Broadway Shows Post Huge Easter Week Numbers, "Rocky" Finally Takes Off by Roger Friedman

Broadway shows really benefited from the Passover-Easter holiday. All the shows got big numbers at the box office. The big news is Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:32pm on April 21, 2014☆⚑

Review: "Of Mice and Men" Brings Broadway Debuts for Franco, O'Dowd and Meester by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:15am on April 17, 2014☆⚑

"Soul Train" is Coming to Broadway: Get out the Afro Wigs and Platform Shoes by Roger Friedman

Broadway continues to revisit pop music of the recent past. “Motown” is a big hit, and “Rock of Ages” keeps chugging along. Categories: Featured Theater(Read more.…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:05pm on April 15, 2014☆⚑

Word: Annette Bening Coming Back to New York Theatre This Summer by Roger Friedman

Is Annette Bening returning to New York theater at last? I am told– still unconfirmed–that Bening has agreed to play Goneril in Categories: Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:34pm on April 14, 2014☆⚑

New York Theatre Scoops: James Earl Jones, Dianne Wiest Coming This Fall by Roger Friedman

These are EXCLUSIVES (sorry, have to do that because some people just don’t learn): James Earl Jones may be heading back to Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:40pm on April 11, 2014☆⚑

Woody Allen's Smash Broadway Opening: Film's Oscar Winner Dianne Wiest "Loved It" by Roger Friedman

Dianne Wiest won the second of her two Oscars (so far) for Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway” in 1995. (The first was Categories: Broadway Reviews Featured Reviews …

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:47am on April 11, 2014☆⚑

NYDaily News Does Mia Farrow's Dirty Work: Bullets Over Broadway is Not About the Cotton Club by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:28pm on April 10, 2014☆⚑

Broadway: "Joneses" is a Bust, "Bridges" Burning, "Mother" Failing, "If/Then" Iffy by Roger Friedman

Broadway was not hot last week. It was cold, as a nasty breeze whipped through Shubert Alley. “The Realistic Joneses” finally opened Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:01pm on April 7, 2014☆⚑

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☆⚑