This Weekend’s Highlights:
Friday, January 9
Relax … let go … let fly…
Saturday, January 10
A Trojan Woman, by Sara Farrington, directed by Meghan Finn, featuring Drita Kabashi, opens at Off-Broadway’s The Tank Theatre.
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players‘ H.M.S. Pinafore, directed by James Mills, featuring Michelle Siepel (Josephine), David Auxier (Captain Corcoran), Michelle Seipel ( Josephine), Angela Christine Smith L(Little Buttercup), Cameron Smith (Ralph Rackstraw), Victoria Devany (Sir Joseph’s sisters & his cousins & his Aunts), Matthew Wages (Seaman Dick Deadeye), David Wannen (Bill Bobstay), and Quinto Ott (Sship’s Carpenter), with Sam Balzac, Caitlin Borek, Louis Brogna, Michael J. Connolly, Hannah Eakin, Katie Hall, Sarah Hutchison, Alexandra Imbrosci-Viera, Sabrina Lopez, John Charles McLaughlin, Jack F. Murphy, Logan Pitts, Laura Sudduth, and Tyler Tejada, opens Off-Broadway’s at Kaye Playhouse (at Hunter College).
The Importance of Being Ernest, directed by Max Webster, featuring Olly Alexander (Algernon Moncrieff), Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Jack Worthing), Hugh Dennis (Reverend Canon Chasuble), Shobna Gulati (Miss Prism), Kitty Hawthorne (Gwendolen Fairfax), Jessica Whitehurst (Cecily Cardew), Hayley Carmichael (Merriman/Lane), and Stephen Fry (Lady Bracknell), closes at London’s Noel Coward Theatre.
Sunday, January 11
The Rover reading, by Aphra Behn, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch, featuring Michael Braun, Kelley Curran, Damon Daunno, Vivian Farahani, Andy Grotelueschen, Lauren Karaman, Ismenia Mendes, Conrad Ricamora, Cara Ricketts, David Ryan Smith, and more, at 7:30 PM at Off-Broadway’s Red Bull Theatre.
A Trojan Woman, by Sara Farrington, directed by Meghan Finn, featuring Drita Kabashi, closes at Off-Broadway’s The Tank Theatre.
Prudence Play (Or Sister Prudence Is Not Gay!), written & performed by Caroline Dunn, closes at Off-Broadway’s Flea Theater.
Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, directed by Graham C. King, featuring Haskell V. Anderson, Blaire Battle, Oscar Best, Olivia Braun, Tara Brown, David Clayberg, Michael Franco, Edward Hoke, James Morris, Gregg Ostrin, Sharron Shayne, and Katerina Tana, closes at LA’s Pacific Resident Theatre.
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Reviews for Bug at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre:
Click here for all the reviews.
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Off-Broadway’s The Acting Company will present a reading of Timon of Athens, in a modern verse translation by Kenneth Cavander, on Mon. Jan. 26 at at 7:30 PM at Off-Broadway’s Symphony Space, directed by Kate Pitt.
Simon Russell Beale, and more TBA.
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Wait Until Dark will run Jan. 28 – Feb. 15 at Virginia Stage Company, directed by Mark Shanahan.
Meredith Parker, Seth Andrew Bridges, Steve Pacek, Mike Bergi, and Triney Sandoval.
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David Cale’s’s The Unknown will run Jan. 31 – Apr. 12 at Studio Seaview, directed by Leigh Silverman.
Sean Hayes.
Desperate to cure his writer’s block, Elliott retreats to a remote cabin—only to discover he may not be alone. The play explores fascination and obsession, where a writer’s reality and fiction intertwine.
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An Evening with Laura Benanti will take place Thurs. Jan. 29 at 7:30 PM at NYC’s 92Y.
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The world premiere of Will Van Dyke & Jeff Talbott’s Ten Brave Seconds will run Jan. 30 – Feb. 19 at Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Theatre Company, directed by Ellie Heyman.
John Cariani, Will Blum, Luke Kolbe Mannikus, and Carson Stewart.
One day can change everything if you pay attention. And Mike is certainly looking for something to change. He and his family are finding their way the best they can on a new and rocky road. Mike has also been sitting on something about himself that he’s been waiting to say, but he’s got a thing or two to find out first. What he is learning is that in order to step into his community, he’s going to have to be brave and join in. And today’s the day. Ten Brave Seconds is a vibrant and heartfelt new musical for everybody that all takes place on one day in the life of an American teenager that will open your eyes and recalibrate your heart.
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“The Royal Wedding,” starring Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill, Keenan Wynn, and Albert Sharpe, is now available to stream for free here.
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Tom Dudzick’s Miracle on South Division Street will run Apr. 14 – May 10 (opening Apr. 19) at the Sheen Center, directed by Joe Brancato.
Coryn Carson, Grace Experience, and Liz McCartney.
Meet the Nowaks of Buffalo, NY. They’re special — celebrities in their run-down neighborhood for the miracle that occurred in Grandpa’s barbershop in 1942. But their faith — and whole identity — is shaken to the very core when a deathbed confession causes the family legend to unravel. Full of twists, heart and humor, this comedy is as warming as a bowl of Matzoh Ball soup and reminds us that no matter our backgrounds, we’re all part of the same story.