Mark interviews Roger Friedman from Showbiz411.
The Mark Simone Show
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4.3 • 694 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Now more Mark Simone on 710 WOR. |
| 0:07.3 | Well, Roger Friedman, the great entertainment reporter, should check out his website, |
| 0:11.8 | Showbiz 411.com. |
| 0:14.3 | Great stories. |
| 0:14.9 | There's new stuff every day. |
| 0:16.0 | Showbiz 411.com. |
| 0:18.7 | Roger Friedman, how you doing? |
| 0:24.2 | I'm doing great. I saw a great Broadway show this week, |
| 0:29.5 | you know, that everyone should see. It's called Becky Shaw. It's a comedy playing at the Helen Hayes Theater. And I really, you would love it. Everyone's, everyone loves it. Every reviewer loved it. |
| 0:34.4 | There wasn't a single one that didn't like it. And it's just absolutely hilarious. |
| 0:39.9 | And you can picture me sitting through an entire Broadway show? |
| 0:43.9 | Yeah, you would like this show. It's fun. It's really fun. And the star of it is this guy, Alden, Aaron Reich, who played Hans Solo, you know, in that Han Solo movie that came out a few years ago. |
| 0:55.8 | And he's a really good actor, but he's never really had a hit movie. |
| 0:59.1 | And now he's got a hit Broadway play. |
| 1:01.5 | He'll be nominated for a Tony Award. |
| 1:04.0 | And everyone, Linda Eamont, who is a very well-known Broadway actress, kind of steals the show, |
| 1:11.2 | and she's also hilarious. |
| 1:13.1 | So it's about a family, |
| 1:15.4 | and it's also, strangely enough, |
| 1:17.1 | it's about a family, |
| 1:18.0 | it's also about dating. |
| 1:20.0 | And it's just, |
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