Exclusive: Tony Awards Considered Canceling Red Carpet Until 2 Hours Before Show by Roger Friedman

The Tony Awards almost had no red carpet this year. Because of the tragedy in Orlando, there was a discussion to yank Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:38pm on June 14, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: Jessica Lange Now Has a Emmy, Oscar, Tony" "I Won't Get My Grammy by Singing!" by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:26pm on June 13, 2016☆⚑

Tony Awards Ratings: Up 33% Over Last Year, Best Showing in 15 Years Thanks to Corden, Hamilton, No Basketball Game by Roger Friedman

The Tony Awards ratings look like they were up by 33%– the same amount the Stanley Cup game was down from last Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:26pm on June 13, 2016☆⚑

Tony After Parties: "Color Purple" Sensation Cynthia Erivo Still Has No Record Contract by Roger Friedman

In the days when there was a record business, Cynthia Erivo would already have a contract and a hit album. I wrote Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:26pm on June 13, 2016☆⚑

Tony Awards: "Hamilton" Sweepstakes its Categories, plus Jessica Lange and Frank Langella Best Actress, Actor by Roger Friedman

Hamilton has won best score, best featured actor and actress in a musical and nearly everything else. Hamilton wins Best Director for Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:03am on June 13, 2016☆⚑

The Tony Awards Show Will Be Dedicated to the Orlando Victims, Survivors, Families by Roger Friedman

The Tony Awards will go on tonight as planned, but look for host James Corden to dedicate the evening to the Orlando Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:45pm on June 12, 2016☆⚑

Barbra Streisand " "Greatest Star to Ever Come Out of Broadway"" Releasing Duets Album with Actors Who Aren't Really Singers by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:34pm on June 11, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: All Star "The Front Page" Adds Holland Taylor, John Goodman, Robert Morse by Roger Friedman

When “The Front Page” comes back to Broadway this fall, just about everyone will be in it. Already announced stars Nathan Lane Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:07pm on June 9, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: "Bronx Tale" Musical Co-Directed by Robert DeNiro, Coming December 1st by Roger Friedman

The new Broadway season is shaping up as the old one is put away this Sunday with the Tony Awards. I’m told Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:00am on June 9, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: Laura Linney, Cynthia Nixon to Co-star Next Winter in "The Little Foxes" by Roger Friedman

More big name actresses coming to Broadway next winter! Cynthia Nixon and Laura Linney will co-star in Lillian Hellman’s “The Little Foxes” Categories: Featured Theater(…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:24pm on June 7, 2016☆⚑

Theater: Sally Field Coming to Broadway Next Winter, As Scooped Here in February by Roger Friedman

Sally Field is coming to Broadway next winter. Surprise! I told you back on February 23rd that two time Oscar winner Sally Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:18am on June 7, 2016☆⚑

James Corden's "Hamilton" Tony Award Carpool with Broadway Stars Not to Be Missed (Watch) by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:18am on June 7, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: Scott Rudin out of Groundhog Day, plus Tonys, Fiddler, Humans, Eclipsed by Roger Friedman

THE TONY AWARDS are coming this Sunday on CBS at 8pm. Yes, it’s all about “Hamilton.” But it’s got to be about Categories: Exclusives Featured Theater(Read more..…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:10pm on June 6, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: Barbra Streisand Presenting at Tony Awards" First Time On Show in 46 Years by Roger Friedman

She’s back. After 46 years Barbra Streisand is coming to the Tony Awards. She’s going to be a presenter. But don’t be Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 9:19pm on June 1, 2016☆⚑

Cate Blanchett Making Her Broadway Debut This Winter in Husband's Chekhov Adaptation by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 9:02pm on May 31, 2016☆⚑

Steve Martin Gets $1000 Broadway Theater Prize, Complains He Still Has No Caricature at Sardi's by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 8:05am on May 27, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: "Finding Neverland" Closing This Summer, Going on Tour, Opening in London, Becoming a Film by Roger Friedman

Broadway: “Finding Neverland” will become a film musical says producer Harvey Weinstein, based on the Broadway musical which was based on the Categories: Featured Theater(Read…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:34am on May 6, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: "Disaster!" Musical to Close Sunday, More"without Tony Noms" to Come by Roger Friedman

No Tony nods, can’t stay open. It happens every year. “Disaster!” a funny musical parody by Seth Rudetsky, was not loved by Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:57am on May 4, 2016☆⚑

Tony Awards: "Hamilton" Scores Big Time with 16 Nominations by Roger Friedman

The Tony nominations are out and “Hamilton” has scored 16 of them. That’s more than 1 in some categories. “Hamilton” is on Categories: Featured Theater(Read …

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:48pm on May 3, 2016☆⚑

Tony Awards Shoot Down "Shuffle Along," Classified Original, Will Lose to "Hamilton" by Roger Friedman

“Shuffle Along” is cooked at the Tonys. The Tony committee has announced they consider the George C. Wolfe musical new and original, Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:58pm on April 29, 2016☆⚑

Review: "Shuffle Along" Is the Black "42nd Street" with No Plot and a Star Who Leaves in June by Roger Friedman

The official title of the new musical “Shuffle Along: Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and Everything that Followed” Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:36pm on April 28, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: Drama Desk Snubs Most Big Name Black Actors Like Audra McDonald, Lupita Nyong'o, Forest Whitaker by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:31pm on April 28, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: "Tuck Everlasting" Hits the Bottom of the Tony Awards Season Barrel by Roger Friedman

You know, I’m pretty fair to most Broadway musicals. I wasn’t wild about either “American Psycho” or “Waitress,” but there were excellent Categories: Fe…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:02am on April 27, 2016☆⚑

Broadway: "Waitress," With Songs by Sarah Bareilles, Pushes Tony Award Season into Final Week by Roger Friedman

Sunday night: “Waitress,” based on Adrienne Shelley’s hit movie starring Keri Russell, opened on Broadway. Sara Bareilles wrote the songs. Jessie Mueller, Categories: Fea…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:39am on April 25, 2016☆⚑

Prince Gets Tributes from Broadway Casts of "Hamilton," "The Color Purple" by Roger Friedman

Two Broadway shows offered moving tributes to Prince last night at the conclusion of their shows. The Color Purple: Hamilton:Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:08pm on April 22, 2016☆⚑