This Weekend’s Highlights:
Friday, Nov. 13
Peter Pan Goes Wrong, directed by Paul Melone, featuring T. Akin, Margaret Clark, Nora Eschenheimer, Madeline Finkelman, Gabriel Graetz, Brit Garner, Jenine Florence Jacinto, Chris Kandra, David Keohane, John Kuntz, Marc Pierre, and Jon Vellante, opens at Lyric Stage Boston.
Romeo and Juliet: Time Enough for Love, conceived, written & directed by Christian Lebano, featuring Allana Barton, Samantha Bennett, Luke Bolle, Sam Cowan, Emma Fassler, Hutchins Foster, James Fowler, Paul Ganus, Matthew Goodrich, Gabrielle Grant, Natalia Jofre, Daniel Lench, Elijah Reyes, Melanie Rockwell, Stephen Rockwell, Barbara Schofield, Sebastian Senatore, Maliyah Tejada and Richard Van Slyk, opens at LA’s Open Fist Theatre Company.
The Unofficial Witches of Los Angelis, by members of LA’s Rogue Artists Ensemble, featuring Chelsea Sutton, Stephanie O’Neill, Keiana Richard, Eric Fagundes, Jobeth Wagner, and Sarah Kay Peters, at 7 PM at LA’s LGBT Center.
Preacher Lawson solo show, at 7:30 PM at LA’s Wallis Annenberg Center.
Saturday, Nov. 14
Adia & Clora Snatch Joy, world premiere by Mfoniso Udofia, directed by Awoye Timpo, featuring April Sarmstrong (Abasiama Ufot), Nicole Michelle Haskins (Glora Abernathy Sr.), Kojo (Aneikan Abernathy), Shannon Lamb (Elder Clora Abernathy), Tracey Conyer Lee (Elder Adiaha Ufot), Zonya Love (Clora Abernathy), Ebony Nelly Santos-McKenzie (Young Adiaha Ufot), Nelly Santos-McKenzie (Young Adiah Ufot), Elena Rose Taveras (Young Clora Abernathy), and Ginaylah Nunes Teixeira (Young Adaiha Ufot), with April Armstrong, Kay Patterson, Lorraine Victoria Kanyike, Ebony Marshall-Oliver, and Arielle Rogers-Wilkey, Daveda Browne, Nina Evelyn, Nicole Michelle Haskins, Zonya Love, Regina Morgan, with April Armstrong, Becky Bass, Daveda Browne, Bobby Cius, Aimée Coleman, Melynda Davis, Nicole Michelle Haskins, Lorraine Victoria Kanyike, Regina Morgan, Abria Smith, andElena Rose Taveras, opens at Boston’s Huntington Theatre.
Simply Barbara Celebrates A Star is Born 50th Anniversary concert, starring Steven Brinberg, at 8 PM at NYC’s Hunt and Fish Club (125 W 44th St.)
The Importance of Being Earnest screening, directed by Max Webster, featuring Sharon D Clarke and Ncuti Gatwa, at 7 PM at LA’s The Wallis.
From Verdi to Verismo concert led by Anne Marie Ketchum, closes at Santa Monica’s First Presbyterian Church.
Sunday, Nov. 15
Down State, by Bruce Norris, directed by Joe Mantello, featuring K. Todd Freemann Francis Guinan, Cassie Beck, Adrian Martinez, Al’Jaleel McGhee, Thomas Sadoski, Ivy Wolk, and Liza Colón-Zayas, opens at Broadway’s Booth Theatre.
Awake and Sing, by Clifford Odets, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, featuring Richard Schiff (Jacob Berger), Jessica Hecht (Bessie Berger), Jeremy Shamos (Myron Berger), Danny Burstein (Uncle Morty), Micaela Diamond (Hennie Berger, and Will Pullen (Ralph Berger), begins previews at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
Ethan Mathias: Wait ‘Til You See What’s Next concert, directed by Eric Michael Gillett, at 1 PM at NYC’s Green Room 42.
