Tuesday, January 9, 2024
I wish I were going to be in town this Thursday. A new musical called “The Ghost of John McCain” will be
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:02PMTuesday, January 2, 2024
Broadway went bananas during Christmas week. Total tickets sold were at a stunning $45 million, up dramatically from $33 million before Christmas.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:42PMSunday, December 24, 2023
EXCLUSIVE Here’s what I’m hearing about Pete Davidson suddenly canceling a dozen shows over Christmas and New Year’s. For one thing, Davidson
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:24AMFriday, December 15, 2023
You tmigboye hought “Stranger Things” was wrapping up after five seasons. Um, no. A “Stranger Things” prequel theater production opened in London
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:42AMTuesday, December 5, 2023
Alicia Keys becomes the latest pop star to debut a musical on Broadway. Keys’s “Hell’s Kitchen,” currently at the Public Theater, will
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:32AMTuesday, November 21, 2023
I was a little reluctant to go see the new revival of “Spamalot” on Broadway Monday night. I felt like I knew
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:54AMWednesday, November 15, 2023
Somewhere, lost in space, is the Nick Jonas version of “Jersey Boys.” Back in July 2021, I wrote about the stealth filming
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:02PMI hate even to call “Harmony,” which opened on Broadway Monday night, just Barry Manilow’s musical. It’s written by Bruce Sussman, a
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:48AMTuesday, November 14, 2023
The A list opening night of Barry Manilow’s (and Bruce Sussman’s) musical, “Harmony,” was filled with celebs. I was lucky enough to
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:18AMWednesday, November 8, 2023
This is very sad news. David Byrne’s amazing musical, “Here Lies Love,” is closing on Broadway November 26th. The show– written with
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:24AMWednesday, November 1, 2023
Another jukebox musical would seem like a futile effort for Broadway at this point. Do we really need one of these shows
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:42PMTuesday, October 31, 2023
Well, this is good news. We knew that Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford were leaving “Sweeney Todd” on January 14, 2024. It’s
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:19PMSaturday, October 28, 2023
Dame Judi Dench, one of the last great people anywhere, is publishing a book about Shakespeare next April. I guess it’s out
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:07AMMonday, October 23, 2023
Producers are so about “Cabaret” returning to Broadway it’s getting not one but two opening nights. Oscar and Tony winner Eddie Redmayne
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:25AMFriday, October 13, 2023
EXCLUSIVE “Suffs” is coming to Broadway this spring. The Public Theater’s hit musical from 2022 is aiming for opening this spring with
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:49PMTony winning beloved Broadway star Nathan Lane sat behind yours truly for two hours last at the star studded premiere of “Gutenberg!
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:33AMCrazy Arab terrorists are threatening “Jihad Friday” in New York. No one knows exactly what that means, but SAG AFTRA has called
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:33AMWednesday, October 4, 2023
The Tony Awards are moving to Lincoln Center. After this past summer’s disaster in Washington Heights, the Tony’s have made a wise
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:49PMTuesday, August 29, 2023
Lea Michelle doesn’t mind raining on the parade of her fans. Less than a week before “Funny Girl” closes, Michelle is out
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:07PMWednesday, August 23, 2023
Before I get to COVID, let me remind you I told you the Britney Spears jukebox musical, “Once Upon a One More
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:05PMFriday, August 11, 2023
“The Shark is Broken” is funny but is the play that satirizes the making of “Jaws”? The answer is yes and no.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:19PMWednesday, August 9, 2023
I never heard of Ethan Slater before he allegedly dumped his wife for singer Ariana Grande. The two of them star in
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:33PMLast week I told you two Broadway musicals were in trouble. They were the Neil Diamond musical, “A Beautiful Noise” and the
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:33PMFriday, August 4, 2023
“Back to the Future,” a hit musical from London, has landed at the cavernous Winter Garden Theater. Based on the 1985 movie,
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:49AMWednesday, August 2, 2023
Always look on the bright side of life, and you’ll be rewarded. “Spamalot” is coming back to Broadway. The Tony Award winning
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:13PMBroadway is mostly booming this summer even with fewer shows than usual. “Back to the Future,” which will publish reviews tomorrow, did
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:13PMMonday, July 31, 2023
You may remember how Lady Chablis, a real person, became a national sensation after appearing in the John Berendt best seller, “Midnight
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:25PMMonday, July 24, 2023
“Funny Girl” is surging at the box office as the production prepares to close over Labor Day weekend. The fans are turning
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:49PMFriday, July 21, 2023
In 2014, I went to the Public Theater in New York to see David Byrne’s “Here Lies Love” and nothing was ever
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:04PMThursday, July 20, 2023
IATSE has reached an agreement with the Broadway League and Disney Theatricals on what they call pink contracts, I am told exclusively.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:33PMSunday, July 16, 2023
Maybe the best surprise performance of the summer theater season is going on in the bowels of New World Stages on West
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:19PM 
