Today’s Highlights:
Beau The Musical, by Douglas Lyones & Ethan D. Pakchar, directed by Josh Rhodes, featuring Amelia Cormack (Raven) Andrea Goss (Le0Ann/Nurse), Myuki Miyagi (Daphney), Derek Stoltenberg (Dess), Ryan Halasver (Larry), and Max Sangerman (Ferris), with Luke Carnell, Seth Eliser, Tyler Conovan McCall and (Ace Baker at select performances, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s St. Luke’s Theatre.
“Future Boy” conversation, both live & livestreamed, featuring Michael J. Fox & Nelle Fortenberry, at 6 PM at NYC’s 92NY.
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Cards on the Table by Jim Bernhard
Fill in the missing word with the name of a suit of cards: Club, Diamond, Heart or Spade:
1. The Jockey ____ Stakes, play by William Douglas Hume
2. Ace of ____s, character in The Century Girl, musical by Victor Herbert, Henry Blossom and Irving Berlin.
3. Welcome to the ____, musical by A. E. Hotchner and Cy Coleman
4. The Great ____Robbery, play by Edward M. Alfriend and A. C. Wheeler
5. Have A ____, musical by Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse and Jerome Kern
6. The Cemetery ____, play by Ivan Menchell
7. ____Are Trumps, play by Cecil Raleigh, or play by Felix Gandera
8. King of ____, play by Jean Kerr and Eleanor Brooke
9. ____ Are Trumps, play by Leslie Hickson and W. Lee Dickson
10. Only the ____, play by Horton Foote
Scroll down for the answers…
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Samuel D. Hunter’s Little Bear Ridge Road, currently in previews, will open Oct. 30 and close Feb. 15, 2026, at the Booth Theatre, directed by Joe Mantello.
Laurie Metcalf (Sarah) and Micah Stock (Ethan), with John Drea (James/Kenny), Meighan Gerachis (Paulette/Vickie), Jack Ball, Mary Beth Fisher, and Aubie Merrylees.
On the remote outskirts of a small Idaho town, a razor-tongued aunt and her long-estranged nephew find themselves suddenly back in each other’s orbit—two lonely souls with a crumbling house to sell and a tangled history to unravel. Bitingly funny and quietly explosive, Little Bear Ridge Road is a sharply etched portrait of two people reaching across emotional galaxies—searching for meaning and fumbling toward connection, even as they fear it might swallow them whole. In this piercing and profound new play, the void is vast, the stars are indifferent, and love—messy, human, and hard-won—might be the only thing tethering us to Earth.
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Philip Dawkins’ Le Switch will run Nov. 6-15 (opening Nov.7) at LA’s Broadwater Stage, directed by Spenser Davis.
Danny Bernardo, Christine Lin, Brian Kim McCormick, Jonathan Moreno, and Jonathan Slavin.
A romantic comedy play about a commitment-phobic New Yorker who mmust re-evaluate his identity and relationships after gay marriage becomes leagal in 2011. The story explores the anxieties and changing identities within the gay community during this period.
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Fiddler on the Roof will run Nov. 4 – Jan. 25, 2026 at DC’s Signature Theatre, directed by Joe Calarco.
Douglas Sills (tTevye), Amie Bermowitz (Golde), Christopher Bloch (Rabbi), Lily Burka (Hodel), Sarah Corey (Shaindel/Fruma-Sarah), Joseph Fierberg (Mordcha), Mia Goodman (Shprintze), Jake Loewenthal (Motel), Allison Mintz (Belke), Stephen Russell Murray (Mendel), Rosie Joe Neddy (Chava), Ariel Neydavoud (Perchik), Beatrice Owens (Tzeitel), reagan Pender (Av ram), Jeremy Radin (Lazar Wolf), Jeremy Radin (Lazar Wolf), Susan Rome (Tzeitel), Alex Stone ( Fyedka), Hank von Kolnitz (Sasha), and Davis Wood (Constable), with Audrey Baker, John Gurdían, Stephen C. Kallas) and Kayla Marks.
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Prime Video’s Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway will take place Oct. 20 (start time TBA) at Broadway’s Majestic Theater, hosted by Erika Henningsen.
The cast of the show’s music from both seasons 1 & 2.
The animated musical series follows the princess of Hell as she sets about fulfilling her dream of opening a hotel to rehabilitate sinners.
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The Importance of Being Earnest will run Oct. 28 – Nov. 15 at CT’s Westport Country Playhouse, directed by Melissa Rain Anderson.
