This Weekend’s Highlights:
Friday, April 10
The 10th Annual L.A. Get Down Festival opens at LA’s Greenway Court Theatre.
In The Heights, directed by Jesse J. Sanchez, featuring Rubén J. Carbajai (Usnvavi), Amanda Aceves-Lopez (Nina), Angelica Lozada Ramos (Vanessa), Antwone Barnes (Benny), Susanna Guzmán (Abuela Claudia), Adam Leiva (Sonny), Mario Rocha (Kevin Rasario), Elvira Barjau (Camila Rosario), Veronica Vazquez Jackson (Daniela), Rianny Vasquez (Carla), Berto Fernández (Piragua Guy), and Patrick “Patches” Viloria (Grafiti Pete), previews at Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West.
Mean Girls, by Tina Fey, Jeff Richmond & Nell Benjamin, directed & choreographed by Dana Solimando, featuring Katie Roche, (Cady Heron), Adrianna Rose Lyons (Regina George), Sarah-Anne Martinez (Gretchen Wieners), Grace Fluharty (Karen Smith), McKenna Michael (Janis Sarkisian) Gavin Leahy as “Damian Hubbard,” Eric Myrick as “Aaron Samuels,” Shailen Patel Braun (Kevin Gnapoor), Daryl C. Brown a(Mr. Hubbard), Daniel Dawson (Coach Carr), and Gwen Hollander (Mrs. Heron/Ms. Norbury/Mrs. George), with Sabrina Astengo, Alyssa Anne Austin, Eugene Boyd, Augusto Guardado, Brandon Halvorsen, Emmy J. Lane, Jenna Luck, Keturah McIntyre, Caroline Moulios, Barbara Ann Reed, Eric Renna, Clayton Michael Walke, Kevin Corte and Bailey Renee Miller, previews at CA’s La Mirada Theatre.
Saturday, April 11
In The Heights, directed by Jesse J. Sanchez, featuring Ruben J. Carbajal (Usnavi) Amanda Aceves-Loppez (Nina Rosario), Antwone Barnes (Benny) Angelica Lozada Ramos (Vanessa), Angelica Lozada Ramos (Vanessa), Suzanna Guzmán, Mario Rocha (Kevin Rosario), Ecvira Barjau (Camila Rosario), Adam Leiva (sonny), Vazquez Jackson (Daniela), Rainny. Vasquea (Carla), Patrick *Patches” Viloria (Graffiti Pete), and Berto Fernández (Piragua Guy). with Leonel Ayala, Miah “BLVKE” Blake, emmie J Bourgeois, Julisa Maya Carbajal, Andrea Dobbins, Elijah Samuél Figueroa, Juan Camilo Laverde, Elvira Barjau, and Berto Fernández, opens at Long. Beach’s Musical Theatre West.
Mean Girls, by Tina Fey, Jeff Richmond & Nell Benjamin, directed & choreographed by Dana Solimando, featuring Katie Roche, (Cady Heron), Adrianna Rose Lyons (Regina George), Sarah-Anne Martinez (Gretchen Wieners), Grace Fluharty (Karen Smith), McKenna Michael (Janis Sarkisian) Gavin Leahy as “Damian Hubbard,” Eric Myrick as “Aaron Samuels,” Shailen Patel Braun (Kevin Gnapoor), Daryl C. Brown a(Mr. Hubbard), Daniel Dawson (Coach Carr), and Gwen Hollander (Mrs. Heron/Ms. Norbury/Mrs. George), with Sabrina Astengo, Alyssa Anne Austin, Eugene Boyd, Augusto Guardado, Brandon Halvorsen, Emmy J. Lane, Jenna Luck, Keturah McIntyre, Caroline Moulios, Barbara Ann Reed, Eric Renna, Clayton Michael Walke, Kevin Corte and Bailey Renee Miller, opens at CA’s La Mirada Theatre.
Jeremy Jordan in concert at 8 PM at CA’s Northridge The Soraya.
The 10th Annual LA Get Down FEStival – Get Down Festival, curated &performed by Tyne Daly, at 8 PM at LA’s Greenway Court Theatre.
Bee Gees Celebration concert at 8 PM at Long Island’s Bay Street Theatre.
did you charge your phone for the end of the world? world premiere written & directed by Fletcher Michael, featuring Lucy Boisvert, Collin Dennis, and Fletcher Michael, closes at the 2026 New York City Fringe Festival.
Sunday, April 12
It’s All Right with Cole Porter concerts, featuring Karring Allyson, Aisha de Haas, and Declan Cashman, at both 5 & 7 PM at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Jazz Club.
When I Meet the Wizard concert, featuring Caroline Bowman, Nikki Renée Daniels, and the Broadway Series Junior Company, at 8 PM at Lincoln Center‘s David Geffin Hall.
20 By 20, offering $10 tickets, 20 minutes prior to curtain, featuring 20 productions, concludes at participating Off-Broadway productions.
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), closes at Off Broadway’s Public Theatre.
Public Charge, world premiere by Julissa Reynoso & Michael J. Chepiga, directed by Doug Hughes, featuring Marinda Anderson, Nate Betancourt, Maggie Bofill, John J. Concado, Dan Domingues, Zabryna Guevara, Yesenia Iglesias, Paco Lozano, Nairoby Otero, Armando Riesco,Al Rodrigo, and Barbara Walsh, closes at Off-Broadway’s Public Theatre.
