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☆⚑

LA Theatre: Robards and Burton, Second Generation Theater Royalty, Soar in Arthur Miller's "The Price" by Leah Sydney

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:48pm on March 5, 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☆⚑

Broadway: Hugh Jackman's "The River" So Big It Extends Run for a Month by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:08pm on November 19, 2014☆⚑

Broadway Legend Elaine Stritch Gets A List Send Off at Star Studded Memorial by Roger Friedman

If Elaine Stritch had seen the crowd yesterday afternoon at the Al Hirschfeld Theater, she’d have had a whopping good laugh. Her Categories: Celebrity Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:40am on November 18, 2014☆⚑

Review: Hugh Jackman Comes to "The River," Drowns in Boredom by Roger Friedman

During the 85 minute bore of a play called “The River,” I thought about a lot of things. None of them was Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:46pm on November 16, 2014☆⚑

Martin Short will Replace Nathan Lane in Broadway Smash "It's Only A Play" by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:06pm on November 6, 2014☆⚑

Theatre: "Billy Elliott" Director Stephen Daldry Will Have 3" Yes 3" Plays This Spring by Roger Friedman

If you want to have lunch with “Billy Elliott” director Stephen Daldry, I’d say do it now. Very shortly he will be Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:12am on November 3, 2014☆⚑