This Weekend’s Highlights:
Friday, June 6, 2025
Marry Me a Little, by Stephen Sondheim, Craig Lucas, & Norman René’, directed by James Espositto, featuring Gina Ansaldi and Kendre Scott, opens at LA’s Chromolume Theatre.
Pump Up the Volume, by Desmon & Jeff Thomson, directed by Dave Solomon, featuring Anthony Norman, Robert Mammana, Emily Ann Pember, Michele Ragusa,Darcy Rose Byrnes, Jasiana Caraballo, Aaron Gibbs, Amanda Angeles, Bryan Munar, Will Riddle, Luz Rodriguez, Madison Miyuke, Tarrick, and Marcel Walker, opens at LA’s Hudson Backstage Theatre.
Tasty Little Rabbit, world premiere by Tom Jacobson, directed by George Ramber, featuring Robert Mammana, Rob Nagle, and Massi Pregoni, opens at LA’s Moving Arts.
An Evening with La Toya Jackson concert opens at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.
Beau the Musical, by Douglas Lyons & Ethan D. Pakchar, directed & choreographed by Josh Rhodes, featuring Matt Rodin (Ace Baker), Chris Blisset (Beau), Amelia Cormack (Raven), Andrea Goss (Nurse/Karina/Le-Ann), Cory Jeacoma (Ferris), Miyuki Miyagi (Daphney), Derek Stoltenberg (Dennis), and Matt Wolpe (Larry), with Seth Eliser, Tyler Donovan McCall, Pearl Phein, and Lauren Jeanne Thomas, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Christopher Street (formerly known as the New Ohio theatre).
Frozen, directed & choreographed by Dan Knechtges, featuring Cailen Fu (Princess Anna), Jenna Lea Rosen (Princess Elsa, Mark Ivy as (Olaf), Garrett Clayton as (Hans), Alexander Mendoza (Kristoff), Thomas Whitcomb (Sven), Derek Manson (Duke of Weselton), Daniel Dawson (Oaken/Bishop), Everleigh Kim-Bergman (Young Anna), Bellami Soleil Smith (Young Elsa), Kenneth Mosley Pabbie), Regina Le Vert (Bulda), Gabriel Navarro (King Agnarr, and Ashley Moniz (Queen Iduna) , with Brittany Anderson, Beau Brians, Delilah Brien, Davide Costa, Quintan Craig, Sloane Griffith, Harmony Ishikawa, Bruno Koskoff, Marisa Moenho, Monika Peña, and Alexander Ríos, with Isabella Abiera, Andrea Dobbins, Audrey Moore, and Camal Pugh, previews at CA’s La Mirada Theatre.
Saturday, June 7
Ensemble Theatre Company‘s Justice: A New Musical, by Lauren Gunderson, Bree Lowdermilk & Kait Kerrigan, directed by Jenny Sullivan, featuring Heather Ayers (Sandra Day O’Connor), Julie Garnye (Sonia Sotomayer), and Valerie Perri (Ruth Bader Ginsburg), opens at Santa Barbara’s New Vic.
Frozen, directed & choreographed by Dan Knechtges, featuring Cailen Fu (Princess Anna), Jenna Lea Rosen (Princess Elsa, Mark Ivy as (Olaf), Garrett Clayton as (Hans), Alexander Mendoza (Kristoff), Thomas Whitcomb (Sven), Derek Manson (Duke of Weselton), Daniel Dawson (Oaken/Bishop), Everleigh Kim-Bergman (Young Anna), Bellami Soleil Smith (Young Elsa), Kenneth Mosley Pabbie), Regina Le Vert (Bulda), Gabriel Navarro (King Agnarr, and Ashley Moniz (Queen Iduna) , with Brittany Anderson, Beau Brians, Delilah Brien, Davide Costa, Quintan Craig, Sloane Griffith, Harmony Ishikawa, Bruno Koskoff, Marisa Moenho, Monika Peña, and Alexander Ríos, with Isabella Abiera, Andrea Dobbins, Audrey Moore, and Camal Pugh, opens at CA’s La Mirada Theatre.
Rogue Machine‘s Nice Girl, by Melissa Ross, directed by Ann Bronston, featuring Ann Bronston, opens at LA’s Matrix Theatre.