Safety Not Guaranteed, by Ryan Miller & Nick Blaemire, directed by Oliver Butler, featuring Preston Truman Boyd (Jeff), Tyler Dobies ( Arnau), Gunnar Manchester (Kenneth), Joshua Morgan (Tristan), Mia Pak (Darius), and Erin Weaver(Liz), with Steven Nicolás Franco Sydne Lyons, and Scout Santoro, closes at DC’s Signature Theatre.
Spamalot, directed by Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage, featuring Emma Elizabeth Smith (Catherine of Aragon), Nella Cole (Anne Boleyn), Kelly Denice Talro (Jane Seymour), Hailey alexis Lewis (Anna of Cleves), Alizé Cruz (Katherine Howard), Tasia Jungbauer (Catherine Parr), Tasia and Jungbauer (Catherine Parr), with Reese Cameron, Anna Hertel, Carlina Parker, and Abigail Sparrow, closes at LA’s Pantages Theatre.
The Unknown, by David Cales, directed by Leigh Silverman, starring, Sean Hayes, closes at LA’s Studio Seaview.
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous, by Pearl Cleage, directed by Jacqui Parker, featuring Patrice Jean Baptiste, Deannah “Dripp” Blemur, Inés De La Cruz,and Yasmeen Duncan, closes at Lyric Stage Boston.
Write of Spring 2026 Firsts, a world premiere presentation of 6 original one-act plays, by Susan C. Hunter, Anne Mesa, Abigael Peltonen, Jorge A. Pulido, and Darrin Yalacki, directed by Susan C. Hunter, Chris McGriff, Anne Mesa, Abigael Peltonen, Jorge A. Pulido, and Darrin Yalacki, and featuring John Barbarotta, Jeremy Bassett, Makeda Diggs, Justin Gubersky, R. Eric Hill, Luana Holtz, Adam Kroksh, Mindy Le, Alyssa Lomosad, Meilyn Luo, Amelia Mackey, and Jay Valles, closes at LA’s Write Act Repertory.
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Reviews for Death of a Salesman at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre:
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Circus Fire, world premiere by Jacques Lamarre, and directed by Jared Mezzocchi, has been extended through May 31 at Theaterworks Hartford.
Olivia Nicole Hoffman, Caroline Kinsloving, Janelle Anne Robinson, Mike Boland, Constantino Fernandez, Stuart Rider, Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., Marco Verna, Rebecka Jones, and Dan Wheltonm with Anastasia Maglaras and Eric Orsini.
It’s July 1944. With the nation at war and a heat wave settling over the city, the residents of Harford, CT. eaterly await the arrivival of the Ringling Bros. and Barnub & Bailey Circus. The unthinkable occurs when a fire turns the big top into and inferno. In the minutes, hours and days following the blaze, two communities – Hardford and the Circus – find themselves irretrievably irretrievably intertwined by tragedy, blame, heroism, and healing.
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Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous, by Pearl Cleage, directed by Jacqui Parker, jas been extended through May 3 at Lyric Stage Boston.
Patrice Jean Baptiste, Deannah “Dripp” Blemur, Inés De La Cruz,and Yasmeen Duncan.
As a young artist in the 1990s, actress Anna Campbell sparked a theatrical firestorm with a staging of August Wilson monologues spoken from a female perspective performed entirely in the nude. Decades later, her provocative performance that changed the trajectory of her career, rises like a ghost, when it is to be included at a woman’s theater festival. But there’s a catch. A much younger and inexperienced actress whose credits are less than desirable has been asked to perform, causing Anna to spiral in a whirlwind of insecurity and hesitancy. With support from her manager and long-time friend Betty, Anna grapples with the choice to step aside on a road she helped to pave so that a new generation can continue the journey.
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A reading of Steve Engelbrecht’s’ If I Cold Go will take place Thurs. Apr. 23 at 7 PM at Off-Broadway’s TADA Theatre (link unavailable), directed by Peter Flynn.
Marc Kudisch, Andréa Burns, Jadon Lopez, Kate Fitzgerald, Jade Jones, and Richard B. Watson, with Elissa Bonito, Jack Gemmell, Genesis Harper, Darius Jordan Lee, and Diogo Ramirez.
Inspired by the ancient Irish legend of Tír na nÓg—the Land of Eternal Youth—IF I COULD GO reimagines the myth through a contemporary lens. Set between modern-day Dublin and a crumbling mythic realm, IF I COULD GO follows Oisín, a shy bookshop clerk who escapes into fantasy worlds—until one quite literally opens for him. When Niamh, a princess from the immortal land of Tír na nÓg, reaches out across worlds in search of a hero, Oisín steps into a journey that will test his courage, his identity, and the very nature of love. As the boundaries between worlds collapse, both must confront the cost of escape versus the necessity of living fully in the present. Blending a contemporary voice with Celtic musical influences, the show features a dynamic score of original songs and explores themes of connection, grief, and what it truly means to be brave.
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Red Bull Theater‘s Titus Andronicus, directed by Jesse Berger, has been extended through May 3 at Off-Broadway’s Signature Center.
Patrick Page (Titus Andronicus), with Jesse Aaronson, Matthew Amendt, Blair Baker, McKinley Belcher III, Francesca Faridany, Enid Graham, Amy Jo Jackson, Adam Langdon, Anthony Michael Lopez, Anthony Michael Martinez, Howard W. Overshown, Olivia Reis, and Zack Lopez Roa.
Shakespeare’s bloodiest revenge tragedy, where Roman general Titus sacrifices the son of Tamora, Queen of the Goths, sparking a brutal cycle of vengeance, Tamora, now Empress of Rome, orders the rape and mutilation of Titus’s daughter, Lavinia, and kills his sons. Titus retaliates by baking Tamora’s sons into a pie and feeding them to her before a final bloodbath.