This Weekend’s Highlights:
Friday, October 28
Shucked, world premiere by Robert Horn, Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally, directed by Jack O’Brien, featuring John Behlmann (Gordy), Kevin Cahoon (Peanut), Andrew Durand (Beau), Caroline Innerbichler (Maizy), Ashley D. Kelley (Storyteller 1), Alex Newell (Lulu), and Taylor Trensch (Storyteller 2), with Miki Abraham, Dwayne Clark, Rheaume Crenshaw, Kaitlyn Davidson, Jaygee Macapugay, Scott Strangland, Esteban Suero, Yasmeen Sulieman, Quinn VanAntwerp, and Alan Wiggins, opens at Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Theatre Company.
EISENHOWER: This Piece of Ground, by Richard Hallesen, directed by Peter Ellenstein, starring John Rubinstein (General Eisenhower), opens at LA’s Theatre West.
& Juliet, by David West & Max Martin, directed by Luke Sheppard, featuring Lorna Courtney (Juliet), Paul Szot (Lance), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway), Stark Sands (Shakespeare), Justin David Sullivan (May), Melanie La Barrie (Nurse), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo), and Philippe Arroyo (Francois), with Brandon Antonio, Iván Carrier, Nico DeJesus, Nicholas Edwards, Virgil Gadson, Joomin Hwang, Megan Kane, Alaina Vi Maderal, Daniel J. Maldonado, Joe Moeller, Brittany Nicholas, Veronica Otim, Jasmine rafael, Matt Raffy, Tieran Tunnicliffe, and Rachel Webb, begins previews at Broadway’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & the Pool, directed by directed by Seth Barrish, begins previews at Broadway’s Vivian Beaumont Theatre.
Downstate, by Bruce Norris, directed by Pam MacKinnon, featuring Francis Guinan (Fred), K. Todd Freeman (Dee), Glenn Davis (Gio), Eddie Torres (Felix), Susanna Guzmán (Ivy), Tim Hopper (Andy), Sally Murphy (Em), and Gabi Samels (Effie), begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Playwrights Horizons.
Rent, reimagined production, directed by Reena Dutt, featuring Ricky Abilez, Ellie Aviles, Shanna Beauchamp, Sofia Bragar, Nyx Ciel, Sean Cruz, Shanelle Darlene, Mitchell Johnson, Graham Kurtz, Nicole Ledoux, Carrie Madsen, Kevin Matsumoto, Nicole Monet, Danny Moreno, Will Norris, Carlos Padilla Jr., John “Rusty” Proctor, Danni Spring, and Eddie Vona, previews at LA’s Shakespeare Center.
A Few Good Men, by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Casey Stangl, featuring Doug Harris (Lt. j.g. Daniel A Kaffee), Andy Umberger (Col. Nathan Jessep), Leanne Antonio (Lt. Cmdr. Joanne Galloway), Sara King (Lt. Jack Ross), Mathew Bohrer (Lt. j.g. Sam Weinberg), Patrick Stafford (Lt. Jonathan James Kendrick), Brandon Engman (Pfc. Louden Downey), Corey Jones (Lt. Col. Matthew A. Markinson), Karole Foreman (Capt. Julia Alexander Randolph), Aaron Pae Klein (Cpl. Jeffrey Owen Howard), Michael Ocampo (Lance Cpl. Harold W. Dawson), Gabriel Bonilla (Cpl. Hammaker/Orderly/MP/Sentry), Isaac J. Cruz (Cpl. Dunn/Lawyer/Sergeant-at-Arms), Kodi Jackman (Lawyer/MP/Sentry), James Ripple (Tom/MP/Sentry), Rodrigo Varanadas (Pfc. William T. Santiago/MP/Sentry), and Greg Watanabe (Cap. Isaac Whitaker & Cmdr. Walter Stone, with Noah Collins and Dylan Wittrock, previews at CA’s La Mirada Theatre.
Josh Mostel replaces Hal Linden in the world premiere of Ed. Weinberger’s Two Jews Talking at Off-Broadway’s Theatre at St. Clements.
