Mark interviews Roger Friedman from Showbiz411.

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🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

A new Broadway show from Billy Crystal is coming this fall, titled 860. It’s a one-man show named after the address of the home he lost in the 2025 Palisades fires. Roger breaks down the new plays that are a must-see! Madonna has officially announced a new album, Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II, due out July 3rd. There’s also a rumor that Sabrina Carpenter may be joining Madonna on a new song. And Roger previews another great act coming soon to the tri-state area: Earth, Wind, and Fire.

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0:00.0	No gloss, no filter.
0:03.0	Just stories.
0:04.7	Spoken without fear.
0:06.4	Person who is not generous can not be an artist.
0:09.4	The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers.
0:14.3	Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Bhats show on the IHeart Radio app,
0:18.5	Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:23.2	Come for the honesty.
0:24.9	Stay for the fire.
0:29.5	Mr. New York.
0:31.2	Hey, that's Mark Simone.
0:32.5	710 W.O.R.
0:35.2	Well, Roger Friedman is the great entertainment reporter, and he's got this wonderful website called
0:40.2	Showbiz 411.com. You should check it every day. There's all kinds of great stories, new stuff all the
0:45.9	time. Showbiz 411.com. Roger Friedman, how you doing? I'm great. How are you this morning?
0:53.4	Very good. Hey, tell us about Billy Crystal makes a big announcement yesterday.
0:58.8	New Broadway show.
0:59.8	I know.
1:00.8	Well, he was on Stephen Colbert last night, and he came to say goodbye to Stephen Colbert
1:07.2	because he's going off the air next month.
1:09.5	And the Colbert shows from the Ed Sullivan Theater,
1:12.5	where Billy got his start on Ed Sullivan.
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