This Weekend’s Highlights:
Friday, June 19
The Thelma Houston ExperienceConcert opens at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.
Crazy for You, directed byMichael Fling, featuring Will Burton (Bobby Child), Brittany Zeinstra (Ppolly Baker), Edward Juvier (Bela Zangler), Hailey Thomas (Irene Roth), Jeremy Davis (Everett Baker), David Andrew Morton (Lank Hawkins), and Michele Ragusa IMother/Pariciam, with Claire Avakian, Willie Clyde Beaton II, Colin Bradbury, Courtney Brady, Kailee Regan Brandt, Katie Scarlett Brunson, Samuel Colina, Bradley Gibbins-Klein, Kelly Gleason, Taylor Lane, Brian Shimasaki Liebson, Griffin Wilkinsm Lexi Baldachino, and Brandon J. Morris, previews at CT. Goodspeed Musicals.
The Ethel Merman Disco Project with Carly Ozard & Friends concert, featuring Carly Ozard & Darnell White at 7 PM at NYC’s Green Room 42.
Saturday, June 20
Crazy for You, directed byMichael Fling, featuring Will Burton (Bobby Child), Brittany Zeinstra (Ppolly Baker), Edward Juvier (Bela Zangler), Hailey Thomas (Irene Roth), Jeremy Davis (Everett Baker), David Andrew Morton (Lank Hawkins), and Michele Ragusa IMother/Pariciam, with Claire Avakian, Willie Clyde Beaton II, Colin Bradbury, Courtney Brady, Kailee Regan Brandt, Katie Scarlett Brunson, Samuel Colina, Bradley Gibbins-Klein, Kelly Gleason, Taylor Lane, Brian Shimasaki Liebson, Griffin Wilkinsm Lexi Baldachino, and Brandon J. Morris, opens at CT’s Goodspeed Musicals.
Archduke, by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Lyndsey Turner, featuring Chris Walley, Abraham Popoola, Stanley Morgan, Janice Connolly and Marc Wootton, begins previews at London’s Royal Court Theatre.
Opening Night at the Bowl: The Best of Broadway concert, featuring Halle Bailey, Darren Criss, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Lea Salonga at 8 PM at LA’s Hollywood Bowl.
DC’s Signature Theatre‘s Broadway in the Park 2026 Concert, directed by Matthew Gardiner, featuring Tituss Burgess and Heather Headley, with Alex De Bard, Kevin McAllister, Crystal Mosser, Jake Odmark, Nova Y. Payton, Sarah Anne Sillers, and Tobias A. Young, at 8 PM at VA’s Wolftrap.
Inter Alia, by Suzie Miller, directed by Justin Martin, featuring Rosamund Pik, closes at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre.
Luigi: The Musical reading, by Luigi Mangione & Nova Bradford, directed by Bradford, featuring Mike Cefalo (Luigi Mangione), Andre Margatini Chine Ikoro (Diddy), and Phillip Taratula (Guard), closes at NYC’s Green Room 42.
The Thelma Houston Experience concert closes at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.
Crossing Delancey, by Susan Sandler, directed by Jonathan Fahn. featuring Ari Hagler, Matt Landig, Sharron Shayne, Holly Sidell, and Amy Tolsky, closes at LA’s Theatre 40.
Singularities and Safety Pins, written & performed by Carmella Riley, directed by Jennifer Green, closes at Burbank’s Colony Theatre.Sunday, June 21
Henry VI Parts 1 & 2, directed by Stephen Brown-Fried, featuring Tommy Bo (John Talbot), Rajesh Bose (York), Kimiye Corwin (Somerset), Myka Cue (Joan), John Haggerty (Talbot), Ðavid Lee Huỳnh (Charles, the Dauphin), Anna Ishida (Warwick), Paul Juhn (Suffolk), Mia Katigbak (Gloucester), Teresa Avia Lim (Margaret), Orville Mendoza (Jack Cade), Jon Norman Schneider (Henry VI), David Shih (Edward of York), Julyana Soelistyo (Richard), Sue Jin Song (Bedford), and James Yaegashi (Winchester), opens at Off-Broadway’s Public Theater.
The Balusters, world premiere by David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by by Kenny Leon, featuring Renée Elise Goldsberry, Richard Thomas, Marylouise Burke, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, and Margaret Colin, with Kayli Carter, Ricardo Chavira, Michael Esper, Maria Christina Olivaras, and Jeena Yi, closes at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
Celebrity Autobiography, directed by Eugene Pack & Dayle Reyfel, closes at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre.
The Magic Flute, conducted by James Conlon, featuring Kyle Miller (Papageno), Aigul Khismatullina (Queen of the Night), and Kwangchul Youn (Sarastro), closes at LA Opera.
