Today’s Highlights:
Relax …. let go….. let fly…
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Reviews for Here There Are Blueberries at Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theatre:
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The world premiere of We’ll See, written & directed by Richard Nelson, has been extended though Nov. 29 at Off-Broadway’s Public Theatre.
Sally Murphy (Jane Apple), Maryann Plunkett (Barbara Apple), Laila Robins Marian Apple), Jay O. Sanders (Richard Apple), and Yvonne Woods (Yvonne).
Three families in Rhinebeck, New York follows the Apple family on midterm election day, Nov. 3, 2026. The Apples are anxious, looking for a way to get through the night. They gather at Barbara’s for a family dinner. They tell stories, catch up, laugh, make fun of themselves, eat, sing, and talk about their lives and the incidental moments of their day, while asking themselves a question: “Do we define ourselves by what we are not, by what we hate?”
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The world premiere of Adia & Clora Snatch Joy, by Mfoniso Udofia, will run Nov. 24 – Dec. 13 at Boston’s Huntington Theatre, directed by Awoye Timpo.
April Armstrong (Abasiama Ufot), Nicole Michelle Haskins (Clora Abernathy Sr.), Kojo (Aniekan Abernathy), Shannon Lamb ( Elder Clora Abernathy), Tracey Conyer Lee (Elder Adiaha Ufot), Zonya Love (Clora Abernathy), Ebony Marshall-Oliver (Adiaha Ufot), Phoenix Noelle (Young Clora) Abernathy, Nelly Santos-McKenzie (Young Adiaha Ufot), Elena Rose Taveras (Young Clora Abernathy), and Ginaylah Nunes Teixeira (Young Adiaha Ufot).
In the marshes of South Carolina, Clora Abernathy opens her front door to a stranger from Massachusetts – Adiaha Ufot – and something unnamed stirs within them. Both are dutiful daughters who’ve devoted their lives to their parents – but as the sparks fly, a life-changing question takes shape: What might happen if they dare to be good to themselves? To wholly experience desire, pleasure, and joy as grown-ass women – for the very first time.
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Positivity & Merriment Reign!, written, directed & performed by Marilyn Maye, will run Dec. 12-16 at NYC’s Don’t Tell Mamma, with special guest Seth Sikes.
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Little Women, directed by Cate Caplin, continues through Nov. 22 at CA’s Musical Theatre West.
Jenna Lea Rosen (Jo Marsh), Katie roche (Meg March), Haven Watts (Beth March), Jordan Cruz (Amy March), Tammi Tappan Damiano (Marmee March), Ariel Neydavoud (Theodore “Laurence), Jonathan Mering (Prfessor Bhaer), Araon Gibbs (Mr. John Brooke), Barabara Carlton Heart IAunt March), and Martin Kildare (Mr. Laurence).
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The Unbelievers, by Nick Payne, continues through Nov. 29 at Manhattan Theatre Club, directed by Knud Adams.
Lauren Ambrose, Jaspal Binning, Brittany Bradford, Jack DiFalco, Marjan Neshat, Tom Riley, Nina Ross, Hadi Tabbal, and Elizabeth Yeoman.
Faith means believing in something. Especially when it feels impossible. As the years go by and the mystery of the sudden disappearance of Miriam and David’s teenage son remains unsolved, their blended family must figure out how to go on, relearning how to live through the ups and downs of ordinary days in their altered world.
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The world premiere of Frank Semerano’s The Ten Tombs of Doctor Styles, will run Jan. 14 – Feb. Feb. 14 at Beverly Hills’ Theatre Forty, directed by Melanie MacQueen.
Avery Abell, Warren Davis, Kevin Dulude, Christopher Franciosa, Daniel Leslie, Jean Mackie, Nakasha Norwood and Jenn Robbins.
Five uninvited, suspicious, clueless, and bumbling characters show up at the isolated estate of the late Egyptologist Dr. Winston Styles, intending to search through the home-filled with precious artifacts-for the clues that will solve an ancient riddle. They are certain the answer will uncover a vast fortune. With little time, it is a desperate night: lives and love are at stake, mysterious happenings unfold, and a practical-joke-playing mummy appears. What could go wrong? Comedy ensues!
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Ethan Mathias: Wait ‘Til You See What’s Next will take place Sun. Nov. 15 at 1 PM at NYC’s Green Room 42, directed by Eric Michael Gillett, and music direction by Michael Lavine.
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The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, by Jeff Goode, will run Dec. 4-20 at Hollywood’s Broadwater Black Box, directed by Suse Sternokopf.
Allen Corben, Cindy D’Andrea, Sue Gisser, Jeffrey Johnson, KC Khan, Michael Perlmutter, Kappa V, and Sanjeev Varma.
This not your standard holiday fare. It’s a scathing, insightful, and deliciously snarky 90 minutes of live theatre performed by a superb cast. No AI. No special effects. Just gloriously talented reindeer right there, on the stage in front of you. In this not-quite-post #MeToo era, Jeff Goode’s script, first performed in 1994, is by turns hilarious, thought-provoking, and, disturbingly, more pertinent than ever. Sexual harassment in the workplace hasn’t gone out of style. Nor has sexual assault. Nor homophobia. Nor pedophilia. Sadly, the list goes on.
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Theater Rocks!, a live music event featuring music from multiple decades of pop, musical theater, and rock music, will take place Sun. Nov. 15 at 7 PM at LA’s Theatre West, featuring rock bands.
This is not your standard holiday fare. It’s a scathing, insightful, and deliciously snarky 90 minutes of live theatre performed by a superb cast. No AI. No special effects. Just gloriously talented reindeer right there, on the stage in front of you. In this not-quite-post #MeToo era, Jeff Goode’s script, first performed in 1994, is by turns hilarious, thought-provoking, and, disturbingly, more pertinent than ever. Sexual harassment in the workplace hasn’t gone out of style. Nor has sexual assault. Nor homophobia. Nor pedophilia. Sadly, the list goes on.