Today’s Highlights:

  Beautiful, the Carol King Musical, directed & choreographed by Dan Knechtges, featuring Kyra Kennedy (Carol King), Dylan S. Wallach (Gerry Goffin), Teresa Zimmermann (Cynthia Weill), Barrett Riggins (Barry Man), Mark Ivy (Don Kirschner), Julia Bain (Carol King), Zachary Freier-Harrison (Gerry Goffin), Maidson Claire Parks (Cynthia Weil), Oliver Prose (Barry Mann), and Abe Goldfarb (Don Kirschner), opens at Pittsburgh CLO.

  Mamma Mia, directed by Phyllida Lloyd, featuring Chirstine Sherrill (Donna Sherican), Alisa Melendez (Sophie Sheridan), Carly Sakolove (Rosie), Jalynn Steele (Tanya), Victor Wallace (Sam Carmichael), Robert Marnell (Harry Bright), Jim Newman (Bill Austin), and Grat Reynolds (Sky), with Amy Weaver, Alessandra Antonelli, Blake Price, Carly Sakolove, Christine Sherrill, Collin Bradley, Patrick Dunn, Grant Reynolds, Jalynn Steele, Jim Newman, Justin Sudderth, Lena Owens, Rob Marnell, Victor Wallace, Louis Griffin, Patrick Park, L’Oréal Roaché, Haley Wright, Gabe Amato, Adia Olanethia Bell, Xavi Soto Burgos, Emily Croft, Madison Deadman, Jordan De Leon, Nico DiPrimio, Stephanie Genito, Tassy Kirbas, Danny Lopez-Alicea, Makoa, Faith Northcutt, Jasmine Overbaugh, Gray Phillips, and Dorian Quinn, begins previews at LA’s Ahmanson Theatre.

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  First look at Xtravaganza, the new musical written by R. Eric Thomas & Khiyon Hursey, and directed by Stevie Walker-Webb, will offer a free concert on Wed. June  24 from 5-7 PM at Times Square.

The musical, which has not been announced as either Broadway or Off-Broadway, although it is  scheduled to run May 7 — Jun 13 2027 at Baltimore Center Stage. (link TBA). 

   Not announced.

  The musical follows a community of Black and Latine artists who built a community of resilient chosen families through the 1980s and 1990s in the New York City Ballroom scene, which championed the beauty of self-expression while facing the extraordinary marginalization.

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  The Drilling Company will present  As you Like it Thursdays – Saturdays July 16 – Aug. 2 in parking lot at 145 Stanton Street (entrance  on Rivington), directed by Hamilton Clancy.

Free performances will be offered July 16 through Aug.1 in the Parking Lot of Lower East Side Prep (145 Stanton St).

  Lia Bonfilio (Rosalind), Thammie Laine Guac (Celia), Andy Rowell (Touchstone), Patrick Hart (Orlando), Emanuel Elpenord (Oliver), Bob Arcaro (Adam), Chris Martel (both Duke Senior / Duke Frederick), Carly Grissom (Denise/Audrey), Raphael del Rio (Charles), David Marantz  Jacques), Elowyn Castle (Corinne), Adama Joy Sall (Amiens), Lizabeth Allen (Phoebe) and Dan Teachout (Silvius).

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   The world premiere of Sophie Swithinbank’s Sting continues through July 18 at the Young Vic, directed by Nancy Medina.

  Adelle Leonce (Ash), Nick Blood (Dom), and Phoebe Ladenburg (Lily).

  Power, belief and control collide in this bitingly funny and surreal new thriller that casts light on the systemic injustice that continues to permeate the institutions sworn to protect us.

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  NY’s Little Island has announced its 2026 season (July 29 – Sept. 6):

Click here for the complete season.

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  Video:  Sneak Peek at Shrek The Musical at the St. Louis Muny.

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   Casting has been announced for Week 1 (July 9-12) of LA’s Blank Theatre‘s 34th annual Young Playwrights Festival at the Skylight Theatre.

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   Rocky Hotdog Picture Show (by Townes Powell (age 18, from Louisville, KY), directed by Scott Lowell.   Ashley Dulaney, Jonathan Fishman,  Jonathan Grey, Lenny Jacobson, Rosie Ryden, and Ben Stillwell.    Philip MyTummy wants to be the next Joey Chestnut, but he is suffering the loss of his hotdog-eating father who drowned in mustard. With the help of a coach, will Philip be able to work through the death of his father and become the next World Champion Hotdog Eater?

   Forgotten Fields (by Kaizer Larson, directed by Erin Coleman).   Elizabeth Mae Alan, Charlie Bodin, Ryan Padilla, and Cece Paige (Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, Dirty John), and Nicole Wolf    A young woman remembers past negative experiences while on a first date with a new guy. Will she stay stuck in the cycle of trauma or find hope in the possibility of a new relationship?

   In the Name of Love by Charlotte Long (age 18, from Aldie, VA), directed by Erin Coleman.   Katie Burke, Fallon Heaslip, Rian Sheehy Kelly), and Alan Smyth.    A young woman remembers past negative experiences while on a first date with a new guy. Will she stay stuck in the cycle of trauma or find hope in the possibility of a new relationship?

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   Video:  Trailer for Broadway’s Just in Time, at Circle in the Square.

  Jeremy Jordan, Olivia Holt, Carrie St. Louis, Debbie Gravitte, Joe Barbara, Emily Bergl, Lance Roberts, and Caesar Samayoa.

  A meta-theatrical jukebox musical chorlicling the life of Bobby Darin. Rather than a traditional narrative, the actor playing Darin starts as themselves, directly addressing the audience before seamlessly transitioning into the role to guide them through Darin’s meteoric rise, romances, and music.

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    Shrek The Musical will run June 25 – July 2  at the St. Louis Muny, directed by Tartaglia.

    Nik Walker (Shrek), Kara Lindsay (Princess Fiona), Marcus M. Martin (Donkey), Troy Iwata (Lord Farquaad), Solomon Rosenthal (Young Shrek), Lake Schultz (Young Fiona), Amelie Lock (Teen Fiona), Aymee Garcia (Gingy), Tyler Joseph Ellis (Pinocchio), and Salome Smith (Voice of the Dragon), with Mathew Blasio, DeShawn Bowens, Monique Churchill, Matthew Davies, Kylie Edwards, Ryan Fitzgerald, Matt Gibson, Jack Gimpel, Shelby Griswold, Michael Harp, Gwen Hollander, Abby Linderman, Sean McManus, Shelby Ringdahl, Trevor Michael Schmidt, Kelly Sheehan, Caitlin Stebelman, and Jonah D. Winston.

Today’s Highlights:

  Twelve Hours with Tracy Letts, a 12 hour reading festival of 5 of Letts’ works, from 11 AM – 11 PM at NYC’s Circle in the Square Theatre School. Click the link, then Scroll down for information on each play, the director, and cast.

  Project Shaw‘s presentation of Getting Married, directed by David Staller, featuring Tonya Pinkins, Robert Cuccioli, Dan Domingues, Ann Harada, Howard McGillin, Lauren Molina, Reynaldo Piniella, James Rana, and Evie Schuckman, at 7 PM at Off-Broadway’s The Players (16 Gramercy Park South).

  Red Bull Theater‘s Short New Play Festival 2026: Refinished, featuring Playwrights Ken Ludwig, Betty Shaniec, Sabrina Caruso, Nate Currier, Nadel Henfille, Nick Martorelli, Justin Muschong, Karon Ogle, and Chris PBrowne Valenzuela, at 7:30 PM Off Broadway’s Symphony Space.

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   Grace Notes Quiz:  Oh, Mary! by Jim Bernhard.

Match these characters named Mary with the show in which they appear.

Scroll down for the answers….

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   Reviews for La Cage aux Folles at New York City Center Encores.

Click here for all the reviews.

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  Reviews for at A Woman Among Women at Lincoln

Center’s Claire Tow Theater.

Click here for all the reviews… then scroll down

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   Off-Broadway’s MCC Theater has announced its 2026-27 season:

Casting, creative teams, additional dates, and ticket sale information for each production will be announced at a later date.

   Anon (Sept. 25 – Nov. 1),world premiere by Anne Washburn, directed by Anne Kauffman.     Jeanie, a terminally online TikToker who is thrust into conflict mediation after a gay pride flag is unfurled in front of the home across from hers in her sheltered Texas suburb. As the fantasy and reality of living in 21st-century America collide, she is forced to question how well she actually knows the people she lives amongst.

