Today’s Highlights:
South Pacific, directed by William Carlos Angulo, featuring Paulo Szot (Emile de Becque), Taylor Louderman (Nellie Forbush), Loan Almedilla (Bloody Mary, .Michael Canu (Lt. Joseph Cable), bobby Conte (Luther Billis), Michaela Marfori (Liat), Robert Crenshaw (Stewpot), John El-Jor (Professor), Michael James Reed (Capt. George Brackett), Jeff Cummings (Cmdr. William Harbison), Grace Moore (Ngana), Josiah Paik (Jerome), and more, opens at the St. Louis Muny.
Shifters, by Benedict Lomb, directed by Lynette Linton, featuring Heather Agyepong (Des) and Daniel Ezra (Man), begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Cherry Lane Theatre.
Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theater presents Jason Robert Brown in Concert at 8 PM at the Harbor’s One Long Wharf.
Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody, by Dylan Marcaurele, directed by , featuring Jay Armstrong Johnson (Ilya Rozanov) and Jimin Moon (Shane Hollander), with Ryann Redmond, Cherry torres, and Ryan Duncan, closes at Off-Broadway’s The Club (530 West 27th St. 6th floor).
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Red, White, or Blue by Jim Bernhard
Complete the titles of these show songs with the color red, white, or blue:
- “At the ____ Rose Cotillion” – Where’s Charley?
- “Alice ____ Gown” – Irene
- “Little ____ Hat” – 110 in the Shade
- “My ____ Knight” – The Music Man
- “____ and Black” – Les Miserables
- “Black and ____” – Ain’t Misbehavin’
- “____ Boys” – Hair
- “Great ____ Father” – Purlie
- “The Mirror-____ Night” – Spring Awakening
- “The ____ Baron” – You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Scroll down for the answers…
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will run July 10- 26 at Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West, directed by Larry Raben.
Daebrreon Poiema (Narrator), Brian Justing Crum (Joseph), Thomas Hobson (Pharoah/Jacob), Harrison White (Potiphar), Jeffrey Laughrun (Reuben), Adam Lendermon (Simeon), Perry Marks (Levi), Neil Starkenberg (Dan), Jean Charles (Napthtali), Zane Camacho (Gad), Teronn S. Shrikian (Asher), Brody Tarrant Zebulun (Zeulun), Jerdan Cruz (Benjamin), and Ali Vesey (Mrs. Potiphar), with Johnisa Breault, Alexandra Skylar Kunin, and Sabrina Ryan.
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Jazz in July: Echoes of Miles – Cool Jazz for hot Nights will run July 15-25 at 8 PM at NYC’s 92Y.
Terence Blanchard, Ron Carter, Ravi Coltrane, Nicole Glover, John Patitucci, Kate Kortum, Aaron Diehl, and more.
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Pippin, directed by Matthew Gardiner, continues through July 26 at DC’s Signature Theatre.
Cedrick Neal (Leading Player), with Brayden Banbino (Pippin), Eric Hissom (Charles), Maria Rizzo (Fastrada), Naomi Jacobson (Berthe), Awa Sal Secka (Catherine), Ryan Sellers (Lewis), and Ellison Bihm (Theo), with Ben Bogen, Calvin L’mont Cooper, Candice Hatakeyama, Georgia Monroe, Alanna Sibrián, Jacob Taylor Starks, Emily Steinhardt, Hank von Kolnitz, Dylan Arredondo, Alonso Nicolas Waller, Liz Weber, Veronica Quezada, and Ian Rubi.
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Leslie Odom Jr. (Aaron Burr) has joined the London company of Hamilton through Sept. 5 at the Victoria Place Theatre.
Stephenson Ardern-Sodje )Alexander Hamilton), Georgina Onuorah (Angelica Schuyler), Bente Mulan (Eliza Hamilton), Akmed Junior Khemalai (George Washington), Ashley J. Daniels (Marquis De Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Alexander Bellinfantie (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Shak Mancel James (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Jasmine Jia Yung Shen (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), and Daniel Boys (King George III), with Yuki Abe, Turrell Barrett-Wallace, John Browning, Milan Cacacie, Joshua Clemetson, Roxanne Couch, Yesy Garcia, Manaia Glassey-Ohlson, Riccardo Haerri, Jack Harrison-Cooper, Olivia Kate Holding, Sergi Ibanez, Jared Irving, Nicolais-Andre Kerry, Lily Laight, Michael Lin, Avigalle Mendoza, Fallon Mondlane, Tamara Morgan, Liam Morris, Tim Nutt, Joshian Angelo Omaña, Aharon Rayner , Phoebe Samuel-Gray, and Daisy Ward.
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What Became of Us, by Shayan Lotfi, with a rotating cast, continues through July 26 at DC’s Signature Theatre, directed by Ethan Heard.
Alma Cuervo (Q), Michael DeLorenzo (ZZ), Jo Yang (Q), and Stan Kang (Z).
A sister and brother, the elder born in The Old Country and the younger born in This Country, share both big and small moments and memories from childhood through teenage rebellion, career successes, parenthood, and growing old. Their disparate perspectives lead to both fractures and forgiveness as they witness each other’s stories.
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Brian Friel’s A Month in the Country will run Aug. 22 – Oct. 3 at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Lyndsey Turner.
Sophie Okonedo (Natalya Petrovna), Thomas Arnold (Arkady Islayev), Jessica Brindle (Katya), Susan Brown (Anna Islayeva), Rachelle Diedericks (Vera Aleksandrovna), Patrick Gibson (Aleksey Belyayev), Mark Hadfield (Herr Schaaf,), Michael Hodgson (Alfanasy Bolshintsov), Jonathan Livingstone (Matvey), Alistair Petrie (Michel Rakitin), Daniel Rigby (Ignaty Shpigelsky), and Amanda Wilkin (Lizaveta Bogdanovna).
The play explores passion against propriety, as a cast of characters struggle to reconcile the lives they lead with the happiness they crave.
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Hairspray continues through Aug. 8 at Dennis, Mass.’s Cape Playhouse, directed by Bill Fennelly.
Alex Michaels (Edna Turnblad), Grace Carroll (Tracy Turnblad), Michael Brian Dunn Wilbur Turnblad), Keisha Gilles (Motormouth Maybelle), Ben Jackson Walker (Link Larkin), Maddy Le (Little Inez), Meaghan Maher (Penny Pingleton), Kate Marilley (Velma Von Tussle), Maya Musial (Amber Von Tussle), Lukas Poost (Corny Collins), and Jalen Xavier (Seaweed J. Stubbs), with Taylor Colleton, Talia Cutulle, Zeth Dixon, Adena Ershow, Madeline Glave, Jordyn Jones, Laura Jordan, Natalie Lacy, Jack Mastrianni, Kevin B. McGlynn, Elexis Morton, Ryan Norton, Isaiah Reynolds, Alanna Rishaan Porter, and Drew Tremblay.
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Answers: Red, White, or Blue by Jim Bernhard
- “At the Red Rose Cotillion” – Where’s Charley?
- “Alice Blue Gown” – Irene
- “Little Red Hat” – 110 in the Shade
- “My White Knight” – The Music Man
- “Red and Black” – Les Miserables
- “Black and Blue” – Ain’t Misbehavin’
- “White Boys” – Hair
- “Great White Father” – Purlie
- “The Mirror-Blue Night” – Spring Awakening
- “The Red Baron” – You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown