Theater Review: Denzel Opens "Raisin," Plus News About "Batman and Superman" by Roger Friedman

So here’s the long and short of it: a lot of celebs turned out to see Denzel Washington open last night in Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:27am on April 4, 2014☆⚑

Rosie O'Donnell to Get Much Deserved Honorary Tony Award by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 9:22am on April 1, 2014☆⚑

Theater: James Earl Jones, Mike Nichols See The Best Play of the Season" in Brooklyn by Roger Friedman

I’d like to take almost everyone involved in a new Broadway show and bus them out to St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:59pm on March 30, 2014☆⚑

WTF? Idina Menzel Musical "If/Then" Littered with F Word, Song Called "What the F"" by Roger Friedman

I thought I’d say that “If/Then,” the musical starring Idina Menzel (Adele Dazeem to John Travolta) should be called “Sliding Doors: The Categories: Featured Theat…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:26pm on March 30, 2014☆⚑

Broadway: "Rocky" Getting Three Days Next Week on "Today" Show by Roger Friedman

More and more people are yakking about the hit Broadway musical, its star Andy Karl, and the amazing sets including the now Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:27pm on March 28, 2014☆⚑

Broadway: An Old Fashioned Sardi's Night for Tyne Daly in "Mothers and Sons" by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:00am on March 25, 2014☆⚑

Broadway: "Bridges" May Be Burning, "Rocky" Getting Sucker Punched by Roger Friedman

The Tony Awards are on June 8th– which looks like a date far away in the future to some people on Broadway. Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:08pm on March 24, 2014☆⚑

Broadway: New Jean Valjean of "Les Miz" Says TSA Searches His Luggage "All the Time" by Roger Friedman

“Les Miz” is back on Broadway, better than ever. Last night the overstuffed Imperial Theater was rocking as Ramin Karimloo–  a big Categories: Broadway Reviews Celebr…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:06am on March 24, 2014☆⚑

Radio City Scraps Big Budget Rockettes Show That Was Supposed to Launch Next Week by Roger Friedman

Whoops! Radio City Music Hall will not be hosting “Hearts and Lights” starting next week as planned. The big budget Rockettes show Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:33pm on March 21, 2014☆⚑

Broadway: Disney's "Aladdin" Is A Surprise Throwback Hit by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:30am on March 21, 2014☆⚑

Great Mark Ruffalo-Keira Knightley Film Gets Strange Name Change, to Close Tribeca by Roger Friedman

The best film seen at last fall’s Toronto Film Fest was John Carney’s “Can a Song Save Your Life?” Now for some Categories: Featured Theater Uncategorized(Read mo…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:27pm on March 20, 2014☆⚑

"Rocky" Delivers a Knock Out Punch on Broadway, And Wins the Match by Roger Friedman

Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky” is now a Broadway musical. Listen, it’s a hit. There’s no way around it. “Rocky” is a huge entertaining Categories: F…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:44am on March 14, 2014☆⚑

Oscar Boom: Idina Menzel Broadway Musical "If Then" Has $900K Week " Before It Even Starts by Roger Friedman

Wow! “If/Then,” a Broadway musical not even in previews yet, sold $909,000 worth of tickets last week. Why? The show’s star is Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Re…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:28pm on March 10, 2014☆⚑

LBJ Now the New "Lincoln" With Spielberg in Audience at Broadway Opening by Roger Friedman

I remember Lyndon Baines Johnson. When he announced he wasn’t running for re-election in March 1968, the United States of America was Categories: Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:11am on March 7, 2014☆⚑

Emma Thompson Sheds Mary Poppins for Mrs. Lovett in Magnificent "Sweeney Todd" by Roger Friedman

I’d have paid double last night and would pay it again to see Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel in “Sweeney Todd” at Categories: Featured Music Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:56am on March 6, 2014☆⚑

Broadway: Kelli O'Hara Successfully Crosses "Bridge" to Nowhere by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:39am on February 21, 2014☆⚑

Broadway: Carole King Breaks Record, "Bronx Bombers" is a Solid Triple by Roger Friedman

Broadway is buzzing in the middle of winter, believe it or not. The Carole King-Gery Goffin-Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil musical “Beautiful” broke a Categories: Celebrity Featured …

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:55pm on February 17, 2014☆⚑

Carole King Won't Come See Her Broadway Musical, But She Should by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:12am on January 8, 2014☆⚑

Anna Crouse, Grandmother of "Girls" star Zosia Mamet, Creator of TKTS Booth, Dies at 97 by Roger Friedman

Anna Crouse, widow of playwright Russel Crouse and mother of actress Lindsay Crouse, has died at age 99. So far only a Categories: Celebrity Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 9:25pm on January 2, 2014☆⚑

A "Knots Landing" Reunion and All Star Send Off for 6 Time Tony Winner Julie Harris by Roger Friedman

Six time Tony Award winner Julie Harris, first lady of the American theater, got an all-star send off this afternoon from a Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 8:20pm on December 3, 2013☆⚑

Broadway: Kinky Boots Breaks Record, Popular Press Agent Leaves, Pippin Recoups by Roger Friedman

A big Broadway day: over the weekend Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein’s “Kinky Boots” broke a house record at the Hirschfield Theater. Categories: Featured Theater(Read…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:42pm on December 2, 2013☆⚑

Broadway: "Spider Man" " Closing Soon" Celebrates 3rd Anniversary Tonight by Roger Friedman

Not every show on Broadway will be remembered for something. But tonight “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” marks three years since Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:58am on November 27, 2013☆⚑

Monty Python Reunion Now 5 Shows (Remember My 100 Show Scoop, Kids) by Roger Friedman

The Monty Python reunion has been extended to five shows from its original one. Please do remember my scoop about 100 shows Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:13am on November 25, 2013☆⚑

"X Men" on Broadway: Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart Score a Huge Success in Pair of Plays by Roger Friedman

Liv Tyler and Orlando Bloom (Arwen, and Legolas Greenleaf to you) came to celebrate Gandalf. Others came to cheer on the “X Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:48am on November 25, 2013☆⚑

Review: Sarah Jessica Parker, Blythe Danner Sizzle in Off Broadway Play about "The Madoffs" by Roger Friedman

Bernie and Ruth Madoff probably never imagined they’d become the stuff of celebrity drama. First Woody Allen reinvented them for “Blue Jasmine” Categories: Featured Thea…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:23am on November 22, 2013☆⚑