Jason Graae: Graaetest Hits! (The Sequel) live & livestreamed concert at 7 PM at NYC’s Green Room 42 (also Oct. 30).
All in the Timing (six one-act plays) offers FREE tickets this weekend (Friday & Sunday) directed by Michael Yavneili, featuring Patrick Warburton, Taylor Behrens, Bill Butts, Meadow Clare, Tania Gonzalez, Mark Haan, Maram Kamal, Melodie Shih, and Talon Warburton, at LA’s Zepher on Melrose,
Our Man in Santiago, by Mark Wilding, directed by Charlie Mount, featuring Presciliana Esparolini, Nick McDow Musleh, George Tovar, Steve Nevil, and Michael Van Duzer, closes at Off-Broadway’s AMT Theatre.
1919, world premiere by J. Nicole Brooks, directed by Gabrielle Randle-Bent & Tasia A. Jones, featuring Sheldon D. Brown, Demorris Burrows, Jessica Dean Turner, Max Thomas, Sola Thompson, and Alexis Jean Ward, closes at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre.
Saturday, October 29
A Few Good Men, by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Casey Stangl, featuring Doug Harris (Lt. j.g. Daniel A Kaffee), Andy Umberger (Col. Nathan Jessep), Leanne Antonio (Lt. Cmdr. Joanne Galloway), Sara King (Lt. Jack Ross), Mathew Bohrer (Lt. j.g. Sam Weinberg), Patrick Stafford (Lt. Jonathan James Kendrick), Brandon Engman (Pfc. Louden Downey), Corey Jones (Lt. Col. Matthew A. Markinson), Karole Foreman (Capt. Julia Alexander Randolph), Aaron Pae Klein (Cpl. Jeffrey Owen Howard), Michael Ocampo (Lance Cpl. Harold W. Dawson), Gabriel Bonilla (Cpl. Hammaker/Orderly/MP/Sentry), Isaac J. Cruz (Cpl. Dunn/Lawyer/Sergeant-at-Arms), Kodi Jackman (Lawyer/MP/Sentry), James Ripple (Tom/MP/Sentry), Rodrigo Varanadas (Pfc. William T. Santiago/MP/Sentry), and Greg Watanabe (Cap. Isaac Whitaker & Cmdr. Walter Stone, with Noah Collins and Dylan Wittrock, opens at CA’s La Mirada Theatre.
In the Heights, directed & choreographed by Luis Salgado, featuring Ryan Reyes (Usnavi), Luis Pablo Garcia (Sonny), Mariana Herrera Juri (Salgado), Laura Lebrón (Vanessa), Susan Oliveras (Daniela), Yan Carlos Diaz (Carla) Danny Bolero (Kevin), Laura Castrillián (Camilla Rosario), Corinne Miller (Nina), Jeffrey Nunez (Piragua Guy), Pranjaal Luna’rai (Yolanda), Suzanna Guzmán (Abuela Claudia), and Jalon Matthews (Benny), with Bryan Menjivar, Racquel Williams, Pranjaal Luna’rai, Malachi Durant, Jovany Ramirez, Jose Carlos Rivera, Ximena Valentina Alvear, Raegan Delgado, and Dreamer Wilson, opens at Ventura’s Rubicon Theatre.
From Here to Eternity, by Tim Rice, Stuart Brayson, Donald Rice & Bill Oakes, directed by Brett Smock, featuring Jonny Amies, Jonathan Bentley, Desmonda Cathabel, Leonard Cook, Kyerron Dixon-Bassey, Sarah Drake, Dominic Adam Griffin, Cassius Hackforth, Robin Hayward, Callum Henderson, James Mateo-Salt, Rhys Nuttall, Jack Ofrecio, Jaden Oshenye, Eve Polycarpou, Adam-Rhys Charles, Carly Stenson, Alan Turkington, and Josephy Vella, begins previews at London’s Charing Cross Theatre.
