Today’s Highlights:
The Sound of Music, directed by Jack O’Brien, featuring Cayliegh Capaldi (Maria Rainer), Kevn Early (Captain Georg von Trapp), Christine Noll (Mother Abbess), Nichalos rodriguez (Max Ketweiler), Kate Loprest (Elsa Schraeder),Ian Coursey (Rolf Gruber), John Adinson (Franz), John Adkison (Franz), Jennifer Maleke (Frau Schmidt), Corey Breenan (Admiral von Schreiber), Daniel Sullivan (Herr Zeller), Jennifer Malene (Frau Schmidt),Corey Goreenan (Admiral von Schreiber), Torben Mularski (Friedrich), Skylar Mattews (Louisa), Reece Boyle (Kurt), Haddie Mac (Brigitta), Berekley Waulk (Marta), Everly Beeson (Gretl), and Meredith Lustig (Sister Sophia), with Sydney K. Borchers, Alli Echelmeyer, Dylan Bradford, and Blaire Eilene Baker, opens at LA’s Pantages Theatre.
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Mozart’s Magic Flute will run May 30 – June 17 at LA Opera, conducted by James Conlon.
Miles Mykkanen (Prince Tamino), Sydney Mancasola (Princess Pamina), Kyle Miller (Papageno), Aigul Khismatullina (Queen of the Night), Kwangchul Youn (Sarastro), Meridian Prall (Third Lady), and Ismaele (First Armored Man).
Prince Tamino wakes up in a strange land with an even stranger quest: to deliver the Princess Pamina from the clutches of Sarastro. Joined by the loveable bird-catcher Papageno, these unlikely heroes will face uncharted lands and hidden dangers. But the Queen of the Night who sent them on this journey might be the most dangerous of all…
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Virginia Stage Company has announced its 206-27 season:
Come From Away (Sept. 2 – 20)
Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Jan, 20 – Feb. 7, 2027)
The Heart Sellers (Oct. 7-18), by Lloyd Suh.
A Merry Little Christmas Carol (Dec. 2-23),by Mark Shanahan, adapted from the novella by Charles Dickens.
A Sherlock Carol Dec. 4-27) by Mark Shanahan
John Proctor is the Villain (Mar. 3-20, 2027)
Cabaret (April 14 – May 2, 2027)
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Nominations for the 2026 Chita Rivera Awards have been announced for the 2025-2026 season. Click here for all the nominations.
The awards will be presented on Mon. May 18 at 7:30PM at the NYU Skirball Center.
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Industry presentations of Joe Calarco’s America’s Mom will take place Wed. June 24 at Off-Broadway’s Open Jar Studios, directed by Hannah Ryan. Industry members interested in attending: email Info@AmpersandTheatrical.com.
Laila Robins (Valerie), Abbey Lee (Stevie), and Maria Habeeb (Marta).
The work explores the concept of family estrangement, following sitcom star Valerie making her Broadway debut when her daughter Stevie, who went no contact five years earlier, arrives at her dressing room following a performance.
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Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theater will present the world premiere of Raffaele Pacitti’s Mister Halston, to run June 2-21, directed by Michael Wilson.
Matt McGrath
Set against the glamorous and volatile worlds of 1970s and 80s New York, Mister Halston traces the meteoric rise, dazzling fame, and ultimate fall of one of America’s most iconic fashion designers. A strikingly personal portrait of the man behind the myth while revealing the human cost of ambition, artistry, and reinvention.
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The world premiere of Dirty Books, written and directed by Mara Lieberman, continues through July 12 at the Bated Breath Theater (39 W 14th Street, #301).
Alaina Bozarth, Alexis Pratt, Sammy Rivas, Laura Walter, and Grayson Willenbacher, with Elisa Grace Davis, Claire Hampsey, and Camilo Zuqui.
An immersive performance that plunges audiences into the heated battles over anti-obscenity laws and censorship in America. Inspired by the true stories of erotic fiction writers of the 1960’s and using Supreme Court-inspired transcripts, Dirty Books reveals the ingenuity and resilience of artists who thrived in the shadows of America’s anti-obscenity laws working in the soft-core adult publishing industry. Inside an intimate world of secret bookstores, banned novels, and underground desire, the audience collaborates with the company to compose an erotic story.
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William Finn’s Elegies: A Song Cycle will run Jun 14, June 19, and June 27 at the Chromolume Theatre, directed by Carol M. Becker. Link TBA.
Hollis Dohr, Christopher Fishburne, Andrew Gillespie, Myia LaShaun, Juliana Lustenader, Ella Raziel, Richard Rosales, Kendre Scott, and Judd Yort.
An intimate and moving remembrance of departed friends and family — some lost to AIDS, the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, beloved pets, and even Finn’s own mother. Never morbid, the show is touching, funny, and ultimately buoyant. The styles and tones of the songs range from unabashedly optimistic to hilariously irreverent.
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Falstaff continues. through May 10 at LA Opera, conducted by James Conlon.
Craig Colclough (Falstaff) and Nicole (Alice Ford), with Ernesto Petti (Ford), Deanna Breiwick (Nannetta), Anthony León (Fenton), Hyona Kim (Mistress Quickly), Sarah Saturnino (Meg Page), Yuntong Han (Bardolph), Vinícius Costa (Pistol), and Nathan Bowles (Dr. Caius).
The piece is set in Windsor, England, during the reign on Henry IV (1399-1413). It follows the vrain, aging Knight Sir John Falstaff, who attempst to seduce two weatlhy married womin, Alice For and Meg Page, to pay off his debts. The women discover his identical love letters, tricking him into a series of embarrassing traps—including a dunking in the Thames and a chaotic night-time fright—before all characters celebrate the folly of life in a final, witty fugue.