This Weekend’s Highlights:
Friday, June 12
Silverback Mountain, by Mickey Gooch, Jr, directed by Sam Lafrage, featuring Mickey Gooch (Micky), Amerasu (Miss Jackson), Olamide Asanpaola (Tumaini), Leo Jasper Davis (Mamadu), Joe Regelbrugge (Andy), Samuel Selman (Mustafa), Walker Stovall (Marty), and Jason Yanto (Kai), with Kahlil S. Harvey and Collins Rush, opens at Off-Broadway’s AMT Theater.
The (Not So Real) Housewives of Transylvania, world premiere written & directed by Scott Sanders by, featuring Scott Sanders, Iris Almario, Kristen Aziza, Jennifer Durst, Johnny Kay, Kristina Korsholm, and Christian Sanders, opens at LA’s The Actors Company.
The Real Lady Macbeth, by Coco Blignaut & Edison Park, directed by Sofia Streisand, featuring Coco Blignaut, Edison Park, Eve Sigall, and Savannah Schakett, open sat LA’s Actors Company Let Live Theatre.
Saturday, June 13
Singularities and Safety Pins, written & performed by Carmella Riley, directed by Jennifer Green, opens at Burbank’s Colony Theatre.
Case Closed??, Free production!, written & directed byKeya Kalyan & Gayathri Krishnakumar, featuring Griffin Burns (Shinichi Kudo), Erica Mendez (Ai Haibara), Michael Sorich (Hiroshi Agasa), and Andrew J. Russell (Genta Kojima), opens at LA’s Upstairs@ El Centro (1103-B N. El Centro Ave.)
Sunday, June 14
The Motion, by Christopher Chen, directed by Hana S. Sharif, featuring Barzin Akhavan, Peregrine Teng Heard, Nehal Joshi, Nancy Robinette, Nikkole Salter, and Eli El, closes at DC’s Arena Stage.
Hadestown, directed by Keenan Tyler Oliphant, featuring ose Contreras (Orpheus), Hawa Kamara (Eyriydice), Rudy Foster (Hermes), Nickolaus Colón (Hades), and Namisa Mdlalose Bizana (Persephone), closes at Kansas City Starlight.
George & Gracie: A Love Story, world premiere by Tami Workentin, directed by Laura Braza, featuring Tami Workentin & James Pickering, closes at Milwaukee Rep.
Punish Me, by Michael Dukakis, directed by Monique Sorgen, featuring Brianna Bell, Jaiden Blessing, Tina D’Marco, Michael Dukakis, Jose Eduardo Moreno, and Anuradha Senevi, closes at Hollywood’s Hudson Backstage Theatre.
Therapist Zero, Brian Leonard’s solo show closes at LA’s Hudson Guild Theatre.
Ascent, world premiere by Henry Ong, directed by Diana Wyen, featuring Trieu Tran, Iris Liu, Russell Edge, and Jorge-Luis Pallo, closes at LA’s Skylight Theatre.
Therapist Zero, written by & starring Brian Leonard, closes LA’s Hudson Guild Theatre.
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TheaterWorks Hartford has announced its 2026-27 season:
Casting & creative teams TBA.
Little Bear Ridge (Oc. 8 – Nov. 8), by Samuel D. Hunter. 
Set on the remote edge of a small Idaho town, this gripping new play reunites a razor-tongued aunt and her long-estranged nephew, when circumstances suddenly force them back into each other’s lives. With a crumbling house to sell and years of unresolved history between them, sparks fly, tempers flare, and buried wounds resurface. Bitingly funny and quietly explosive, Little Bear Ridge Road explores the complicated, deeply human urge to reach across the void that separates us, even when doing so threatens to break us open.
Christmas on t he Rocks (Nov. 24 – Dec. 23), by Judy Gold, Jenn Harris, Jeffrey Hatcher, Jacques Lamarre, Edwin Sánchez, Matthew Wilkas. It’s Christmas Eve in a rundown local bar. Expecting a silent night, the bartender finds himself mixing drinks for a parade of surprising (and familiar) guests who come to pour out their Christmas woes in this delightful parody.