2:22 A Ghost Story, by Danny Robins, directed by Matthew Dunster, featuring Constance Wu (Jenny), Finn Wittrock (Sam), Anna Camp (Lauren), and Adam Rothenberg (Ben), begins previews at LA’s Ahmanson Theatre.
The Tattooed Lady, world premiere by Eric Courtney & Max Vernon, directed by Ellie Heyman, featuring Jackie Hoffman (Ida Gibson), Kim Blanck, James Dybas, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Anastacia McCleskey, Jessie Shelton, Katie Thompson, Grace Slear, Sophia Ramos, and Maya Lagerstam, begins previews at the Philadelphia Theatre Company.
Porchlight Music Theatre‘s Rent, directed by Adrian Abel Azevedo, featuring Lucy Godinez (Maureen Johnson), Teressa LaGamba (Joanne Jefferson), Eric Lewis (Tom Collins), David Moreland (Mark Cohen), Alix Rhode (Mimi Marquez), Abraham Shaw (Benjamin “Benny” Coffin III), Josh Pablo Szabo (Antel Dumott Schunard), and Shraga D. Wasserman (Roger Davis), with Bridget Adams-King, Anthony Clerg, Naphtali Curry, Leah Davis, Caitlin Dobbins, Nick Johnson, Chris Khoshaba, and Nik Kmiecik, begins previews at Chicago’s Ruth Page Center for the Arts.
Grease, directed by Nikolai, featuring Olivia Moore (Sandy), Dan Partridge (Danny), Peter Andre (Vince Fontaine at certain performances), Jason Donovan (Teen Angel at certain performances), Jocasta Almgill (Rizzo), Paul French (Kenickie), Mary Moore (Jan), Jake Reynolds (Doody), Lizzy-Rose Esin-Kelly (Marty), Damon Gould (Sonny), Eloise Davies (Frenchie), Jessica Croll (Patty Simcox), Katie Lee (Cha Cha), Ronan Burns (Johnny Casino), Corinna Powlesland (Miss Lynch), and Darren Bennett (Officer Mailie and Vince Fontaine at certain performances), with Jack Harrison-Cooper, Pearce Barron, Ben Culleton, Rishard-Kyro Nelson, Ellie Kingdon, Kamilla Fernandes, Remi Ferdinand, Kalisha Johnson, Zack Guest, Imogen Bailey, Kevin O’Dwyer, and Carly Miles, closes at London’s Dominion Theatre.
A Little Life, adapted by Koen Tachelet, directed by Ivo van Hove, featuring Alyssa Diamond, Anuj Parikh, closes at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Dodi & Diana, world premiere by Kareem Fahmy, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, featuring Rosaline Elbay and Peter Mark Kendall, closes at Off-Broadway’s HERE.
Melissa Etheridge: My Window – A Journey Through Life, directed by Amy Tinkham, closes at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages.
1919, world premiere by J. Nicole Brooks, directed by Gabrielle Randle-Bent & Tasia A. Jones, featuring Sheldon D. Brown, Demorris Burrows, Jessica Dean Turner, Max Thomas, Sola Thompson, and Alexis Jean Ward, closes at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, directed by James Bundy, featuring René Augesen, Dan Donohue, Nate Janis, and Emma Pfitzer Price, closes at Yale Rep.
Sunday, October 30
A Man of No Importance, by Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens, directed by John Doyle, featuring Shereen Ahmed (Adele Rice), Jim Parsons (Alfie Byrne), Mare Winningham (Lily Byrne), Alma Cuervo (Miss Oona Crowe), Kara Mikula (Mrs. Curtain), Da’Von T. Moody (Breton Beret), Mary Beth Peil (Mrs. Grace), Thom Sesma (Mr. Carney), A.J. Shively (Robbie Fay), Nathaniel Stampley (Father Kenny), Jessica Tyler Wright (Mrs. Patrick), Joel Waggoner (Ernie Lally), and William Youmans (Baldy O’Shea), opens at Off-Broadway’s Classic Stage Company.
