Today’s Highlights:
Red Bull Theater‘s Running of the Bulls Gala, hosted by Santino Fontana, honoring John Lithgow and arts advocate Joanna Cole, at 6 PM at NYC’s Bowery Hotel.
Our Time Lempicka benefit concert, by Carson Kreitzer & Matt Could, directed by Rachel Chavkin, featuring Eden Espinosa, Natalie Joy Johnson, Zoe Glick, Lauren Blackman, Stephen Brower , Holli’ Conway, Abby Matsusaka , Jimin Moon, Ximonse Rose , Nicholas Ward, Veronica Fiaoni ), Michael Milkanin, and Mary Page Nanc, at 9:30 PM at Off-Broadway’s Beechman Theatre.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending May 31.
Click here for the complete analysis.
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Guys and Dolls concert presentation will take place July 13-14 at Theatre Aspen, directed by Jeff Calhoun, and conducted by Andy Einhorn.
Julie Benco, Bonnie Milligan, Christopher Sieber, and Ryan Vasquez.
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Cats: The Jellicle Ball has been extended at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre, with tickets now on sale through Sunday, Jan. 17, 2027.
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Twelve Hours with Tracy Letts, a benefit for Circle in the Square Theatre School, will take place Mon. June 22 from 11 AM – 11 PM at Off-Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre.
August: Osage County … Killer Joe … Linda Vista … The Minutes … and Man from Nebraska.
Mark Armstrong, Benita de Wit, Victor Malana Maog, Jeanne Slater, and Eric Tucker.
Karen Sours Albisua, Jason Biggs, Abigail Breslin, Scott Caan, Silvia Dionicio, Beanie Feldstein, Joe Forbrich, John Gallagher Jr., Gina Gershon, Rory Hammond , Joe Holt, Kammy Ibarra, Jonathan Judge-Russo, Kevin Kilner, Trevor Kluckman, Adam Langdon, Libby Lee, Katrina Lenk, Kelly Lester, Matthew Lillard, Hamish Linklater, Terra Mackintosh, Jak Malone, Eric William Morris, Lauren LOLO Pritchard, Andrew Rothenberg, Thomas Sadoski, Milly Shapiro, Sandra Shipley, Samantha Sloyan, Jeff Still, Adrienne Warren, and more TBA.
The 12-hour event is intended to give audiences an opportunity to view multiple play readings connected to one writer in a marathon setting, and this year’s festival follows on the heels of previous festivals featuring the works of Beth Henley, John Patrick Shanley, and Leslye Headland.
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Singlarities and Safety Pins, written & performed by Carmella Riley, will take place Sat. June 13 (at 7:30 PM) and Sat. June 20 (at 3 PM) at Burbanks Colony theatre, directed by Jennifer Green.
A woman uses humor and science to help her navigate a look back at her mother’s battle with cancer. This solo show explores themes of grief, loss and the perils of motherhood.
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Jon Robin Baitz’ Other Desert Cities will run Sept, 29 -Jan 17, 2027 (opening Oct. 18) at the Hudson Theatre, directed by John Benjamin Hickey.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Joe Keery, and Lily Rabe.
On Christmas Eve, the sunlit Palm Springs home of a politically connected family becomes a battleground of memory, loyalty, and legacy when a daughter returns with a memoir and the power to expose the explosive truth they’ve kept hidden. As the past comes into focus, the question isn’t just what happened, but who owns a family’s story, and what is the cost to tell it.
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North Hollywood’s Road Theatre Company has announced its 17th Annual Playwrights Festival, to run July 10-17 at North Hollywood’s location, offering 15 plays in 10 days.
Click the link above for the complete schedule.
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the Gay Men’s chorus of Los Angeles will present Declarations of Independence June 27 & 28 at Beverly Hills’ Saban Theatre (8440 Wilshire Blvd.)
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54 Sings Dames at Sea: A 60th Anniversary Concert will take place Tues. June 9 at 7 PM at NYC’s 54 Below, with music directed by Michael Lavine, and hosted by hosted by Charles Kirsch.
Loni Ackerman, Bill Buell, Paula Leggett Chase, Joyce Chittick, Britney Coleman, Christopher DeProphetis, Stephen DeRosa, Nadia Duncan, Rick Faugno, Jeff Gorti, Ruth Gottschall, Olivia Elease Hardy, Roe Hartrampf, Jay Aubrey Jones, Karen Mason, Ashley Morton, Kurt Peterson, Alexander Rios, AJ Shively, Alexandra Socha, Jenny Lee Stern, Megan Styrna, and Allyson, Randy Skinner.
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Celebrity Autobiography has announced its rotating guest casts this Summer at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre:
Brooke Adams (June 6)
Pamela Adlon (June 1-14)
Scott Adsit (now-May 31)
Lewis Black (June 15-28)
Matthew Broderick (June 8-14)
Danny Burstein (June 15-28)
Mario Cantone (now-June 28, July 9-August 16)
Katie Couric (June 4)
Mikey Day (June 4-6)
Tate Donovan (June 8-21)
Gina Gershon (June 1-5,11,12)
Jeff Hiller (now-May 31)
Jackie Hoffman (now-May 31, June 29-August 2)
Ken Jeong (June 29-July 5)
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer (May 29, June 8-21)
Robert Sean Leonard (June 1-7)|
Ralph Macchio (June 1-14)
Ben Mankiewicz (now-May 31)
Andrea Martin (May 29-June 7)
Eric McCormack (June 4-8)
Cheri Oteri (June 29-July 5)
Phil Rosenthal (June 8-14)
Tony Shalhoub (June 6)
Kenan Thompson (May 30-31)
Nia Vardalos (now-June 6)
Bruce Vilanch (now-May 31)|
Alan Zweibel (June 29-July 6)
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Out With A Bang, by Tony Pasqualini, will run May 30 – June 28 at Pacific Resident Theatre, directed by Andrew Weyman.
Sara Brooke (Betty Amalfitano), Robert Lesser (Daniel Katzenberg), and Tony Pasqualini (Eddie Capiello)
Eddie Cappiello is trapped, living out his life in the Out With A Bang Senior Living Community. His ex-wife Betty – recently widowed from her second husband – arrives at his door one day and asks him to help her get revenge on a neighbor who has made her life intolerable. Eddie, longing to reawaken the love that the two of them once had, makes the fateful decision to assist in the endeavor. He enlists his good friend and next-door neighbor, a former Israeli accountant and professional mourner, Daniel. The three of them devise a dangerous and blatantly illegal plot to deal with her recalcitrant neighbor.