Thursday, June 28, 2012
Cyndi Lauper’s Broadway musical–the movie “Kinky Boots” on stage–has gotten a cast. Stark Sands, of “American Idiot,” will co-star with Billy Porter…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:43PM[SHARE]Exclusive: Add Sigourney Weaver’s name to the list of movie stars heading to off or or on Broadway shortly (Alec Baldwin and Jake Gyllenhaal have been in recent announcements). I sort …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:11AM[SHARE]John Travolta came to the theater and took pictures, but he was a conspicuous no-show for the after party in New York for “Savages.” So was co-star Blake Lively, who came to the …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:04AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Nora Ephron has died at age 71 from myeloid leukemia. Here’s the New York Times obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/movies/nora-ephron-essayist-screenwriter-and-director-dies-a…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:05PM[SHARE]Friday, June 22, 2012
Lily Rabe stole the show last night as Rosalind in “As You Like It,” the 50th anniversary production of New York’s Shakespeare in the Park. Joe Papp was smiling from heaven…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:55AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 20, 2012
God is not having a good run on Broadway. It’s just been announced that within weeks of each of other, the three Broadway musicals with religious themes are shutting down for lack of b…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:05PM[SHARE]Friday, June 15, 2012
One of the great headlines from last night’s Songwriters Hall of Fame: Meat Loaf’s famous 1977 album “Bat out of Hell” is headed to Broadway. Apparently the songs wri…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:09AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Woody Harrelson and his buddy Frankie Hyman have written their first off Broadway play. The comedy, called “Bullet for Adolf,” will open at New World Stages next month with Woody…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:11PM[SHARE]Monday, June 11, 2012
The Tony Awards were great, and all the people who won are no doubt grateful. But many of them are leaving before the audience can see them. “Death of A Salesman” has already clo…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:17AM[SHARE]This year’s Tony Awards seemed to be as much about showcasing the future of Broadway as rewarding the people who long deserved some kudos. I’m thinking of Judith Light, who went …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:03AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 10, 2012
Tonight’s Tony Awards on CBS may turn out to be a big ratings winner. For once, the Tonys have clear sailing all night with very little real competition on the regular broadcast networ…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:47AM[SHARE]Friday, June 8, 2012
Sunday night is going to be a fight for the remote control and the DVR in certain demographic households. At 8pm the Tony Awards will begin on CBS. At 9pm “True Blood” will retur…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:52PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 6, 2012
“The Book of Mormon”–still the biggest hit on Broadway–is going to be featured on this year’s Tony Awards. (This Sunday, CBS.) A little weird since “Mormo…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:23AM[SHARE]It does seem like Christian Borle, star of “Peter and the Starcatcher,” is leaving the kooky musical soon after Sunday’s Tony Awards. A casting call has gone out for his ch…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:50AM[SHARE]Debra Winger is going to make her Broadway debut this fall. She’s signed on to a David Mamet two hander (that’s two actors) called “The Anarchist.” Broadway legend Pa…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:58AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 12, 2012
You can catch one more performance tonight, Saturday, at 45 Bleecker Street Theatre of Chekhov’s “The Seagull” as adapted by famed British director Max Stafford-Clark. It&#…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:43AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 26, 2012
It’s over. The big race from March 1st — when the spring season begins– to April 26th, cut off date for eligibility for the Tony Awards. It ended tonight with a thud. I saw…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:32PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 25, 2012
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark”–litigious, controversial, but you know what? It’s making money every week. And now it’s picked up some nominations from the Oute…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:43PM[SHARE]Monday, April 9, 2012
When you think of Los Angeles, you think of movies and television. Theater, Opera, and spectacular performance art thrive in LA, and our Leah Sydney catches us up on what is being buzzed…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 18, 2012
The greatest American play? Quite possibly Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," set in 1949 and revived last night on Broadway in a production that is outstanding. Mike Nichols directed an…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:50PM[SHARE]Friday, March 9, 2012
Baz Bamigboye reports exclusively in the Daily Mail that Nicole Kidman is heading back to the theater. Remember last year I told you that Nicole would appear on Broadway in “Sweet Bird…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:49PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 3, 2012
Julie Taymor has finally filed a strong counterclaim in US District Court in New York against the producers of "Spider Man: Turn off the Dark" explaining her side of the collapse of their co…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:43PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 16, 2012
The producers of “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” have finally caved in. They’ve settled with director-creator Julie Taymor on basic financial issues. They’ve agreed t…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:41PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Wow. Big announcement today that Hugh Jackman will play Harry Houdini on Broadway in 2013/2014. However: I broke that story THREE YEARS ago. Yes, here is the link. http://www.foxnews.com/sto…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:26PM[SHARE]Friday, December 16, 2011
It was the penultimate movie premiere of the fall Oscar season– Stephen Daldry’s “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.” Or is it “Extemely Close and Incredibly …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:51AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 11, 2011
“On A Clear Day You Can See Forever” only a ran a few months when it first opened on Broadway in 1965. It’s never been revived, and for good reason. Now, some misguided peo…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:17PM[SHARE]Friday, December 9, 2011
I’m completely appalled by the glee the New York Post’s theater columnist takes in reporting how badly some shows are doing on Broadway. Enough with the negativity. There are so …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:25AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 6, 2011
“Once”–do you remember this fine indie film from 2006? It went on to win the Academy Award for Best Song (“Falling Slowly”). The movie won the Indie Spirit Awar…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:50AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 27, 2011
So “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” is a year old, technically. It began previews a year ago yesterday. In Monday’s New York Times (and online Sunday night), producer Michae…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 20, 2011
It was only a few minutes into “Seminar,” Theresa Rebeck’s new hit Broadway comedy, when I realized who Alan Rickman was playing: the famed book editor and writing teacher …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:49PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Julie Taymor’s lawsuit against the producers of “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” has some serious consequences not yet explored. It turns out her lawyers are asking for a pe…
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