   The Heart Sellers (Jan., 2027 dates TBA), by Lloyd Suh, directed by May Adrales.    The story of a chance encounter and quintessentially American connection between Jane and Luna, two immigrant strangers who met on Thanksgiving in 1973. The pair decide to spend this strange new holiday together over an evening full of shared laughs, dreams, and a frozen turkey that refuses to thaw.

  What’s Eating Gilbert Grape ( June 2027, dates TBA), newly adapted by Peter Hedges, Adrian Enscoe, Christopher Sears, Sydney Shepherd & Regina Strayhorn, directed by TBA.    A grocery store clerk lives with his dysfunctional family, including his obese mother, his mentally disabled younger brother, and two sisters in the fictional rural town of Endora, Iowa.

  The 24 Hour Musicals (June 22). Information TBA.

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   Shakespeare in The Parking Lot’s new As You Like It,   directed byHamilton Clancy, will run July 16 – Aug. 1 at 7 PM in the parking lot at 145 Stanton Street (on the lower East Side  –entrance  on Rivington St. betw. Norfolk and Suffolk).).  Shows are Thurs. – Sat. at 7 PM.  Details here.

 Lia Bonfilio (Rosalind), Thammie Laine Guac (Celia), Andy Rowell (Touchstone), Patrick Hart (Orlando), Emanuel Elpenord (Oliver), Bob Arcaro (Adam), Chris Martel (Duke Senior / Duke Frederick), Carly Grissom (Denise/Audrey), Raphael del Rio (Charles), David Marantz (Jacques), Elowyn Castle (Corinne), Adama Joy Sall (Amiens), Lizabeth Allen (Phoebe) and Dan Teachout (Silvius).

  Blending romance, political exile, comic mischief and questions of personal freedom, the production finds fresh relevance in Shakespeare’s tale of characters escaping an authoritarian court for a more humane community. It also reimagines Phoebe and Silvius as older lovers, suggesting that the exhilaration, confusion and folly of love are not reserved for the young.

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  The world premiere of  Iceboy! Or, The Completely Untrue Story of How Eugene O’Neill Came to Write, by Mark Hollman & Jay Reiss, currently in previews, will open June 29 and continue through July 26 at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, directed by Marc Bruni.

   Megan Mullally (Vera Vimm), Nick Offerman (Eugene O’Neill), Grey Henson (Iceboy), Cedric Yarbrough (Floyd, Sarah Stiles (Lambert, Alex Goodrich (Frankenstein), Donterrio,  (Nightbirds), Melanie Brezill, Will Koski, Linda Mugleston, Shawn Pfautsch, and Andrea San Miguel, with  Will Lidke, Leah Morrow, and Jeff Parker.

   Broadway star Vera Vimm adopts a 40,000 year-old Neanderthal from the Arctic, only to reel when he begins stealing the spotlight.

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  Playwright Paula Vogel has teamed up with Michael Maso and Grace Nordhoff on a new center for playwrights and theatrical composers that will open in Wellfleet, MA in 2028.

The program will unfold on a four-acre property that includes six Bauhaus-style cottages overlooking Cape Cod Bay, offering writers a serene haven to work on projects. The team is planning on hosting multiple-week residencies, readings, and other communal gatherings with both fellow writers and mentors. Rosey Strub, currently vice president of artistic strategy at Concord Theatricals, will serve as the program’s strategic advisor. Click here for more information.

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  Paddington The Musical, by Tom Fletcher  & Jessica Swale, will begin previews Mar. 30, 2027 and open Sun. Apr. 18 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, directed by Luke Sheppard.

  TBA

 The musical is  the most awarded new musical in the history of London’s West End.  Click here to read the London reviews.

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  Grace Notes quiz Answers:  Oh, Mary! by Jim Bernhard

1-E.  Mary Boyle, Juno and the Paycock

2-H.  Mary Cavan Tyrone, Long Day’s Journey Into Night

3-G.  Mary Delgado, Jersey Boys

4-I.   Mary Flynn, Merrily We Roll Along

5-B.  Mary Jane Healy, Jagged Little Pill

6-C.  Mary McKellaway, Mary, Mary

7-D.  Mary Phagan, Parade

8-A.  Mary Sunshine, Chicago

9-J.  Mary Todd Lincoln, Oh, Mary!

10-F.  Bloody Mary, South Pacific

This Weekend’s Highlights:

Friday, June 19

  The Thelma Houston ExperienceConcert opens at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.

  Crazy for You, directed byMichael Fling, featuring 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, previews at CT. Goodspeed Musicals.

  The Ethel Merman Disco Project with Carly Ozard & Friends concert, featuring Carly Ozard & Darnell White at 7 PM at NYC’s Green Room 42.

Saturday, June 20

  Crazy for You, directed byMichael Fling, featuring 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, opens at CT’s Goodspeed Musicals.

  Archduke, by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Lyndsey Turner, featuring Chris Walley, Abraham Popoola, Stanley Morgan, Janice Connolly and Marc Wootton, begins previews at London’s Royal Court Theatre.

  Opening Night at the Bowl: The Best of Broadway concert, featuring Halle Bailey, Darren Criss, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Lea Salonga at 8 PM at LA’s Hollywood Bowl.

  DC’s Signature Theatre‘s Broadway in the Park 2026 Concert, directed by Matthew Gardiner, featuring Tituss Burgess and Heather Headley, with Alex De Bard, Kevin McAllister, Crystal Mosser, Jake Odmark, Nova Y. Payton, Sarah Anne Sillers, and Tobias A. Young, at 8 PM at VA’s Wolftrap.

  Inter Alia, by Suzie Miller, directed by Justin Martin, featuring Rosamund Pik, closes at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre.

  Luigi: The Musical reading, by Luigi Mangione & Nova Bradford, directed by Bradford, featuring Mike Cefalo (Luigi Mangione), Andre Margatini Chine Ikoro (Diddy), and Phillip Taratula (Guard), closes at NYC’s Green Room 42.

  The Thelma Houston Experience concert closes at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.

  Crossing Delancey, by Susan Sandler, directed by Jonathan Fahn. featuring Ari Hagler, Matt Landig, Sharron Shayne, Holly Sidell, and Amy Tolsky, closes at LA’s Theatre 40.

  Singularities and Safety Pins, written & performed by Carmella Riley, directed by Jennifer Green, closes at Burbank’s Colony Theatre.

Sunday, June 21

  Henry VI Parts 1 & 2, directed by Stephen Brown-Fried, featuring Tommy Bo (John Talbot), Rajesh Bose (York), Kimiye Corwin (Somerset), Myka Cue (Joan),  John Haggerty (Talbot), Ðavid Lee Huỳnh (Charles, the Dauphin), Anna Ishida (Warwick), Paul Juhn (Suffolk), Mia Katigbak (Gloucester), Teresa Avia Lim (Margaret), Orville Mendoza (Jack Cade), Jon Norman Schneider (Henry VI), David Shih (Edward of York), Julyana Soelistyo (Richard), Sue Jin Song (Bedford), and James Yaegashi (Winchester), opens at Off-Broadway’s Public Theater.

  The Balusters, world premiere by David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by by Kenny Leon, featuring Renée Elise Goldsberry, Richard Thomas, Marylouise Burke, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, and Margaret Colin, with Kayli Carter, Ricardo Chavira, Michael Esper, Maria Christina Olivaras, and Jeena Yi, closes at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

  Celebrity Autobiography, directed by Eugene Pack & Dayle Reyfel, closes at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre.

  The Magic Flute, conducted by James Conlon, featuring Kyle Miller (Papageno), Aigul Khismatullina (Queen of the Night), and Kwangchul Youn (Sarastro), closes at LA Opera.

  Hell’s Kitchen, by Kristoffer Diaz & Alicia Keys, directed by Michael Grey, featuring Maya Drake (Ali), Kennedy Cuaghell (Jersey), Roz White (Miss Liza Jane) Desmond Sean Ellington (Davis), and Jon Avery Worrell (Knuck), closes at LA’s Pantages Theatre.