Twisted Holiday Tradition (Nov. 24 – Dec. 23). Additional information TBA.
TopDog/Underdog (Feb. 4 – Mar. 7, 2027.). This darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, names given to them as a joke by their father. Haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con game three-card monte, the brothers navigate ambition, dreams, rivalry, and deep family secrets to uncover the surprising truths that have shaped their lives.
The Lehman Trilogy (Apr. 1 – May 2,), by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power. Three brothers. One dream. An empire that would change the world. On a cold September morning in 1844, a young man from Bavaria steps on to a New York dock dreaming of a new life in America. Soon his two brothers join him—and an American epic begins. Spanning two centuries of family history, the play traces the humble beginnings, extraordinary successes, and eventual collapse of the financial institution that would help bring the global economy to its knees. In this theatrical tour de force, three actors bring more than a century and a half of ambition, triumph, and tragedy vividly to life.
Both (June 3 – July 3), by Paloma Nozicka. Xochi is dealing with a lot. A difficult pregnancy, a new relationship, and the strain of navigating life within her close-knit Mexican American family who is still grappling with the disappearance of her twin brother more than a year ago. As she struggles to keep her footing, the impossible happens—Sebastian suddenly returns. Her family is overjoyed, but Xochi is not so sure. Where has he been? And why does this version of her brother feel so different from the one she remembers? Haunting, funny, and deeply moving.
73 Seconds (Aug. 3-29), written & performed by Jared Mezzocchi. Jared shares the true story of his relationship with his mother after she is invited by NASA to go into outer space. What begins as a personal inquiry becomes a far-reaching exploration of family, memory, and the ways we deal with catastrophe.
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed by Larry Raben, will run July 10-26 at Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West.
Daebrreon Poiema (Narrator), Brian Justing Crum (Joseph), Thomas Hobson (Pharoah/Jacob), Harrison White (Potiphar), Jeffrey Laughrun (Reuben), Adam Lendermon (Simeon), Perry Marks (Levi), Neil Starkenberg (Dan), Jean Charles (Napthtali), Zane Camacho (Gad), Teronn S. Shrikian (Asher), Brody Tarrant Zebulun (Zeulun), Jerdan Cruz (Benjamin), and Ali Vesey (Mrs. Potiphar), with Johnisa Breault, Alexandra Skylar Kunin, and Sabrina Ryan.
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SteamingMusicals will present Arie Gonzalez & Jeffrey A. Johns’ Still Waiting in the Wings Sat. June 13 at 2 PM ET, directed by Allan Brocka. Click here to stream the musical for Free!
Nick Adams, Ed Asner, Carole Cook, Lee Meriwether, Patricia Richardson, Chita Rivera, Seth Rudetsky, Sally Struthers, Bruce Vilanch, and Cindy Williams.
The musical follows the trials and triumphs of actors waiting tables in Times Square. While dreaming of the Broadway stage, the reality of slinging hash under fluorescent lights mixes sweet aspirations with bitter drama.There’s no people like show people and there’s no telling what can happen when they’re pitted against each other.
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The People Versus Lenny Bruce, by Susan Charlotte, directed by Antony Marsellis, continues through June 28 at Theatre Row.
Johnny Anthony, Timothy Doyle, Dan Grimaldi, Ian Lithgow, Stephen Schnetzer, Jonathan Spivey, and Roberta Wallach. 
This is the current cast. The cast will change during the run.
The time was 1964. The place, New York City. Lenny Bruce, the comedic icon, was facing obscenity charges. The same Lenny Bruce who became a major character in the hit series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”. The same Lenny Bruce who was referenced by Jimmy Kimmel when he was temporarily taken off the air; Rahm Emanuel, former White House Chief of Staff under President Obama; and The New York Times.