among the legendary giants of Borscht belt Jewish humor. What was the

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:32am on November 27, 2022

Review: Motown Songwriting Legend Valerie Simpson's Triumphant Night in "Under Broadway" Show Sells Out Sony Hall by Roger Friedman

The biggest problem I could see last night with Valerie Simpson's insanely jubilant show at Sony Hall was that every song sounds

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:42pm on November 19, 2022

Michelle Pfeiffer, Sigourney Weaver, Woody Allen Among A Listers at Sad Goodbye for Writer-Director Douglas McGrath by Roger Friedman

Most of the 500 people who filed into historic St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Fifth Avenue today were still in shock after

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:03pm on November 17, 2022

Oscar Winner Jessica Chastain is Coming Back to Broadway in a New Production of "A Doll's House" by Roger Friedman

Jessica Chastain doesn't take a minute off from interesting work. This year's Oscar winner for Best Actress is returning to Broadway this

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:36pm on November 16, 2022

Broadway Bible Playbill Says They Will No Longer Use Twitter For Any Accounts" They Have Over 400K Followers by Roger Friedman

Playbill is off Twitter. The Broadway bible has over 400,000 followers. Read below. Keep refreshing… To our dear friends and valued followers,

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:48pm on November 11, 2022

Shock: RIP Douglas McGrath, Tony Nominee, Woody Allen Collaborator, Former "SNL" Writer, Dead at 64 by Roger Friedman

I am in shock and a lot of people are this afternoon. Just last week I told you about my friend Doug

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:54pm on November 4, 2022

Broadway: Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan's Donald Fagen Make Surprise Appearances at "Almost Famous" Opening Night by Roger Friedman

The great 2000 movie, "Almost Famous," is now a sensationally fun musical on Broadway. It's wildly entertaining with a totally energetic cast,

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:42am on November 4, 2022

Broadway Box Office Struggling as Only 2 Shows Played at 100% Capacity Last Week by Roger Friedman

If you're looking for signs of a recession, or even worries about Times Square, last week's Broadway grosses may provide some answers.

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:32am on November 3, 2022

Theater Review: Everything's Better than Fine at One Man Show from Former "SNL" Writer Doug McGrath by Roger Friedman

I often feel when I read memoirs or see one-actor shows like "Everything's Fine" that I've led a sheltered life. In 1971,

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:13pm on October 30, 2022

NYC's Stunning David Geffen Hall Opens with All Star Show Including Alicia Keys, "Hamilton," Sara Bareilles, with Geffen, Barry Diller, Mayor Ad by Roger Friedman

It was a throwback night of celebration in New York tonight as Lincoln Center opened its stunning new David Geffen Hall with

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:55am on October 27, 2022

Broadway: "Top Dog/Underdog" Returns Even More Triumphant 20 Years Later, Corey Hawkins in Knockout Performance by Roger Friedman

When a show is good or bad coming to Broadway, you can smell it. Certainly the aroma of success was in the

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:37pm on October 21, 2022
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