Love Among the Ruins, world premiere by Robert A. Papazian & James G. Hirsch, directed by Michael Arabian, featuring JoBeth Williams (Jessica Midlicott), Peter Strauss (Sir Arthur Granville-Jones), Ava Burton (Stenographer), CJ Blaine Eldred (Alfred Pratt), Martin Kildare (George Druise), Tom Shelton (Judge Philip Tandy), Katy Tank (Hermione Davis (Tyee Tilghman (Sir John Francis Dive), Patrick Merck Vest (Herbert/Bailiff), and Wendy Worthington (Fanny Pratt), with Nick Molari, opens at Laguna Playhouse.
Jason Graae: Graaetest Hits! (The Sequel) live & livestreamed concert at 9:30 PM at NYC’s Green Room 42.
The Kite Runner, adapted by Matthew Spangler, directed by Giles Croft, featuring Amir Arison (Amir), Faran Tahir (Baba), Danish Farooqui (Wali/Doctor), Azita Ghanizada (Soraya), Joe Joseph (Merchant/Russian Soldier), Dariush Kashani (Rahim Kahan), Beejan Land (Kamal.Zaman), Amir Malaklou (Assef), Eric Sirakian (Hassan/Sohrab), Houshan Touzie (General Taheri), and Evan Zes (Ali/Farid), with Demosthenes Chrysan, Dea Julien, Christine Mirzayan, Haris Pervaiz, and Alex Purcell, closes at Broadway’s Hayes Theatre.
The Great Gatsby: An Immersive Theatrical Production, created & directed by Alexander Wright, featuring Ryan Hodson (Nick Carroway), Jay Peardon (Jay Gatsby), Jessica Redmayne (Daisy Buchanan), Joshua Ralph McElroy (Tom Buchanan), Hannah Raven (Jordan Baker), Alicia rose (Myrtle Wilson), Cody ross (George Wilson), and Adam Di Martino (Meyer Wolfsheim), with Kristina McNamara and Sebastian Nelson, closes at London’s Gatsby’s Mansion.
Fun Home, directed by Rob Ruggiero, featuring Aaron Lazar (Bruce), Christianne Noll (Helen), Sarah Beth Pfeifer (Alison), Ali Louis Bourzgui (Roy/Mark/Pete/Bobby/Jeremy), Sam Duncan (John-Jasper), Myles Low (Christian), Skylar Lynn Matthews (Small Alison), Julia Nightingale (Medium Alison), and Cameron Silliman (Joan), closes at TheaterWorks Hartford.
The Notebook, world premiere by Bekah Brunstetter & Ingrid Michaelson, directed by Michael Greif & Schele Williams, featuring Jordan Tyson (Young Allie), Joy Woods (Middle Allie), Maryann Plunkett (Older Allie), John Cardoza (Young Noah), Ryan Vasquez (Middle Noah), John Beasley (Older Noah), with Yassmin Alers, Andréa Burns, Jonathan Butler-Duplessis, Dorcas Leung, Omar Lopez-Cepero, Sophie Madorsky, and Liam Oh, with Alex Benoit, Mary Ernster, Jerica Exum, Jerome Harmann-Hardeman, Rhonnie Rose Mantilla, and Carson Stewart, closes at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.
Evita, newly re-imagined, directed by Will Pomerantz, featuring Gabriella Enriquez (Eva Perón), Pablo Torres (Che), Eric Ulloa (Perón), Devin Cortez (Magaldi), and Maria Bilbao (The Mistress), with Michelle Alves, Andrés Acosta, Marissa Barrágan, Zach Bravo, Edgar Cavazos, Jimena Flores Sanchez, Juan Guillen, Nicolette Hernandez, Edgar Lopez, Amanda Rivera-Torres, Madeline Serrano, and Sophia Viscuse, closes at PA’s Bucks County Playhouse.
From The Mississippi Delta, by Endesha Ida Mae Holland, directed by Goldie E. Patrick, featuring Claudia Logan (Woman 1), Tameishia Peterson (Woman 2), and Erin Margaret Pettigrew (Woman 3), closes at CT’s Westport Country Playhouse.
