Paul McCartney Ready to Conquer One More Challenge: He'll Write Broadway Musical of "It's A Wonderful Life" by Roger Friedman

Paul McCartney had done everything except for…Broadway! So as Carole King's show and others leave the Great White Way, Paul, at 77,

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:03pm on July 17, 2019☆⚑

New Broadway Version of "West Side Story" Will Replace Classic Soaring Dances With Moves from Avant Garde Choreographer Who Accused Beyonce of Pla by Roger Friedman

When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way. That is unless you're Dieter from "Sprockets." Or Bill Hader's Stefon from

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:42am on July 15, 2019☆⚑

Legendary Actor Rip Torn Dead at 88, Emmy Winner for "Larry Sanders Show," Oscar Nominee, Tony Nominated, Once Married to Geraldine Page by Roger Friedman

Rip Torn" contentious, brilliant, mercurial, genius" actor is dead at age 88. He was best known for playing Garry Shandling's sidekick on

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:12am on July 11, 2019☆⚑

Broadway Mourns Tony Winner Martin Charnin, 85, Co-Creator and Lyricist for "Annie," Got His Start Acting in the Original "West Side Story" by Roger Friedman

Martin Charnin, 85, the co-creator and lyricist for "Annie," has died. His daughter posted a notice to Instagram over night. Charnin and

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:06am on July 7, 2019☆⚑

Broadway: With No Tony Awards Action, Musical "Pretty Woman" Becomes the Latest Show to Announce Summer Closing by Roger Friedman

Even adding the famous song it was named for has not saved Broadway's "Pretty Woman." The tepidly reviewed musical will close on

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:18pm on July 5, 2019☆⚑

Neil Diamond Will Follow Carole King onto Broadway with Brill Building Musical, But It Won't Be So Easy This Time by Roger Friedman

Carole King has had a huge hit with her Broadway musical, "Beautiful," even though it may be winding down soon. King's songs

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:54am on July 3, 2019☆⚑

Broadway: Liberace Musical Based on HBO Movie "Behind the Candelabra" Finally on the Way, Producers Want Bradley Cooper by Roger Friedman

Liberace and his glittering pianos are finally on track for Broadway. For the last couple of years, movie producer David Permut"who just

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:36am on June 30, 2019☆⚑

Best Part of All-Star Mueller "Investigation" Play: Watching Kevin Kline Loving John Lithgow's Performance as Sincerely Befuddled Trump by Roger Friedman

One thing the 17 actors on stage at Riverside Church couldn't see last night as they performed Robert Schenkkan's "The Investigation": the

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:18am on June 26, 2019☆⚑

Watch 18 A List Actors " Including John Lithgow, Annette Bening, Kevin Kline" Perform "The Investigation" Taken from the Mueller Report by Roger Friedman

I attended this extraordinary performance last night at the magnificent Riverside Church on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Annette Bening is the host.

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:18am on June 26, 2019☆⚑

Broadway Summer Turns Nasty as "The Cher Show," "King Kong," "The Prom" Join Several Other Big Ticket Shows Unable to Make It by Roger Friedman

Summer can be cruel on Broadway " especially if there are no Tony Awards in mid June for shows that are suffering

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:18am on June 26, 2019☆⚑

Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" is Finally Being Added to Broadway Musical of Same Name, on Its 55th Anniversary by Roger Friedman

First of all, it's hard to believe "Pretty Woman" is still playing on Broadway. It got no Tony nods at all. Nothing.

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:54pm on June 19, 2019☆⚑

Tony Awards Go to "Hadestown," "The Ferryman," But Without Stars, Ratings Crash by Roger Friedman

Sunday night's Tony Awards crashed in the ratings. This should not have come as a surprise to anyone. Going in we knew

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:03pm on June 11, 2019☆⚑

Broadway: Chita Rivera Awards: If You're a "Fosse/Verdon" Fan, You Shoulda Been There as Dance Wins Went to "Hadestown," "Cher Show," a by Roger Friedman

For as long as I've known her, Patty Watt, daughter of late great theater critic Douglas Watt, has been honoring Broadway performers.

