Voting Begins in Earnest for Last Year's Tony Awards, Which Will Be Handed Out Sometime in the Future by Roger Friedman

Yes, we are still talking about the 2020 Tony Awards. For the 2019-2020 season that ended abruptly a year ago. Yes, the

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:18pm on March 2, 2021☆⚑

Liza Minnelli All Star 75th Birthday Tribute Special With Joel Grey, Chita Rivera to Stream March 12th by Roger Friedman

Liza Minnelli is turning 75, how do you like that? For her 75th Birthday,  Liz will get an all star virtual celebration

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:54pm on February 18, 2021☆⚑

Report: Broadway On Hold Until Summer or Fall, Six to Nine Months Says League President by Roger Friedman

Broadway will not be back before this summer or fall. That's what Broadway League president Charlotte St Martin said in an interview

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:03pm on February 13, 2021☆⚑

Rest in Peace, Joe Allen: There'd Be No Restaurant Row without His Eponymous Eatery, and Orso, Bar Centrale by Roger Friedman

Joe Allen was no Elaine Kaufman. He wasn't sitting in his eatery on West 46th St. every night, entertaining and hosting the

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:06pm on February 8, 2021☆⚑

Remember the Tony Awards? Now They're Going to Vote in March for Nominations from Last October by Roger Friedman

This is turning into pretty good theater. The 2019-2020 Broadway season never really happened, remember? It stopped on March 13th because of

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:32pm on January 29, 2021☆⚑

RIP The Amazing Cicely Tyson, Age 96, Award Winning Actress, Activist, Epitome of Ageless Grace and Elegance by Roger Friedman

"I have managed Miss Tyson's career for over 40 years, and each year was a privilege and blessing," her manager, Larry Thompson,

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:13am on January 29, 2021☆⚑

RIP Phil Smith, 89, Longtime Head of the Shubert Organization, a Broadway Star in His Own Right by Roger Friedman

Phil Smith, the long time head of the Shubert Organization, and a Broadway star in his own right, has died at age

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:18pm on January 15, 2021☆⚑

Emma Thompson Will Play Mrs. Trunchbull in Movie "Matilda," Even Though Men Have Always Played the Role on Stage by Roger Friedman

Harvey Fierstein, stand down. Emma Thompson has been cast as evil Mrs. Trunchbull, the deliciously malicious central antagonist in the movie version

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:18pm on January 15, 2021☆⚑

Broadway: Tina Fey's "Mean Girls" Musical Closes for Good, Will Not Return After Pandemic, Will Get Movie Treatment by Roger Friedman

This is interesting. Yesterday, Paramount announced a film version of "Spamalot" directed by Casey Nicholaw. Today their theatrical division pulled the plug

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:32pm on January 7, 2021☆⚑

Monty Python Hit Broadway Musical "Spamalot" Will Be a Movie, But Will Original Cast (Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry) Return? by Roger Friedman

The hit Monty Python musical, "Spamalot," played to sold out Broadway audiences for four years, from 2005 to 2009. It accrued 1,575

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:12pm on January 6, 2021☆⚑

Copyrights End for 1925 Hits "The Great Gatsby," "Mrs. Dalloway," Songs by the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Ma Rainey, "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Roger Friedman

1925" it was a very good year. It was the year F. Scott Fitzgerald published "The Great Gatsby," Virgina Woolf issued "Mrs.

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:42pm on January 5, 2021☆⚑

David Bowie's Much Lauded Off Broadway Hit, "Lazarus," Will Be Streamed Live This Weekend in Honor of His Birthday on an Obscure App by Roger Friedman

I had to read this information a couple of times" I've translated it into English for you. (It was supposedly written in

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 9:24pm on January 4, 2021☆⚑

Broadway: The Year Ends with Botched Tony Nominations But No Tony Awards: Did They Forget? by Roger Friedman

2020 is almost over. Hey wait" what happened to the Tony Awards? Well, the Tony season never really happened. Broadway closed back

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:54pm on December 31, 2020☆⚑

Justin Bieber Prepares for Live Stream New Year's Eve Show to Promote Failing 2021 Ticket Sales for Tour by Roger Friedman

Justin Bieber is preparing for a live streamed New Year's Eve show tomorrow night, sponsored by T Mobile. The question is: Why?

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:24pm on December 30, 2020☆⚑

RIP Rebecca Luker, 59, Broadway Star, 3 Time Tony Awards Nominee, Mom, Wife of Tony Winner Danny Burstein by Roger Friedman

Rebecca Luker was literally a light on Broadway. Beloved by all, with a gorgeous voice, she was nominated for three Tony Awards

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:36pm on December 23, 2020☆⚑

SNL: Watch Maya Rudolph's Show Stopping Ode to New York "I'm Still Here" as the Statue of Liberty by Roger Friedman

John Mulaney restored "Saturday Night Live" to its past glory when he hosted the show last night for the second time in

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 8:54pm on November 1, 2020☆⚑

Tony Nominations So Weird Aaron Tveit Could Lose to No One, Only Best Score Nominations Went to Plays, Not Musicals by Roger Friedman

Really, it's another world. The Tony nominations came from 16 eligible shows, a very slight field. The result is that Aaron Tveit

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:18pm on October 16, 2020☆⚑

Watch the 2020 Tony Awards Nominations Here at 12 Noon Including "Tina!" "Moulin Rouge" "Jagged Little Pill," "The Sound Inside" by Roger Friedman

There are only 16 shows eligible for the 2020 Tony Awards. The nominees come from these shows, and it's a mediocre list

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:18pm on October 16, 2020☆⚑

Social Distancing Killing Showbiz? Cirque du Soleil Co-Creator Opens First Ever Drive-Thru Dazzling Light Show Extravaganza Outside Montreal by Roger Friedman

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 5:42pm on October 14, 2020☆⚑

Broadway Disaster: Shows Will Not Open Before the End of May 2021, Announcement Coming This Morning by Roger Friedman

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 3:24am on October 9, 2020☆⚑

Tony Nominated Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd Murdered in Atlanta, Acted in Many Spike Lee Movies and TV Shows by Roger Friedman

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 8:03am on October 5, 2020☆⚑

Metropolitan Opera Cancels 2020-21 Season But Will Return With First Ever Opera by a Black Composer by Roger Friedman

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 9:18pm on September 23, 2020☆⚑

RIP Diana Rigg, the Once and Forever Emma Peel from "The Avengers," Star of "Game of Thrones," Great Stage Star by Roger Friedman

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 10:36pm on September 11, 2020☆⚑

New York Times Theater Critic Ben Brantley Out After 24 Years: When Broadway Returns, What Will Happen Next? by Roger Friedman

Is 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 10:36pm on September 11, 2020☆⚑

Tony Awards: A Desultory List of 18 Mediocre to OK Shows are Eligible, With Only Race in Best Actress in a Play by Roger Friedman

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 5:54am on August 31, 2020☆⚑