This Weekend’s Highlights:
Friday, July 17
Into the Woods, directed by Michael Lluberes, featuring Natascia Diaz Diaz (Witch), Cy Paolantonio (Little Red Riding Hood), Jane Brockman (Jack’s Mother/ Tree; Giant), Asunta Fleming (Cinderella’s Stepmother), Joneal Joplin (Narrator), Joshua Morgan (Baker), Hayden Stanes (Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf) , Andrea Prestinario (Baker’s Wife) Bersai Reyes (Steward), Paris Porche Richardson (Cinderella), Amal Ramadan (Lucinda / Grandmother), Jerry Pinkard (Rapunzel’s Prince), Rayna Key (Florinda) Michael Fabisch (Jack), and Devin McCall (Rapunzel), opens at Arrow Rock’s Lyceum Theatre.
Saturday, July 18
The 2026 Fire Island Dance Festival Benefit opens at Fire Island Pines, NY.
Sting, by Sophie Swithinbank, directed by Nancy Medina, featuring Adelle Leonce (Ash), Nick Blood (Dom), and Phoebe Ladenburg (Lily), closes at London’s Young Vic.
Sunday, July 19
Proof, by David Auburn, directed by Thomas Kail, featuring Ayo Ede (Catherine), Don Cheadle (Robert), Kara Young (Claire), and Jin Ha (Hal), closes at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre.
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), closes at Off-Broadway’s Public Theater.
The 2026 Fire Island Dance Festival benefit concludes at Fire Island Pines, NY.
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, closes at LA’s Ahmanson Theatre.
Defiantly Joni: A Singer/songwriter Bares Her Soul concert closes at LA’s Mark Taper Forum.
The 17th Annual Playwrights Festival concludes at North Hollywood’s Road Theatre Company.
The Price, directed by directed by Elina de Santos, featuring Dana Dewes (Esther Franz); Richard Fancy (Gregory Solomon), Jason Huber Walter Franz), and Scott Jackson (Victor Franz), closes at LA’s Pacific Resident Theatre.
The Wizard of Oz, directed by Richard Israel, featuring Hannah Sedlacek (Dorothy Gale), Eric Stanton Betts a(Huck/Scarecrow), Lucas Alifano (Hickory/Tin Man), Tom Anawalt (Zeke/Cowardly Lion), Becky Lythgoe (Almira Gulch/Wicked Witch of the West), Noah Kaplan (Professor Marvel/The Wizard), Cassandra Marie Murphy (Aunt Em/Glinda), and Mike Baker (Uncle Henry/Emerald City Guard), with Samantha Bell, Aaron Michael-Rees Camitses, Bar Daniel, Sam Davidson, Josh Igarashi. Amanda King, Lauren Lorati, Nicholas Ley, Ali Marquez-Qadiri, Jacob Ray, Barbara Ann Reed, Spencer Reese, Xavier F. Reynoso, Angelica Roque, Bayley Tanenbaum, Calista Zajac, CC Adeva, Ryan Bohmholdt, Kaylie Cho, Gibson Day, Malia Johnson, Amaeline Lynch, and Anna Marie Holland Melendrez, closes at CA’s Bank of America Performing Arts Center in Thousand Oaks.
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The world premiere of Joy Nesbitt’s Blood of my Blood will run Oct. 1 – Nov. 26 (opening Oct. 7) at the Royal Court Theatre, directed by Tatenda Shamiso.
Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ, Jodie Campbell, Hannah Morrish, Karene Peter, and Patrick Vaill.
At a former plantation now converted into an Airbnb, a pregnant Black woman communes with her ancestors, seeking answers to the questions she’s afraid to ask anyone else. Set between 1862 and the present day, Blood of my Blood is a powerful exploration of family, history and belonging.
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Paul Gordon’s No One Called Ahead will stream Sat. July 18 at 2 PM ET here,
Justin Matthew Sargent, with Laura Lee Gayer, Ann Harada, Storm Lever, Morgan Weed, and Pamela Kashani.
Ben seeks a weekend getaway but gets more than he bargained for when he begins to receive a series of visits from several astonishing women from the great beyond. Each encounter further rocks his world view. Will this night forever change the way he lives, loves and creates? Or will he make it to daybreak at all? This darkly comic romance with a tuneful contemporary score asks the question, “is there love after death”? For this artist, alone in the woods with his life on the line and his potential still undiscovered – the answer is not what he expected.
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Real Women Have Curves, by Joy Huerta, Benjamin Velez, Lisa Loomer, and Nell Benjamin will run April 14 – May 16, 2027 at the Pasadena Playhouse, directed by Laurie Woolery.
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In 1987 Boyle Heights, Ana Garcia is torn between her own ambitions, her family’s expectations, and the vibrant community of women whose love has shaped her. Full of heart, humor, and irresistible music, the musical is a joyful celebration of life’s unexpected curves and the resilient corazon of Latina women.
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A new adaptation of Enemy of the People will run Aug. Aug. 19 – Sept. 27 at the Odyssey Theatre, directed by Bart DeLorenezo.
Jay Paulson, Jason McBeth, Cara Mitsuko, Dennis Dun, DeJuan Christopher, Clay Hollander, and Lauren Campedelli.
A bold new adaptation that thrusts the play’s central conflicts—between public health and economic survival, individual conscience and collective will—into sharp contemporary focus.
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The Snow Goose, adapted by Claire McKenzie & Scott Gilmour will run Aug. 28 – Oct. 18 (0pening Sept. 16) at CT’s Goodspeed Musicals, directed by Marshall Pailet.
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.
On the windswept coast of England an unlikely bond forms between Philip, a reclusive artist shunned by society, and Frith, a resilient young woman, when they rescue a wounded snow goose. With World War II looming, their friendship allows her to imagine a life beyond her village and him to confront his own humanity as he sets sail on a daring journey to save soldiers trapped at Dunkirk. Discover an unforgettable new musical with a soaring score that will fill your heart.