  Hairspray, directed by John Waters, featuring Katy Geraghty (Trace Turnblad), Richard Kind (Edna Turnblad), John Bolton (Wilber Turnblad), Charity Angél Dawson (Motormouth Maybelle), Sara Gettelfinger (Velma Von Tussle), Madison Thompson (Amber Von Tussle), Ben Jackson Walker (Link Larkin), Ashlyn Maddox (Penny Pingleton), Nicholas A. Wilkinson (Seaweed J. Stubbs), Paul Schwensen (Corny Collins), Elizabeth Rhodes (Little Inez:), Hannah Solow (Female Authority FigureP, and Kevin Zak (Male Authority Figure), closes at The Muny.

  Mister Halston, by Raffaele Pacitti, directed by Michael Wilson, featuring Michael BcGrath (Mister Halston). closes at Long Island’s Bay Street Theatre.

  Every Brilliant Thing, by Duncan Macmillan & Jonny Donahoe, directed by Jenny Sullivan, featuring Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper, closes at Santa Barbara’s New Vic.

  Crossing Delancey, by Susan Sandler, directed by Jonathan Fahn. featuring Ari Hagler, Matt Landig, Sharron Shayne, Holly Sidell, and Amy Tolsky, closes at LA’s Theatre 40.

  Flower Drum Song, updated by David Henry Hwang, directed by Lily Tung Crystal, featuring , closes at LA’s East West Players.

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  Reviews for Fallen Angels at Broadway’s Todd Haimes Theatre.

Click here for all the reviews.

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  Off-Broadway’s MCC Theatre has announced its 2026-27 season:

Casting TBA.

   Anon (begins Sept. — dates TBA), by Anne Washburn, directed byAnne Kauffman.    Rather than the refugee tale, Washburn’s play at MCC focuses on Jeanie, a terminally online TikToker living in a Texas suburb. Conflict mediation ensues when a gay pride flag is unfurled across the street, forcing characters to freak out and examine the blurry line between fantasy and reality in 21st-century America.

  The Heart Sellers (Jan. 2027 dates TBA), by Lloyd Suh, directed by May Adrales.  . A wam and funny story of a chance encounter  and quintesstailly American connection connection. Whn Jane & Luna, two immigrant strangers meet on Thanksgiving in 1973, the decide to spend this strange new holiday together full of shared evening laughs, dreams and frozen turkey that refuses to thaw.

  What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (June 2027 dates TBA), by Peter Hedges. A fresh look at this beloved story of small town life, a family on the edge, and the dream of escape.

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  Girl, Interrupted, world premiere by Martyna Majok & Aimee Mann, directed by Jo Bonney,jas been extended through July 12 at Off-Broadway’s Public Theater.

  Leela Bassuk, Ta’Rea Campbell, Gabi Campo, Juliana Canfield, Eileen Doan, Mano Felciano, King Princess, Gunnar Manchester, Mia Pak, Katherine Reis, Anna Roman, Sally Shaw, Emily Skinner, Rachel Stern, and Lauren Jeanne Thomas.

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  An Evening of Classic Broadway concert will return on Sun. June 28 at 1 PM at Studio City’s   Feinstein’s at Studio City’s Vitello’s, hosted by Dianne Fraser, with music directtion by Brad Ellis.

  Use code  CODE CLASSIC for a $5  discount here.

  Brad Ellis, Dianne Fraser, Eydie Alyson, Julie Garnyé and Damon Kirsche.

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  Beautiful, the Carol King Musical will run June 23 – 28 at Pittsburgh CLO, directed & choreographed by Dan Knechtges.

 Kyra Kennedy (Carol King), Dylan S. Wallach (Gerry Goffin), Teresa Zimmermann (Cynthia Weill), Barrett Riggins (Barry Man), Mark Ivy (Don Kirschner), Julia Bain (Carol King), Zachary Freier-Harrison (Gerry Goffin), Maidson Claire Parks (Cynthia Weil), Oliver Prose (Barry Mann), and Abe Goldfarb (Don Kirschner).

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   Norm Foster’s Lakefront will run July 23 – Aug. 23 at Theatre 40 (on the campus of Beverly Hills High School), directed by Larry Eisenberg.  Link TBA.

  Daniel Leslie, Mouchette Van Helsdingen and Michael Gabiano.

  Ever get the feeling you’ve lost your moxie? Retirees Christina and Robert were feeling that way when they met at a wedding a few weeks ago. During the reception, their intoxicated selves concocted an idea to help them get over their respective anxieties. Renting a lakefront cabin seemed like a great idea at the time—but now that they’re sober, they have to go through with it. They have rented a lakefront cabin together to see if spending a night or two together, to test the intimacy waters, can help them find their mojo again. What could go wrong?

Today’s Highlights:

  Labelless, by Lea Lachey & Drew Lachey, directed by Drew Lachey & Lea Lachey, featuring Justin Daxt Bobbs, Nasir Butler, Antonio Davis, Micah Day, Abby Docherty, Diana Hutchinson, Iz Lachey, Kendall Maley, Colton Smith, and Kiwi Villalobos, opens at Off-Broadway’s The Duke on 42nd Street & New 43nd Studios (229 W. 42nd St.).

  Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous, by Pearl Cleage, directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson, featuring Denise Burse (Betty Samson), Olivia Washington (Precious “Pete” Watson), Deborah Joy Winans (Kate Hughs), and Charlayne Woodard (Anna Campbell), with Pauline Dyer and Monica Parks, opens at LA’s Geffin Playhouse.

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  A public forum for Amy Sherald’s American Sublime, directed by  Zhailon Levingston, will take place Mon. June 22 at 8 PM NYC’s the Delacorte Theater.

   Leland Fowler, The Harlem Chamber Players, Niles Luther, Alicia Hall Moran, Jurnee Smollett, and Anthony Wayne.

  The piece began somewhere between Big Fish and Alice in Wonderland, a space of dreaming, transformation, humor, and folklore. I’m looking forward to seeing it expand and inviting the audience into a shared encounter with figures who are simultaneously ordinary, mythic, and deeply human,” says creator  Amy Sherald.

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  Dukes, written & performed by Jane Wickline & Liva Pierce, will run July 8 – Aug. 2 at SoHo Playhouse, directed by Henry Hornbuckle & Mabel Lewis.

  Two friends and one piano. One dream and two fools. Two geniuses and one huge mistake.  A two-person musical comedy about hope, lust, and dreams.

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   Defiantly Joni: A Singer/songwriter Bares Her Soul will run July 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, and 19 at the Mark Taper Forum.

  Chris Pierce, Effie Passero, and the DC6 Singers Collective. 

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   Musical Theatre West has announced its 2027 season:

Creative teams and casting TBA.

  The Prince of Egypt (Feb. 19 – Mar. 7), by Stephen Schwartz, Philip LaZebnik, & Nichoal Meyer.    An epic journey of faith, family, and freedom featuring Academy Award-winning music by Stephen Schwartz. Experience the powerful story of Moses like never before.

   West Side Story (Apr. 9-25)

   School of Rock (July 9-25)

  Kimberly Akimbo (Oct. 8-24

  Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Dec. 3-19)

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  Open Door Playhouse will present Terrence Owen Sherry’s Strange Bedfellows beginning July 1, directed by Bernadette Armstrong.

  Daamen Krall ( John Adams), David Trice (Benjamin Franklin), Hessel Evelear (Innkeeper), and Justice Davis (Handyman).

   One night during the early years of the American Revolution, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin are compelled to share a room at a crowded inn. While the men have different temperaments, they are dedicated to the cause for the revolution.

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   The Thelma Houston Experience will run June 19-20 at 8:30 PM at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club, with music direction by Gail Deadrick.

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   The world premiere of Thelma & Louise, reimagined by Raphael Amahl Khouri, will run Sept. 3 – Oc. 24 (opening Sept. 16) at the Young Vic, directed by Trip Cullman.

 Amy Lennox (Thelma) and Rachel Tucker Louise),with Trevor Dion Nicholas, Jordan Luke Gage,  Samuel Edwards, Alex Gibson-Giorgio, Letita Hector, Tamlyn Henderson and Jack Butterworth.

  On a whim, Louise invites her best friend Thelmafor a spontaneous weekend getaway. After an ill-fated encounter with a stranger at a roadside honkytonk, their lifelong friendship is forged into something dangerous and unbreakable. Propelled by a soaring musical score, they set out on a last-chance adventure in a world where every card is stacked against them.

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  Dancers Responding to AIDS will present the  2026 Fire Island Dance Festival, to run July 18-19 at NY’s Fire Island.

Robbie Fairchild, New Chamber Ballet and many more TBA.

