This Weekend’s Highlights:
Friday, March 4
Death Drop, by Holly Stars, directed by Jesse Jones, featuring RuPaul, Kitty Scott-Claus, and Holly Stars, opens at London’s Criterion Theatre.
The Play You Want, by Bernardo Cubria, directed by Michael John Garcés, featuring Peter Pasco (Bernard0), Chelsea Gonzalez (Vera), Natalie Llerena (Chloe/Mija/J. Lo), Jonathan Nichols (Gilbert Cruz/Alfred Molina), Rolan Ruiz (Lin Manuel Miranda/Mijo/Pablo/John Leguizamo), Christopher Larkin (Sam Gold/Chay Yew/Variety Reporter), Stewart J. Zully (Oskar Eustis/Scott Rudin), and Presciliana Esarolini (Abuela/Gloria Estafan), opens at North Hollywood’s Road on Magnolia.
Catch Me If You Can, directed by Molly Smith, featuring Christian Thompson (Frank Abagnale Jr.), Nehal Joshi (Carl Hanratty), Jeff McCarthy (Frank Sr.), Rhett Guter (Roger Strong), Hayley Podschun (Brenda Strong), Alexandra Frohlinger (Carol Strong), and Stephanie Pope (Paula), with Cara Rose DiPietro, Jermiah Ginn, Candice Hatakeyama, Ryan Lambert, Jody Reynard, Kyra Louise Smith, Kristin Yancy, Brianna Latrash, Bryan Charles Moore, and Brett-Marco Glauser, begins previews at DC’s Arena Stage.
One Night Only: An Evening with Norm Lewis concert, at 8 PM ET at Carnegie Hall.
Saturday, March 5
Cock, by Mike Bartlett, directed by Marianne Elliot, featuring Jonathan Bailey, Taryn Edgerton, Jade Anouka, and Phil Daniels, opens at London’s Ambassador’s Theatre.
Antigone, newly adapted by Emily Mann, directed by Lauren Keating, featuring Isaac Baker, Maria Burks, Kristina Gabriela, Steve Gladstone, Sierra Grabowska, Bridget Kim, Gustavo Márquez, Vanessa Morosco, Fabio Polanco, Christopher Portley, Laura Stanik, Jordan Taylor, and Noah Williams, opens at Cleveland Playhouse.
Ensemble Theatre Company‘s Lillian, by David Cale, directed by Jonathan Fox, starring Nancy Travis, opens at Santa Barbara’s Old Vic.
When Monica Met Hillary, world premiere by Winter Miller, directed by Margot Bordelon, featuring Kyra Kennedy (Monica Lewinsky), Danielle Skraastad (Hillary Clinton), Mia Matthews (Marcia Lewis), and Rasha Zamamiri (Huma Abedin), opens at Miami’s Colony Theatre.
Lincoln Center‘s At the Wedding, world premiere by Bryna Turner, directed by Jenna Worsham, featuring Mary Wiseman (Carlo) and Rebecca S’Manga (Frank), with Keren Lugo, Carolyn McCormick, Will Rogers, and Han Van Sciver, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Claire Tow Theatre.
Little Girl Blue, written by & starring Laiona Michelle, directed by Devanand Janki, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages.
Apartment Living, world premiere by Boni B. Alvarez, directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera, featuring Gabriel Leyva (Alex), Geri-Nikole Love (Mayisha), Charrell Mack (Cassandra), Gigette Reyes (Easter), Andrew Russel (Dixon), and Rachel Sorsa (White Lady), begins previews at LA’s Skylight Theatre.
An Evening with Ali Stroker concert closes at Off-Broadway’s Minetta Lane Theatre.
Speak Easy Stage‘s People, Places, and Things, by, Duncan Macmillan directed by David R. Gammons, featuring Marianna Bassham, Kadahi Bennett, Darya Denisova, Evelyn Howe, Adrianne Krstansky, Joyn Kuntz, Mal Malme, Nael Nacer, Shanelle Chloe Villegas, and Sharmarke Yusuf, closes at Boston’s Calderwood Pavilion.
Sunday, March 6
The Lehman Trilogy, by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power, directed by Sam Mendes, featuring Simon Russell Beale (Henry Lehman), Adam Godley (Mayer Lehman), and Howard W. Overshown (Emanuel Lehman), opens at LA’s Ahmanson Theatre.
