Grammy Awards Will Salute Motown's 60th Anniversary with TV Special Taped Two Days After Show by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 8:04pm on February 1, 2019☆⚑

Broadway's Mid Winter Gift: Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano Nail Sam Shepard's Classic Play, "True West" by Roger Friedman

I feel at this point I’ve seen a lot of people in Sam Shepard‘s great play, “True West.” John Malkovich, Randy Quaid, Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:36am on January 25, 2019☆⚑

NOT For the Tony Awards: 6 Time Tony Winner Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon Will Hit Broadway in May 2019 by Roger Friedman

With all the star power that piles up for the Tony Awards, here’s an announcement apart from the big show. Audra McDonald Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:04pm on January 23, 2019☆⚑

RIP: The Original Dolly Levi, Sparkling Broadway Legend Carol Channing, Dies at Age 97 by Roger Friedman

Long before Bette Midler charged thousands of dollars to see her on Broadway, there was an original Dolly Levi. Carol Channing, who Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:06am on January 15, 2019☆⚑

Broadway Record: "Hamilton" Grosses Grow to Fever Pitch $4 Mil After Kennedy Center Honors, Takes in $1 Mil More Than It Technically Can by Roger Friedman

Today I received dueling press releases for Broadway plays. Either “To Kill a Mockingbird” is the biggest grossing play of all time, Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:12am on January 3, 2019☆⚑

Broadway Review: A New, Re-worked "To Kill a Mockingbird" Has Characters Speaking Up, Drawing Conclusions, Taking Swings by Roger Friedman

This is not your momma’s Harper Lee. Aaron Sorkin has famously re-worked “To Kill a Mockingbird,” drawing on minute parts of the Categories: Featured Theater(Read more..…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 8:48pm on December 12, 2018☆⚑

Broadway Tony Award Chess Game: "Network" With Bryan Cranston's Sizzling Performance Extends til Next April, Goes Against "To Kill a Mockingbi by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:42pm on December 12, 2018☆⚑

Bryan Cranston Gives a Once-in-a-Lifetime Performance in "Network," A Play That Predicted Fox News 20 Years Before it Happened by Roger Friedman

Sidney Aaron “Paddy” Chayefsky’s greatest work was “Network,” a screenplay for a movie that predicted Fox News twenty years before it happened. Categories: Fe…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:36am on December 7, 2018☆⚑

Broadway Audiences At "Network" Cheer Bush, Obama, Clinton, Boo Donald Trump at End of Each Show by Roger Friedman

There’s a lot going on in Ivo van Hove’s “Network,” which opens tonight on Broadway after a hit run in London’s West Categories: Featured Theater(Read more..…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:12am on December 6, 2018☆⚑

Broadway Actors in Opening Night of "The Cher Show" Admonish Kanye West for Using Phone Throughout Show by Roger Friedman

Opening night of “The Cher Show” on Broadway brought unusual guests: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. They sat a couple of rows Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:24am on December 4, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: "Moulin Rouge," Based on the Baz Luhrmann Movie, Is Coming Next Summer by Roger Friedman

It was inevitable. “Moulin Rouge” is on its way. The hit production from Boston, directed by Alex Timbers, will arrive next July Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:06pm on November 19, 2018☆⚑

Broadway Opening of Hilarious Musical "The Prom" Started an Hour Late thanks to Weather" And it Was Worth It by Roger Friedman

We were late for “The Prom.” Or rather, the sound mixer was on Thursday night for the opening of the hilarious new Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:24pm on November 17, 2018☆⚑

Updates: A Pregnant Amy Schumer in Hospital with Hyperemesis, Kanye Wants to See Van Jones, $35 Mil "King Kong" on Discount by Roger Friedman

This afternoon…Amy Schumer, pregnant, says on Instagram she’s in the hospital in Texas with hyperemesis. She’ll be okay.But we send our good Categories: Celebrity Featur…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:36pm on November 15, 2018☆⚑

A NY Night to Remember: Special "A Chorus Line" Raises $2 Mil for City Center's 75th Anniversary by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:24am on November 15, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: "The Cher Show" is a Smash Out of the Box in Previews; "Head Over Heels" Is Still (Mysteriously) Playing by Roger Friedman

The Broadway box office brings good news, bad news, and just plain news. “The Cher Show” is a smash hit out of Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:54pm on November 13, 2018☆⚑

ABC "Nightline" Host Byron Pitts Launches 25 Year old Daughter Christiani as Broadway Star in "King Kong" by Roger Friedman

First, the good news. Christiani Pitts, daughter of ABC “Nightline” host and veteran network reporter Byron Pitts, is a star tonight. She Categories: Featured Theater(Read mor…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:18am on November 9, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: Go-Go's Musical "Head Over Heels" is A Financial Bust But Keeps Playing Performances by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:18am on November 6, 2018☆⚑

Broadway Review: Kerry Washington Gives An Intense, Fearsome Performance in New Play "American Son" by Roger Friedman

Kerry Washington is back on Broadway several years after her debut in David Mamet’s “Race.” She returns as a major TV star Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:54am on November 5, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: Elaine May " Who Deserves a Kennedy Center Honor " Gives Hilarious, Historic Performance in "The Waverly Gallery" by Roger Friedman

Elaine May is one of our greatest resources for comedy in America, yet she has no Kennedy Center Honor. Now you must Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:24pm on October 31, 2018☆⚑

Harry Potter and the Broadway Cast Mutiny: Most of the Adult Actors May Leave Over Pay Protest by Roger Friedman

One of the two or three biggest hits on Broadway is “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” The 2018 Tony Award winner Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:54pm on October 30, 2018☆⚑

Steven Spielberg Stays Mum on "West Side Story" Casting (Camilla Cabello? Selena Gomez?) as He Co-Chairs Arthur Miller Foundation Dinner by Roger Friedman

Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw aren’t often in New York, but they came in last night to co-chair the Arthur Miller Foundation Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:04pm on October 23, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: "Funny Girl," Barbra Streisand's Famed Musical, Will Be Revived, With Rosie O'Donnell, Without Lady Gaga by Roger Friedman

It’s exciting news for Broadway, but not for Lady Gaga fans. The star of “A Star is Born” will not be playing Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 8:36pm on October 9, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: "Roseanne" Star Laurie Metcalf, John Lithgow Will Play "Hillary and Clinton" in New Play About Her 2008 Presidential Campaign Next S by Roger Friedman

Broadway news: “Roseanne” star Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow will play Hillary and Bill Clinton in a new play by Lucas Hnath, Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:18pm on October 4, 2018☆⚑

Broadway Review: Janet McTeer Soars in Tony-Certain Performance for Topical, Funny "Bernhardt-Hamlet" by Roger Friedman

Janet McTeer is a frustrating performer. With “Bernhardt/Hamlet” she’s only starred in five Broadway productions since 1997. How is that possible? To Categories: Featured…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:04am on October 1, 2018☆⚑

"Scandal" Stars on Broadway: Kerry Washington in "American Son," Now Tony Goldwyn in "Network" by Roger Friedman

The cancellation last season of “Scandal” has proven to be a boon for Broadway. First Kerry Washington signed to star in “American Categories: Featured Theater(Read more…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:33pm on September 27, 2018☆⚑