  The newly announced works spanning contemporary ballet, physical theater and boundary-pushing dance, adding even more artistry and range to this year’s lineup.

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   The Outsiders, byAdam 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).

   This classic coming-of-age story takes you to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1967, where Ponyboy Curtis, his best friend Johnny Cade, and their family of Greaser “outsiders” dream about who they want to become in a world that will never accept them.

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   Victoria Lynne Barclay’s Camping, currently in previews, will open July 11 at Here Arts Center, directed byAdrienne Campbell-Holt.

   Alice Kremlberg and Colby Minifire.

  This is a love story. It’s hands that smell of Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue after days spent clutching fistfuls of her hair. It’s the rain hitting the earth in a way that reminds you of blood, that makes you think the world’s holding a knife to your underwear. It’s the spins. It’s running out of air because you gulped too much of it while you were sobbing. It’s waking up hot and sticky. It’s desperately falling in love with your best friend inside a camping tent while everything outside rages.

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   LA Opera‘s Carmen will run Oct. 17 – Nov. 7 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, conducted by Domingo Hindoyan.

 Rihab Chaieb (Carmen), Joshua Guerrero (Don José), Kathleen O’Mara ( Micaëla), and James Karai (Escamillo).

Today’s Highlights:

   La Cage Aux Folles in concert, directed by Robert O’Hara, featuring Tonya Pinkins (Jacqueline), Peter Francis James (Edouard) Rachel Webb (Anne), Wayne Brady (George), Billy Porter Albin), Alaman Diadhiou  (Jean-Michel), James Jackson Jr. (Jacob), Michael McElroy (Francois), Sharon Washington (Marie), and Lance Coadie Williams (Renaud), with Jordan Alexander, Sai Anthony, Jordan Chin, Joshua Dawson, Jamal Christopher Douglas, Michael Samarie George, Aaron Graham, Ari Groover, Jaquez, Karma Jenkins,  Christian Kidd, Kendall Lashanti, Andre Malcolm, Kareem Marsh,    Marsh, Morgan McGhee, Ernest Mingo, Wesley Ryan, Julian Amari Smith, Jordan Simone Stephens, Wade Watson, Anthony Wayne, and Travon Williams, opens at NY City Center.

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   Broadway Grosses for the week ending June 14, 2026.

Click here for the complete analysis.

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   The 2026 Off-Broadway’s Alliance Awards have been announced.

Click here for the complete list of winners.

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  The Whoopi Monologues will begin previews July 7 and open July 13 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, directed by Whitney White.

  Dominique Fishback, Kecia Lewis, Danielle Pinnock, Kerry Washington, and Kara Young.

  A reimagining of Whoopi Goldberg’s Iconic show.

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   Off-Broadway’s Masquerade has announced its 6th extension, now through Jan. 31, 2027 at a custom-built venue at 218 W. 57th St., directed by Diane Paulus.  Click the link here.

  Alaska, Lee H. Alexander, Laura Lee Anderson, Baby Byrne, Matthew Curiano, Nicholas Edwards, Gabriella Enriquez, Nicole J. Fergeson, Haile Ferrier, Nkrumah Gatling, Francisco Javier González, Cooper Grodin, Maxfield Haynes, Bryan Hernandez-Luch, Satomi Hofmann, Kody Jauron, Maree Johnson, Tia Karaplis, Nathan Keen, Joseph Kerr, Jeff Kready, Michael Kuhn, Jacob Lacopo, Rawb Lane, Eryn LeCroy, Telly Leung, Claire Leyden, Francesca Mehrotra, Georgia Mendes, Sami Merdinian, Anna Monoxide, Betsy Morgan, Dario Natarelli, Riley Noland, Charles Osborne, Hugh Panaro, Alex Ross, Chris Ryan, Kyle Scatliffe, Paul Adam Schaefer, Clay Singer, Phumzile Sojola, Cooper Stanton, Jeremy Stolle, Jack Sullivan, Olivia Tarchick, Kaley Ann Voorhees, Nik Walker, Andrew Wojtal, Nikita Yermak, Kevin Zambrano, and Anna Zavelson.

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  The world premiere of Drew Larimore’s The Cannibals of McGower County will run July 30 – Aug. 20 at  Theater Works Hartford, directed by Jen Wineman.

   Annalee Jefferies, Constance Shulman, Gus Birney, and Edward Hoke.

  The play takes place in McGower County, West Texas – a ghost town lost to time. When two veteran salvagers casing an abandoned barbecue restaurant encounter an unexpected guest, sparks fly. What follows is a darkly comic reckoning that is long overdue.

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  The Public Theater will present Amy Sherald’s American Sublime will on Mon. June 22 at NYC’s  Delacourt Theatre, directed by Zhailon Levingston.

  Leland Fowler, The Harlem Chamber Players, Niles Luther, Alicia Hall Moran, Jurnee Smollett, and Anthony Wayne.

Due to the one-night nature of the Public Forum event, tickets are distributed on the day of the show using a few different methods. Free tickets will be made available on each Public Forum date via the line at The Delacorte, evening Standby at The Delacorte, digital lottery with TodayTix, and an in-person lottery at The Public.

  An in-progress theatrical exploration inspired by artist Amy Sherald’s acclaimed body of work, originally exhibited as American Sublime at major U.S. museums, is now taking shape for the stage. The evening will feature live performances by Leland Fowler, The Harlem Chamber Players, Niles Luther, Alicia Hall Moran, Jurnee Smollett, and Anthony Wayne and an onstage conversation with Sherald and Tony Award-winning director Zhailon Levingston, reflecting on the creative process and the evolution of Sherald’s work for the stage.

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  Crazy for You has been extended through June 20 at CT’s Goodspeed Musicals,  directed byMichael Fling.

   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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  Cagney the Musical, by Robert Creigton, Christopher McCovern & Peter Colley, will run June 30 – July 26 at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre, directed by Will Pomerantz.

  Robert Creihtoon (James Cagney) and Melissa Manchester (Ma Cagney), with James Borstelmann, Corinne C. Broadbent, Audrey Cardwell, Robert Creighton, Matt Guernier, Emma Kantor, Melissa Manchester, Daniel Plimpton, Bruce Sabath, and Michael Starr.

  From his vaudeville beginnings to his tough-guy film roles and Oscar-winning turn in Yankee Doodle Dandy, Cagney The Musical brings Hollywood’s tough guy in tap shoes roaring to life. Blending dazzling tap, original songs, and beloved George M. Cohan classics like “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and “Give My Regards to Broadway,” this rhythm-fueled musical captures the glitter, grit, and classic American spirit of one of Hollywood’s most unforgettable entertainers. Behind the glamour is a story with real heart, revealing the struggles, determination, and humanity that shaped James Cagney into not just a star, but a true American original.

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   The world premiere of S. Asher Gelman’s The Zionists: a Family Storm continues through July 3 at Boston’s Barrington Stage Company, directed by Chloe Treat.

   Shira Alon (Dana), William DeMeritt (Zephyr), Coby Getzug (Aaron), Joanna Glushak (Ruth), Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer ( Maria), Adam Grupper (Mitchell), Dani Stoller (Bex), and Gregg Weiner (David).

A prominent Jewish family, fractured by the politics and aftermath of October 7, gathers for a fragile reunion at a luxury Caribbean resort. As a sudden hurricane bears down outside their bungalow, an even fiercer storm erupts within, forcing them to confront old wounds, clashing values, and the ties that may no longer bind them. In this urgent and deeply human world premiere, The Zionists lays bare how identity, politics, and history can tear families apart, and the struggle to hold them together in an increasingly divided world.

The production features a scenic design by Adam Koch, lighting design by Solomon Weisbard, costume design by Anya Klepikov, wig design by Carol Raskin, projection design by Bryce Cutler, prop design Jameelah Bailey, sound design / composition by Salomon Lerner, sound design by Andy Evan Cohen. Amy Rauchwerger is Stage Manager, and Evan Bernadin Productions is General Manager.

Today’s Highlights:

  The 15th annual Off-Broadway Alliance Awards ceremony, at 1 PM at  NYC’s Sardi’s.  Click here for the complete list of winners.

  What Became of Us, by Shayan Lotfi, directed by Ethan Heard, featuring Alma Cuervo (Q), Michael DeLorenzo (ZZ), Jo Yang (Q), and Stan Kang (Z), opens at DC’s Signature Theatre.