Kristen Hahn (Cecily Cardew), Anthony Michael Martinez (Algernon Moncrieff), Jan Neuberger (Miss Prism), Michael Raver (Jack Worthing), Triney Sandoval (Rev. Canan Chasuble), Mark Silence (Merriman /Lane ), and Katy Tang (Gwendolyn Fairfax).
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LA’s Musical Theatre Guild will present The Holidays on Stage & Screen! on Thurs. Nov. 20 at 8:30 PM at LA’s Catalina Jazz Club, written by Michael Kostroff, and hosted by Glenn Rosenblum, with music direction by Sam Krieger.
Carol Lawrence.
Eileen Barnett, Roger Befeler, Patrick Beller, Jill Marie Burke, Melissa Lyons Caldretti, Melissa Fahn, Joshua Finkel, Julie Garnye, Tal Fox, Barbara Carlton Heart, Ashley Fox Linton, Maura M. Knowles, Susan Edwards Martin, AshleyMoniz, Leslie Stevens, Trance Thompson, Diane Vincent, and Paul Wong.
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A Celebration of Life in Honor of Jack. W. Batman will take place Mon. Nov. 10 from 2-3 PM at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages. A reception will follow.
All are welcome to attend this tribute to Jack’s remarkable life and the joy he brought to us all.
If you have any questions, please contact sunnyspotprods@aol.com
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I’ll Give You My Heart, by Tamara Stern, directed by James Mellon, continues through Oct. 19 at Burbank’s Colony Theatre.
Jacqueline Emerson, Jeremy S. Walker, Emily Nash, Heather Lee, Jonah Robinson, Jon Root, and Jennifer Cannon.
Charlotte (Charlie) and Ben are destined to be together. On the morning of their wedding, Ben dies in a tragic car accident. Since that fateful day, Ben’s ghost has been Charlie’s constant source of comfort. When she meets Sam, the mysterious connection between them forces Charlie to choose between opening her heart and the promise she made to her dying fiancé. I’ll Give You My Heart explores the complex struggle with prolonged grief, forgiveness, and learning to love again.
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Foundation for New American Musical‘s Woman of the Year in Concert will take place Sun. Oct. 19 at 6:30 PM at Santa Monica’s Broad Stage, directed by Glenn Casale.
Sandy Bainum (Tess), Jason Graae (Gerald), Vicki Lewis (Jan), and Norm Lewis (Sam Craig), with Joe Abraham, Sarah Chaney, Jared Certner, Gordon Goodman, Mark Miller, Kevin Simons, and Michael James.
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CT’s Goodspeed Musicals has announced its 2026 season:
Jesus Christ Superstar (Apr. 17 – June 7)
Crazy For You (June 19 – Aug. 9)
The Snow Goose (Aug. 28 – Oct. 18)
Annie (Oct. 30 – Dec. 27)
Creative teams and casting TBA.
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Off-Broadways Red Bull Theater will present a reading of José Cruz González’s Invierno 0n Mon. Oct. 20 at 7:30 PM, both in person & Simulcast at Off-Broadway’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater, directed by Madeline Sayet. 
The reading will also be available online Oct. 21-26.
Carlo Alban, Aubee Billie, Bailey Frankenberg, Zachary Lopez-Roa, Alfredo Narciso, Tanis Parenteau, Andrew Rothenberg, Stephen Michael Spencer, and more TBA.
In this powerful new version of The Winter’s Tale, José Cruz González uses Shakespeare’s story of jealousy, betrayal, and redemption to heal wounds of colonialism. Set against the rich cultural backdrop of California’s Central Coast, the play travels between the U.S. invasion of Mexico in 1846 and the 21st Century, and opens with a lullaby in the language of the Chumash Native Americans, sung by the character Paulina as a healer who weaves the voice of Indigenous resistance into the temporal borderlands of Shakespeare’s romance.
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Cards on the Table answers, by Jim Bernhard:
1. The Jockey Club Stakes, play by William Douglas Hume
2. Ace of Spades, character in The Century Girl, musical by Victor Herbert, Henry Blossom and Irving Berlin
3. Welcome to the Club, musical by A. E. Hotchner and Cy Coleman
4. The Great Diamond Robbery, play by Edward M. Alfriend and A. C. Wheeler
5. Have A Heart, musical by Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse and Jerome Kern
6. The Cemetery Club, play by Ivan Menchell
7. Hearts Are Trumps, play by Cecil Raleigh, or play by Felix Gandera
8. King of Hearts, play by Jean Kerr and Eleanor Brooke
9. Clubs Are Trumps, play by Leslie Hickson and W. Lee Dickson
10. Only the Heart, play by Horton Foote