Broadway: Armie Hammer Nails Broadway Debut But "Straight White Men" is a Pointless Exercise by Roger Friedman

Armie Hammer made his Broadway debut tonight in Young Jean Lee’s “Straight White Men.” The good news is that Armie, known for Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:54am on July 24, 2018☆⚑

West Side Story Real Life Rumble Pits Steven Spielberg Movie Remake vs. Scott Rudin Broadway Revival by Roger Friedman

The Jets and the Sharks are about to rumble again on the West Side– west of Broadway. That’s because yesterday peripatetic Broadway Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:04pm on July 13, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: Tony-Deprived "Spongebob Square Pants" Musical Will Close in September for $2.4 Billion Building Project by Roger Friedman

Another one bites the dust. Following “Escape to Margaritaville,” another 2018 season musical is closing on Broadway. “Spongebob Square Pants” will shutter Categories…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:12am on July 9, 2018☆⚑

Michael Jackson Broadway Musical Planned, But It's Not So Easy as "ABC, 1-2-3" to Tell His Life Story by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:04pm on June 19, 2018☆⚑

Tony Awards After the Show: Willard Scott, Andrew Garfield, and the After Party That Went on Til 4 AM by Roger Friedman

Just now recovering from Sunday night after the Tony Awards… Walking up Sixth avenue from Radio City to the Plaza Hotel and Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 6:18am on June 13, 2018☆⚑

Harry Potter aka Daniel Radcliffe Will Be on Broadway While Harry Potter is on Broadway by Roger Friedman

You know, Harry Potter is on Broadway now as a play — “Harry and Potter and the Cursed Child.” It will likely Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:48pm on June 6, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: Springsteen Cutting Back on Performances, "Hello, Dolly!" Slowing Down, "The Iceman" Goeth Soon by Roger Friedman

The Broadway box office is roaring if you look at it one way: Bruce Springsteen adds $2 million to the weekly gross Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 3:24pm on June 5, 2018☆⚑

David Foster, Jon Voight Hang Out, Plus Chita Rivera Awards the Best, Shopping to Stop Cancer by Roger Friedman

New York really is a small town. Leaving the Outer Critics Circle annual awards dinner on Thursday afternoon, who should turn up Categories: Empire State of Mind Featured Theater(Read mo…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:42am on May 26, 2018☆⚑

Broadway Upset: For "Pretty Woman" Musical Tony Winner Steve Kazee Out, Andy Karl ("Groundhog Day") In by Roger Friedman

It’s a big surprise this afternoon: for the upcoming musical version of “Pretty Woman,” the role of Edward– the millionaire playboy businessman Categories: Featured…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:32pm on May 23, 2018☆⚑

Tony Awards 2018: Bruce Springsteen, John Leguizamo to Receive Special Awards, Multiple Nods for Current Shows by Roger Friedman

Bruce Springsteen and John Leguizamo will each receive special Tony awards this year. The announcement came at the end of the exasperating Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:12pm on May 1, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: April is a Cruel Month with Declining Receipts and "Margaritaville" Headed for the Drink by Roger Friedman

April has not been a great month for Broadway, which announces the Tony nominees tomorrow morning. After increases since the end of Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:32pm on April 30, 2018☆⚑

Off Broadway: Carey Mulligan Will Bring UK Play to Tiny Greenwich Village Theater for 5 Weeks This Summer by Roger Friedman

Tony and Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan is coming to off Broadway. Mulligan will bring the play “Boys & Girls” to the tiny Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:33pm on April 30, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: Outer Critics Go Big for "Angels in America," "SpongeBob," "Frozen," "Mean Girls" by Roger Friedman

 The Outer Critics Circle nominations came out today. The only omission really is “The Band’s Visit” which they awarded last year and Categories: Featured Theater(Rea…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:12pm on April 24, 2018☆⚑

$68 Million "Harry Potter" Dazzles Broadway Like it Or Not, Breaks Curse at Former "Spider Man" Theater by Roger Friedman

Seven years ago when it was called the Foxwoods Theater (briefly) the musical “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” put a curse Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:42am on April 23, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: "Hello, Dolly!" Will Close August 25th After Bette Midler Makes a 6 Week Return at Top Dollar by Roger Friedman

Well, what else can you do? “Hello, Dolly!” has been playing to respectable houses since January when Bernadette Peters took over. Peters, Categories: Featured Theater(Read mo…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:48am on April 20, 2018☆⚑

Box Office: Upstart "A Quiet Place" Crosses $100 Mil Monday, But The Rock's "Rampage" Takes Weekend Title by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:17am on April 15, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: Amy Adams, Uma Thurman Hit Opening Night of Magnificent "Carousel" Revival With Joshua Henry Sealing the Deal on a Tony Award by Roger Friedman

Listen, this is how great the revival of “Carousel” is at the Imperial Theater: Amy Adams and her husband Darren LeGallo flew Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 9:39am on April 13, 2018☆⚑

Spielberg's "West Side Story" Seeking Tonys, Marias, Anitas at Open Casting Calls Around U.S. by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:04pm on April 12, 2018☆⚑

Joshua Jackson, Dawson Creek's "Pacey" to You, Makes A Brilliant Broadway Debut in "Children of a Lesser God" by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:21am on April 12, 2018☆⚑

Famed Motown Songwriter Valerie Simpson Starring in "Chicago" on Broadway Because of Maya Angelou and Clive Davis by Roger Friedman

Valerie Simpson is best known to everyone as one half of Ashford and Simpson, the songwriting duo of Motown fame who composed Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:27am on April 6, 2018☆⚑

Broadway Booms But Jimmy Buffett's "Escape to Margaritaville" Won't Make it to Last Call by Roger Friedman

Broadway was booming this week, up $20 million since mid February when things looked bleak. Most every show is doing well, or Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 4:25pm on April 2, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: Captain America, aka Chris Evans, Hasn't Helped "Lobby Hero" Ticket Sales Even with a Solid Production by Roger Friedman

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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 7:49pm on March 26, 2018☆⚑

Broadway: "Angels in America" Revival is So Good Now You See That it Was Always a Masterpiece by Roger Friedman

You watch “Angels in America” at the Neil Simon Theater and think– Pulitzer, Nobel, Tony Award who cares? You see now with Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:50am on March 26, 2018☆⚑

Let it Go? Never! Disney's "Frozen" Opens On Broadway and It's a Hit out of the Box by Roger Friedman

“Frozen” arrived on Broadway Thursday night and it’s a hard nut to crack. Quibbles? Sure, everyone’s gota quibble. But the facts are Categories: Featured Theater(R…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:40am on March 23, 2018☆⚑

Sting's Broadway Musical Gets Raves in Revamped UK Open, Singer Chosen for Queen's 92nd Birthday Performance by Roger Friedman

Sting’s Broadway show of 2016 is back, and it’s a hit. “The Last Ship” sailed two nights ago in Newcastle, UK and Categories: Featured Music Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 2:23pm on March 22, 2018☆⚑