'Gigi' Is Now a Disney-fied Musical So Vanessa Hudgens Isn't Being Paid to Be A Concubine by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:04am on April 9, 2015☆⚑

Broadway Review: "Hand to God" Writer Takes His Own Bow" "I am an American playwright!" by Roger Friedman

The path to the Tony Award season took a curve last night as Richard Askins’ original play, “Hand to God,” was such Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:20am on April 8, 2015☆⚑

Radio City Spring Spectacular Is Finally Exactly That, Thanks to Harvey Weinstein by Roger Friedman

You want bang for your buck? We got it last night at the opening of Radio City’s Spring Spectacular starring Laura Benanti, Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:55am on March 27, 2015☆⚑

Broadway: "Heidi" Opens to Raves As Stars Take Public Bus to After Party by Roger Friedman

Wendy Wasserstein’s deep and funny 1989 play “The Heidi Chronicles” opened last night on Broadway to cheers and raves, with “Mad Men” Categories: Featured Th…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:21am on March 20, 2015☆⚑

Russell Simmons Bringing Rap's Golden Age to Broadway in "The Scenario" by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:32pm on March 19, 2015☆⚑

Sienna Miller Killing it In "Cabaret," Trying Not to Get Killed: She's Been Punched, and Cut in the Eye by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:55pm on March 17, 2015☆⚑

Helen Mirren Could Be First Actress to Win Oscar and Tony for Playing Same Character by Roger Friedman

Helen Mirren is really as Queen Elizabeth II. (She’s also played Elizabeth I, mind you.) First she won an Oscar for “The Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:21am on March 9, 2015☆⚑

Broadway: Larry David's "Fish" Gets Fried by Critics, Plus All Press Banned from Opening by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:34am on March 6, 2015☆⚑

Larry David on Broadway: Actress Playing His Mother is 7 Years His Junior by Roger Friedman

Larry David’s Fish in the Dark opens Thursday night on Broadway. It’s all sold out, so there’s no question it’s a financial Categories: Featured Theater(Read more.…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 9:52pm on March 4, 2015☆⚑

Park & Recreation's Nick Offerman in Play Version of "Confederacy of Dunces" by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:52am on March 2, 2015☆⚑

TV: What The? Janet McTeer"Tony Winner, 2 Time Oscar Nominee" is On "Battle Creek" by Roger Friedman

Okay, I’m sorry, I know it’s hard for actresses of a certain age to get movie roles. So Tony winner and two Categories: Featured Movies Television Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 9:35pm on February 24, 2015☆⚑

Broadway (Almost): New Brilliant "Revolutionary" Musical with Rap, R&B, and Black Actors Playing American Heroes by Roger Friedman

Lin-Manuel Miranda? You may know his name from “In the Heights.” But starting this morning you will know him as the genius Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:45am on February 18, 2015☆⚑

Larry David Makes His Broadway Debut to a Packed House of Faithful Fans by Roger Friedman

There were no celebrities per se in the audience on Monday night, but there were a lot on the stage. Larry David Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:11pm on February 2, 2015☆⚑

Broadway: Without Nathan Lane, "It's Only a Play" Box Office Is Off By a Million Bucks by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:43pm on January 30, 2015☆⚑

Phylicia Rashad: Stop Before You Attack Her" Bill Cosby Could Be Anybody by Roger Friedman

I am very dismayed by the attacks I’m seeing on Phylicia Rashad. She spoke to me reluctantly, and did not want to Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:12pm on January 7, 2015☆⚑

UPDATE: Sting's Musical "The Last Ship" Will Close Despite Best Efforts to Keep it Going by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:38pm on January 5, 2015☆⚑

Sting's Hard Work Pays Off: "The Last Ship" Has Its Biggest Week, Nears $1 Mil in Sales by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:24pm on January 5, 2015☆⚑

Broadway: Watch Sting, Last Ship and Jersey Boys Cast Xmas Caroling for Coat Drive by Roger Friedman

Sting, his cast from “The Last Ship” and their across the street neighbors from “Jersey Boys” raised money and received coat donations Categories: Celebrity Featur…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:06am on December 22, 2014☆⚑

Sting Makes "Last Ship" Musical Pop" Box Office Crosses $800K for First Time by Roger Friedman

Adding Sting to his own show has done the trick. “The Last Ship” cleared $817K last week, its highest weekly box office Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:10pm on December 15, 2014☆⚑

Oscar Best Actor Race: Bradley Cooper May Have Edge After Broadway Triumph by Roger Friedman

The Best Actor race is probably the one most talked about some 10 weeks before the Oscars. Everyone has a theory about Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:09pm on December 13, 2014☆⚑

Sting Makes A Sensational 'Debut' on Broadway in His "Last Ship" Musical by Roger Friedman

Tuesday night marked Sting’s debut in his own Broadway musical, “The Last Ship.” He was on Broadway over twenty years ago in Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:35am on December 10, 2014☆⚑

Broadway Press Agent Bans WSJ Critic Who Admits to Leaving Shows at Intermission by Roger Friedman

A few days ago Wall Street Journal theater critic wrote in a column that she often ‘Bolted” from shows she didn’t like Categories: business Featured Theater(Read more..…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:16pm on December 8, 2014☆⚑

Sting's Big Kennedy Center Surprise: "The Last Ship" Cast Buses Down to DC After Sunday Matinee by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:56am on December 8, 2014☆⚑

(Watch) Sting Scores Parade Success with Totally Reworked, Re-staged "Last Ship" Number by Roger Friedman

Sting performed in his first Macys Thanksgiving Parade this morning– showing off a big, reworked number from his Broadway musical “The Last Categories: Featured Theater(Read m…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:55am on November 27, 2014☆⚑

Broadway: Glenn Close and Cast Strike "A Delicate Balance" on Roughest Critics Night Ever by Roger Friedman

I bought a ticket to see Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Bob Balaban, Martha Plimpton and Lindsay Duncan in ” A Delicate Balance.” Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:55am on November 20, 2014☆⚑