  The Janis Jam concert returns to Paramount Times Square at 6 PM, to raise money for the Ali Forney Center. Hosted by Marti Cummings, featuring  DJ Clinton Foster, Vincent Michael, Anne Fraser Thomas, drag legend Selma Nilla, and #Team Janice Rising Stars Marisol Medina & Delaney White.

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   Billy Crystal‘s autobiographical solo show, 860, will run Oct. 1 – Jan. 3, 2027 (opening Oct. 21) at the Imperial Theatre, directed by Scott Ellis.

   Home is more than a street number. In the aftermath of the Palisades fires which took his home, Billy relives his memories and moments that mattered the most, and how the power of laughter can overcome the most difficult of times. 860 is a hilarious and intimate story about family, friendship, love, luck, and loss.

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   Al Pacino has won the 2026 Sam Wanamaker Award for his contribution to theatre and film, and particularly his performances in Shakespeare’s works.

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  Project Shaw will present  Shaw’s Getting Married on Mon. June 22 at 7 PM at Off-Broadway’s The Players (16 Gramercy Park South), directed by David Staller.

  Tonya Pinkins, Robert Cuccioli, Dan Domingues, Ann Harada, Howard McGillin, Lauren Molina, Reynaldo Piniella, James Rana, and Evie Schuckman.

  A provocative comedy examining the meaning of marriage and the rules that govern it. On the day the Bishop’s daughter is to be married, unconventional desires and questions about love, partnership, and parenthood collide. Lesbia wishes to have a child without a man, while Hotchkiss’s romantic entanglements threaten established norms. When the enigmatic Mrs. George arrives, chaos and hilarity ensue.

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  The Listies: Make Some Noise, written & performed by Matthew Kelly and Richard Higgins, will run July 1-19 (at 2 PM) at Off Broadway’s AMT Theatre (scroll down).

  An outrageous mixtape of silly songs, ridiculous sketches, musical mayhem, absurd clowning, and laugh-out-loud audience interaction designed for audiences ages 4 to 400.

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  Shrek The Musical will run June 25 – July 2 at the St. Louis Muny, directed by John Tartaglia.

  Nik Walker (Shrek), Kara Lindsay (Princess Fiona), Marcus M. Martin (Donkey), Troy Iwata (Lord Farquaad), Solomon Rosenthal (Young Shrek), Lake Schultz (Young Fiona), Amelie Lock (Teen Fiona), Aymee Garcia (Gingy), Tyler Joseph Ellis (Pinocchio), and Salome Smith (Voice of the Dragon), with Mathew Blasio, DeShawn Bowens, Monique Churchill, Matthew Davies, Kylie Edwards, Ryan Fitzgerald, Matt Gibson, Jack Gimpel, Shelby Griswold, Michael Harp, Gwen Hollander, Abby Linderman, Sean McManus, Shelby Ringdahl, Trevor Michael Schmidt, Kelly Sheehan, Caitlin Stebelman, and Jonah D. Winston.

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    Hell’s Kitchen, by Kristoffer Diaz & Alicia Keys, directed by Michael Grey, continues through Sun. June 21 at LA’s Pantages Theatre.

  Maya Drake (Ali), Kennedy Cuaghell (Jersey), Roz White (Miss Liza Jane) Desmond Sean Ellington (Davis), and Jon Avery Worrell (Knuck).

   Ali is a 17-year-old girl full of fire–searching for freedom, passion and her place in the world. How she finds them is a New York City coming-of-age story you’ve never felt before.

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 Celebrity Autobiography, directed by Eugene Pack & Dayle Reyfel, will close Sun. June 21 at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre.

  (rotating): Brooke Adams, Pamela Adlon), Scott Adsit, Lewis Black, Christie Brinkley, Danny Burstein, Mario Cantone, Bob Costas), Tate Donovan, Chloe Fineman, Will Forte, Gina Gershon, Kathy Griffin, Jeff Hiller, Jackie Hoffman, Christopher Jackson, Ken Jeong, Gayle King, Stewart Lane, Susan Lucci, Ralph Macchio, Ben Mankiewicz, Andrea Martin, Donna McKechnie, Eric McCormack, Bobby Moynihan,  Laraine Newman, Oscar Nunez, Cheri Oteri, Eugene Pack, Tiler Peck, Billy Porter, Dayle Reyfel, Phil Rosenthal, Tony Shalhoub, Sherri Shepherd, Molly Shannon, Jennifer Tilly,  Kenan Thompson, Nia Vardalos, Bruce Vilanch, Rita Wilson, and .Alan Zweibel.

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  Gingold Theatrical Group will present a reading of Noël Coward’s This Was a Man on Mon. July 20 at 7 PM at NYC’s Players Club, directed by  David Staller.

  Wesley Taylor (Evelyn Bathurst),A.J. Shively (Edward Churt), Jane Bruce (Lady Morgot Butley), Stella Everett (Carol Churt), Vanessa Kai (Zoe St. Merryn), and Carman Lacivita (Harry Challoner), with Lor Robert Romford.

  The play follows Edward Churt, a painter whose carefully composed world begins to fracture as he confronts his wife Carol’s infidelity.

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   Video montage of the NYC’s Public Theater free Shakespeare in the Park’s Romeo and Juliet.  The production, directed by Saheem Ali, continues through June 28 at Shakespeare in the park.

  Francis Jue (Friar Laaurence), La Chanze (lady Capulet), Deirdre O’Connell (Nurse), Caleb Joshua Everhardt (mercutio), Ariyan Kassam, (Tybalt), Janson Manuel Olazábal (Lord Montague), Jessica Pimentel (Escalus, and Glenn Fleshler (Lorg Capulet).

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  The world premiere of Drew Larimore’s The Cannibals of McGower County will run July 30 – Aug. 30 at CT’s TheaterWorks Hartford, directed by Jen Winman.

  Annalee Jefferies, Constance Shulman, Gus Birney, and Edward Hoke.

   The play takes place in McGower County, West Texas – a ghost town lost to time. When two veteran salvagers casing an abandoned barbecue restaurant encounter an unexpected guest, sparks fly. What follows is a darkly comic reckoning that is long overdue.

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   Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous, by Pearl Cleage, continues through June 17 at the Geffen Playhouse, directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson.

   Michele Shay (Betty Samson), Olivia Washington (Precious “Pete”Watson),  Watson,  Deborah Joy Winans (Greenleaf, Whitney) as Kate Hughes; and Charlayne Woodard (Anna Campbell).

  Anna Campbell is a trailblazing actress flush with accolades but short on cash. After returning to the U.S. to stage a career-defining comeback, she collides with a new generation that challenges her past, her politics, and her place in the movement.

Today’s Highlights:

   Hairspray, directed by John Waters, featuring Katy Geraghty (Trace Turnblad), Richard Kind (Edna Turnblad), John Bolton (Wilber Turnblad), Charity Angél Dawson (Motormouth Maybelle), Sara Gettelfinger (Velma Von Tussle), Madison Thompson (Amber Von Tussle), Ben Jackson Walker (Link Larkin), Ashlyn Maddox (Penny Pingleton), Nicholas A. Wilkinson (Seaweed J. Stubbs), Paul Schwensen (Corny Collins), Elizabeth Rhodes (Little Inez:), Hannah Solow (Female Authority FigureP, and Kevin Zak (Male Authority Figure), opens at The Muny,

  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), begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Laura Pels Theatre.

  Luigi: The Musical reading, by Luigi Mangione & Nova Bradford, directed by Bradford, featuring  Mike Cefalo (Luigi Mangione),  Andre Margatini (Sam Bankman-Fried),  Cnine Koro (Diddy), and Philip Taratula (The Guard), begins its 3-night run at NYC’s Green Room 42.

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   Grace Notes Quiz:  First Name First, by Jim Bernhard

Match these characters in plays and musicals with their first names.

Scroll down for the answers…

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   Mexodus, written & performed by Brian Quijada & Nygel D. Robinson, will run July 8 – Aug. 22 (opening July 12) at the Pasadena Playhouse, directed by David Mendizábal.

  Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson

   A unique story of the Underground Railroad that led south, taking 4,000 to 10,000 enslaved people to seek freedom in Mexico. This groundbreaking musical amplifies the story of a freedom seeker and an unlikely ally as they forge a remarkable bond that transcends borders.

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   Opening Night at the Bowl: The Best of Broadway will take place Sat. June 20 at 8 PM at the Hollywood Bowl, conducted byThomas Wilkins.

