This weekend’s Highlights:
Friday, July 24
How High the Moon, by Barbara Nell Beery, directed by Asaad Kelada, featuring Jeanine Anderson (Violet), Kathie Barnes (Millie), Lane Compton(Harrison), Matthew Gademske (Russell), John Plsey (Carl), Anya Profumo (Allison), Matthew Gademske (Fussell), Caroline Quitley (Amy), and David Nathan Schwartz (Walter), opens at LA’s Theatre West.
Hadestown, screening of the West End production, directed by Brett Sullivan, featuring Reeve Carney (Orpheus), André De Shields’( Hermes), Amber Gray (Persephone), Eva Noblezada (Eurydice), and Patrick Page(Hades), released theatrically in North America.
Saturday, July 25
Shakespeare in the Park’s Winter’s Tale, directed by Daniel Sullivan, featuring Teagle F. Bougere (Camillo), Chuck Cooper (Old Shepherd), Matthew Eby (Mamillius/Time), Raúl Esparza (Leontes), Isabela Ferrer (Perdita), Katie Griffith (Mopsa), Alex Hernandez (Cleomenes), Michael Khalid Karadsheh (Young Shepherd), Daniel Kyri (Florizel), Aubie Merrylees (Archidamus), Jennifer Mogbock (Emilia), Gilbert Owuor (Polixenes), Lily Rabe (Hermione), Matthew Russell (Dion), Steven Skybell and (Antigonus/Autolycus), with Heschel Bay Peter Douskalis, Denise Kolodja, Violeta Picayo, Bianca Rogoff, Michael Thanh Tran, and Jackson Whitman, opens at Central Park’s Delacorte theatre.
Archduke, by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Lyndsey Turner, featuring Chris Walley, Abraham Popoola, Stanley Morgan, Janice Connolly and Marc Wootton, closes at London’s Royal Court Theatre.
Jazz in July: Echoes of Miles – Cool Jazz for hot Nights concert, featuring Terence Blanchard, Ron Carter, Ravi Coltrane, Nicole Glover, John Patitucci, Kate Kortum, Aaron Diehl , and more, closes at NYC’s 92Y.
Sunday, July 26
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, by August Wilson, directed by Debbie Allen, featuring Taraji P. Henson (Bertha Holly ), Cedric The entertainer (Seth Holly ), Joshua Boone (Herald Loomis), Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Bynum Walker ), and more, closes at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre.
Ensemble Shakespeare Company‘s Julius Caesar, directed by Dylan Diehl, featuring Mark Dacascos, Pedro Garza, Dylan Diehl, Rob Hatzenbeller, Susannah Hoffman, Dennis Kear, Gerrard Lobo, Paul Marchegiani, Diego Millan, Celeste Moratti, Ella Olesen, Katie Pelensky, Matisse Ratron-Neal, Erin Roth, and Joe Staton, closes at Off-Broadway’s Flea Theater.
Pippin, directed by Matthew Gardiner, featuring Cedrick Neal (Leading Player), with Brayden Banbino (Pippin), Eric Hissom (Charles), Maria Rizzo (Fastrada), Naomi Jacobson (Berthe), Awa Sal Secka (Catherine), Ryan Sellers (Lewis), and Ellison Bihm (Theo), with Ben Bogen, Calvin L’mont Cooper, Candice Hatakeyama, Georgia Monroe, Alanna Sibrián, Jacob Taylor Starks, Emily Steinhardt, Hank von Kolnitz, Dylan Arredondo, Alonso Nicolas Waller, Liz Weber, Veronica Quezada, and Ian Rubi, closes at DC’s Signature Theatre.
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), closes at DC’s Signature Theatre.
Cagney the Musical, by Robert Creigton, Christopher McCovern & Peter Colley, directed by Will Pomerantz, featuring 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, closes at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed by Larry Raben, featuring 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, closes at Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West.
Into the Woods, directed by directed by Michael 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), closes at Arrow Rock’s Lyceum Theatre.
Proof, by David Auburn, directed by Stuart Rogers, featuring Ed Begley Jr., Hayden Begley (Catherine), Kate Woods (Claire), and Kelly Sry (Hal), closes at North Hollywood’s El Portal Theatre.
If/Then, by Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey, directed by Brayden Hade, featuring Jon Armijo, Ryan Axberg, Keenan Carver, Renee Cohen, Quin Domalaon, Danielle Johnson, Shaheen Kapambwe, Joelle Lewis, Natalie Luna, Nadia Salina Salvia, Stephanie Saunders, Jewell Valentin, Michael Vandie, and Judd Yort, with Amy Melendrez and Jason Rivera, closes at LA’s Chromolume Theatre at the Zephyr.
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The world premiere of Jenna Clark Embrey & Molly Beach Murphy’s Begin Again will run Sept. 6 – Oct. 11 (opening Sept. 17) at San Diego’s’ Old Globe, directed by Lorin Latarro.
Emma Busse (Gretta), Patrick Heusinger (Dan), Charlotte MacLeod (Violet), Kevin William Paul (Max), Adrienne Walker (Miriam), Nik Walker (Saul), and Casey Whyland (Stevie), with Matt Cusack, Logan Farine, John Krause , Kate Louissaint, Ana Marcu, Kelly McIntyre, Eric Shawn, and Erica Swindell. Eileen Doan, Karina Gallagher, Jack Gerhard, and Caleb Hartsfield.
When Gretta, a gifted but heartbroken songwriter, crosses paths with Dan, a record producer on the brink of burnout, their chance encounter sparks an unexpected collaboration that transforms them both. Begin Again features an original score by Grammy Award-winning pop-rock band Train (“Drops of Jupiter,” “Hey, Soul Sister”), direction by Lorin Latarro (Waitress, Chess), and is inspired by the Academy Award–nominated film written and directed by John Carney (Once). Set against the exhilarating backdrop of New York City, Begin Again is a world premiere musical about rediscovering passion, purpose, and the courage to start over.
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La Opera will prsent Candide Sept. 21 – Dec. 13 at theDorothy Chandler Pavilion, conducted by Lina González-Granados and directed by Francesca Zambello.
Duke Kim (Candide), Meghan Picerno (Cunegonde), Patti LuPone (Old Lady), Mario Manzo ( (Maximilian / Father), Kristen Choi (Paquette), Katie Trigg (Baroness / Vanderdendur), Vinícius Costa (James / Martin), Samuel Wallace (Cacambo), and Bernard Holcomb (Barron/Don Issachar/Govenor), with Erin Alford, Erin Alford, Andrea Beason, Julia Harnett, Amber Liekhus, Peter Murphy, and David Prottas.**********************
Anne Russell, an actress and philanthropist, has died at the age of 103.
She died peacefully Tuesday, evening at the age of 103 and 4 months old at The Actors Fund Home, Englewood, NJ
Russell had the rare distinction of one of the first actresses to have played both of Jerry Herman’s musical comedy queens, Dolly and Mame, on the stage.
Click here for the complete history of her career.