Broadway: "Come from Away" is the Pleasing Sleeper Hit of a Very Busy Season by Roger Friedman

“Come from Away” has no stars and no big songs that stop the show. Still, it’s the sleeper hit of a very Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:18pm on March 13, 2017☆⚑

Two Time Oscar Winner, Emmy Winner Sally Field Goes for the "T" in EGOT with "Glass Menagerie" by Roger Friedman

Just as Cate Blanchett is getting ready to leave Broadway and her outstanding performance in “The Present,” Sally Field arrives tonight. I Categories: Featured Theater(Read mo…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:36am on March 9, 2017☆⚑

Theater: Matthew Perry, the Immortal Chandler Bing of "Friends," Writes Off Broadway Play for Himself by Roger Friedman

You never know who’s coming to NewYork theater next. This time it’s Matthew Perry, the immortal Chandler Bing of “Friends” TV fame. Categories: Featured Theater U…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:06pm on March 7, 2017☆⚑

Review: Watching Brilliant Brit Version of "Sweeney Todd" with Stephen Sondheim Blew My Mind by Roger Friedman

“Sweeney Todd,” my favorite musical, has arrived from the UK in its most stripped down version ever at the Barrow Theater in Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more.…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:54am on March 2, 2017☆⚑

Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo in a Historic, Mesmerizing Athletic "Othello" Few Will Ever See by Roger Friedman

Very few have seen and will see the New York theatre’s most sensational experience of 2016-17. On Wednesday Daniel Craig, David Oyelowo Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 8:04am on January 15, 2017☆⚑

Oscar Bonanza: "La La Land" Soundtrack Hits Number 1, Ryan Gosling-Emma Stone "City of Stars" Lands on Singles Charts by Roger Friedman

It’s a rare day when the soundtrack from a movie is even on the charts. “Saturday Night Fever,” “The Bodyguard,” “Chicago” among Categories: Featu…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:24pm on January 13, 2017☆⚑

Review: Cate Blanchett Makes an Astounding Broadway Debut with Richard Roxburgh in "The Present" by Roger Friedman

You think you know Cate Blanchett from her sensational film résumé and two Oscars. But you haven’t seen her on stage. A Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:12am on January 13, 2017☆⚑

Theatre: Deborah Cox Wowing Whitney Houston Fans as "The Bodyguard" Musical Hits the Road by Roger Friedman

There’s no better tribute to Whitney Houston than what pop and Broadway star Deborah Cox is doing right now: she’s starring in Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:48pm on January 11, 2017☆⚑

Broadway Box Office: "Hamilton" Soars to New Heights with a $3.3 Million Holiday Week by Roger Friedman

“Hamilton” just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Last week Lin Manuel Miranda’s Tony winning Pulitzer Prize winning musical took in over $3.3 Categories: Featured Theate…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:42pm on December 29, 2016☆⚑

Exclusive: Al Pacino, Judith Light Will Try Out Tennessee Williams Play Pre-Broadway Run by Roger Friedman

I broke the news about Al Pacino and Judith Light in “God Looked Away” last June. Then I told you in August Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:54am on December 17, 2016☆⚑

Box Office: Oscar Buzzed "La La Land" Sings Up a Storm with $855K in 5 Theaters by Roger Friedman

Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” sang up a storm over the weekend: $855,000 in just five theaters. And that number may go Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:42pm on December 11, 2016☆⚑

How "Dear Evan Hansen" and "La La Land"" Maybe the 2017 Tony and Oscar Winners" Are Related by Roger Friedman

You haven’t seen “La La Land” yet because it hasn’t opened, but when that movie hits theatres in the next couple of Categories: Featured Movies Theater(Read more.…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:54am on December 5, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: Robert DeNiro Brings Out the A List for Musical Adaptation of "A Bronx Tale" by Roger Friedman

If you want the A list, Robert DeNiro can bring ’em out. He co-directed the musical version of Chazz Paliminteri’s “A Bronx Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:48am on December 2, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: "Hamilton" Box Office Skyrockets in Week After Brouahaha with Pence, Trump by Roger Friedman

In the public scuffle between “Hamilton” and Mike Pence/Donald Trump. the winner is clear. The “Hamilton” box office soared to new heights Categories: Featured The…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:48am on November 29, 2016☆⚑

Mike Pence Booed by "Hamilton" Audience, Read Beautiful Plea by Cast to "Uphold Our American Values" by Roger Friedman

Mike Pence, the Vice President-elect, went to see “Hamilton” on Broadway last night and it was not a good experience. He was Categories: Celebrity Featured Politics Theater(…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:48pm on November 19, 2016☆⚑

Janet McTeer, Liev Schreiber Tear Up Broadway with New "Liaisons": "It's a beast of a play," says Liev by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:48am on October 31, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: "Hamilton" Falls Below $2 Mil Take for Week First Time Since Mid June by Roger Friedman

Don’t worry. It’s not “Hamilton” isn’t still the phenomenon of all time. But this past week for the first time since June Categories: Featured Theater(Read m…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:19am on October 25, 2016☆⚑

Jake Gyllenhaal's Broadway Run in "Burn This" Postponed Until Next Season" Maybe by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:08pm on October 21, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: Alan Alda, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Hamm Among the Stars Who Welcome Hip Hilarious, "Oh Hello" by Roger Friedman

Think you’re hip? Know a lot of current and pertinent cultural allusions? Then “Oh Hello,” is for you, that is if you Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:25am on October 11, 2016☆⚑

Judith Light Shows Who's the Boss off Broadway in Stunning Performane of a One Woman Play by Neil Labute by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:32am on September 29, 2016☆⚑

Bette Midler Scores Best First Day Sales in Broadway History for "Hello, Dolly!" Revival by Roger Friedman

A record was broken on Broadway over the weekend. Bette Midler scored the best first day sales in Broadway history for her Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:09pm on September 19, 2016☆⚑

RIP Edward Albee, Winner of Three Pulitzer Prizes, the Great Playwright of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Age 88 by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:27pm on September 16, 2016☆⚑

UPDATE Al Pacino-Judith Light Tennessee Williams Play Will Start in Los Angeles by Roger Friedman

EXCLUSIVE UPDATE Last week I told you (actually for the second time) that Al Pacino and Judith Light would star on Broadway Categories: Featured Theater Uncategorized(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:10am on August 23, 2016☆⚑

Broadway Scoop Update: Al Pacino "God Looked Away" On Track After Secret West Coast Performances by Roger Friedman

EXCLUSIVE I told you a few weeks ago that Al Pacino would play Tennessee Williams in “God Looked Away,” an autobiographical play Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:06am on August 17, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: Tony Shalhoub, John Turturro, Jessica Hecht Coming in Arthur Miller's "The Price" by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 8:32pm on August 15, 2016☆⚑