Friday, August 29, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Sue Gilad aka Suzanne Gilad has her name on dozens of Broadway shows. She’s listed as a “producer,” but she’s an investor, who’s got — or had — her claws in hits lik…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:54AMFriday, August 22, 2025
How much more damage can Trump and his lackeys inflict on the poor Kennedy Center? In a further move to the right, Richard Grennell and his pack of thugs have fired the dance programmers. Th…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:24AMThursday, August 21, 2025
Aunt Ada from “The Gilded Age” is coming to Broadway. She may run into Mrs. Russell. I told you this week that Carrie Coon will be on the boards this fall in Tracey Letts’ “Bug.” N…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:18PMThey say if you bring big stars to Broadway, the audience will show up. But so far the fall season is looking tenuous at best even with three big names about to hit the stage. Shows starring…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:06AMWednesday, August 20, 2025
When we last saw Bertha Russell, she was aghast that her husband left her. That was on “The Gilded Age.” Now Mrs. Russell’s portrayer, Carrie Coon, is coming to Broadway this fall. She…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:54AMTuesday, August 19, 2025
There were so many stars in the opening night audience last night for Jeff Ross’s Broadway debut that it was dizzying. Ross, famous for being a “roast master,” pulled off a coup with h…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:36PMIt hasn’t been an easy summer on Broadway. While Times Square is filled with thousands of people milling around taking pictures with Elmo, the theater district has struggled. Last week’s…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:36PMFriday, August 15, 2025
I know, Putin and Trump are rolling in the hay but back in Washington, the Kennedy Center is still mired in trouble. The New York Times reported today that Jeffrey Finn, the long time produc…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:06PMWednesday, August 13, 2025
Mira Sorvino is coming to Broadway. The Oscar winner will join the long running musical “Chicago” on September 15th as Roxie Hart. Roxie is kind of the musical version of Mira’s award …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:18PMIt was just a short time ago that Gracie Mansion hosted the Made in NY Awards for the movie community. That was before Mayor Eric Adams was on the run, so to speak, from Zohar Mamdani in the…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:18PMWednesday, August 6, 2025
“Hamilton” is coming to the big screen. Sort of. Disney will release the original filmed version of the musical on September 5th to theaters. This is the version that was shown on Disney…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:36PMWednesday, July 30, 2025
I keep reading that Las Vegas is empty right now. International tourists are staying away in droves. I guess the idea of being rounded up by ICE agents and sent to the Sudan is unappealing. …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:32PMTuesday, July 29, 2025
I can’t wait until this fall when someone at the New York Post expresses outrage at the price of tickets for Tom Hanks’s off Broadway show. Right now, the Post is running advertorial for…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:12PMWednesday, July 23, 2025
Liza Minnelli is one of our premier artists in the world. An Oscar winner, along with an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe — not to mention a Lifetime Achievement statue from t…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:54PMTuesday, July 22, 2025
Donald Trump wants to end the opera component at the Kennedy Center. He’s trying to push through a plan rename the opera house after First Lady Melania Trump. If Congress votes for this, t…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:36PMWednesday, July 16, 2025
“Gypsy” starring Audra McDonald is closing early, on August 1th This abrupt announcement came tonight. Despite great reviews, “Gypsy” has struggled to keep an audience. The musical p…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:48PMMonday, July 7, 2025
Nothing good lasts forever. After four years of being cancelled, Broadway producer Scott Rudin is coming back. Rudin and Barry Diller are producing a new play called “Little Bear Ridge Roa…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:12PMMarilyn Maye — she’s 97, she looks fantastic and sounds even better. What’s the story here? She’s been a cabaret star since the 1950s. She recorded the song “Cabaret” five years …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:12PMFriday, July 4, 2025
I’ve been waiting for the New York Times to write an obit for Paul Libin. The Broadway great, winner of a lifetime Tony Award, was a quiet giant in American theater. Paul’s death is one …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:54PMMonday, June 30, 2025
When Cedric the Entertainer made his Broadway debut in 2008, critics were not impressed. Cedric appeared in David Mamet’s “American Buffalo,” which was panned and closed quickly. The T…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:24AMWednesday, June 18, 2025
The numbers are in for the first Broadway post- Tony Awards. The total dropped over $6.5 million because on the afternoon of the Tonys, both “Othello” and “Good Night and Good Luck” …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:06PMThursday, June 12, 2025
Wednesday night’s Kennedy Center showing of “Les Miserables” was quite the scene. While high rolling Trump donors were taking their seats, so were a lot of other less well dress — or…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:48AMTuesday, June 10, 2025
“Smash,” the musical based on a failed TV show, is done. The Musical will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, June 22, 2025 after 32 previews and 84 regular performances at th…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:18PMThe Tony Awards on Sunday were a big hit. Ratings were up 38% from last year. The beautifully executed show boomed on host Cynthia Erivo’s popularity from “Wicked,” and a 10th annivers…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:12AMMonday, June 9, 2025
In two days, the touring cast of “Les Miserables” has a crushing decision. Will all or some of them perform in the musical’s opening night at the Kennedy Center? That’s the night Don…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:54PMCynthia Erivo led one of the best Tony Awards shows ever last night, showing off so much versatility and warmth they’ll probably ask her back a couple more times. The Tony winner and Oscar…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:54PMSaturday, June 7, 2025
“Good Night and Good Luck” has just concluded its live performance on CNN. The story of how legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow stared down Senator Joseph McCarthy is more timely than…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:12PMTuesday, June 3, 2025
Bill and Ted have been to outer space, but never to the Tony Awards. Until now. This Sunday, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter will among the A list presenters on CBS for the annual Tony Awards a…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:36PMMonday, June 2, 2025
The Drama Desk Awards just concluded on Broadway. “Maybe Happy Ending” won Best Musical. “Purpose” won Best Play. They will certainly win at the Tony Awards next Sunday. There were t…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:03AMSunday, June 1, 2025
Broadway star Patti Lupone says she’s sorry. Lupone is apologizing after the dreadful — and maybe racist — things she said about fellow performers Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis. The c…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:36AMWednesday, May 28, 2025
The first ever revival of the musical, “Chess,” is coming to Broadway. But it may never get to the Kennedy Center. The main character is named Freddie Trumper, aka The American. Freddie …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:18AM 
