Today’s Highlights:
A Walk on the Moon, by Pamela Gray & Ann Marie Milazzo, directed by Sheryl Kaller, featuring Talia Suskauer (Pearl Kantrowitz), Max Chernin (Marty Kantrowitz), Sam Gravitte (Walker), and Andréa Burns (Lillian), opens at Off-Broadway’s Laura Pels Theatre.
Steven Brinberg ‘s Simply Barbra concert at 8 PM at NYC’s Green Room 42.
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Play Ball! by Jim Bernhard
Fill in the missing words in the show titles with a Major League Baseball player.
| 1. A Connecticut ____, musical by Herbert Fields, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart | A. Twin |
| 2. The ____ Family, play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber | B. Brave |
| 3. Does A ____ Wear a Necktie?, play by Don Petersen | C. Yankee |
| 4. Tobias and the _____, play by James Bridie | D. Pirate |
| 5. The ____ Sister, play by Ludwig Fulda | E. Royal |
| 6. The Ancient ____, play by Molière | F. Cardinal |
| 7. The Unknown ____, play by Paul Reynal | G. Angel |
| 8. The ____ Queen, musical by Richard Maltby Jr., Alain Boblil and Claude-Michel Schönberg | H. Mariner |
| 9. Summer ____, play by William Inge | I. Tiger |
| 10. The ____’s Edict, play by Edmund Day | J. Warrior |
Scroll down for the answers…
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Crazy for You, directed byMichael Fling, has been extended through Aug. 16 at CT’s Goodspeed Musicals.
Will Burton (Bobby Child), Brittany Zeinstra (Ppolly Baker), Edward Juvier (Bela Zangler), Hailey Thomas (Irene Roth), Jeremy Davis (Everett Baker), David Andrew Morton (Lank Hawkins), and Michele Ragusa IMother/Pariciam, with Claire Avakian, Willie Clyde Beaton II, Colin Bradbury, Courtney Brady, Kailee Regan Brandt, Katie Scarlett Brunson, Samuel Colina, Bradley Gibbins-Klein, Kelly Gleason, Taylor Lane, Brian Shimasaki Liebson, Griffin Wilkinsm Lexi Baldachino, and Brandon J. Morris.
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Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd will run July 14 – Aug. 1 at CT’s Westport Country Playhouse, adapted & directed by Mark Shanahan.
Shereen Ahmed (Flora Ackroyd) Anthony Cochrane a(Hercule Poirot), Joe Delafield (Ralph Paton), Allen Gilmore (Inspector Raglan), Erin Noel Grennan (Caroline Sheppard), Richard Ruiz Henry (Major Hector Blunt), Tom Hewitt (Parker), John Rapson (Dr. James Sheppard), Nicole Shalhoub (Helen Russell), and Karen Ziemba (Gertrude Ackroyd).
A murder. A mansion. A mysterious cast of suspects. And only one man can uncover the truth: Hercule Poirot.
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The Outsiders, by Adam Rapp, Justin Levine, and Jamestown Revival Revival, will run Sept. 30 – Oct. 18 at the Pantages Theatre, directed by Danya Taymor.
Noah Pacht (Ponyboy Curtis), Johnny Cake (Caleb Mathrua), Dan Berry (Darrel Curtic), SeQuoiia (Dallas Winston), Emma Pittman (Cherry Valance), Sutton James Kaylor (Sodapop Curtis), Daryl Tofa (Two-Bit Matthews), and Victor Carrillo Tracey (Paul).
A coming-of-age story set in 1967 Tulsa, Oklahoma, which follows 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis and his surrogate family of working-class “Greasers” as the navigate poverty, loss, and a bitter, violent rivalry with the “Socs,” a gang of privileged, upper-class kids from the other side of town.
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The world premiere of James Graham’s The Standard of Living will run Sept. 21 – Dec. 12 at Theatre Royal Haymarket, directed Nicholas Hytner.
Rory Kinner (John Maynard Keynes) and Natalia Osipova (Lydia Lopokova).
The story of one of the 20th century’s greatest thinkers who, in daring to imagine a different type of future, helped reshape our world.
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Birthright, by Jonathan Spector and directed by Teddy Bergman, continues through July 26 at MCC Theater.
Hale Appleman, Molly Bernard Eli Gelb, Abbi Jacobson, Liz Larsen), Nate Mann, and Zoë Winters.
What begins as a reunion among six young friends after a Birthright trip to Israel in 2006 becomes, over the span of 18 years, an exploration of identity, fracturing communities, and the struggle to stay connected across difference. Against a backdrop of political upheaval, the influence of social media on discourse, and profound generational change, their relationships become a battleground for competing histories, beliefs, and uncomfortable emotional truths.
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Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West has announced its 2027 season:
Creative teams and casting TBA.
The Prince of Egypt (Feb. 19 – Mar. 7)
West Side Story (Apr. 9-25)
Kimberly Akimbo (Oct. 8-24)
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Dec. 3 – 19)
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Barbara Nell Beery’s How High the Moon will run July 24 – Aug. 16 at Theatre West, directed by Asaad Kelada.
Jeanine Anderson (Violet), Kathie Barnes (Millie), Lane Compton(Harrison), Matthew Gademske (Russell), John Plsey (Carl), Anya Profumo (Allison), Matthew Gademske (Fussell), Caroline Quitley (Amy), and David Nathan Schwartz (Walter).
A young housewife questions her marriage, and an estranged son returns home. This is a play about sibling conflict and family secrets during the housing boom in the San Fernando Valley.
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The world premiere of Melissa Maney’s Hungry Women will run July 12 – Aug. 30 (opening July 25) at Soho Playhouse, directed by Daniella Caggiano.
TBA.
If men went extinct, what would our world look like? The play envisions this exact reality across two hundred years. A dark comedy that blends absurdism and the macabre through a feminist lens, the play explores survival, identity, sexuality, motherhood, and the reshaping of power in the absence of the patriarchy. In the end, it asks: What are women most hungry for?
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How High the Moon, world premiere by Barbara Nell Beery, will run July 24 – Aug. 16 at Theatre West, directed by Asaad Kelada.
Jeanine Anderson, Kathie Barnes, Lane Compton, Matthew Gademske, John Posey, Anya Profumo, Caroline Quigley and David Nathan Schwartz.
It’s July 4, 1952. The lives of two neighboring families in the San Fernando Valley will never be the same. It’s the 25th birthday of beautiful Amy who is questioning her marriage to Russell. But Harris- Russell’s older brother and Amy’s former love interest- unexpectedly shows up and turns everyone’s life upside down. It’s the dawn of the housing boom in the Valley. Times are changing. People have new dreams, and some old ways may be left behind, to the chagrin of folks clinging to their old traditions. Sibling conflicts and long-buried family secrets come to the fore and decisions must be made: Will Russell follow his father’s path as a dentist or pursue his real estate dreams? Will Harris remain a member of the Silent Generation or sign a Loyalty Oath? Will it be a Happy 4th of July?
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Answers Play Ball! by Jim Bernhard
1-C. A Connecticut Yankee, musical by Herbert Fields, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
2-E. The Royal Family, play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber
3-I. Does A Tiger Wear a Necktie?, play by Don Petersen
4-G. Tobias and the Angel, play by James Bridie
5-A. The Twin Sister, play by Ludwig Fulda
6-H. The Ancient Mariner, play by Molière
7-J. The Unknown Warrior, play by Paul Reynal
8-D. The Pirate Queen, musical by Richard Maltby Jr., Alain Boblil and Claude-Michel
Schönberg
9-B. Summer Brave, play by William Inge
10-F. The Cardinal’s Edict, play by Edmund Day