Today’s Highlights:
PHYL, by Cecily Hamilton, directed by Britt Berke, featuring Tessa Bilmes, Jennifer Blood, Curaon Dobell, Katie Firth Lily Ganser, Livvy Marcus, Anthony Michael Martinez, Zalia Sulla, and Charlotte Ledtje, opens at Off-Broadway’s Mint Theatre.
Gingold Theatrical Group‘s readings of Bernard Shaw’s Village Wooing, directed by David Staller, featuring Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders and a rotating cast, begins at Off-Broadway’s Symphony Space.
Fallen Angels (Broadway production), featuring Rose Byrne (Jane Banbury), Kelli O’Hara (Julia Sterroll), Gracee Chimo (Saunders), Mark Consuelos (Maurice Duclos), Christopher Fitzgerald (Willy Banbury), andAsaif Mandvi (Fred Sterroll, with Max Gordon Moore, christopher Innvar, and Larua Shoop, released in movie theaters worldwide.
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Purpose, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, will run Nov. 11- Dec. 20 (opening Nov. 19) at the Geffen Playhouse, directed by Phylicia Rashad.
Alana Arenas (Morgan Jasper), Glenn Davis (Solomon “Junior” Jasper) Jon Michael Hill (Nazareth “Naz” Jasper), LaTanya Richardson Jackson (Claudine Jasper) Harry Lennix (Solomon “Sonny” Jasper) and Kara Young (Aziza Houston), with Jon Michael Hill, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Harry Lennix, Nija Okoro & Kara Young.
Alana Aren (Windfall), David Makes (Morgan Jasper), Glenn Davis (Solomon Junior” Jasper; )Jon Michael Hill (The Mountaintop, Superior Donuts) as Nazareth “Naz” Jasper; LaTanya Richardson Jackson (Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous; A Raisin in the Sun) as Claudine Jasper; Harry Lennix (The Matrix series, Justice League) as Solomon “Sonny” Jasper; and Kara Young (Is God Is, Purlie Victorious) , with Nija Okoro.
The Jaspers: generations of a powerful Black political family under one roof where nothing stays buried for long. When their youngest son returns home, instincts kick in to protect their public image of leadership and moral authority, and fractures soon appear as private grievances, betrayals, and long-simmering questions of identity rise to the surface.
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Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’ Purpose will run Nov. 11 – Dec. 20 (opening Nov. 19) LA’s Geffen Playhouse, directed by Phylica Rashad.
Alan Arenas, Glenn DAvis, Jon Michael Hill, LaTanya Richardsonn Jackson, Harry Lennix, Nija Okofo, and Kara Yount.
Meet the Jaspers: generations of a powerful Black political family under one roof where nothing stays buried for long. When their youngest son returns home, instincts kick in to protect their public image of leadership and moral authority, and fractures soon appear as private grievances, betrayals, and long-simmering questions of identity rise to the surface.
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The Group Rep‘s Motel 66, by Lee Redmond, offering new short one-act plays, continues through Nov. 2 upstairs at North Hollywood’s Lonny Chapman Theatre.
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The Dog Show: Come Sit Stay, by David Javerbaum,will run Nov. 3, 4 & 25 at TheTriad, directed by Richard Israel.
Seth Rudetsy Gizel Jiménez, Angela Reed, and .J. Shively, Note: Jordan Matthew Brown will not perform on the evenings that Seth appears due to prior commitments.
Actors perform a series of monologues from the dogs’ perspective, giving voice to the thoughts, feelings, opinions, and obsessions that humans can only imagine. How do dogs really feel about taking baths? Sticking their heads out of car windows? Working as police dogs? And, most importantly, sniffing another dog’s behind?
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2 Dudes & Their Teach: Singing, a new musical, will be presented Nov. 13 & 14 at LA’s Hudson Guild Theatre, with music direction by Stuart Elster.
Kevin Spirtas, Christian Maltez, and Gloria Gifford.
Instead of a narrative storyline, the performance is structured around an evening of music, laughter, love, and memories, showcasing the real-life dynamic and exceptional vocal talents of the three performers.
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The Dog Show,: Come, Sit, Stay, by David Javerbaum , will run Jan. 31 – Feb. 3, 2027 at the Triad Theatre, directed by Richard Israel.
Gizel Jiménez, Angela Reed, and and A.J. Shively.
Actors perform a series of monologues from the dogs’ perspective, giving voice to the thoughts, feelings, opinions, and obsessions that humans can only imagine. How do dogs really feel about taking baths? Sticking their heads out of car windows? Working as police dogs? And, most importantly, sniffing another dog’s behind?