Today’s Highlights:
Tom Kitt: My Life: the Musical 2026 concert, at 9:30 AM at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre.
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Solar System by Jim Bernhard:
Complete these titles with the name of a planet in our solar system. (Some planets appear more than once.).
- A Yankee Circus on ____, musical by Schwartz, Hobart, Fleming and Williams
2. ____ in Fur, play by David Ives
3. ____’s Daughter, musical by Klein, Fleming, and Temple
4. Jumping ____, musical by Hoschna, Carle, and Rosenfeld
5. By ____, musical by Rodgers and Hart
6. _____ Observed, play by Christopher Fry
7. Children of____, play by Alice Brown
8. One Touch of ____, musical by Perelman, Weill, and Nash
9. A Message from ____, play by Richard Ganthony
10.____ at Large, play by Henry Denker
Scroll down for the answers…
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Montauk, by David Hare, will begin in Spring 2027 (dates TBA) at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, directed by Daniel Sullivan.
Laura Linney (Roxy Margaux), and more TBA.
A visceral portrait of two artists with violently different approaches to art and life. Jared Speight is a stubborn titan of Long Island abstraction when star writer Roxy Margaux first becomes infatuated with his bravado. But over a decade of romantic and career entanglements, their different reasons for making art become painfully clear. Intelligent and intimate, this world premiere asks far-reaching questions about our passions and the sacrifices we make for them.
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Solo Flights Festival will run Sept. 8-13 at Theatre Aspen.
Casting TBA.
Ruthless by (Sept. 10 & 13), by Liza Powel O’Brien, directed by Mimi O’Donnell.
Crusades (Sept. 10 & 12) by Jason Gray Platt, Directed by Nikki Diloretso, starring Santino Fontana.
This is Not an Immigrant Story, (Sept. 8 & 11), by Reza Salazar, Directed by Kate Whorisky.
The Day I Accidentally Went to War by Bill Posley, written by & starring Bill Posley, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Nash by Hannah Benitez & Kevin Cloud, directed by Hannah Ryan, starring Katie Boeck.
Destroying David by Jason Odell Williams, directed by Charlotte Cohen, starring Lois Robbins.
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Truly, Howard Hughes, by Frank Evans, Jennifer Paulson-Lee, James Scully & Chad Gorn, will run Sept. 9 – Oct. 4 (opening Sept. 17) at the York Theatre, directed and choreographed by Jennifer Paulson-Lee.
Brenda Braxton (Rita Randolph), Matthew Eby (Boy Howard), David Elder (Noah Dietrich), Eric Michael Gillet (Howard Hughes, Sr.), Jill Paice ( Allene Hughes), Brenda Braxton (Rita Randolph), Matthew Eby (Boy Howard), David Elder Noah Dietrich, Eric Michael Gillet (Howard Hughes, Sr.), Jill Paice (Allene Hughes), Sean MacLaughlin (Howard Hughes), Madison Claire Parks (Ella Botts Rice), Abby Church (Katharine Hepburn), Melvin Tunstall (Glenn), Dana Winkle (Aunt Annette), Candice Hatakeyama (Nadine Henley), Antonio Beverly (Charles), and James Judy (Uncle Rupert) with Bryan Hunt, Kelly SheehanMadison Claire Parks (Ella Botts Rice), Abby Church (Katharine Hepburn), Melvin Tunstall (Glenn), Dana Winkle (Aunt Annette), Candice Hatakeyama (Nadine Henley), Antonio Beverly (Charles), James Judy (Uncle Rupert) with Bryan Hunt, Harrison Drake) and Kelly Sheehan.
An unconventional love story following one of the 20th century’s most fascinating figures: aviator, filmmaker, businessman, and recluse, Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. The story unfolds as Hughes revisits his extraordinary life during his final moments, confronting the one thing his power and fortune could never secure, and leaves us with a haunting question: …Would you, if you could?
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Footloose will run Sept. 22 – Nov. 1 at Milwaukee Rep, directed by Stephen Mear.
Keyon Pickett ( Ren McCormack, Maddie Robert (Ariel Moore), Victoria Byrd (Urleen), Allyson Kaye Daniel (Lulu Warnicker), Rae Davenport (Ethel McCormack), Jackey Good (Vi Moore), Olivia Hellman (Rusty), Steven Koehler (Rev. Shaw Moore,) Niki Metcalf (Wendy Jo), Justin Wolfe Smith (Chuck Cranston), Steve Watts (Wes Warnicker), Carson Zoch ((Willard Hewit), with Manuel Abreú (Garvin), Matthew Callas (Travis), Marjorie Failoni (Eleanor Dunbar/Betty Blast), Nicolas Garza (Cowboy Bob), Galen Graff Bickle), Dimonte Henning (Coach Dunbar), Andre Lajevardi (Lyle), James Patterson (Principal Clark), and Tarrick Walker (Jeter), with Giulia Marolda, RafaelaTorchia, Kate Turner, Jazmin WilkinsAdam Moxness and Stephanie Staszak.
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How High the Moon, by Barbara Nell Beery, continues through Aug. 16 at Theatre West, directed by Asaad Kelada.
Jeanine Anderson (Violet), Kathie Barnes (Millie), Lane Compton(Harrison), Matthew Gademske (Russell), John Plsey (Carl), Anya Profumo (Allison), Matthew Gademske (Fussell), Caroline Quitley (Amy), and David Nathan Schwartz (Walter).
Set on July 4, 1952, in the San Fernando Valley, How High the Moon follows two neighboring families during the local housing boom. The plot centers on Amy Butler’s 25th birthday as she begins to question her marriage to Russell, a new dentist who hates his career and dreams of real estate development, while Russell’s estranged older brother and Amy’s former love interest, Harris, unexpectedly returns home.
Answers: Solar System by Jim Bernhard:
- A Yankee Circus on Mars, musical by Schwartz, Hobart, Fleming and Williams
2. Venus in Fur, play by David Ives
3. Neptune’s Daughter, musical by Klein, Fleming, and Temple
4. Jumping Jupiter, musical by Hoschna, Carle, and Rosenfeld
5. By Jupiter, musical by Rodgers and Hart
6. Venus Observed, play by Christopher Fry
7. Children of Earth, play by Alice Brown
8. One Touch of Venus, musical by Perelman, Weill, and Nash
9. A Message from Mars, play by Richard Ganthony
10.Venus at Large, play by Henry Denker