Today’s Highlights:
Pride and Prejudice, Part 2: Napoleon at Pemberley, world premiere by Ken Ludwig, directed by Emily Man & Reg Roger, featuring Lucy Austin (Lydia Wickham), Delphi Borich (Elizabeth Darcy), Carson Elrod (Mr. Collins/Major Hudson Lowe), Mathias Goldstein (Lieutenant), Kristine Nielsen (Lady Catherine de Bourgh), Tony Roach (Fitzwilliam Darcy), Reg Rogers (Napoleon Bonaparte), and Allison Wick (Anne de Bourgh), opens at Westport Country Playhouse.
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My apologies for the unusually short newsletter.
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The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway will take place Mon. Nov. 2 at 7 PM at the Todd Haimes Theatre.
Eboni Booth (Primary Trust), Sarah Burgess (Dry Powder), Julia Jordan (Murder Ballad), Steven Levenson (Dear Evan Hansen), David Lindsay-Abaire (Kimberly Akimbo), and Jonathan Marc Sherman.
Eden Barber, Nichole Greene, David Ruttura, Tiffany Kate Sullivan, Patrick Vassel , and Deanna Weiner.
Justin Bartha, David Burtka, Chris Chalk, David Cross, Hugh Dancy, Crystal Dickinson, Jin Ha, Josh Hamilton, Alano Miller, Keith Nobbs, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Amber Tamblyn, and Nia Vardalos.
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NYC’s York Theatre will present the 34th annual Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala on Mon. Nov. 16 at 6 PM at the Edison Ballroom, directed by Stephen Nachamie.
Kelli O’Hara and Drama Desk Co-President Charles Wright.
Featuring Brian d’Arcy James, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Arian Moayed, James Naughton, Patrick Wilson
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The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival has announced its 2027 season:
Casting TBA.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (June 2 – Sept. 25), directed by Ryan Quinn.
The Cherry Tortured (June 4 – July 31), by Aaron Posner, directed by Davis MaCallum.
The Cherry Tortured … Or the Parable of the Great Unsticking, directed by Davis McCallum. After five years away, Miss Lulu is coming home. The ancestral home she remembers is crumbling, but the family drama is right where she left it. As old grudges resurface, fresh calamities loom, and the future of their beloved family estate teeters on the brink of change, one question remains: how do you move forward when everything you love is on the line?
Sunday in the Park with George (June 6 – Sept. 4), directed by Amanda Dehnert
Macbeth Aug. 7 – Oct. 3, directed by Jenn Thompson.
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Boomer, written & performed by Ken Straus, will take place Thurs. Oct. 29 at 7 PM at Theatre Row.
A non-top Tour-de-Force of a Boomer’s cultural odyssey through the turbulent decades.
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Boomer, written & performed by Ken Straus, will take place Tues. Oct. 29 at 7 PM at Theatre Row.
A baby boomer’s raw, comedic cultural odyssey through a mad world of his own creation.