The Wedding Singer, by Chad Beguelin, Gim Herlihy & Matthew Sklar, directed by Michael Donovan, featuring Blake Jenner, Kay Cole, Hannah Sedlacek, Juliane Godfrey, Michael Austin Deni, Colin Huerta, Chris Bey, Natalie Holt MacDonald, and Whitney Kathleen Vigil. The company includes (in alphabetical order) Madison AiSanaye, Mike Baker, Lisa Dyson, Chris Ho, Liv Kaplan, Samantha Lawrence-Mata, Kailyn Leilani, Veronica Carolina Leite, Almand Martin Jr., Honza Pelichovský, Michael Wells, and Stephen Wilson, opens at Burbank’s Colony Theatre.
Good Witch Bad Witch concert, featuring Alli Mauzey and Alyssa Fox, at 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM at PA’s Bucks County Playhouse.
An Evening with La Toya Jackson concert closes at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.
Good Night and Good Luck, the Broadway production starring George Clooney, airs for FREE at 7 PM ET on CNN.
Sunday, June 8
Tony Awards ceremony, hosted by Cynthia Erivo, broadcast live at 8 PM ET on CBS from Radio City Music Hall, hosted by Cynthia Erivo … and available for streaming on Paramount+ in the US.
Othello, directed by Kenny Leon, featuring Denzel Washington (Othello), Jake Gyllenhaal (Iago), Molly Osborne (Desdemona), Andrew Burnap (Cassio), Anthony Michael Lopez (Roderigo), Daniel Pearce (Brabantio), and Kimber Elayne Sprawl (Emilia, closes at Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
A Dolls House, Part 2, by Lucas Hnath, directed by Jennifer Chang, featuring Elizabeth Reaser (Nora), Jason Butler Harner (Torvald), Kimberly Scott (Anne Marie), Kahyun Kim (Emmy), and Adam J. Smith (Torvald understudy), closes at CA’s Pasadena Playhouse.
Madame Clicquot: A Revolutionary Musical, by Lisette Glodowski & Richard C. Walter, directed & choreographed by Laurie Glodowski, featuring Victoria Frings (Barb-Nicole Clicquot Pnsardin), Kevi Massey (François Cliquot, and Paolo Montalban (Louis Bohne), closes at Pittsberg CLO.
The Spitfire Grill, by Fred Alley & James Alco, directed by Bonnie Hellman, featuring Lori Berg (Hannah Ferguson), Caitlin Gallogly (Shelby Thorpe), Gavin Michael Harris (Sheriff Joe Sutter), Hannah Howzdy (Percy Talbott), Ben Kientz (The Visitor), Spencer Rowe (Caleb Thorpe) and Treva Tegtmeier (Effy Krayneck), closes at LA’s Actors’ Co-op.
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Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor is the Villain has been extended through Sun. Aug. 1 at Broadway’s Booth Theatre, directed by Danya Taymor.
Sadie Sink (Shelby Holcomb) will play her final performance on Sun. July 13, with new casting for the role will be announced next week.
(current): Sadie Sink (Shelby Holcomb), Nihar Duvvuri (Mason Adams), Gabriel Ebert (Carter Smith), Molly Griggs (Bailey Gallagher), Maggie Kuntz (Ivy Watkins), Hagan Oliveras (Lee Turner), Morgan Scott (Nell Shaw), Fina Strazza (Beth Powell), and Amalia Yoo (Raelynn Nix). Booth Theatre.
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Mozart’s Don Giovanni – A Rock Opera, a bold and electrifying adaptation of the iconic opera, translated, orchestrated, and directed by Adam B. Levowitz, will run June 17 – Aug. 26 at NYC’a Cutting Room Floor. Note: the opera will be performed in English. (with super titles) and will run 90 min.
Ryan Silverman, Rachel Zatcoff, Anchal Dhir, and more TBA.
This brand-new production breathes contemporary energy into Mozart’s timeless masterpiece with an English libretto, a full-throttle rock orchestra, and a stellar cast of Broadway talent, including Ryan Silverman, Rachel Zatcoff, and Anchal Dhir