Hell’s Kitchen, by Kristoffer Diaz & Alicia Keys, directed by Michael Grey, featuring Maya Drake (Ali), Kennedy Cuaghell (Jersey), Roz White (Miss Liza Jane) Desmond Sean Ellington (Davis), and Jon Avery Worrell (Knuck), closes at LA’s Pantages Theatre.
Hairspray, directed by John Waters, featuring Katy Geraghty (Trace Turnblad), Richard Kind (Edna Turnblad), John Bolton (Wilber Turnblad), Charity Angél Dawson (Motormouth Maybelle), Sara Gettelfinger (Velma Von Tussle), Madison Thompson (Amber Von Tussle), Ben Jackson Walker (Link Larkin), Ashlyn Maddox (Penny Pingleton), Nicholas A. Wilkinson (Seaweed J. Stubbs), Paul Schwensen (Corny Collins), Elizabeth Rhodes (Little Inez:), Hannah Solow (Female Authority FigureP, and Kevin Zak (Male Authority Figure), closes at The Muny.
Mister Halston, by Raffaele Pacitti, directed by Michael Wilson, featuring Michael BcGrath (Mister Halston). closes at Long Island’s Bay Street Theatre.
Every Brilliant Thing, by Duncan Macmillan & Jonny Donahoe, directed by Jenny Sullivan, featuring Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper, closes at Santa Barbara’s New Vic.
Crossing Delancey, by Susan Sandler, directed by Jonathan Fahn. featuring Ari Hagler, Matt Landig, Sharron Shayne, Holly Sidell, and Amy Tolsky, closes at LA’s Theatre 40.
Flower Drum Song, updated by David Henry Hwang, directed by Lily Tung Crystal, featuring , closes at LA’s East West Players.
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Reviews for Fallen Angels at Broadway’s Todd Haimes Theatre.
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Off-Broadway’s MCC Theatre has announced its 2026-27 season:
Casting TBA.
Anon (begins Sept. — dates TBA), by Anne Washburn, directed byAnne Kauffman. 
Rather than the refugee tale, Washburn’s play at MCC focuses on Jeanie, a terminally online TikToker living in a Texas suburb. Conflict mediation ensues when a gay pride flag is unfurled across the street, forcing characters to freak out and examine the blurry line between fantasy and reality in 21st-century America.
The Heart Sellers (Jan. 2027 dates TBA), by Lloyd Suh, directed by May Adrales. . A wam and funny story of a chance encounter and quintesstailly American connection connection. Whn Jane & Luna, two immigrant strangers meet on Thanksgiving in 1973, the decide to spend this strange new holiday together full of shared evening laughs, dreams and frozen turkey that refuses to thaw.
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (June 2027 dates TBA), by Peter Hedges. A fresh look at this beloved story of small town life, a family on the edge, and the dream of escape.
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Girl, Interrupted, world premiere by Martyna Majok & Aimee Mann, directed by Jo Bonney,jas been extended through July 12 at Off-Broadway’s Public Theater.
Leela Bassuk, Ta’Rea Campbell, Gabi Campo, Juliana Canfield, Eileen Doan, Mano Felciano, King Princess, Gunnar Manchester, Mia Pak, Katherine Reis, Anna Roman, Sally Shaw, Emily Skinner, Rachel Stern, and Lauren Jeanne Thomas.
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An Evening of Classic Broadway concert will return on Sun. June 28 at 1 PM at Studio City’s Feinstein’s at Studio City’s Vitello’s, hosted by Dianne Fraser, with music directtion by Brad Ellis.
Use code CODE CLASSIC for a $5 discount here.
Brad Ellis, Dianne Fraser, Eydie Alyson, Julie Garnyé and Damon Kirsche.
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Beautiful, the Carol King Musical will run June 23 – 28 at Pittsburgh CLO, directed & choreographed by Dan Knechtges.
Kyra Kennedy (Carol King), Dylan S. Wallach (Gerry Goffin), Teresa Zimmermann (Cynthia Weill), Barrett Riggins (Barry Man), Mark Ivy (Don Kirschner), Julia Bain (Carol King), Zachary Freier-Harrison (Gerry Goffin), Maidson Claire Parks (Cynthia Weil), Oliver Prose (Barry Mann), and Abe Goldfarb (Don Kirschner).
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Norm Foster’s Lakefront will run July 23 – Aug. 23 at Theatre 40 (on the campus of Beverly Hills High School), directed by Larry Eisenberg. Link TBA.
Daniel Leslie, Mouchette Van Helsdingen and Michael Gabiano.
Ever get the feeling you’ve lost your moxie? Retirees Christina and Robert were feeling that way when they met at a wedding a few weeks ago. During the reception, their intoxicated selves concocted an idea to help them get over their respective anxieties. Renting a lakefront cabin seemed like a great idea at the time—but now that they’re sober, they have to go through with it. They have rented a lakefront cabin together to see if spending a night or two together, to test the intimacy waters, can help them find their mojo again. What could go wrong?