This Weekend’s Highlights:
Friday, September 23
Eureka Day, by Jonathan Spector, directed by Katy Rudd, featuring Helen Hunt (Suzanne), Kirsten Foster (May), Mark McKinney (Don), Ben Schnetzer (Eli), and Susan Kelechi Watson (Carina), opens at London’s Old Vic.
Billy Stritch: Cy Coleman Revisited concert opens at NYC’s 54 Below.
How to Dance in Ohio, world premiere by Jacob Yandua & Rebekah Greer Melocik, directed by Sammi Cannold, featuring Desmond Edwards, Amelia Fei, Madison Kopec, Liam Pearce, Imani Russell, Conor Tague, and Ashley Wood, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Haven Burton, Darlesia Cearcy, Carlos L. Encinas, Nick Gaswirth, Melina Kalomas, Nick Gaswirth, Melina Kalomas, and Marina Pires, with Elana Babbitt, Corinne Ferrer, Zach Simpson, Imri Leshed, and Nicole Fazia, opens at Syracuse Stage.
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, previews at PA’s Bucks County Playhouse.
DRAG: The Musical, by Alaska Thunderf*ck, featuring Nick Adams, Joey McIntyre, Alysha Deslorieux, Alaska, Jujubee, Jackie Cox. Jan Sport, Lagoona Bloo, Aria B. Cassadine, begins previews at Hollywood’s Bourbon Room.
The Annual Hollywood in Vienna Gala, honoring Alan Menken, featuring Adam Jacobs, Trevor Dion Nicholas, Celinde Schoenmaker, Christine Allado, and Bongiwe Happiness Malugna, and more, livestreams at 7:30 PM on Disney+ and here.
Porchlight Music Theatre‘s Annual Icons Gala, with special guest Donna McKechnie, at 7 PM CT at The Ritz-Carlton Chicago.
Steven Brinberg: Simply Barbra concert, with special guest Jonathan Sharp, at 7 PM PT at Palm Springs’ Oscars.
Intimate Apparel, by Lynn Nottage & Ricki Ian Gordon, directed by Bartlett Sher, featuring Justin Austin, Errin Durane Brooks, Kearstin Piper Brown, Chanáe Curtis, Adrienne Danrich, Jesse Darden, Arnold Livingston Geis, Tesia Kwarteng, Anna Laurenzo, Barrington Lee, Jasmine Muhammad, Naomi Louisa O’Connell, Adam Richardson, Kimberli Render, David Morgans Sanchez, Krysty Swann, Indra Thomas, Chabrelle Williams, and Jorell Williams, airs at 9 PM on PBS (check local listings).
Saturday, September 24
Primary Stage’s Peerless, by Jiehae Park, directed by Margo Bordelon, featuring Marié Both (Dirty Girl/Preppy Girl), Anthony Cason (BF), Sasha Diamond (M), Benny Wayne Sully (D/Brother), and Shannon Tyo (L), begins previews at Off-Broadway’s 59E59 Theatres.
Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord, written and performed by Wong, directed by Chay Yew, opens at La Jolla Playhouse.
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, opens at PA’s Bucks County Playhouse.
Rogue Machine‘s A Great Wilderness, by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Elina de Santos., featuring Jeffrey Delfin (Daniel), John Perrin Flynn Walt), Tony Pasqualini (Tim), Jacquelin Lorraine Schofield (Eunice), Rachel Sorsa (Abby), and Tania Verafield (Janet), opens at LA’s Matrix Theatre.
Albee/Pinter, directed by Elina De Santos & Marilyn Fox, featuring Jason Downs, Brad Greenquist, and Anthony Foux, opens at Venice, CA’s Pacific Resident Theatre.
Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge, by Greig Sargeant & Elevator Repair Service, directed by John Collins, featuring Daphne Gaines (Lorraine Hansberry, through Oct. 16), Stephanie Weeks (Lorraine Hansbery, beginning Oct. 18) Gavin Price (Mr. Heycock), Greig Seageant (James Baldwin), Christopher-Rashee Stevenson (Mr. Burford), Ben Jalosa Williams (William F. Buckely, Jr.), and Matthew Russell (Mr. Heycock at select performances), begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Public Theater.
An Evening with Maria Friedman concert, with special guests Ross Lekites, and Lewis Cleale, at 7 PM ET at Stamford, CT’s The Palace.
Billy Stritch: Cy Coleman Revisited concert closes at NYC’s 54 Below.
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, by Anna Deavere Smith, directed by Taibi Magar, featuring Elena Hurst, Wesley T. Jones, Francis Jue, Carl Palmer, and Tiffany Rachelle Stewart, closes at Cambridge’s A.R.T.
Sunday, September 25
Kim’s Convenience, by Ins Choi, directed by Lawrence Rivera, featuring Young Im (Appa), Gavin Lee (Jung), Susane Lee (Janet), Clinton Lowe (Alex), and Janet Song (Umma), with Joe Alanes, Peter Laboy, Pamela Lee Paek, and Chris Yim, opens at Laguna Playhouse.
Audra McDonald Sings the Great American Songbook concert, at 7 PM GMT at the London Palladium.
LOVE DOLLY – Celebrating the life & career of Dolly Parton concert, starring Kim Eberhardt, at 3 PT PT at North Hollywood’s El Portal Theatre.
“The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal,” with special guests Lea Michele and Chazz Palminteri, streams nationwide at 3 PM ET here.
Bad Jews, by Joshua Harmon, directed by Jon Pashley, featuring Rosie Yadid (Daphna), Charlie Beaven (Jonah), Olivia Le Anderson (Melody, and Ashley Margolis (Liam), with Danny Becker and Ellie Sager, closes at London’s Arts Theatre.