  Halle Bailey, Darren Criss, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Lea Salonga.

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  The studio cast recording of Kait Kerrigan, Bree Lowdermilk & Elizabeth Sayre’s The ERNXST, or The Importance of Being Being Earnest  (Studio Cast Recording) has been released on all platforms.

   J. Harrison Ghee, Jeff Hiller, Ryan McCartan, and Joy Woods.

   The album re-imagines the classic farce to break down traditional boundaries around gender and identity. An electro-pop romp through manners and misgivings in the search for love.

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   The Return of Classic Broadway will take place Sun. June 28 at 1 PM at Studio City’s The Velvet Martini Lounge, with music direction by Brad Elllis.

  Dianne Fraser, Julie Garnye, and Eydie Alyson.

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   Slam Frank, by Andrew Fox & Joel Sinensky will return to the Orpheum Theatre on Oct. 9, directed by Sam LaFarge.

 TBA.

   The work follows a performatively progressive community theatre trying to decolonize Frank’s diary, was inspired by a viral thread on Twitter asking the incendiary question, “Did Anne Frank ever acknowledge her white privilege?”

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   The Fiddle and the Drum  will take place Tues. Sept. 22 at 8 PM at LA’s Walt Disney Concert Hall.

 Renée Fleming and banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck.

   A celebration of Appalachian folk music.

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  The studio cast album of Ernxst, Or The Importance Of Being, by Kait Kerrigan, Bree Lowdermilk & lJustin Elizabeth Sayre, a new queer adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, has been released on Concord Theatricals, and also be  can be streamed or downloaded here.

  J. Harrison Ghee, Emmy winner Jeff Hiller, Tony winner Bonnie Milligan,  Ryan McCartan, Joy Woods, Anna Zavelson, Wren Rivera, and Tony winner Beth Leavel. Bonus tracks feature Ari Notartomaso, Jesse James Rose, Anania, Krysta Rodriguez, Andy Mientus, Jay Armstrong Johnson, and Ryan McCartan.

   An electro-pop romp through manners and misgivings in the search for love, expanding Wilde’s vision by breaking down boundaries around gender and identity.

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  Click here to learn How to buy Tickets to Every 2026 Tony Award-winning Broadway show.

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    Slam Frank, by Andrew Fox & Joel Sinensky, will return Oct. 4 to the Orpheum Theatre, directed again by Sam La Frage.

  TBA.

   A performatively progressive community theatre tries to decolonize Frank’s diary, was inspired by a viral thread on Twitter asking the incendiary question, “Did Anne Frank ever acknowledge her white privilege?”  The incendiary work reimagines Anne Frank’s story through an “intersectional, multiethnic,   genderqueer, Afro-Latin hip-hop lens.”

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   Film Strips 2: Back in the Habit of Electric Boogaloo, featuring The Skivvies (featuringNick Cearley & Lauren Molina), will take place Mon. July 20 at 9:30 PM at NYC’s Joes Pub, with music direction by Alex Harrington.

 Matt Doyle, Maria Wirries, John Riddle, Nora Schell, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Andy Mientus, and Kuhoo Verma.

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  Click here to listen to the new Elaine Paige single, “Only a Lifetime”  from Paige’s upcoming new album “Miscellaneous Paige“ featuring songs by Ben Platt, Carole King, and more.

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The cast album of  Jeffrey Scharf’s Reunions has been released digitally here.

   Bryan Fenkart (Sir Harry), Joanna Glushak (Dona Laura), Chilina Kennedy (Kate), Courtney Reed (Lady Sims), Daniel Torres Edward/Juanito), and Chip Zien (Don Gonzalo), with Janet Aldrich, Keith Lee Grant, and Pearl Rhein.

  A  musical adaptation of two famous one-acts, The Twelve Pound Look, by J.M. Barrie, and A Sunny Morning, by the Quintero Brothers. Both follow a common theme of rediscovering a life not lived, with each act of Reunions focusing on a different story. The production ran Off-Broadway at New York City Center Stage last Fall, directed & choreographed by  Gabriel Barre.

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    I Put A Spell On You, by Jay Armstrong Johnson, will return for it’s 11th year on Mon. Oct. 12 at NYC’s Webster Hall, in support of The Ali Forney Center.  Tickets will go on sale in Sept. (date TBA).

  TBA.

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   Grace Notes Quiz answers,  First Name First by Jim Bernhard

1-D. Col. Hugh Pickering in Pygmalion and My Fair Lady 

2-H. Dwight Babcock in Auntie Mame and Mame

3-G. Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner

4-I. Leo Bloom in The Producers

5-B. Boris Trigorin in The Sea Gull

6-J. (Sir) Toby Belch in Twelfth Night

7-A. Eugene Marchbanks in Candida

8-F. Emile De Becque in South Pacific

9-E. Max Detweiler in The Sound of Music

10-C. Marcellus Washburn in The Music Man

This Weekend’s Highlights:

Friday, June 12

  Silverback Mountain, by Mickey Gooch, Jr, directed by Sam Lafrage, featuring Mickey Gooch (Micky), Amerasu (Miss Jackson), Olamide Asanpaola (Tumaini), Leo Jasper Davis (Mamadu), Joe Regelbrugge (Andy), Samuel Selman (Mustafa), Walker Stovall (Marty), and Jason Yanto (Kai), with Kahlil S. Harvey and Collins Rush, opens at Off-Broadway’s AMT Theater.

  The (Not So Real) Housewives of Transylvania, world premiere written & directed by Scott Sanders by, featuring Scott Sanders, Iris Almario, Kristen Aziza, Jennifer Durst, Johnny Kay, Kristina Korsholm, and Christian Sanders, opens at LA’s The Actors Company.

  The Real Lady Macbeth, by Coco Blignaut & Edison Park, directed by Sofia Streisand, featuring Coco Blignaut, Edison Park, Eve Sigall, and Savannah Schakett, open sat LA’s Actors Company Let Live Theatre.

Saturday, June 13

  Singularities and Safety Pins, written & performed by Carmella Riley, directed by Jennifer Green, opens at Burbank’s Colony Theatre.

  Case Closed??, Free production!, written & directed byKeya Kalyan & Gayathri Krishnakumar, featuring Griffin Burns (Shinichi Kudo), Erica Mendez (Ai Haibara), Michael Sorich (Hiroshi Agasa), and Andrew J. Russell (Genta Kojima), opens at LA’s Upstairs@ El Centro (1103-B N. El Centro Ave.)

Sunday, June 14

  The Motion, by Christopher Chen, directed by Hana S. Sharif, featuring Barzin Akhavan, Peregrine Teng Heard, Nehal Joshi, Nancy Robinette, Nikkole Salter, and Eli El, closes at DC’s Arena Stage.

  Hadestown, directed by Keenan Tyler Oliphant, featuring ose Contreras (Orpheus), Hawa Kamara (Eyriydice), Rudy Foster (Hermes), Nickolaus  Colón (Hades), and Namisa Mdlalose Bizana (Persephone), closes at Kansas City Starlight.

  George & Gracie: A Love Story, world premiere by Tami Workentin, directed by Laura Braza, featuring Tami Workentin & James Pickering, closes at Milwaukee Rep.

  Punish Me, by Michael Dukakis, directed by Monique Sorgen, featuring Brianna Bell, Jaiden Blessing, Tina D’Marco, Michael Dukakis, Jose Eduardo Moreno, and Anuradha Senevi, closes at Hollywood’s Hudson Backstage Theatre.

   Therapist Zero, Brian Leonard’s solo show closes at LA’s Hudson Guild Theatre.

  Ascent, world premiere by Henry Ong, directed by Diana Wyen, featuring Trieu Tran, Iris Liu, Russell Edge, and Jorge-Luis Pallo, closes at LA’s Skylight Theatre.

  Therapist Zero, written by & starring Brian Leonard, closes LA’s Hudson Guild Theatre.

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   TheaterWorks Hartford has announced its 2026-27 season:

Casting & creative teams TBA.

   Little Bear Ridge (Oc. 8 – Nov. 8), by Samuel D. Hunter.  Set on the remote edge of a small Idaho town, this gripping new play reunites a razor-tongued aunt and her long-estranged nephew, when circumstances suddenly force them back into each other’s lives. With a crumbling house to sell and years of unresolved history between them, sparks fly, tempers flare, and buried wounds resurface. Bitingly funny and quietly explosive, Little Bear Ridge Road explores the complicated, deeply human urge to reach across the void that separates us, even when doing so threatens to break us open.

