Saturday, November 16, 2024
Elton John's "Tammy Faye" Musical opened on Broadway last night to a an A List audience. It also brought a bunch of terrific new songs from Sir Elton, and high powered performances from a gr…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 14, 2024
Come next March, George Clooney will make his Broadway debut in "Good Night and Good Luck." (It's the same thing he said to Joe Biden earlier this summer.) This is a stage adaptation of Cloo…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:42PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Honestly, I did not think much would come of an original enw musical starring Darren Criss of "Glee" TV show fame. I was very wrong. "Maybe Happy Ending" is the most charming new show I've s…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:06PM[SHARE]Saturday, November 9, 2024
Paul Mescal is going to be very busy in March 2025. His hit London production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" is coming to Brooklyn's BAM Theater after a run at the Almeida Theater in Islingto…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Sting led his Broadway cast of "The Last Ship" through a semi-private show last night at 54Below. The Tony nominated score in concert was supposed to serve as a 10th anniversary tribute to r…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:36PM[SHARE]Monday, November 4, 2024
"Q" is what everyone called him. Quincy Jones, the greatest of the great, composer, conductor, producer, has died at age 91. He was a giant. There's no other word to describe him. He was mus…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:54AM[SHARE]Friday, October 25, 2024
"Romeo and Juliet." How could you screw it up with hot young people in the leads? Reviews are in from last night's Broadway opening of the Sam Gold production. Yikes. According to didtheylik…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 24, 2024
Thornton Wilder won a Pulitzer Prize for "Our Town" in 1938, it was one of his three Pulitzers. It went on to become a staple of American theater, but sometimes we forget its powerful gut pu…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Al Pacino's "Sonny Boy" memoir is the most refreshing celebrity autobiography I've read since Keith Richards' "Life." Pacino just lets loose on everything like lots of girlfriends and romanc…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:32PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 10, 2024
After a contentious social media war, the Broadway League has capitulated. They will dim the lights at all theaters for Maggie Smith. Gavin Creel, and Adrian Bailey. No word yet on Ken Page.…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:06AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 6, 2024
Who deserves to have Broadway's bright lights dimmed when they pass away? There's now an all out war between the theater community and the Broadway League over decisions concerning two popul…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:36PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 5, 2024
The indefatigable Woody Allen opened a play Friday night in, of all places, Budapest, Hungary. "Brooklyn Tale" is about a gangster and his family who somehow obtain a painting by Raphael, th…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Sarah Snook is coming to Broadway! The forever Shiv Roy of "Succession" is bringing her one woman "Picture of Dorian Gray" here in March 2025. Get the Tony Award shined up! Snook plays 26 ch…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 1, 2024
It's a good news, bad news year for Robert Downey Jr. The former "Iron Man" won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar this year for "Oppenheimer." It was a moment that capped an unusual career that …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:48PM[SHARE]Monday, September 9, 2024
This should be an instant sell out. John Mulaney is coming to Broadway in December in a new comedy. "All In: Comedy About love by Simon Rich" will have a rotating cast of all stars performin…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:42PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 4, 2024
The audience at Alicia Keys's Broadway show got a surprise Tuesday night. Before the intermission the show suddenly stopped. The lights went up and the stage manager appeared on stage. Tony …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:48AM[SHARE]Friday, August 16, 2024
The great and legendary writer-director-performer Elaine May did something very unusual on Tuesday afternoon. The Tony Award winning actress, two time Oscar nominee, winner of a Lifetime Osc…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:07AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Actress Rachel Zegler will not keep her opinions to herself, no matter how unpopular. Yesterday, Zegler " who became better known thanks to Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story " Tweeted out …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:35AM[SHARE]Monday, August 12, 2024
Carol Burnett, who's now 92, starred Off Broadway in 1959 in "Once Upon A Mattress." Her performance as Princess Winifred, coupled with her regular appearances on "The Garry Moore Show," mad…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:31PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 8, 2024
Roman Roy and Saul Goodman are coming to Broadway. Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk will top line David Mamet's short but sour "Glengarry Glen Ross" next spring on the big stage. Comedian Bill…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:21AM[SHARE]Fifty years ago on Wednesday (last night) Philippe Petit made history walking on a highwire between the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center. It was illegal, of course, but it made headline…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:22AM[SHARE]Friday, August 2, 2024
The Patti Lupone- Mia Farrow play coming to Broadway this month has some news. Famed director Jack O'Brien, age 86, is getting a young, perky assistant director. Marsha Mason, who's only 82,…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:40AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 1, 2024
Um, like, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are really going to star in a Broadway play. The former stars of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" movies will play Estragon and Vladimir in Samuel …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:18PM[SHARE]You want tickets to this off Broadway show? Fuhgeddabout it. Adam Driver will star in Kenneth Lonergan's new play, "Hold on to Me, Darling" at the Lucille Lortel Theater beginning in Septemb…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:28AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Eddie Redmayne is outta here. The Oscar winner opened in "Cabaret" this past winter with hopes of winning a Tony award. He was signed up for a year. But despite a nomination, Redmayne's Oliv…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 2, 2024
If you want to see "Merrily We Roll Along" on Broadway this week, be prepared to pony up. The revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical is seeing ticket prices up to over $5,200 on StubHub. Lo…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Another show posts a closing notice. The revival of The Who's "Tommy" will play its last performance on July 21st. The musical received good reviews and had ecstatic audiences, but was overw…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 20, 2024
It was inevitable. Prince is coming to Broadway. The late purple rock star will be the subject of an estate approved musical based on his hit movie, "Purple Rain." The show will launch in Mi…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:42PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Sir Ian McKellen says he's ok after his fall off a London stage last night. He tumbled during a performance of "Player Kings," a Shakespeare mashup. Audience members heard McKellen shout in …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:06PM[SHARE]Monday, June 17, 2024
The Tony Awards ratings are in and they are bad. The early numbers indicate this year's show dropped 15% from last year. The total so far looks like just 3.5 million viewers, down from 4.1 m…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:48PM[SHARE]Tammy Faye Bakker (pronounced Baker) is back to looking for her Jim. Elton John's musical about the televangelist couple has lost star Andrew Rannells just three months before the show is su…
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