This Weekend’s Highlights:
Friday, August 7
Alone cast album, by John Ertman & Joseph Mathusek, released on most platforms.
Saturday, August 8
The Snow Goose, adapted by Claire McKenzie & Scott Gilmour, direced by Marshall Pailet, featuring Eric Graise (Philip Rhayader), Ashlyn Maddox (Frith), Sam Sherwood (The Bard), Charlie Webb (Wilf), and Ally Monino (Harper), with Alan Chandler, David Aron Damane, Matthew Davies, Leah Hofmann, Kiersten Kelly, Amy Hillner Larsen, Sophia Anna O’Brien; Gabriel Marcus Omlor; Ayanna Nicole Thomas, Patrick Tombs, and John Viggiano, begins previews at CT’s Goodspeed Musicals.
Hugh Jackman with the Chigago Philharmonic Concert, at 8 PM at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival.
Jason Graae: It’s a Graae Night For Singing concert, at 7 PM at NYC’s 54 Below.
Cats: The Jellicle Ball closes at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre, after 164 performances.
Sunday, August 9
CrazySexyCool – the Musical, written & directed by Kwame Kei-Armah, featuring Holli’ Gabrielle Conway (Tionne ‘(T-Boz’ Watkins), Jade Milan (Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes), and Toney B. Woods (Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas), with Felica Curry and Kennedy Holme, closes at DC’s Arena Stage.
Spamalot, directed & choreographed byJosh Rhodes, featuring Major Attaway (King Arthur), Amanda Robles (The Lady of the Lake), Nathaniel Mahone (Patsy), Steven Telsey (The Historian / Prince Herbert), Sean Bell (Sir Robin), Major Attaway (King Arthur), Amanda Robles (The Lady of the Lake), Nathaniel Mahone (Patsy), and Steven Telsey, (The Historian/Prince Herbert), with Delaney Benson, Jack Brewer, Claire Kennard, Lindsay Lee Alhady, L’Ogan J’Jones, Maddie Mossner, Emilie Renier, Mark Tran Russ, Meridien Terrell, and Graham Keen, closes at Kansas City’s Starlight Theatre.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Steven Maler, featuring 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), closes at the Boston Commons.
Hairspray, directed by Bill Fennelly, featuring Alex Michaels(Edna Turnblad), Grace Carroll (Tracy Turnblad), Michael Brian Dunn (Wilbur Turnblad), Keisha Gilles Motormouth Maybelle), Ben Jackson Walker (Link Larkin), Maddy Le (Little Inez), Meaghan Maher(Penny Pingleton), Kate Marilley (Velma Von Tussle), Maya Musial (Amber Von Tussle), Lukas Poost (Corny Collins), and Jalen Xavier (Seaweed J. Stubbs), with Taylor Colleton, Talia Cutulle, Zeth Dixon, Adena Ershow, Madeline Glave, Jordyn Jones, Laura Jordan, Natalie Lacy, Jack Mastrianni, Kevin B. McGlynn, Elexis Morton, Ryan Norton, Isaiah Reynolds, Alanna Rishaan Porter, and Drew Tremblay, closes at Mass.’ Cape Playhouse.
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A Fall workshop production of Sweet Charity, with all new direction & choreography by Jeff & Rick Kuperman, will run this Fall (dates TBA) at Theatre West.
Ariana DeBose (Charity Hope Valentine) and more TBA.
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Divine: Beyond The Flamingos!, world premiere written & directed by Donnie, will run Dec 3 – Jan. 17, 2027 (opening Dec. 8) at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre (at the West Side YMCA).
Eureka O’Hara (Divine).
A delicious, 90-minute backstage pass into the life of the soft-spoken, gentle genius behind the most fierce, filthy, and fabulous diva in showbiz: Harris Glenn Milstead. It’s March 1988 in New York City. Brash, trashy, and utterly iconic Divine has spent two decades shocking the prudes and inspiring the masses as an actor, drag royalty, high-BPM pop chanteuse, and the ultimate muse to the sultan of sleaze, John Waters. Now, after twenty years of teasing wigs to the heavens, Glenn prepares for an unprecedented milestone in a trailblazing career — a male role on the hit TV show “Married… with Children.” As he packs his bags for Hollywood, he takes a look back at his legendary, trailblazing ride — from his early days turning heads in Baltimore to the dazzling highs and gritty lows of a career that changed pop culture forever.
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The Feel Good Story America Needs Right Now, by Mark Wilding, will run Oct. 2 – Nov. 8 at Theatre West (link TBA), directed by Charlie Mount.
Casey Alcoser, Bella Balsamo, John Combs, Samantha Gregory, Paul Gunning, Steve Nevil, Jill Remez, Clara Rodriguez, and Daniella Weeks.
It’s a year after six brave Americans escaped the Hand of God, the most notorious group of terrorists on the planet. The heroes have gathered for a reunion on a 60 Minutes type of news magazine. We’ll come to find out that not all was it seems during their captivity. In addition, the hostages are making demands that could scuttle the broadcast. Will they get to tell their harrowing story to America or not?
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Pride and Prejudice, by Paul Gordon, will stream Sat. Aug. 8 (at 2 & 8 PM), directed by Robert Kelley. Click here to watch.
Mary Mattison (Elizabeth Bennet), Justin Mortelliti (Mr. Darcy), Sharon Rietkirk (Jane Bennet), Travis Leland (Mr.Bingley), Dani Marcus (Charlotte Lucas), Taylor Crousore (Mr. Wickham), Heather Orth (Mrs. Bennet), Christopher Vettel (Mr. Bennet), Lucinda Hitchcock Cone (Lady Catherine de Bourgh / Aunt Gardiner), Monique Hafen Adams (Caroline Bingley), Monique Hafen Adams (Caroline Bingley), Chanel Tilghman (Kitty Bennet), Melissa Wolfklain (Mary Bennet), Tara Kostmayer (Lydia Bennet), and Brian Herndon (Mr. Collins).
Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr Darcy. Based on the story by Jane Austen. Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice? Based on the classic novel by Jane Austen, a new musical adaptation by Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon (Broadway’s Jane Eyre). The show was filmed at the Tony Award-winning TheatreWorks Silicon Valley in Palo Alto, CA., where it played its world premiere from and established an all-time box office records.
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The world premiere of Janine Nabers’ The Peterson Show will run Sept. 19 – Oct. 26 (0pening Sept. 19) at the Atwater Village Theatre, directed by Michelle Bossy.
Kelly McCreary, Tamberla Perry, John Clarence Stewart, Kristen Ariza, Jean E.S. Powell, Deanna Reed-Foster, and Journee Rose. sitcom.
The play follows five former child stars who reunite as the legacy of their beloved television father collapses into scandal. With cameras swarming outside and decades of unresolved history inside, they confront old rivalries, buried secrets and the complicated bonds forged while growing up on America’s favorite sitcom.