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Monday, June 28, 2021

Broadway: “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” Returns in November as One Show Not Two, And Maybe a Little Shorter by Roger Friedman

Big Broadway news: “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is returning in November. But this time, it won’t be two different plays.

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:48PM

Sunday, June 27, 2021

Bruce Springsteen Makes a Triumphant, Emotional Return to Broadway, Jokes About Arrest by Roger Friedman

Bruce Springsteen made an emotional, Triumphant return to Broadway tonight at the St James Theater. His audience included the governor of New

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:06AM

Friday, June 25, 2021

Diane Warren-Susan Stroman Musical, “The Right Girl,” to Get Autumn Workshop in Upstate New York by Roger Friedman

“The Right Girl” is the name of the musical with songs by Diane Warren, directed by Tony winner Susan Stroman. It’s going

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:42PM

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Report: Scott Rudin Called the Police to Remove An Assistant He Didn’t Like From His Office by Roger Friedman

The Hollywood Reporter’s Tatiana Siegel is back with a scathing follow up story to her original Scott Rudin expose. Former Rudin assistant

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:03PM

Broadway: Hugh Jackman’s “Music Man” Revival Sets A Possible Record for One Seat at $11,777.49 by Roger Friedman

“The Music Man” sold out whatever seats it had left on telecharge.com Tuesday. The musical revival starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:48AM

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

David Byrne Moves One Letter Closer to “EGOT” with Special Tony Award Announced Today for “American Utopia” by Roger Friedman

I think I first saw David Byrne and the Talking Heads in 1977 in Boston, probably at the Rathskeller. I awoke one

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:36PM

UPDATE: “Music Man” Tickets Go on Sale Early, Smattering of $300 Seats Still Left on Telecharge by Roger Friedman

Tickets for “The Music Man” went on sale before 10am on telecharge.com There’s a smattering of seats left in the orchestra on

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:32AM

Broadway: Hugh Jackman’s “Music Man” Replaces Scott Rudin with Female Producer, Readies for Ticket Onslaught by Roger Friedman

Check your clocks at 10am. That’s when “The Music Man” should send Telecharge into a frenzy. The Hugh Jackman musical revival is

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:32AM

Saturday, June 19, 2021

“Springsteen on Broadway” Backtracks on Astra Zeneca Vaccinated Fans: Now All WHO Approved May Come by Roger Friedman

WHO are you? WHO? WHO? Springsteen on Broadway has backtracked on its vaccine proclamation, to the relief of Canadians and other international

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:36PM

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Springsteen on Broadway May Not Be Possible for Tourists, Others Without FDA Approved Vaccines by Roger Friedman

Wanna see Bruce on Broadway? People are paying thousands of dollars on reseller site for the tickets to “Springsteen on Broadway.” But

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:48PM

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Broadway: $8,500 for Hugh Jackman in “The Music Man”? Scalpers and Resellers Have Hijacked New Musical by Roger Friedman

Want a ticket to see Hugh Jackman in “The Music Man” this winter? Forgetaboutit. The Scott Rudin-produced musical has been hijacked by

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:32PM

Bruce Springsteen Teams Up with The Killers for New “Dustland” Single Before Broadway Show Returns by Roger Friedman

Bruce Springsteen, as he promised last week, has teamed up with The Killers for a new single. “Dustland” may be the first

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:24PM

Broadway: “The Book of Mormon,” with Sinking Ticket Sales Pre-Pandemic, Returns without Producer Scott Rudin by Roger Friedman

Before the pandemic I was chronicling the sinking ticket sales of “The Book of Mormon” on Broadway. After 11 years, the irreverent

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:24PM

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Theater: John Logan Will Try a Different Take on “The Last Ship” at Berkeley Rep with “Swept Away,” Music by the Avett Brothers by Roger Friedman

Hmmmm… Just a few short years ago, John Logan wrote the revised script for Sting’s musical, “The Last Ship,” which sailed on

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:03PM

RIP Elegant, Soulful Actress Lisa Banes, With Broadway, Movies, TV Resume, Killed by Hit and Run Driver in Manhattan by Roger Friedman

Kids, life is fragile. We don’t know what’s going to happen. I was at a dinner party with Lisa Banes on May

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:54AM

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Professional Criminal Producer Garth Drabinsky Returning to Broadway After Prison Stint with “Paradise Square” Musical by Roger Friedman

