Monday, May 1, 2023
Tony Awards nominations are coming on Tuesday. There are some hot races expected among big stars. There are also the categories for
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:32AMThursday, April 27, 2023
Listen: Martin Scorsese’s 1977 film, “New York, New York” wasn’t easy to begin with. It was so long and unwieldy that a
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:12AMWednesday, April 26, 2023
Last year I wrote about the Outer Critics Circle and how they lost all credibility with their kooky nominations. A couple of
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:06PMTuesday, April 25, 2023
“Will & Grace” star Sean Hayes has a secret life as an accomplished pianist besides being a terrific comic actor. If we
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:36AMTuesday, April 18, 2023
British-Czech playwright has six Tony Awards for writing the Best Play on Broadway. This June should come his 7th statue, and maybe
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:32PMMonday, April 10, 2023
Game on! Broadway’s biggest annual charity gala will take on Anna Wintour’s Met Ball on May 1st. I’m rooting for Broadway. The
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:24PMMonday, March 27, 2023
Josh Groban, you know, has always wanted to be a rock star. With his gorgeous deep baritone, he’s released several hit albums
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:06AMFriday, March 24, 2023
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has had hit after hit with “Phantom of the Opera,” “Cats,” “Evita,” and other musicals that have been
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:12PMWednesday, March 22, 2023
I like Aaron Sorkin very much and admire his plays and movies. But still, today he tells the New York Times he
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:22PMTwenty three deserving Americans received Presidential Medals of Honor yesterday from Joe Biden. A lot of press was given to Bruce Springsteen,
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:39AMSo you know “Smash” was a TV series about a Broadway show that finally opened on fictional Broadway after many soap opera
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:29AMThursday, March 16, 2023
The Friars Club is closed. It’s padlocked shut with a gate blocking the entrance. In truth, the Friars Club has been gone
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:53PMIt’s not easy to put on a Broadway show, especially when it’s a new play with tricky marketing. And so “Room,” the
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:31PMThursday, March 2, 2023
“Funny Girl” has had a funny time on Broadway. But now, it’s planning a farewell. The first revival ever of the famed
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:47AMWednesday, March 1, 2023
I was watching the great film, “The Reader,” the other night and wondering what its director, Stephen Daldry, was up to. Now
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:25AMTuesday, February 14, 2023
I told you on January 31st that Jujamcyn Theaters would merge with Britain’s Ambassador Theater Group. And it has happened this morning.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:40AMTuesday, January 31, 2023
Five famous Broadway houses may be changing ownership today. The rumor on the Rialto, as the late Earl Wilson would say, is
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:28AMTuesday, January 24, 2023
The Madonna movie ain’t happening. Variety says Universal has cancelled the project, which was announced two years ago. The reason given is
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:22PMSunday, January 8, 2023
I’m sorry it took so long for me to get to LaTanya Richardson Jackson‘s “The Piano Lesson.” Now that I’ve seen her
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:42PMFriday, December 30, 2022
Times Square is overflowing with people. And Elmo’s. The grotesque pedestrian mall has brought looky-loo’s from all over, but they’re not going
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:12PMThursday, December 29, 2022
The audience at Broadway’s Helen Hayes Theater turned out en masse for actor/rapper Common making his debut in the hit, Between Riverside
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:42PMSaturday, December 24, 2022
It’s 2:28pm. A half hour ago, two Broadway shows didn’t start their matinees. According to Twitter account BroadwayCovers, both “A Strange Loop”
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:54PMFriday, December 23, 2022
Almost four years ago I ran into the great actor Wendell Pierce sitting in the lobby of the Four Seasons hotel in
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:32PMTuesday, December 20, 2022
Broadway is surviving the kinda recession, pandemic, and bad weather with good news, bad news. “Funny Girl” has gone from a disaster
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:36PMFriday, December 16, 2022
There will not be a Sondheim vs. Sondheim cage match at the 2023 Tony Awards, after all. Stephen Sondheim’s “Merry We’ll Roll
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:48PMThursday, December 15, 2022
Earlier today, the Broadway crowd got very excited for a few precious minutes. On Twitter came the news that an unproduced show
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:32PMMonday, December 12, 2022
The Shubert Theater was ringing with ovations and applause Sunday night. That’s because everyone’s favorite comedy, Billy Wilder’s 1959 hit, “Some Like
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:06AMFriday, December 9, 2022
You know that Audra McDonald has six Tony Awards, she’s only 52 so more are coming. And tonight, the 7th was lined
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:54AMThursday, December 8, 2022
Oh come on, you knew “Leopoldstadt” wasn’t going anywhere. The sensationally moving and profound Tom Stoppard play has just been extended through
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:48PMMonday, December 5, 2022
I am sad to report that there is very little salvageable in the new musical that opened last night about singer songwriter
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:24AMSunday, December 4, 2022
I told you all about David Byrne and Fat Boy Slim’s “Here Lies Love” back in 2014. It was a sensation at
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:03AM 
