This Weekend’s Highlights:
Friday, Oct. 3
The Glitch, by Kipp Koenig, directed by Mark Koenig, featuring Danielle Augustine, Jacquie Bonner, Hannah Rose Doherty, Sunny Makawana, and Amila Shaw, opens at Off-Broadway’s Jerry Orbach Theatre.
The Little Mermaid, directed by James Esposito, featuring Brigit O’Malley (Ariel), Chris Gutierrez (Prince Eric), Bouket Fingerhut (Ursula), Chris Spangler (King Triton), Christopher Baker (Sebastian), Ellie Rodriguez (Scuttle), Katie Orr (Flounder), Richard Rosales (Grimsby/Chef Louis), Jackie Seigle (Flotsam), Allie Leslie (Jetsam), Gina Ansaldi (Aquata), Mary DeLan (Andrina), Courtney Dillman (Arista), Kasey Hentz (Atina), Amaya J (Alana), and Yessenia Buezo Munoz (Adella), with Andrew Colburn and Zach Sain, opens at LA’s Zephyr Theatre.
The Great Emu Wars, by Cal Silberstein & Paul Hodge, directed & choreographed by Amy Anders Corcoran, featuring LaRaisha DiEvelyn Dionne, Claire Saunders Ethan Peterson, Taylor Matthew (Meredith), Jeremy Davis (Enoch), Morgan Cowling (McMurray), begin previews at CT’s Goodspeed.
I’ll Give You My Heart, by Tamara Stern, directed by James Mellon, featuring Jacqueline Emerson, Jeremy S. Walker, Emily Nash, Heather Lee, Jonah Robinson, Jon Root, and Jennifer Cannon, begins previews at Burbank’s Colony Theatre.
Saturday, Oct. 4
Rogue Machine Theatre‘s anthropology, by Lauren Gunderson, directed by John Perrin Flynn, featuring Alexandra Hellquist (Merril), Kaylee Kaneshiro (Angie), Julia Manis (Raquel) , and Nan McNamara (Brin), opens at LA’s Matrix Theatre.
I’ll Give You My Heart, by Tamara Stern, directed by James Mellon, featuring Jacqueline Emerson, Jeremy S. Walker, Emily Nash, Heather Lee, Jonah Robinson, Jon Root, and Jennifer Cannon, opens at Burbank’s Colony Theatre.
Sunday, Oct. 5
Not Ready for Prime Time, by Erik J. Rodriguez & Charles A. Sothers, directed by Conor Bagley, featuring Ian Bouillon, Ryan Crout, Jared Grimes, Caitlin Houlahad, Nate Nanis, Krisian Lugo, Woodrow Proctor, Taylor richardson, and Evan Rubin, opens at Off-Broadway’s MCC Theatre.
Billy Stritch All For You concert at 6 PM at Las Vegas’ Myron’s (in the Smith Center).
The Heart, by Kait Kerrigan, Anne Eisendrath & Ian Eisendrath, directed by Christopher Ashley, featuring Heidi Blichenstaff (Claire), Lincoln Clauss (Thomas Driscoll), Bre Jackson (Cordelia Owl), Max McKenna (Juliette), Kenita Miller (Marianne Lamar), Paul Alexander Nolan (Dr. Breva), Zachary Noah Piser (Simon Lamar), Wren Rivera (Marthe), and Jason Tam (Sead Lamar),, closes at La Jolla Playhouse.
A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder, directed by Noelle Marion, featuring Michael Cavinder (Inspector Pinckney), Shinah Hey (Miss Barley/Lady/ Eugenia), Jean Kauffman (Miss Shingle) Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper (D’Ysquith Family), Andrew Polec (Monty, Katy Tang (Phoebe D’Ysquith, and Lauren Weinberg (Sibella, closes at Laguna Playhouse.
**********************
Jeffrey Scharf’ & Jimmy Calire’s Reunions will run Oct. 24 – Dec. 21 (opening Nov. 2) at New York City Center, directed & choregraphed by Gabriel Barre.