Scott Rudin is gone but guess who’s back? Actual professional criminal GArth Drabinsky. The Canadian theater producer whose company was called Livent

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:06PM

Broadway: To Save a “Mockingbird,” Media Mogul Barry Diller Brings Back Jeff Daniels As Star and Without Producer Scott Rudin by Roger Friedman

The first of Scott Rudin’s Broadway shows is coming back without him as producer. Media mogul Barry Diller, who financed the original

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:12PM

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Buyer Beware: Unscrupulous Brokers Are Selling Springsteen on Broadway Tickets for Thousands of Dollars by Roger Friedman

Tickets to Springsteen on Broadway don’t go on sale until tomorrow, Thursday June 10th. And you can only get them on SeatGeek.com

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:48PM

(Watch Video) CBS Should Let, Nay, Insist, Jimmy Fallon and Lin Manuel Miranda Host the Tony Awards by Roger Friedman

After watching this video, CBS should demand that Jimmy Fallon and Lin Manuel Miranda host the Tony Awards in September and forever.

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:36AM

Monday, June 7, 2021

Bruce Springsteen Returning to Broadway Show June 26th for the Whole Summer! The Boss Coming to Save Broadway! by Roger Friedman

“I loved doing Springsteen on Broadway and I’m thrilled to have been asked to reprise the show as part of the reopening

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:06PM

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Broadway’s New “Lehman Trilogy” Adds Great British Actor Adrian Lester, Subtracts Ousted Producer Scott Rudin by Roger Friedman

The great British actor Adrian Lester, who is Black, will now play Jewish banker Ernest Lehman in the returning “Lehman Trilogy” when

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:06AM

Broadway’s Back But the Audience is Tentative: Except for “Music Man” Ticket Sales Are Slow So Far, Even for “Hamilton” by Roger Friedman

It used to be you could not get a ticket to “Hamilton” to save your life. Then the pandemic hit. And the

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:06AM

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Broadway: Ivo Van Hove’s Dreadful “West Side Story” May Be Returning Despite a Panning by the Times And Picket Lines Out Front Protesting a MeTo by Roger Friedman

I was going to report that Ivo Van Hove’s dreadful, panned version of “West Side Story” doesn’t appear to be coming back.

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:48AM

RIP Robert Hogan, Beloved Veteran Actor of Broadway, Prime Time, Soap Operas Was 87 by Roger Friedman

Robert Hogan was literally on just about every TV show you can imagine, a journeyman actor who starred on Broadway, on prime

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:48AM

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Review: “In the Heights” Is a Big Buoyant Valentine from Lin Manuel Miranda to the City He Loves by Roger Friedman

The first time I saw “In the Heights” was in the spring of 2007 at a little theater on way west 37th

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:48AM

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

2020 Tony Awards Get Compromise Hybrid Show Set for September on Paramount Plus and CBS Network by Roger Friedman

The 2020 Tony Awards are coming, at last, almost 18 months late. The date is September 26th. The show will be divided

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:36PM

Monday, May 24, 2021

Bob Dylan’s 80th Birthday Broadway Gift: Hit Musical “Girl from the North Country” Resumes October 13th by Roger Friedman

Did “Girl from the North Country” ever open on Broadway? Did I write about the opening night? OMG yes. It was a

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:48PM

Friday, May 21, 2021

Broadway Exclusive: Pop Star Deborah Cox Eyed as Replacement for Karen Olivo When “Moulin Rouge” Returns by Roger Friedman

It’s not definite– I’ll tell you when it is– but it looks like the great pop R&B singer Deborah Cox will join

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:36PM

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Watch the Trailer for “Dear Evan Hansen” Starring Ben Platt, in Theaters When Broadway Show Re-opens in September by Roger Friedman

The Tony winning Broadway hit, “Dear Evan Hansen” is a movie, and it opens in theaters on September 24th. That’s around the

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:36PM

John Mulaney Adds 9 New Shows to City Winery Run After Last Week’s Sell Out Despite (or Because of) Tabloid Scandals by Roger Friedman

John Mulaney is either stoking his gossip fire or doing goldmine business because of it. Either, he sold City Winery last week.

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:18AM

Friday, May 14, 2021

UPDATE: Broadway Musical About Princess Diana Will Open a Month Early, On November 17th by Roger Friedman

“Diana: The Musical” cannot be stopped! The Broadway show that will premiere on Netflix first has moved up its Broadway opening date.

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:24PM

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