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:54am on June 2, 2019☆⚑

Broadway: Glenda Jackson in "King Lear" Will Close Day of Tony Awards, More 2019 Box Office Disappointments Sure to Follow by Roger Friedman

Producer Scott Rudin gambled a lot on Glenda Jackson playing "King Lear" on Broadway. He lost. The production has announced its final

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:36am on June 1, 2019☆⚑

Broadway: Michael Shannon, Audra McDonald Sizzle in "Frankie and Johnny" But Here's Why It Wasn't in Tony Awards Season by Roger Friedman

The good news is that Michael Shannon and Audra McDonald sizzle in "Frankie and Johnny," Terrence McNally's classic two hander about a

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:18am on May 31, 2019☆⚑

UPDATE Once Powerhouse "Book of Mormon" Has Third Bad Week in a Row as Broadway Box Office Continues Slump by Roger Friedman

UPDATE I told you last week that the once powerful "Book of Mormon" had gone on discount at ticket brokers, and there

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:18pm on May 7, 2019☆⚑

Broadway Shocker: Eight Year Old Musical "Book of Mormon" in Trouble After Heyday Passes, Goes on Discount for First Time by Roger Friedman

Eight years ago, you couldn't get a ticket to "The Book of Mormon" on Broadway. The show was sold out when it

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 8:12pm on May 4, 2019☆⚑

2019 Tony Nominations: Snubs for "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Network," "Hillary and Clinton," Glenda Jackson, King Lear by Roger Friedman

The Tony Awards didn't buy what producer Scott Rudin was selling this year. They snubbed his big budget productions of "To Kill

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:42am on May 2, 2019☆⚑

"Beetlejuice" Debuts on Broadway, and Movie's Co-Writer Reveals Why There Will Never be a Film Sequel by Roger Friedman

"Beetlejuice" debuted on Broadway last night, and it was just as good if not better than when I saw it a month

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 5:06pm on April 26, 2019☆⚑

"Tootsie" Comes to Broadway and Brings the A List Including Carol Burnett, Debra Messing, Kristen Chenoweth, Harvey Fierstein, Clive Davis and Mor by Roger Friedman

"Tootsie" has arrived on Broadway to great reviews and lots of laughs in the airport terminal like Marriott Marquis Theater last night.

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:22am on April 24, 2019☆⚑

Broadway Triumph: Annette Bening, Tracey Letts, Benjamin Walker On Fire in Sensational New Production of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" by Roger Friedman

What a relief to see a real play. Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" is back, directed with new insights by Jack O'Brien,

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:07am on April 23, 2019☆⚑

It's Good to Be King! Mel Brooks is Coming to Broadway for Two Nights in June, And I'm Kvelling by Roger Friedman

Mel Brooks is coming to Broadway. Two nights" June 17th and 18th at the Lunt Fontanne Theater. Mel is 92 years young.

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:11pm on April 22, 2019☆⚑

Nathan Lane, Other Actors Tortured in Simply Awful, Torturous "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus" by Roger Friedman

I don't blame Nathan Lane. He's a comic giant, along with Kristine Nielsen and Julie White. They are the best actors Broadway

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:04pm on April 21, 2019☆⚑

New York Theater: Annette Bening Isn't Only Member of Her Family on Stage This Spring As Son Stephen Ira Makes Debut Downtown by Roger Friedman

Everyone's very excited about Annette Bening on Broadway this spring in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons." She opens next Monday. The should-have-an

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:59pm on April 17, 2019☆⚑

Broadway: If Laurie Metcalf Doesn't Win Another Tony Award This Season She's Already Signed Up to Try Again Next Spring with "Virginia Woolf" by Roger Friedman

Last year, Laurie Metcalf won her second Tony Award in a row for "Three Tall Women." OK, it was for a supporting

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:25pm on April 13, 2019☆⚑