Broadway: Shonda Rhimes Gives Her Name to Kerry Washington's "American Son," Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous" Almost a Musical by Roger Friedman

Broadway is bursting with news this morning. First of all, Cameron Crowe‘s Oscar nominated 2000 movie “Almost Famous” is being turned into Categories: Featured Movies T…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:42pm on September 25, 2018☆⚑

Patti Smith Finishes Three Night Stand in NYC for Audible with Extraordinary Performance by Roger Friedman

Patti Smith is nearing 72 years on this planet and I only mention that because it seems impossible. Her performance last night Categories: Featured Music Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:33am on September 25, 2018☆⚑

Annette Bening Making Her Broadway Return in Spring 2019 in Arthur Miller Classic by Roger Friedman

Annette Bening– get her Tony Award ready. She’s returning to Broadway next spring in Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons.” Her co-star is Categories: Featured Theat…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:54am on September 21, 2018☆⚑

Playwright Neil Simon, The King of Broadway Comedies and Dramas, Dies at 91, Winner of 3 Tony Awards, Pulitzer Prize by Roger Friedman

Neil Simon is dead at 91. He had suffered for years from Alzheimer’s. But here was a genius who started writing for Categories: Featured Movies Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:33pm on August 26, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: Oscar Winner Cuba Gooding Jr. Coming to "Chicago," Beloved Tony Winner Laura Benanti is "My Fair Lady" by Roger Friedman

The fall season on Broadway just got a lot more exciting. Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. is joining “Chicago” on October 6th Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:06pm on August 23, 2018☆⚑

Bette Midler Caves, Does Interview with "GMA" Because There Are Lots of Expensive Seats Available for "Hello, Dolly!" by Roger Friedman

Bette Midler and “Hello, Dolly!” were very arrogant when the Divine Miss M opened in “Hello, Dolly!” She did no interviews, nothing, Categories: Featured Theater(R…

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

Bryan Cranston Bringing "Network" to Broadway: Walter White is Mad as Hell, And He's Not Gonna Take it Anymore by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:12pm on August 8, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: Hugely Panned Go-Go's Musical "Head Over Heels" Drops 14% at Box Office After Opening by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:48pm on August 7, 2018☆⚑

"Hello, Dolly!" with Bette Midler Offers Huge Discounts, But Telecharge Can't Make the Transaction by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:24pm on July 27, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: Music of the Go-Go's Is a Bad Fit for Mish Mash Musical Mistake "Head Over Heels" by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:06am on July 27, 2018☆⚑

Theater: Renee Taylor of "The Nanny" Fame In One Woman Show That's Like Patti Smith's "Just Kids" Except with Marilyn Monroe as Sidekick by Roger Friedman

Renee Taylor — you know her in this generation as Sylvia Fine, the mother of Nanny Fine  aka Fran Drescher in “The Categories: Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 9:04pm on July 26, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: Armie Hammer Nails Broadway Debut But "Straight White Men" is a Pointless Exercise by Roger Friedman

Armie Hammer made his Broadway debut tonight in Young Jean Lee’s “Straight White Men.” The good news is that Armie, known for Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:54am on July 24, 2018☆⚑

West Side Story Real Life Rumble Pits Steven Spielberg Movie Remake vs. Scott Rudin Broadway Revival by Roger Friedman

The Jets and the Sharks are about to rumble again on the West Side– west of Broadway. That’s because yesterday peripatetic Broadway Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:04pm on July 13, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: Tony-Deprived "Spongebob Square Pants" Musical Will Close in September for $2.4 Billion Building Project by Roger Friedman

Another one bites the dust. Following “Escape to Margaritaville,” another 2018 season musical is closing on Broadway. “Spongebob Square Pants” will shutter Categories…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:12am on July 9, 2018☆⚑

Michael Jackson Broadway Musical Planned, But It's Not So Easy as "ABC, 1-2-3" to Tell His Life Story by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:04pm on June 19, 2018☆⚑

Tony Awards After the Show: Willard Scott, Andrew Garfield, and the After Party That Went on Til 4 AM by Roger Friedman

Just now recovering from Sunday night after the Tony Awards… Walking up Sixth avenue from Radio City to the Plaza Hotel and Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:18am on June 13, 2018☆⚑

Harry Potter aka Daniel Radcliffe Will Be on Broadway While Harry Potter is on Broadway by Roger Friedman

You know, Harry Potter is on Broadway now as a play — “Harry and Potter and the Cursed Child.” It will likely Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:48pm on June 6, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: Springsteen Cutting Back on Performances, "Hello, Dolly!" Slowing Down, "The Iceman" Goeth Soon by Roger Friedman

The Broadway box office is roaring if you look at it one way: Bruce Springsteen adds $2 million to the weekly gross Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:24pm on June 5, 2018☆⚑

David Foster, Jon Voight Hang Out, Plus Chita Rivera Awards the Best, Shopping to Stop Cancer by Roger Friedman

New York really is a small town. Leaving the Outer Critics Circle annual awards dinner on Thursday afternoon, who should turn up Categories: Empire State of Mind Featured Theater(Read mo…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:42am on May 26, 2018☆⚑

Broadway Upset: For "Pretty Woman" Musical Tony Winner Steve Kazee Out, Andy Karl ("Groundhog Day") In by Roger Friedman

It’s a big surprise this afternoon: for the upcoming musical version of “Pretty Woman,” the role of Edward– the millionaire playboy businessman Categories: Featured…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:32pm on May 23, 2018☆⚑

Tony Awards 2018: Bruce Springsteen, John Leguizamo to Receive Special Awards, Multiple Nods for Current Shows by Roger Friedman

Bruce Springsteen and John Leguizamo will each receive special Tony awards this year. The announcement came at the end of the exasperating Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:12pm on May 1, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: April is a Cruel Month with Declining Receipts and "Margaritaville" Headed for the Drink by Roger Friedman

April has not been a great month for Broadway, which announces the Tony nominees tomorrow morning. After increases since the end of Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:32pm on April 30, 2018☆⚑

Off Broadway: Carey Mulligan Will Bring UK Play to Tiny Greenwich Village Theater for 5 Weeks This Summer by Roger Friedman

Tony and Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan is coming to off Broadway. Mulligan will bring the play “Boys & Girls” to the tiny Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:33pm on April 30, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: Outer Critics Go Big for "Angels in America," "SpongeBob," "Frozen," "Mean Girls" by Roger Friedman

 The Outer Critics Circle nominations came out today. The only omission really is “The Band’s Visit” which they awarded last year and Categories: Featured Theater(Rea…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:12pm on April 24, 2018☆⚑

$68 Million "Harry Potter" Dazzles Broadway Like it Or Not, Breaks Curse at Former "Spider Man" Theater by Roger Friedman

Seven years ago when it was called the Foxwoods Theater (briefly) the musical “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” put a curse Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:42am on April 23, 2018☆⚑