Today’s Highlights:
Relax … let go … let fly…
**********************
Click here to access the quiz: A Tony Quiz: Songs From Tony-Winning Scores Part III –the ’90s.
**********************
2025 Tony nominations. Click here for the complete list of nominees:
The award ceremony will take place Sun. June 8 at the Radio City Music Hall, and will air live from 8-11 PM ET on CBS, hosted by Cynthia Erivo. You can also stream the event live on Paramount+.
In addition, a pre-show, “The Tony Awards: Act One,” will stream live, starting at 6:30 PM ET (for free) on Pluto TV.
**********************
Gingold Theatrical Group will present a script-in-hand performance of The Importance of Being Earnest on Mon. June 23 at 7 PM at Off-Broadway’s The Players (16 Gramercy Park South), directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge.
Reynaldo Piniella (John Worthing), Keshav Moodliar (Algernon Moncrieff), David Shih (Rev. Canon Chausible DD), Daniel Marcus (Merriman /Lane), Veanne Cox (Lady Gracknell), Adrianna Hicks (Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax), Kimberly Immanuel (Cecily Cardew), and Dana Scurlock (Miss Prism).
**********************
Off-Broadway’s Irish Rep has announced its Fall 2025 season:
The Weir (July 9 – Aug. 31, opening July 17), by Conor McPherson, directed by Ciaran O’Reilly.
The Honey Trap (Sept. 17 – Nov. 9, opening Sept. 28)), by Leo McGann, directed by Matt Torney.
**********************
Off-Broadway’s York Theatre has announced the appointment of Joseph Hayward as Producing Artistic Director.
The Board of Directors includes W.David McCoy (Chairman), Jim Kierstead (President), Riki Kane Larimer (Vice President), ClaudiaZahn (InterimSecretary), and Gerald F. Fisher (Treasurer), with Bernard Carragher, Douglas Cohen, Timothy F. Collins, Alan Govenar, Jim Head, Laurence Holzman, Katherine Huang, Jessica McRoberts, Joan T. Mischo, Charlotte Rosenblatt, Joan Ross Sorkin, Charles Strand, Linda Wielkotz and Alexander Zi.
**********************
Red Bull Theater‘s The Imaginary Invalid, world premiere adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher, continues through June 29 at New World Stages, directed by Jesse Berger.
Mark Linn-Baker, Sarah Stiles, Arnie Burton, Russell Daniels, Manoel Felciano, Emilie Kouatchou, Emily Swallow, John Yi, and Brandon Espinoza (replacing Mauricio Martínez).
Molière’s last years were laden with grief. In the months leading to his death he lost his lifelong friend and collaborator Madeleine Béjart, as well as a baby boy. His own health was rapidly deteriorating as his tuberculosis progressed, afflicting him with constant fits of coughing. His unhappy marriage was publicly ridiculed by rivals, and he fell victim to Lully’s machinations to discredit him in the eyes of Louis XIV. Lully therefore did not write the music for The Imaginary Invalid, nor was the play performed at court to celebrate the king’s victories in July 1672, as had been planned. Its incidental music was composed by Charpentier, and the play opened in February 1673 at the Theatre du Palais Royal instead; it was never performed for the king.
**********************
John le Carre’s The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, adapted by David Eldridge, will run Nov. 17 – Feb. 21, 2026 at the @sohoplace, directed Jeremy Herrin.
Rofy Keenan (Alec Leanas), Agnes O’Casey (Liz Gold), Gunnar Cauthery (Hans Dieter Mundt), and John Ramm (George Smiley).
British intelligence officer Alec Leamas is weary, hardened, and ready to come in from the cold. But when spymaster George Smiley presents one final mission — dangerous, deceptive, and deeply personal — Leamas agrees to stay in the game. Dispatched into enemy territory, he finds his convictions tested and his defences breached by Liz Gold, a quietly defiant librarian whose compassion threatens to thaw his frostbitten heart.
**********************
Claybourne Elder: If the Stars Were Mine will take place Wed. July 16 at 8:30 PM at LA’s Catalina Club.
**********************
Scott Steidl and Mark Hantoot’s Wesley will run June 11 – July 18 (opening June 25) at the Times Square Theatre Center, directed by Mary Duncan.
Andrianna Ayala (Casey) and Daniel Sanchez (Wesley) with Christa Lisette Beveridge , Tara Dougherty, Ashley Huber, Jack Kehoe, Christopher Kirby Saunders, Nathan Myers, and Maya Pierce.
The story of a young musician who trades in the world of Human relationships for a life spent with an injured Barn Owl.
**********************
Rigoletto will run May 31 – June 21 at LA Opera, conducted by James Conlon.
Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto), René Barbera (Duke of Mantua), Lisette Oropesa (Gilda – May 31-June 15), Kathryn Lewek (Gilda – June 18 – 21),
**********************
Maltby & Shire’s It’s About Time, currently in previews, will open June 11 and continue through June 15 at CT’s Goodspeed, directed by Maltby.
Darius de Haas, Shinnerrie Jackson, Daniel Jenkins, Eddie Korbich, Issy van Randwyck, and Lynne Wintersteller.
From long-ago love affairs and ambitions of the past to tech-savvy grandkids and lost keys, this funny and touching revue features all new songs about people navigating the joys and challenges of growing older while staying young in spirit.
**********************
The 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards will take place Sun. June 1 at 7:30 PM at NYC’s NYU Skirball Center, hosted by Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess. 
here.
**********************
The world premiere of Preston Max Allen’s Caroline will run Sept. 12 – Oct. 19 (opening Sept. 30) at the MCC Theater, directed by David Cromer.
TBA.
When Maddie is forced to seek the help of her long-estranged mother, she finds herself unable to shield her daughter Caroline from the inescapable circumstances that fractured their family. A luminous and intimate story about the possibility of redemption and the complex relationships between generations of mothers and daughters.
**********************
Elton, Billy & Barry: They Write The Songs, starring Craig A. Meyer, will take place Thurs. June 5 at 8:30 PM at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.
**********************
Off-Broadway’s Mincmeat has released a special live recording of “Dear Bill”, performed by Jak Malone. Listen here.
**********************
An Evening with Darren Criss will take place Mon. June 16 at 7:30 PM at NYC’s 92NY.
**********************
The world premiere of Melissa R. Randel’s Sorry will run June 20 – July 19 at the Moving Arts Theater, directed by Melissa R. Randel & Larry Biederman.
Lea Floden (Lillian), Anna Giannotis (Fury), Jeffrey Johnson (The Men), Denise Leitner (Fury), Melissa R Randel (Persephone), Denise Scheerer (Fury), and Jacqueline Wright (Francine).
In the present day, Francine, a lawyer, looks the other way from the harassment of a female colleague. Oh, and then she murders her husband. From the 19th century, Lillian terminates pregnancies with herbs. And she gets institutionalized for being a lesbian. Persephone, of Ancient Greece, fights breast cancer AND domestic violence. Three mythical Furies reflect these women to themselves, championing their power and questioning their participation in their own oppression.