Damn Yankees, directed by Cynthia Ferrer, featuring Lesli Margherita (Lola), Norman Large (Joe Boyd), James Olivas (Joe Hardy), Jeff Skowron (Mr. Applegate), Teri Bibb (Meg), Katie Brown (Doris), Julie Cardia (Sister), Aurelia Michael-Holmgren (Gloria Thorpe), Kevin Symons (Welch), Matthew Henerson (Van Buren), Josh Alvarez (Smokey), Richard Bulda (Sohovick), Alejandro MullerDahlbert (Mickey), Daniel John O’Connor (Rocky), Logan Rice (Bryant), Brandon Keith Rogers (Henry), and Julian Xavier (Vernon), with Marissa Ruth Mayer and Monika Peña, closes at Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West.
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, directed by David Ruttura, featuring Sarah Bockel (Carole King), Taylor Aronson (Cynthia Weil), Anthony Festa (Gerry Goffin), Suzanne Grodner (Genie Klein), Ben Jacoby (Barry Mann), Matt Loehr (Don Kirschner), with D’Marreon Alexander (Drifters), Reggie Bromell (Drifters), Anthony Cataldo (The Righteous Brothers), J. Daughtry (Drifters), Kaitlyn Davis (Marilyn), Gabrielle Elizabeth (The Shirelles), Rosharra Frances (The Shirelles), Jack Mastriani (The Righteous Brothers), Chandler Reeves (Betty), and Salisha Thomas (The Shirelles), with Tyler Michael Breeding, Nigel O. Richards, and Aiyana Imari Smash-Jackson, closes at ME’s Ogunquit Playhouse.
Mystic Pizza, by Sandy Rustin, Wilson Phillips & and Berli, directed by Igor Goldin, featuring Emily Rose Lyons (Daisy), Brooke Sterling (Kat), Michelle Beth Herman (Jojo), Kathryn Markey (Leona), Corbin Payne (Tim), Stephen Cerf (Bill), and Jake Bentley (Young Charlie), with Carey Blackburn, Coleman Cummings, brandon Kallen, Kent M. Lewis, Paris Martino, Michael Morley, Andryi Nahirniak, Brandt Norris, Hannah Record, Molly Samson, and Elise Shangold, closes at Northport’s Engeman Theatre.
Rogue Machine Theatre‘s A Great Wilderness, by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Elina de Santos, featuring Jeffrey Delfin (Daniel), John Perrin Flyn (Walt), Tony Pasqualini (Tim), Jacquelin Lorraine Schofield (Eunice), Rachel Sorsa (Abby), and Tania Verafield (Janet), closes at LA’s Matrix Theatre.
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Reviews for Walking with Ghosts, starring Gabriel Byrne, at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre:
NY Times (Alexis Soloski): …Slipping back and forth in time, the book traces the 72-year-old actor’s life from boyhood on the rural outskirts of Dublin to his eventual success. The wispy show, by contrast, follows a strict chronology, but even here Byrne favors association over causality, image over argument — offering a slide show of the mind, with little relation between and among the anecdotes… Walking With Ghosts has the texture of a vanity project… The script, while often mournful, allows him to show a playful side and a gift, neglected in Hollywood, for physical comedy… And yet, the transition from page to stage feels undermotivated, incomplete…
NY Daily News (Chris Jones): It’s both a truism and an abiding human truth that when we reach a certain age we lose our personal ambition and our desire to change the world. Instead, we yearn for the return of our youth and, most particularly, the loved ones we likely have lost along the way… Initially, it’s all so conventional as to be cliched… The piece, which could use more narrative drive for a two-act night of theater… But only a fool could not see that this is a deeply honest and courageous work from an actor digging deep into what now matters to him, a self-probing of uncommon intensity that never comes off as overly egotistical or glib…
Variety (Marilyn Stasio): Who better to tell your story than … you? Gabriel Byrne won kudos for his intimate memoir Walking with Ghosts, which he subsequently adapted into this heartfelt solo show now playing on Broadway… this polished but informal program (unobtrusively directed by Lonny Price) of personal anecdotes, private memories and rueful reflections on his life seems special… As a writer, Byrne is no Brendan Behan, but the sincerity of his voice is a fine cover for whatever artlessness it disguises… It isn’t until the end of the piece that he turns to his father and mother with some detailed recollections that — spoiler alert — are just too sad a note to end the show on.