Burn, by Alan Cumming & Steven Hoggett, starring Alan Cumming, closes at Off-Broadway’s Joyce Theatre.
Almost Maine, by John Cariani, directed by Stephanie A. Coltrin, featuring Leah Dalrymple, Tara Donovan, Joseph Fuqua, Brendan Kane, Katie Pelensky, and Patrick Vest, closes at Ventura’s Rubicon Theatre.
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Into the Woods has announced a casting update:
* Patina Miller and Montego Glover (sharing the role of the Witch)
* Stephanie J. Block (Baker’s Wife)
* Brian D’Arcy James (Baker) returns Oct. 25|
* Gavin Creel (continues as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince)
* Andy Karl (Rapunzel’s Prince) as of Oct. 11
* Krysta Rodriguez (continues as Cinderella)
* Katy Geraghty (Little Red Ridinghood)
* Jim Stanek (Steward)
* Ann Harada (Jack’s Mother)
* Cole Thompson (Jack)
* Alysia Velez (Rapunzel)
Casting for Nov. 22 – Jan. 8 TBA.
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Off-Broadway’s Abingdon Theatre Company‘s 30th Season Gala will take place Mon. Oct. 21 at 6 PM ET at NYC’s Edison Ballroom, directed by Chad Austin, with choreography by Deidre Goodwin, and music direction by Nick Wilders.
David Zippel and DMW Greer
Kate Baldwin, Jeanette Bayardelle, Carolee Carmello, Bryce Pinkham, Tony Yazbeck, Santino Fontana, Ruthie Henshall, Lesli Margherita, Nick Adams, Sierra Boggess, Claybourne Elder, Eden Espinosa, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Jessica Vosk, Felicia Curry, Alyssa Wray, Blaine Krauss, Pierre Marais, Shereen Pimentel, and Teal Wicks.
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Video: Adrianna Hicks performs “A Darker Shade of Blue” from Broadway’s upcoming Some Like It Hot.
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The world premiere of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Sally & Tom will run Oct. 1 – Nov. 6 (opening Oct. 7) at Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theatre, directed by Steve H. Broadnax III.
Kristen Ariza (Lucy/Sally), Amari Cheatom (Kwame/James), Sun Mee Chomet (Scout/Polly), Gillian Glasco (Maggie/Mary), Kadeem Ali Harris (Devon/Nathan), Kate Nowlin (Ginger/Patsy), Daniel Petzold (Geoff/Cooper/Cary/Tobias), and Luke Robertson (Mike/Tom)
Father Thomas Jefferson returns to his Monticello plantation home as his relationship with Sally Hemmings, sister of his enslaved valet and chefk, begins to unfold. Playwright Parks has set the story inside a modern theatrical framing device that allows exploration into the parallels between 1790 and today.
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Video: Jonathan Bailey sings “If I Didn’t Believe in You” from London’s The Last Five Years (2019).
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Off-Broadway’s 59E59 Theaters has announced its Fall 2022 season:
Boswell (Nov. 12 – Dec. 4), by Marie Kohler, directed by Laura Gordon.
American One Acts: A Double Bill (Nov. 16 – Dec. 23), conducted by Gregory Hopkins, directed by Philip Shneidman.
Highway 1, U.S.A (Nov. 19-27), by William Grant Still & Verna Arvey
Down in the Valley (Nov. 19-27), by Kurt Weill & Arnold Sundgaard
Off Peak (Nov. 26 0 Dec. 23), by Brenda Withers, directed by Jesse Chayers, featuring Kurt Rhoads, Nance Williamson, and Doug Ballar
The Journey of Jazz (Nov. 29 – Dec. 11), by The Anderson Brothers.
Ye Bear & Ye Cobb (Dec. 8-23), by No. 11 Productions, directed by Ryan Emmons.
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Off-Broadway’s Primary Stages has announced its 38th Anniversary Gala, to take place Tues. Nov. 15 at 6 PM ET at NYC’s Sony Hall, directed by Michelle Bossy, with music direction by Will Van Dyke.
Charles Busch and Carl Andress
Kate Baldwin, Amber Martin, Zakiya Young, America’s Sweethearts, and surprise guests.
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Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, adapted by Neil Bartlett, will run Nov. 25 – Feb. 25, 2023 at the Garrick Theatre, directed by Michael Grandage.
Emma Corrin, and more TBA.
In the court of Queen Elizabeth I, the young nobleman Orlando begins his search for identity as he embarks on one of the greatest adventures in all of literature. Travelling through time and place he is catapulted into the court of King James, falls in love with a Russian princess, witnesses London freeze over and wakes up under the blazing sun of Constantinople transformed into a young woman. She continues her journey up to the present day in search of happiness, self-knowledge and the courage to answer one fundamental question … WHO AM I?
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Off-Broadway’s Red Bull Theater has announced its next Podversation (an informal, livestreamed conversation that investigates approaches to essential passages from the Shakespearean and Jacobean canon―and beyond), which take place Mon. Oct. 3 at 7:30 PM ET.
A conversation focused on Shylock from The Merchant of Venice.
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Christina Anderson has been awarded the 2022 Horton Foote Prize for her play the ripple, the wave that carried me home.
A poignant, transporting, and quietly subversive story of racial justice, political legacy and family forgiveness.
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A Tribute to Bob Dylan will take place Fri. Sept. 30 at 8. PM at NYC’s Town Hall. Proceeds from the concert will benefit venue, which will be commemorated in the event.
Sara Bareilles, Bill Frisell, Margaret Glaspy, Joy Hario, Joe Henry, Julian Lage, Punch Brothers, The McCrary Sisters, Liz Wright, and Mumu Fresh.