Bryan Fenkart (Sir Harry), Joanna Glushak (Dona Laura), Chilina Kennedy (Kate, Courtney Reed (Lady Sims), Daniel Torres (Edward/Juanito), and Chip Zien (Don Gonzalo) with Janet Aldrich, Keith Lee Grant, and Pearl Rhein.
Based on the play by J.M. Barrie, the play takes place in Downton Abbey-era London. Harry Sims is about to be knighted when the past catches up with him in this ripped-from-the headlines look at issues of social class, a woman’s “place” and the high price of success. It is a musical adaptation of two famous one-act plays with a common theme: What happens when you rediscover the life you almost lived? The musical is divided into two acts with each act a different story.
**********************
Presentations of Daniel Cullen & James Cullen’s Dubbo Championship Wrestling will run Nov. 13-15 at Off-Broadway’s Amas Musical Theatre, directed by Will Nunziata, with music direction by Andy Peterson, and choreography by Michael Callahan.
Douglas Goodhart, Janine LaManna, Natalie Joy Johnson, Loren Lester, Susie Mosher, Gabriella Palminteri, and Justin Sargant.
The wrestling world was never wilder than in this raucous musical. When an angry teenager picks the wrong fight at school, she finds herself back in her rural hometown and thrown into a no-holds-barred smackdown for the survival of her family business.
**********************
The Importance of Being Earnest continues through Jan. 10, 2026 at the Noel Coward Theatre, directed by Max Webster.
Olly Alexander (Algernon Moncrieff), Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Jack Worthing), Hugh Dennis (Reverend Canon Chasuble), Shobna Gulati (Miss Prism), Kitty Hawthorne (Gwendolen Fairfax), Jessica Whitehurst (Cecily Cardew), Hayley Carmichael (Merriman/Lane), and Stephen Fry (Lady Bracknell).
**********************
Jeffrey Scharf’s Reunions will run Oct. 4 – Dec. 21 (opening Nov. 2) at City Center Stage II, directed & choreographed by Gabriel Barre.
Bryan Fenkart (Sir Harry), Joanna Glushak (Dona Laura), Chilina Kennedy (Kate), Courtney Reed (Lady Sims), Daniel Torres (Edward/Juanito), and Chip Zien (Don Gonzalo) with Janet Aldrich, Keith Lee Grant, and Pearl Rhein.
A musical adaptation of two famous one-act plays with a common theme: What happens when you rediscover the life you almost lived? The musical is divided into two acts with each act a different story.
**********************
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical continues through Oct. 19 at Stages St. Louis, directed & choreographed by Jennifer Werner.
Brianna Kothari Barnes (Carole King), Zachary Freier-Harrison (Gerry Goffin), Kailey Boyle (Cynthia Weil), David Socolar (Barry Mann), with Amy Loui as Carole’s mother Genie and Jeff Cummings (Don Kirshner).
**********************
Video: Sneak Peek at Our Town at Boston’s Lyric Stage, which continues through Oct. 19.
**********************
Levi Holloway’s Paranormal Activity, will run Nov. 13 – Dec. 7 at the Ahmanson Theatre, directed by Felix Barrett.
Cher Álvarez, Patrick Heusinger, Shannon Cochran, and Kate Fry.
James and Lou move from Chicago to London to escape the past…but they soon discover that places aren’t haunted, people are. An original story set in the world of the terrifying “Paranormal Activity” film franchise, this thrilling world premiere play new play is from celebrated playwright Levi Holloway. This world premiere play will haunt you long after the lights go out. We can’t say anything else. RATED R for disturbing content and horror.
**********************
Donald Steven Olson’s & Mark Nadler’s The Chirstine Jorgensen Show will run Oct. 26 – Nov. 16 (opening Oct. 30) at Cleveland Playhouse, directed by Michael Barakiva.
Augustine Lorrie (Christine) and Scott Ahearn (Myles Bell). The show celebrates an American icon who captured the nation’s attention in the 1950s, and follows the creation of the cabaret act that transformed her from headline into headliner. A