The The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttton, by Jethro Compton & Darren Clark, directed by Compton, featuring Andrew Durand (Benjamin Button / Reberthi.), Kelsee Kimmel (Elowen Keene / Sterenow), Britney Coleman (Gwyns), Matt Wolpe (Tir), Andrew Durand (Benjamin Button/Reverthi), Kelsee Kimmel with Trevor Lindley Craft Craft, Brandon J. Ellis, and Andrew Furand (Elowen Keene / Sterenow), closes at Off-Broadway’s Public Theatre.
Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, by Duncan Sheik directed & choreographed by Rob Ashford, featuring Sophia Anne Caruso, Cory Jeacoma, Léon,Nkeki Obi-Melekwem, Nkeki Obi-Melekwe, Marc delaCruz, Jenny Paowers, and many more, closes at Off-Broadway’s Culture Club (530 W 27th St (6th Floor,).
Like Father, by Jacob Ryan Smith & Caroline Pernick, directed by Tinashe Kajese, featuring Charity Angél Dawson (Lillian Clark), Hannah Elless (Michelle), Benjamin H. Moore (Ben), Sophie Pollono (Chris), Frankie Rodriguez (Trevor), and Billy Harrigan Tighe (John Grady), with Mila Bolash, Aavyn Lee, and Nevaeh Riddle, closes at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre.
Ragtime, directed by Scott Lapp, featuring, Carter Michael (Coalhouse Walker J.), Danny Becker (Tatah),Chelle Denton (Mother), and Chelle Denton (Mother), with Hillary Boyd, Chance Challen, Deja Fields, Angela Griswold, Jacob Haren, Christopher James Hester, Anna Melendrez, Ben Michael, and Guy Noland, closes CA’s Rubicon Theatre.
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Video: Highlights from Annie at Goodspeed.
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The Little Mermaid will run Dec. 8-24 at Houston’s Tuts, directed by Dan Knechtges.
Christina Wells (Ursula), Delphi Borich (Ariel), Noah Ricketts (Prince Eric), Derrick Davis (King Triton), Carla Woods (Sebastian), Mark Ivy (Chef Louis), Paul Hope (Grimsby), Logan Keslar (Flotsam), Blair Medina (Jetsam), and Christopher Tipps (Scuttle).
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The Secret Garden will run Dec. 8 – Feb. 21, 2027 at DC’s Signature Theatre, directed by Ethan Heard.
Jacob Dickey, Claire Leyden, Blake Stadnik, QuinnTitcomb, and more TBA.
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Off-Broadway’s York Theater will present it’s 34th Annual Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala 0n Mon. Nov. 16 at 6 PM at NYCs Edison Ballroom, directed by Stephen Nachamie.
Kelli O’Hara and Charles Wright.
Brian D’Arcy James, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Arian Moayed, James Naughton, Patrick Wilson, Preston Tryman Boyd, Matt Caplan, Scott Ellis, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Judy Kaye Robert Lenzi, Elena Shaddow, Noah Weisberg, and Anna Zavelson.
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Feltman: World’s First Hot Dog, written & performed by Michael Quinn, will take place Thurs. Dec. 3 at 7 PM at the Three Clubs at 1123 Vine Street (1123 Vine Street in Hollywood,) … and Fri. Dec. 4 at 7:30 PM at the Eastwood Performing Arts Center (1089 N Oxford Ave in East Hollywood), directed by Peter Michael Marino. 
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Before sliced bread, there was the hot dog! Actor, playwright, historian, and former Feltman’s hot dog brand owner Quinn brings this incredible true story to life, performing every role in a dynamic one-person play. Travel back to 19th-century Coney Island as German immigrant Charles Feltman rises from struggle to revolutionize street food. Quinn, who himself successfully revived the legendary brand before facing his own challenges, weaves a powerful parallel between past and present. Blending drama, comedy, heart, and history, the play tells a story of resilience, reinvention, and the food that changed the world. Running time is 60 minutes.