Theatermania (Kenji Fujishima): …The “ghosts” Byrne is referring to aren’t literal ghosts, but the memories of crucial figures and events in his life… Emotionally speaking, the episodes generally range from warmly lighthearted to autumnally reflective. Two episodes, however, stand out for their gravity and exploration of personal trauma… None of these anecdotes are blazingly original in and of themselves, and the details of his Irish working-class upbringing only marginally refreshes them. Thank goodness Byrne proves to be such a genial, charismatic presence throughout… Byrne weaves in and out of various characters and reminiscences with startling ease…
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Reviews for Tammy Fay at London’s Almeida Theatre:
New York Times (Matt Wolf): Praise the lord for Tammy Faye… the show has a heart as big as the title character’s bouffant hairdo… Rupert Goold’s vigorous production is also an increasing London rarity: a musical with an original score at a time when most repackage existing hits… it’s a relief to report that Tammy Faye is, for the most part, spectacularly entertaining, even if it could do with some trims and the toning down of a few tasteless sections… The musical, as expected, has campy fun with its subject, but doesn’t condescend, and Graham’s canny script always places the Bakkers in the historical context of a larger conservative movement whose presence is felt to this day…
Variety (David Benedict): …You can take anything and write a song about it. Whether it needs singing about is another question entirely… The great news about Tammy Faye… is that composer Elton John, lyricist Jake Shears and book writer James Graham buck that depressing trend… Their show doesn’t yet completely deliver on that extremely promising premise, but it’s already riotously entertaining… a well-earned, perfectly buttoned finish that’s even more impressive considering an underlying weakness in the show that gradually becomes apparent. Despite notably sharp lyrics from Jake Shears that have a welcome precision growing naturally from the book (another rarity), the music itself, though effective, is generic…
The Guardian (Arifa Akbar): …Infectious in its music, exuberant in its performances and gloriously kitsch in its aesthetic, it is stylishly pulled together by director Rupert Goold… In its story, it is as much about Tammy Faye’s first husband and TV co-star, Jim Bakker (Andrew Rannells) as Tammy Faye (Katie Brayben)… Tammy Faye does have the best solo numbers and Brayben has a turbocharged voice that belts them out to awesome effect. Rannells is as strong, morphing from lovable klutz to flawed, tortured soul… [Elton] John’s music begins to overwhelm Graham’s script… It is not that the music is weak – although its sound is so distinctive there is a sense the actors are impersonating Elton John. But there are so many songs that Graham’s dazzling dialogue is sometimes edged aside…
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Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that Anna Ziegler’s The Wanderers will run Jan. 26 – Mar. 26, 2023 (opening Feb. 16) at the Laura Pels Theatre, directed by Barry Edelstein.
Katie Holmes (Julia Cheever) and more TBA.
Orthodox Jews Esther and Schmuli are newly married, and their future is written in the laws of the Torah. Secular Jew Abe is a famous novelist who believes he can write his own future…until an unexpected email from a movie star (Julia Cheever), puts his marriage to the test and threatens to prove him wrong.
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Red Bull Theater will present a live & livestreamed reading of John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi on Mon. Nov. 14 at 7:30 PM at Off-Broadway’s CSC Theatre, directed by Jesse Berger.
Shirine Babb, Kelley Curran, Gerrard James, Steve Maurice Jones, Heather Lind, alfredo Narciso, Bhavesh Patel, Lorenzo Pisoni, Matthew Rauch, Derek Smith, and Raphael Nash Thompson.
