Michael Moore's All Star Opening Night Broadway Audience: From Harry Belafonte, Rosie O'Donnell, Marlo Thomas, Phil Donahue And More by Regina Weinreich

Michael Moore scored an all star audience for his opening night on Broadway. His one man show, “The Terms of My Surrender” Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:42am on August 11, 2017☆⚑

Broadway: "The Great Comet" Killed by Political Correctness, Bad Producing and Really Bad Handling of Public Relations by Roger Friedman

“The Great Comet” aka “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” is closing on September 3rd, the victim of stupidity. It Categories: Featured Theater(Read more…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:54am on August 9, 2017☆⚑

Broadway: Amy Schumer Will Make Debut this Fall in Steve Martin's New Play "Meteor Shower" by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:06pm on August 7, 2017☆⚑

Told Ya: Uma Thurman Coming to Broadway This Fall in Play by "House of Cards" Writer by Roger Friedman

Well, this was our scoop from April: today it was announced that Uma Thurman is coming to Broadway in the fall. She’ll Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:32pm on July 12, 2017☆⚑

Broadway: With Bette Midler Out for a 2nd Week, "Hello, Dolly!" Does Worse Than Revivals of "Cats" and "Miss Saigon" by Roger Friedman

Goodbye, Dolly. Without Bette Midler in the title role, the musical “Hello, Dolly!” fell to unheard of lows last week. The show Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:54pm on July 10, 2017☆⚑

Broadway: "Hello, Dolly!" Without Bette Midler Crashes at Box Office, Falls Below $1 Mil for Week by Roger Friedman

Well, now we know what Bette Midler’s contribution to “Hello, Dolly!” is financially. Last week, with Midler gone and the great Donna Categories: Featured Theater(Read m…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:49pm on July 7, 2017☆⚑

Broadway: Bette Midler Goes on 2 Week Vacation and Tickets Are Suddenly Available Like Crazy by Roger Friedman

Goodbye, Dolly. Hello, Donna. Last night Donna Murphy stepped into the role of Dolly Levi in “Hello, Dolly!” and I’m sure she Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:24pm on June 28, 2017☆⚑

Michael Moore Donates $10,000 to Public Theater After Sponsors Cancel Because of "Julius Caesar" Trump Scandal by Roger Friedman

Michael Moore has donated $10,000 to the New York Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park festival. Moore says it’s to make up Categories: Featured Movies Theater(Read more.…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:18am on June 28, 2017☆⚑

A Broadway First: "1984," Looking for Publicity, Bans Children Under 13 Years of Age by Roger Friedman

It’s a first, but it’s a bit of a canard. The new play, “1984,” will not allow children under the age of Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:42am on June 22, 2017☆⚑

Off Broadway: Sizzling "Sweeney Todd" with Theater Greats Norm Lewis and Carolee Carmello on Razor's Edge in a Bake Shop by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:04am on June 20, 2017☆⚑

Goodbye, Dolly: Tony Winner Bette Midler Taking Her First Two Week Vacation by Roger Friedman

Bette Midler? She's outta here. She promised Dolly would never go away again. But Dolly Levi, matchmaker, is taking a two week vacation

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:42am on June 19, 2017☆⚑

Broadway: "Dear Evan Hansen" Soundtrack CD Zooms to Number 1, Bette Midler's "Hello, Dolly!" Sinks by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:48pm on June 12, 2017☆⚑

Tony Awards Ratings Take HUGE Tumble as Bette Midler Non-Performance Costs CBS and Show Plenty by Roger Friedman

The Tony Awards ratings were very very bad. Of course last year was a high because of “Hamilton.” Total viewers were 8.73 Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:36pm on June 12, 2017☆⚑

Star Wars Exclusive: Mark Hamill Says Carrie Fisher Was "Huge Part" of Chapter 9, He Has Large Role in "The Last Jedi" by Roger Friedman

I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Mark Hamill last night at the Plaza Hotel after party for the Grammys. Categories: Featured Movies Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:36pm on June 12, 2017☆⚑

Broadway: Bette Midler Snubs the Tony Awards But They Give her Best Actress Anyway by Roger Friedman

Bette Midler didnt perform on the Tony Awards but they gave her Best Actress in a Musical for Hello Dolly tonight. Ben Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:04am on June 12, 2017☆⚑

Tony Awards Show Snubs, Plus Weird Twist: Christian Borle Will Perform from Closed Show" "Falsettos"" and Not Current One, "Charlie and the by Roger Friedman

The Tony Awards are upon us Sunday and we can’t wait. But there’s always drama. This drama is not about Bette Midler Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:18pm on June 8, 2017☆⚑

Broadway: Jason Alexander Will Star in New Play by "Moonstruck" Writer John Patrick Shanley by Roger Friedman

Jason Alexander is finally coming to Broadway in something new by someone great. The once and for all time George Costanza will Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:48pm on June 6, 2017☆⚑

Tony Awards Are Sunday: Who Should Win, Plus Nominee Sally Field is Staying Put in New York by Roger Friedman

The Tony Awards are Sunday on CBS. Even if Bette Midler doesn’t perform (doesn’t look like she will) there will be plenty Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:12am on June 6, 2017☆⚑

Jimmy Buffet Musical "Escape to Margaritaville" Coming to Broadway Next March by Roger Friedman

Broadway news– we’re wasting away again in Margaritaville. Jimmy Buffet’s classic pop song is becoming a whole Broadway show. Expect a lot Categories: Featured Theater(R…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:05pm on June 5, 2017☆⚑

Bette Midler Accepts Outer Critics Award for "Hello Dolly": "This is the hardest job I've ever had in my whole life" by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:54pm on May 25, 2017☆⚑

Roseanne Barr Goes to See TV Sister Laurie Metcalf on Broadway, Walks with a Cane by Roger Friedman

On Wednesday night the audience at “A Doll’s House Part 2” got a nice surprise: Roseanne Barr was in the house. Roseanne, Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read mo…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:24am on May 19, 2017☆⚑

Unfrozen: Idina Menzel Will Return to (Off) Broadway Next Summer But Not in a Musical by Roger Friedman

Idina Menzel is coming back to Broadway– well, the Broadway area, but an off Broadway theater. But she won’t be singing. She’s Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:42pm on May 16, 2017☆⚑

Broadway, TV: "Rent" the Groundbreaking Musical Coming to Fox As a Live Presentation by Roger Friedman

Of all things, “Rent” is coming to Fox TV as a live broadcast. The hit Jonathan Larson musical, with a cult following, Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:06pm on May 12, 2017☆⚑

Broadway: "Hello, Dolly!" " With Biggest Box Office Advance of All Time" Not Giving Charity Performance for Actors Fund by Roger Friedman

Every year, Broadway producers turn over their house one for a charity performance to raise money for the Actors’ Fund. This year Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 9:05pm on May 10, 2017☆⚑

Broadway: Box Office Sharp Downturn as "Hello, Dolly!" Cools Off, "Glass Menagerie" Sets Closing by Roger Friedman

The Broadway box office was up, up, and away for a few weeks. But all of a sudden there’s been a big Categories: business Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:06pm on May 9, 2017☆⚑