Today’s Highlights:
Antigone (This Play I Read in School) world premiere by Anna Zeigler, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, featuring Ethan Dubin (Cop 3/Achilles), Celia Keenan-Bolger (Chorus), Katie Kreisler (Cop 1/Proprietor), Susannah Perkins (Antigone), Dave Quay (Cop 2/Palace Guard), Tony Shalhoub (Creon), Calvin Leon Smith (Haemon), and Haley Wong (Ismene), opens at Off Broadway’s Public Theatre.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed & choreographed by Bill Bustamante, featuring Aaron Alcaraz, Hannah Balago, Terrence J. Bennett, Alvan Bolling, II, John Cauthen, Raymond Dimaano, Elisa Galindez, Michael Goltry, Kevin Gonzalez, McKinley Heidelberg-Denison, Lizz Hughes, Job Jones-Noel, Quincy Lawson, Mitchell Maguire, Tré Porchia, Jay Roberts-Miller, and Alex Simpson, opens at Virginia Stage.
Matt Doyle: New Beginning concert, closes at 7 PM at NYC’s 54 Below.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending Mar. 8.
Click here for the complete analysis.
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Jake Brasch’s The Reservoir continues through Mar. 22 at the Atlantic Theatre, directed by Shelley Butler.
Noah Galvin (Josh), Carolinw Aaron (Beverly), Heidi Armrbruster (Patria), Peter Malonyey (Hank), Mary Beth Peil (Irene), Matthew Saldivar (Hugo), and Chirp Zien (Shrimpy).
Josh’s life is a mess. He’s moved home to Denver to get sober, but after years of drinking, the fog in his brain won’t lift. Struggling with memory loss, confusion, and shame he finds himself strangely in step with his four aging grandparents. The Reservoir is a funny, human play about memory, recovery, and the joys of cross-generational connection.
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“The Wizard and I: Liz Calaway Sings Stephen Schwartz” album will be released Fri. Mar. 20 on all platforms. Click here for the complete track list.
Pre-order here.
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DJ Salisbury & Neil Berg’s The Man Who Would be King will run Mar. 25 – Apr. 3 at Theatre at St. Lukes (308 West 46th St.), directed by DJ Salisbury.
Terrence Archie, Shanel Bailey, Josh Canfield, Coleman Cummings, Rita Harvey, Vicki Lewisk Trevor Martin, Wesley Slade, and Katie Thompson.
Set in 1888 Imperial British India, The Man Who Would Be King is a period musical based on Rudyard Kipling’s novella of the same name. This musical adaptation follows two rogues who chase imperial dreams into the remote Hindu Kush, where they attempt to rule a mythical culture as kings. Their hunger for power leads to betrayal and catastrophe, leaving one man to return home and tell a journalist the compelling story of greed, hubris, star-crossed romance, and empire undone.
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The St. Louis Muny (scroll down) has announced its Summer 2026 Season
Casting & creative teams TBA.
Hairspray (June 15-21)
Shrek The Musical (June 25 – July 2)
South Pacific (July 6-12)
Newsies (July 16-22)
Ain’t Too Proud (July 27 – Aug. 2)
Meet Me in St. Louis (Aug. 6-13)
Something Rotten! (Aug. 17-23)
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D J Salisbury & Neil Berg’s The Man Who Would Be King will run Mar. 25 – Apr. 3 at Theatre at St. Lukes, directed by Salisbury.
Terrence Archie, Shanel Bailey, Josh Candield, Coleman Cummings, Rita Harvey, Vici Lewis, Trevor Martin, Wesley Slade, and Katie Thompson.
Set in 1888 Imperial British India, The Man Who Would Be King is a period musical based on Rudyard Kipling’s novella of the same name. This musical adaptation follows two rogues who chase imperial dreams into the remote Hindu Kush, where they attempt to rule a mythical culture as kings. Their hunger for power leads to betrayal and catastrophe, leaving one man to return home and tell a journalist the compelling story of greed, hubris, star-crossed romance, and empire undone.
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A film adaptation of I.S. Berry’s The Peacock and the Sparrow is currently in the works. A timeline and additional information is TBA.
Set during the Arab Spring in Bahrain, The Peacock and the Sparrow follows a CIA spy whose mission goes awry as he becomes entangled in murder, conspiracy, and an unpredictable revolution. Tackling love, betrayal, espionage, and the complexities of the Middle East and international relations, Berry’s work has been dubbed “the most decorated debut spy thriller yet published” (The Times and Sunday Times), “one of the best characterizations of a CIA case officer in print” (David McCloskey, author of Damascus Station), and was named the Times Thriller of the Year, the Telegraph Thriller of the Year, and a New Yorker, Financial Times, Guardian, and NPR best book of the year. It won the 2024 Edgar Award, International Thriller Writers Award, Barry Award, and Macavity Award for Best First Novel.
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Jason Graae: It’s a Graae Night for Singing! will take place on Wed. Apr. 1 at 7 PM at NYC’s 54 Below, with music direction by Gerald Sternbach.
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Red Bull Theater will present Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, which will begin preview Mar. 17 and open Mar. 29 at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre, directed by Jesse Berger.
Patrick Page, with McKinley Belcher III, Enid Graham, Jesse Aaronson, Matthew Amendt, Blair Baker, Francesca Faridany, Amy Jo Jackson, Adam Langdon, Anthony Michael Lopez, Anthony Michael Martinez, Howard Overshown, Olivia Reis, and Zack Lopez Roa.
A young Shakespeare flexes his theatrical muscles in this shockingly timely thriller, where Rome’s celebrated hero returns victorious from battle only to ignite an unstoppable spiral of revenge that brings an empire to its knees.