A great romance turns to horror as the Duchess of Malfi seeks true love in a world of forbidden passions. This explosive drama of Italian intrigue examines sexual repression, honor, class, and true value of the human spirit.
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Stephen Karam’s The Humans will run Nov. 8-20 at CA’s Coachella Valley Rep, directed by Adam Karsten.
Arthur Hanket (Erik Blake), Barbara Lee Bragg (Deirdre Blake), Katie Kerr (Aimee Blake), Katie Peabody (Brigid Blake), Mary Burkin (Momo Blake), and Ali Zahiri (Richard Saad).
The story of the quintessential family reunion: a group of people who love each other but still wrestle with basic human fears: old age, abandonment, poverty, and death. Filled with equal parts humor and hurt.
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A past reading of Mint Theater Company‘s The New Morality, by Harold Chapin, will stream for FREE Nov. 7 – Dec. 4, directed by Jonathan Bank.
Christian Campbell, Clemmie Evans, Michael Frederic, Kelly McCready, Brenda Meaney, Ned Noyes, and Douglas Rees.
The story of how the brazen Betty Jones restores dignity to her household and harmony to her marriage, by losing her temper and making a scene.
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A limited amount of performance-only tickets are now available for The Williamstown Theatre Festival‘s WTF Gala, which will take place Mon. Nov. 7 at 8:30 PM at NYC’s City Winery, with music direction by Kris Kukul.
The evening will mark the return of the Late-Night Cabaret, which will feature Alex Edelman, Christopher Fitzgerald, James Naughton, Steven Pasquale, and Phillipa Soo.
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Twenty-one limited-edition prints of caricature artist Al Hirschfeld, signed by the stage & screen stars featured in the image, are being auctioned online HERE, to benefit BC/EFA and the Al Hirschfeld Foundation. The auction continues through Sun. Nov. 20.
Hand-signed collectible prints by: Eileen Atkins, Betty Buckley, Cher, Michael Crawford, Clive Davis, Judi Dench, Michael Feinstein, Ellen Greene, Joel Grey, Harry Groener, Mark Hamill, Billy Joel, Nathan Lane, Jose Llana, Reba McEntire, Donna McKechnie, Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, Steve Martin, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Faith Prince, Chita Rivera, Lea Salonga, Martin Shor, Bruce Springsteen, and Meryl Streep.
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The 45th annual production of A Christmas Carol, adapted by Tom Creamer, will run Nov. 19 – Dec. 31 (opening Nov. 28) at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, directed by Jessica Thebus.
Larry Yando (Ebenezer Scrooge), Vikram Konkimalla (Tiny Tim), Presley rose Jones (Ebenezer Scrooge alternate), Presley Rose Jone (Tiny Tim alternate), Justin Amolsch (Marley Dupe), Kareem Bandealy (Ghost of Jacob Marley), Dee Dee Battest (Frida), Jayson Brooks (Abe), Ariana Burks (Martha Cratchit), Thomas J. Cox (Bob Cratchit), Amira Danan (Belle), William Dick (Ortle), Cindy Gold (Mrs. Maud Fezziwig), Gregory Hirte (Dick Wilkins), Susaan Jamshidi (Mrs. Cratchit), Vikram Konkimalla (Tiny Tim), Daniel José Molina (Ghost of Christmas Future), Lucky Stiff (Ghost of Christmas Past), Bethany Thomas (Ghost of Christmas Present), Austin Tichenor (Ebenezer Scrooge Alternate), and Andrew White (Narrator), with Amir Henderson, Presley Rose Jones, Austin Tichenor, Belinda, Rika Nishikawa, Alexander Quiñones, Karla Serrato, Jalen Smith, Penelope Walker, Wai Yim, Molly Bunder, Sam Hyson, Loren Jones, and Tim Kidwell.
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California Dreamin’:Jessica Vosk Sings the Songwriters of Lauren Canyon will run Nov. 5-7 at NYC’s 92Y, directed by James Darrah, with music direction by Mary-Mitchell Campbell.