Audible Theater’s presentation of Coal Country, by Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen, directed by Blank, featuring Mary Bacon, Amelia Campbell, Kym Gomes, Ezra Knight, Thomas Kopache, Michael Laurence, Deirdre Madigan, and Carl Palmer, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Cherry Lane Theatre.
Alma, by Juliette Carillo, directed by Juliette Carillo, featuring Sabrina Fest and Cheryl Umana, with Bianca Ruiz Brockl and Marilyn Camacho, begins previews at LA’s Kirk Douglas Theatre.
Live from 54 Below: Ten Years of Reunion Concerts!, hosted by Julie James, with music direction by Drew Wutke, featuring Giuseppe Bausilio, Felicia Finley, Damon J. Gillespie, Diana Huey, Sara Kapner, Jeremy Kushnier, Maggie Lakis, Natalie Lander, Dorcas Leung, Rick Lyon, Rob McClure, Chris Medlin, Cassie Silva, Lianah Sta. Ana, Scott Stangland, Jennifer Laura Thompson, and Brynn Williams, both live & livestreamed at 7 PM ET at NYC’s 54 Below.
Intimate Apparel, by Lynn Nottage & Rickey Ian Gordon, directed by Justin Austin, Errin Duane Brooks, Kearstin Piper Brown, Chanáe Curtis, Adrienne Danrich, Jesse Darden, Matthew Gamble, Arnold Livingston Geis, Christian Mark Gibbs, Tesia Kwarteng, Anna Laurenzo, Barrington Lee, Jasmine Muhammad, Naomi Louisa O’Connell, Kimberli Render, Krysty Swann, Chabrelle Williams, and Jorell Williams, featuring Justin Austin, Errin Duane Brooks, Kearstin Piper Brown, Chanáe Curtis, Adrienne Danrich, Jesse Darden, Matthew Gamble, Arnold Livingston Geis, Christian Mark Gibbs, Tesia Kwarteng, Anna Laurenzo, Barrington Lee, Jasmine Muhammad, Naomi Louisa O’Connell, Kimberli Render, Krysty Swann, Chabrelle Williams, and Jorell Williams, closes at NYC Opera.
Change Agent, written & directed by Craig Lucas, featuring Andrea Abello, Regan Linton, Jeffrey Omura, Kathryn Tkel, and Luis Vega, closes at DC’s Arena Stage.
Antonio’s Song / I Was Dreaming of a Son, world premiere by Dael Orlandersmith & Antonio Edwards Suarez, directed by Mark Clements, featuring Antonio Edwards Suarez, closes at Milwaukee Rep.
This Joint is Jumpin’, directed by Judy Rose, featuring Maybin Hewes, Anna Gagliardo, Nicole Gianuca, Arlene Parness, Mitchell Roché, Lauren Sullivan, and Sydney Swearengin, closes at LA’s Theatre West.
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Beverly Hills’ The Wallis presents “An Evening With Andrew Garfield” on Tues. Mar. 15 at 7:30 PM PT, moderated by Dave Karger.
The event will include film clips and conversation about Garfield’s expansive body of work.
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A Bronx Tale, written & performed by Chazz Palminteri will take place Sat. Apr. 2 at 8 PM PT at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Concert Hall.
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Irish Rep has announced two production for their Spring 2022 season:
Belfast Girls (May 11 – June 26, opening May 19), by Jaki McCarrick, directed by Nicola Murphy. Casting TBA. It’s 1850, on board a ship bound from Belfast to Sydney. Five young women seek to become “mistresses of their own destiny.” But some find they cannot escape the nightmare of the lives they are leaving behind. As they draw nearer to the promised land, their connection to the past grows ever more powerful, eliciting rage, love, despair, and above all, hope.
Two by Synge: In the Shadow of the Glen… &… The Tinker’s Wedding (Apr. 13 – May 22, opening Apr. 24), by John Millington Synge, directed by Charotte Moore. Casting TBA. In the Shadow of the Glen opens in the midst of a storm as a Tramp seeking lodging for the night finds the downtrodden young Nora Burke preparing an impromptu wake. Her lay-about husband Dan has died suddenly, but not without cursing Nora that none should touch his body. But when Nora leaves to call for the young neighbor Michael, we learn that there is more to the story …… The Tinker’s Wedding presents Sarah Casey, the Beauty of Ballinacree, who has aspirations to be married by a priest to the tinker Michael Byrne. But his mother has other ideas.