  Christmas on t he Rocks (Nov. 24 – Dec. 23), by Judy Gold, Jenn Harris, Jeffrey Hatcher, Jacques Lamarre, Edwin Sánchez, Matthew Wilkas.  It’s Christmas Eve in a rundown local bar. Expecting a silent night, the bartender finds himself mixing drinks for a parade of surprising (and familiar) guests who come to pour out their Christmas woes in this delightful parody.

   Twisted Holiday Tradition (Nov. 24 – Dec. 23).  Additional information TBA.

   TopDog/Underdog (Feb. 4 – Mar. 7, 2027.).   This darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, names given to them as a joke by their father. Haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con game three-card monte, the brothers navigate ambition, dreams, rivalry, and deep family secrets to uncover the surprising truths that have shaped their lives.

  The Lehman Trilogy (Apr. 1 – May 2,), by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power.  Three brothers. One dream. An empire that would change the world. On a cold September morning in 1844, a young man from Bavaria steps on to a New York dock dreaming of a new life in America. Soon his two brothers join him—and an American epic begins. Spanning two centuries of family history, the play traces the humble beginnings, extraordinary successes, and eventual collapse of the financial institution that would help bring the global economy to its knees. In this theatrical tour de force, three actors bring more than a century and a half of ambition, triumph, and tragedy vividly to life.

   Both (June 3 – July 3), by Paloma Nozicka.    Xochi is dealing with a lot. A difficult pregnancy, a new relationship, and the strain of navigating life within her close-knit Mexican American family who is still grappling with the disappearance of her twin brother more than a year ago. As she struggles to keep her footing, the impossible happens—Sebastian suddenly returns. Her family is overjoyed, but Xochi is not so sure. Where has he been? And why does this version of her brother feel so different from the one she remembers? Haunting, funny, and deeply moving.

  73 Seconds (Aug. 3-29), written & performed by Jared Mezzocchi.   Jared shares the true story of his relationship with his mother after she is invited by NASA to go into outer space. What begins as a personal inquiry becomes a far-reaching exploration of family, memory, and the ways we deal with catastrophe.

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   Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed by Larry Raben, will run July 10-26 at Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West.

  Daebrreon Poiema (Narrator), Brian Justing Crum (Joseph), Thomas Hobson (Pharoah/Jacob), Harrison White (Potiphar), Jeffrey Laughrun (Reuben), Adam Lendermon (Simeon), Perry Marks (Levi), Neil Starkenberg (Dan), Jean Charles (Napthtali), Zane Camacho (Gad), Teronn S. Shrikian (Asher), Brody Tarrant Zebulun (Zeulun), Jerdan Cruz (Benjamin), and Ali Vesey (Mrs. Potiphar), with Johnisa Breault, Alexandra Skylar Kunin, and Sabrina Ryan.

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    SteamingMusicals will present  Arie Gonzalez & Jeffrey A. Johns’ Still Waiting in the Wings Sat. June 13 at 2 PM ET, directed by Allan Brocka.  Click here to stream the musical for Free!

  Nick Adams, Ed Asner, Carole Cook, Lee Meriwether, Patricia Richardson, Chita Rivera, Seth Rudetsky, Sally Struthers, Bruce Vilanch, and Cindy Williams.

  The musical follows the trials and triumphs of actors waiting tables in Times Square. While dreaming of the Broadway stage, the reality of slinging hash under fluorescent lights mixes sweet aspirations with bitter drama.There’s no people like show people and there’s no telling what can happen when they’re pitted against each other.

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   The People Versus Lenny Bruce, by Susan Charlotte, directed by Antony Marsellis, continues through June 28 at Theatre Row.

  Johnny Anthony, Timothy Doyle, Dan Grimaldi, Ian Lithgow, Stephen Schnetzer, Jonathan Spivey, and Roberta Wallach.    This is the current cast. The cast will change during the run.

  The time was 1964. The place, New York City. Lenny Bruce, the comedic icon, was facing obscenity charges. The same Lenny Bruce who became a major character in the hit series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”. The same Lenny Bruce who was referenced by Jimmy Kimmel when he was temporarily taken off the air; Rahm Emanuel, former White House Chief of Staff under President Obama; and The New York Times.

Today’s Highlights:

  The Hollywood Fringe Festival opens at various LA locations.  Click here for the complete schedule.

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      Twelve Hours With Tracy Letts will take place Mon. June 22 from 11 AM  – 11 PM at Off-Broadway’s Circle in the Quare Theatre, with all proceeds benefiting the Circle In the Square Theatre School.

 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.

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  A Salute to Broadway: The Most Musical Fan Convention Ever! will run June 27-28 place at Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort & Spa (101 Montelago Blvd., Henderson, Nevada.

  Andrew Rannells, Lea Salonga, Bebe Neuwirth, Jordan Fisher, Ana Gasteyer, and  Jennifer Holiday.

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   Commonwealth Shakespeare Company will present A Midsummer Night’s Dream July 22 – Aug. 9 at the Boston Commons, directed by Steven Maler.

 Michael Broadhurst (Flute), Annika Burley (Helena), Meghan Carey (Hermia), Nick Cearley( Puck/Philostrate), Nora Eschenheimer (Hippolyta/Titania), De’Lon Grant (Theseus/Oberon), Jack Greenberg ( Demetrius), Jaime José Hernández (Lysander), Karen MacDonald (Quince), Paul Melendy (Bottom),  Brooks Reeves (Egeus/Starveling), Patrick Curran (Snout), Nicolas Bolton (Mustardseed), Evan Danyliw (Moth), Bella Grace Harris (Fairy), Alex Leondedis (Snug), Dani Grace Nissen (Peaseblossom), and Alexandra White (Cobweb), De’Lon Grant (Theseus / Oberon), Nora Eschenheimer (Hippolyta / Titania), Jaime José Hernández (Lysander), Jack Greenberg (Demetrius), Annika Burley as Helena, Meghan Carey (Hermia), Paul Melendy (Bottom), Karen MacDonald (Quince), Michael Broadhurst (Flute), Brooks Reeves (Egeus / Starveling), Alex Leondedis (Snug), and Patrick Curran (Snout.

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  The world premiere of Tony Pasqualini’s Out with a Bang continues through June 28 at Pacific Resident Theatre, directed by Andrew Weyman.

  Sarah 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.

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   The world premiere of Tommy Vine’s How to Put Down the Weight of Your Past will run July 23 – Aug. 9 (opening July 25)  at The American Mime Theare (137 W 25th St.), directed by Madeline Riddick-Seals.

  Kirsten Kilburn and Tommy Vine.

   An immersive, experimental play disguised as a life-changing, self-help workshop. Led by two facilitators, the story initially guides the audience through exercises to release personal trauma and regret, but quickly unravels into a psychological thriller blurring the lines between guidance and manipulation.

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  Miscast Mondays are back!  Off-Broadway’s MCC Theatre will post one concert every Monday this summer on its YouTube channel.

Click here for all prior 2026 videos.

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   LA’s The Wallis has announced its 2026-27 Season:

Click here for the complete schedule.

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  Spring Awakening, by Steven Sater & Duncan Sheik, will open this Fall (dates TBA) at Studio Seaview, directed by Danya Taymor.

   TBA.

  Feral, honest, compassionate, and unflinching, the production will explore the experience of young people caught between desire, repression, fear, and discovery — then and now.

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   Ethan Mathias in concert will take place Thurs. July 9 at 7 PM at NYC’s Green Room 42, with music direction by Michael Lavine.

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   Manhatten Theatre Club will present Nick Payne’s The Unbelievers, with previews beginning previews Oct. 13  with opening TBA) at New York City Center Stage 1, directed by Knud Adams.

   Lauren Ambrose and Tom Riley.

  The play explores the fallout of a family dealing with the unexplained, unsolved disappearance of their 15-year-old son, Oscar. The plot fractures time, jumping between three distinct periods: the immediate aftermath of the disappearance, one year later, and seven years later. Faith means believing in something. Especially when it feels impossible. As the years go by and the mystery of the sudden disappearance of Miriam and David’s teenage son remains unsolved, their blended family must figure out how to go on, relearning how to live through the ups and downs of ordinary days in their altered world.

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   Alicia Key’s Hell’s Kitchen continues through June 21 at the Pantages Theatre.

