Today’s Highlights:
Relax … let go … let fly…
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World Leaders by Jim Bernhard
Provide the missing world leader in these show titles.
| 1. The Chinese ____, play by Enid Bagnold | A. Chairman |
| 2 .The Selling of the ____, musical by Bob James, Jack O’Brien, and Stuart Hample | B. King |
| 3. The Elder ___, play by T. S. Eliot | C. Sultan |
| 4. The ____ of Sulu, musical by George Ade and Alfred C. Wathall | D. Prime Minister |
| 5. The Sleeping ____, play by Terence Rattigan | E. Governor |
| 6. Exit the ____, play by Eugene Ionesco | F. Emperor |
| 7. The ____ and the Rebels, play by Ugo Betti | G. Statesman |
| 8. The ____ Jones, play Eugene O’Neill | H. Queen |
| 9. The ____’s Son, musical by George M. Cohan | I. Prince |
| 10. Quotations from ____ Mao Tse-Tung, play by Edward Albee | J. President |
Scroll down for the answers.
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The world premiere of Mark Wilding’s The Feel Good Story America Needs Right Now will run Oct. 2 – Nov. 8 at Theatre West, directed by Charlie Mount.
Samantha Gregory (Felicity Davenport), Jill Remez (Leslie Finch), Danielle Weeks (Tayylor Griffin), Clara Rodriguez (Marjorie Dombrowski), John Combs (Mitch Dombrowski), Steve Nevil (Gerald Pott), and Bella Balsamo (Jenna Rubin).
It’s a year after six brave Americans escaped the Hand of God, the most notorious group of terrorists on the planet. The heroes have gathered for a reunion on a 60 Minutes–type news magazine. We’ll come to find out that not all was as it seemed during their captivity. In addition, the hostages are making demands that could scuttle the broadcast. Will they get to tell their harrowing story to America or not?
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Windows, by Tawni O’Dell, will run Sept. 10 & 12 at Arizona Theater Company, directed by Mitchell Maxwell.
Bryan Batt, Peter Bradbury, Bob Cuccioli, Jeffrey Donovan, Priscilla Lopez, Alyssa Melani, Jesse Nager, Gayle Samuel, Cheryl Stern, Rachel York, and, Rachel Zatcoff.
Fear, hilarity, anger, loss, and love unfolding behind curtains, blinds, broken glass, and bars. Whether navigating the self-reflection of isolation, or the unease of a chance meeting between strangers in need, or the simple realization of how much we value our most basic connection with others, Windows delves into the devastation and new beginnings found in a world forced to face an abyss together but alone. What we each endured as individuals when time suddenly stood still may have differed, but we were all changed by the experience. Our characters reshaped. For better or worse.
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Our Sinatra, A Musical Celebration will run Sept. 11 – Nov. 29 (opening Sept. 15), at The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater (10 West 64th S.), directed by Kurt Stamm.
Eric Comstock, Christopher Gines and Hilary Kole.
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The 2026 New Works Selected has been announced, to take place Sept. Sept. 18-19 at CA’s Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West.
Participating works:
A Collectible Sensation, by Amy Engelhardt, Ben Zeadman, Arianna Rose & Amy Engelhardt.
A Folklorico Superhero Musical,with music, lyrics, and book by Jesse J. Sanchez.
A Collectible Sensation, Amy Engelhardt, and Arianna Rose, and Miss Hysteria, Ben Zeadman, and book and lyrics by Laura Schein, and Zapata.
A Folklorico Superhero Musical, by Jesse J. Sanchez.
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Buyer & Cellar, by Jonathan Tolins, will run Oct. 7 – 25 (opening Oct. 10) at Santa Barbara’s Ensemble Theatre, directed by Jamie Torcellini.
Brian McDonald Alex is an out-of-work actor, who lands the strangest gig of his life: working in the private shopping mall that Barbra Streisand built in the basement of her Malibu estate. As he tends to the antique doll shop, gift wrapping station, and frozen yogurt counter in the deserted mall, his only customer is Barbra herself. What begins as a surreal job becomes an unexpected friendship as Alex navigates the absurd reality of playing shopkeeper to one of the world’s biggest stars. Jonathan Tolins‘ solo comedy is a witty, warm, and wonderfully theatrical meditation on celebrity, consumerism, and the price of living in someone else’s fantasy.**********************
Memoirs of Amorous Genetleman, by Lea Nanako Winkler Duncan Sheik, & Lah Nanako Winkler will begin previews Sept. 25 at open Jan. 3, 2027 The Night Egg’ at the Culture Club, directed & choreograph by Rob Ashford.
Sophia Anne Caruso (Colettez0, Cory Jeacoma ((Léon), Nkeki Obi-Melekwe ( Nana, Andy Bakun (Sakae), and Jenny Powers (Madame), with Leanne Antonio), Kailin Brown, Michael Everett , Elsa Keefe, Jaedynn, Austin Lesch, Nika Lindsay, Caleb Marshall, Jessie Peltier, Michael Starr, and Thomas Winter.
Colette (Caruso), a witty young dreamer in 20th-century Paris, finds her power through writing. While working at an elusive maison close called Night Egg, she begins chronicling the fantasies, confessions, and private sorrows of her eccentric clients, slowly transforming herself from object to observer—turning perversions into art. But underneath her sharp intelligence and growing independence, Colette has her own perversion she cannot outrun: a lingering, destructive attachment to Léon (Jeacoma), her child.
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Answers: World Leaders by Jim Bernhard
1-D. The Chinese Prime Minister, play by Enid Bagnold
2-J. The Selling of the President, musical by Bob James, Jack O’Brien, and
Stuart Hample
3-G. The Elder Statesman, play by T. S. Eliot
4-C. The Sultan of Sulu, musical by George Ade and Alfred C. Wathall
5-I. The Sleeping Prince, play by Terence Rattigan
6-B. Exit the King, play by Eugene Ionesco
7-H. The Queen and the Rebels, play by Ugo Betti
8-F. The Emperor Jones, play Eugene O’Neill
9-E. The Governor’s Son, musical by George M. Cohan
10-A. Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, play