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Miss Coco Peru: Bitter, Bothered & Beyond will run Apr. 29 – May 1 at Hollywood’s LBGT Center.
After everything that’s been going on in the world, Miss Coco Peru is ready to unleash her thoughts about the past, present, and future.
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RIP: Tony Walton, beloved set and costume designer, has died of complications from a recent stroke at the age of 87.
Tony began his career in England, an then split his time between London and New York. He married this childhood sweetheart, Julie Andrews, in 1959.
Walton received Tony awards for the original productions of Pippin and The House of Blue Leaves, as well as the 1992 revival of Guys and Dolls. He also received tony nominations for The Apple Tree, Chicago, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, The Real Thing, The Front Page, Anything Goes, Lend Me a Tenor, Grand Hotel, The Will Rogers Follies, She Loves Me, Steel Pier, and Uncle Vanya.
Of his 20 films, “Mary Poppins,” “The Boy Friend,” “The Wiz,” and “Murder on the Orient Express earned him five Academy Award nominations, with a win for Bob Fosse’s “All That Jazz,” and a 1985 Emmy Award for the televised version of “Death of a Salesman.”
Tony’s final Broadway credit was the musical adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities in 2008. He was elected to the Theater Hall of Fame in 1991.
A private service is planned in Sag Harbor, and a public celebration will be held in the coming weeks.
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New casting has been announced for The Play That Goes Wrong, who will begin their runs on Apr. 5 at the Duchess Theatre.
Tomisin Ajani (Trevor), Jo Ben Ayed (Dennis), Ashh Blackwood (Annie), Anya de Villiers (Sandra), Tendai Humphrey Sitima (Robert), Scott Hunter (Max), Oliver Mott (Jonatthan), and Mikhail Sen (Chris), with Roisin, Fahey, Charlie Richards, Stuart Vincent, Emily Waters, and Jack Whittle.
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Maestra Music, a non-profit organization supporting the women and nonbinary musicians in the theatre industry, will present its annual benefit concert Amplify 2022 (both in person & livestream) on Mon. Mar. 28 at 8 PM ET at NYC”s (Le) Poisson Rouge, directed & hosted by Kate Baldwin.
Micki Grant, Alanis Morissette, Jeanine Tesori, Shaina Taub, and more.
Elizabeth Stanley, Jessica Vosk, Mikaela Bennett, Bonnie Milligan, Darius de Haas, Grace McLean, Heidi Blickenstaff, Bryonha Marie Parham, Lourds Lane, and Kennedy Cuaghell.
The evening will feature stories, conversations, and musical performances.
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LA’s Interact Theatre presents a streaming staged reading of John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, A Parable beginning Sat. Mar. 12 (beginning at 12:01 AM PT).
* If you haven’t already, create a FREE BroadwayOnDemand account.
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Anne Gee Byrd, Stacey Farber, Kacie Rogers, and Marc Valera.
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Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will award $100,000 grants each to Global Giving’s Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund, The International Rescue Committee, and Project HOPE.
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MasterVoices’ Anyone Can Whistle concert presentation will take place Thurs. Mar. 10 at 7 PM ET at Carnegie Hall, directed & conducted by Ted Sperling, with choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter, and narrated by Joanna Gleason. The one-night-only event will also be recorded, with hopes for a future release.
Vanessa Williams (Cora Hoover Hooper), Santino Fontana (J. Bowden Hapgood), Elizabeth Stanley (Fay Apple), Douglas Sills (Comptroller Schub), Eddie Cooper (Treasurer Cooley), and Michael Mulheren (Police Chief Magruder)
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ABC has announced its new sitcom, “Josep,” which will premiere this Fall. Complete casting and additional casting TBA. Note: Yes, that is the correct spelling of the sitcom.
Rory O’Malley (Seth) and Jo Koy, with more TBA.
The show follows Koy (Josep), who recently divorced Filipino-American nurse attempting to navigate the hardships of life and his “very Filipino” mother.
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The New York Public Library will stream (for FREE) “The Creative Process: Liza Minelli, John Kaner, and Fred Ebb,” a rarely seen 1974 interview with Liza Minelli, John Kander, and Fred Ebb on Fri. Mar. 11 at 5:30 PM.
The event is free with prior registration here.