Maya Drake (Ali), Kennedy Caughell (Jersey), roz White (Mill Liza Jane), Desmond Sean Ellinton (Davis), Joh Avery Worrell (Knuck), Stemarciae Bain, Miya Bass, Jaylen T. Bryant, and many more (not listed).

  Ali is a 17-year-old girl full of fire–searching for freedom, passion and her place in the world.How she finds them is a New York City coming-of-age story you’ve never felt before.

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  Open Door Playhouse will debut a podcast of Chance Lang’s I Didn’t Know on June 17, directed by Gary Lamb.

  David Purdham (Pat) and David Andrew Calvillo ( Zayne).

  Pat, an isolating, military veteran is asked to put his pain aside to be the father his adult son needs when the young man arrives unannounced… but will he be able to?

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  Off Broadway’s Animus Theatre Company will present Twelve Hours with Tracy Letts, a 12 hour reading festival of 5 of Letts’ works, on Mon, June 22 from 11 AM – 11 PM at NYC’s Circle in the Square Theatre School.

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   Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will run July 10-26  at Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West, directed by Larry Raben.

   Daebrreon Poiema (Narrator), Brian Justing Crum (Joseph), Thomas Hobson (Pharoah/Jacob), Harrison White (Potiphar), Jeffrey Laughrun (Reuben), Adam Lendermon (Simeon), Perry Marks (Levi), Neil Starkenberg (Dan), Jean Charles (Napthtali), Zane Camacho (Gad), Teronn S. Shrikian (Asher), Brody Tarrant Zebulun (Zeulun), Jerdan Cruz (Benjamin), and Ali Vesey (Mrs. Potiphar), with Johnisa Breault, Alexandra Skylar Kunin, and Sabrina Ryan.

Today’s Highlights:

  Hollywood Fringe Festival 2026 opens at various LA locations.

  Label less, by Lea Lachey & Drew Lachey, directed by Drew Lachey, featuring Justin Daxt Bobbs, Nasir Butler, Antonio Davis, Micah Day, Abby Docherty, Diana Hutchinson, Iz Lachey, Kendall Maley, Colton Smith, and Kiwi Villalobos, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s The Duke on 42nd Street & New 43nd Studios (229 W. 42nd St.).

  Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous, by Pearl Cleage, directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson, featuring Michele Shay (Betty Samson), Olivia Washington ( Precious “Pete”Watson),  Watson; Deborah Joy Winans (Greenleaf, Whitney) as Kate Hughes; and Charlayne Woodard (Anna Campbell), previews at LA’s Geffin Playhouse.

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   Broadway Grosses for the week ending June 7.

Click here for the complete analysis.

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  Ragtime, directed by Lear deBessonet, has been extended again, now through Aug. 16 at Broadway’s Lincoln Center Theatre.

  Current cast, (with a variety of changes soon), Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz, Colin Donnell, Nichelle Lewis, Ben Levi Ross, Shaina Taub, Anna Grace Barlow,  John Clay III, Rodd Cyrus, Nick Barrington, Ellie May Sennett, Nicholas Barrón, Lauren Blackman, Allison Blackwell, Briana Carlson-Goodman, Ben Cherry, Jordan Chin, Eean Sherrod Cochran, Billy Cohen, Kerry Conte, Rheaume Crenshaw, Aerina DeBoer, Ellie Fishman, Jason Forbach, Ta’Nika Gibson, Jackson Parker Gill, David Jennings, Alijah Joseph, Marina Kondo, Brandon LaVar, Morgan Marcell, Jenny Mollet, Tom Nelis, Kent Overshown, Kayla Pecchioni, John Rapson, Matthew Scott, Deandre Sevon, Alyssa Shorte, Caleb Stallings, Jacob Keith Watson, and Alan Wiggins and Destinee Rea.

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  LA Opera will present The Magic Flute May 30 – June 21 at LA’s Dorothy Chandler  Pavilion, conducted by James Conlon, and directed by Suzanne Andrade.

Sydney Manascola (Pamina), Mile Mykkanen (Tamino), Kyle Miller (Papageno), Aigul Khismatullina (Queen of the Night), Kwangchul Youn (Sarastro), Zhengyi Bai (Monostatos), and Emily Damasco (Papagena).

  Prince Tamino and the loveable sidekick Papageno are on a quest to save a princess, in a fan-favorite production featuring a cast interacting with dazzling projected animations inspired by silent cinema and vintage cartoons.

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  Justin Huertas’ Lizard Boy will run Mar. 1-29 at Portland Center Stage (link TBA), directed by Chip Miller.

   Milo Marami, Lo Steele, and Benjamin  Tissel.

When Trevor was a child, a strange encounter with a dragon left his skin green and scaly. Now, he only leaves his house on MonsterFest, the one day a year he feels safe to share his skin with the world. And this year, Trevor has a date! When another dragon survivor warns him that the dragons may be returning, Trevor must decide if he has the courage to save the world…and his new crush. Part concert, part hero’s journey, this indie-rock musical proves you don’t need a cape to be a superhero—just the nerve to show up.

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   Underdogs: A Musical, a new Audible Original, starring Alan Cumming, Gaten Matarazzo, and Bebe Neuwirth, is now available here.

   Set at the most prestigious performing arts high school in the world – Newark Airport High – the comedy follows four determined first-year students as they fight for a coveted spot in the mainstage production of Les Disposablés. Standing between them and the spotlight is the formidable director Mr. Jeremy (Cumming), forcing the aspiring stars into an unfamiliar role for the first time: underdogs.

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   DC’s Folger Theatre has announced its 2026-27 season: 

Casting TBA.

  How Shakespeare Saved My Life (June 9 – July 5)), by Jacob Ming-Trent.

   Measure for Measure (Sept. 22 – Nov.1), directed by Psalmayene 24.

  Hamlet (Mar. 22 – Apr. 11, 2027), directed by Kate Whoriskey.

   The The Comedy of Errors (May 18 – June 27), directed by Holly Twyford

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  National Theatre Live will present a filmed version of London’s The Misanthrope beginning Sept. 22 at U.S. theaters TBA, adapted by Martin Crimp.

   Sandra Oh, Paul Chahidi, Abigail Cruttenden, Imogen Elliott, Rina Fatania, Freddie MacBruce, Tom Mison and Jemima Rooper.

  Written in contemporary verse, The Misanthrope interrogates 21st-century private relationships and public debate, with Molière’s infamous misanthrope Alceste reimagined as Alice.

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   Mister Halston, by Raffaele Pacitti, continues through June 21 at Long Island’s Bay Street Theatre, directed by Michael Wilson.

 Michael BcGrath (Mister Halston).

  Set against the glamorous and volatile world of 70s & 80s New York, Mister Halston explores the Meteoric rise, stunning Fame, and ultimate fall of iconic Ameriican fashion designer Halston.

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  Red Bull Theater‘s Short New Play Festival 2026: Refiinished will  take place Mon, June 22 at 7:30 PM at Off Broadway’s Symphony Space.

  Ken  Ludwig, Betty Shaniec, Sabrina Caruso, Nate Currier, Nadel Henfille, Nick Martorelli, Justin Muschong, Karon Ogle, and Chris PBrowne Valenzuela.

  TBA.

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   The world premiere of Tommy Vines’s How to Put Down the Weight of your Past will run July 23 – Aug. 9 (opening July 35,) at the American Mime Theatre (137 West 25th Street, Ground Floor), directed by Madeline Riddick-Seals.

  Kirsten Kilburn and Tommy Vines.

  Tommy Vines doesn’t just make theater. She is a must-see artist who makes experiences that live in your body long after you’ve left the building. Her work is visceral, formally daring, and emotionally devastating in the best way. She is exactly the kind of artist this city needs right now. Hers is a voice that deserves a bigger stage

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   The world premiere of Tommy Vines’ How to Put Down the Weight of Your Past will run July 23 – Aug. 9 (opening July 25) at the American Mime Theatre (137 W. 25th St., directed by Madeline Riddick-Seals.

  Tommy Vines and Kirsten Kilburn.

   This show is for those who seek out the hard questions – eager to respond, and ready to release. Tommy Vines doesn’t just make theater. She is a must-see artist who makes experiences that live in your body long after you’ve left the building. Her work is visceral, formally daring, and emotionally devastating in the best way. She is exactly the kind of artist this city needs right now. Hers is a voice that deserves a bigger stage. The play picks at life’s absurdities to reach the raw center of our collective past.