Today’s Highlights:
Good Night, and Good Luck, by George Clooney & Grant Heslov, directed by David Cromer, featuring George Clooney (Edward R. Murrow), Mac Brandt (Colonel Anderson), Will Dagger (Don Hewitt), Christopher Denham (John Aaron), Glenn Fleshler (Fred Friendly), Ilana Glazer (Shirley Wershba), Clark Gregg (Don Hollenbeck), Paul Gross (William F. Paley), Georgia Heers (Ella), Carter Hudson (Joe Wershba), Fran Kranz (Palmer Williams), Jennifer Morris (Millie Green), Michael Nathanson (Eddie Scott), Andrew Polk (Charlie Mack), ansd Aaron Roman Weiner (Don Surine), with R. Ward Duffy, Joe Forbrich, Imani Rousselle, Greg Stuhr, JD Taylor, and Sophia Tzougros, opens at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre.
Rachmaninoff and the Tsar, written & performed by Hershey Felder, directed by Trevor Hay, opens at Santa Barbara’s Ensemble Theatre Company.
Fake It Until You Make It, by Larissa Fasthorse, directed by Michael John Garcés, featuring Noah Bean (theo), Eric Stanton Betts, Amy Brenneman (River), Brandon Delsid (Krys), Shyla Lefner (Wynona), and Burgandi Trejo Phoenix (Grace), with Josh Bywater, Aleisha Force, and Kenny Ramos, begins previews at DC’s Arena Stage.
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Fiddler on the Roof has been extended, and will now run Apr. 26 – May 25 (opening May 2) at Cleveland Playhouse, directed byMichael BaraKi.
Robert Cuccioli (Tevye), Joanna Glushak (Golde), Maria Noel Fallouh (Tzeitel/Gramma Tzeitel), Kristine Zbornik (Yente), Carolyn Demanelis (Shandel), E Ethan Flanagan (Avram), Amy Fritsche (Fruma-Sarah), Sasha Geisser (Chava/Fiddler), Michael Glavan (Fyedka), Addie Wisniewski (Shprintze), Michael Glavan (Fyedka), with Lester González, Matt Koenig, David Lenahan, Brendan Lowry, christina McSheffrey, Calder Meis, Marc Mortiz, Bebe Moss, Meredith Nelson, Adam Ortega, Avery Lamar Pope, Geoffrey Short, and many more.
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The world premiere of Lisette Glodowski & Richard C. Walter’s Madame Clicout: A Revolutionary Musical will run May 29 – June 8 (opening May 30) at Pittsburgh CLO, directed & choreographed by Laurie Glodowski.
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Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, the musical tells the remarkable true story of a young woman who defied societal expectations to become one of the most powerful forces in the history of champagne. In 1789, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin fled her boarding school as revolution engulfed France. A decade later, an arranged marriage to François Clicquot, the son of her father’s business rival, unexpectedly leads to an innovative partnership in winemaking. But when tragedy strikes, she faces an impossible choice – surrender to fate or risk everything to change the industry forever. With innovation, resilience, and a bold gamble that could make or break her legacy, she takes on the male-dominated world of champagne, transforming the industry and securing her place in history.
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York Theatre will present Frank Evans, Jim Scully, Jennifer Paulson-Lee & Chad Gorn’s According to Howard, to run Apr. 5-13 at Theatre at St. Jean’s, directed & choreographed by Jennifer Paulson-Lee, with music direction by Scott Cady.
Christine DiGiallonardo, Michael Dikegoros , Matthew Eby, David Elder, Eric Michael Gillett, Michael Halling, Candice Hatakeyama, Michelle Beth Herman, Mya Ison,, James Judy, Gina Milo, Jill Paice, Haley Swindal and Josh Tower.
An unconventional love story and a reminder that money can never buy (or substitute for) what love can offer. It’s about winning—but at what cost? It’s about decisions, choices, ideas, and incredible intuition. Through a score reminiscent of the golden age of Broadway, According to Howard delves into the unique life and times of one of the most fascinating individuals of the 20th Century, a human being who shaped the world of aviation, film, business, and Hollywood gossip: Howard Robard Hughes, Jr.
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Lolita Chakrabarti’s Life of Pi will run May 6 – June 1 (opening May 7) at the Ahmanson Theatre, directed by Max Webster.
Taha Mandviwala (Pi), Jessica Angleskhan (Amma/Nurse/Orange Juice), Alan Ariano (Mr. Okamoto/Captain), Emmanuel Elpenord (Cook/voice of Richard Parker), Rishi Jaiswal (Mamaji/Pandit Ji), Sinclair Mitchell (Admiral Jackson/Russian Sailor/Father Martin), Mi Kang/Lulu Chen/ Mrs. Biology Kumar / Zaida Khan), and Sorab Wadia (Father).
After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a sixteen-year-old boy name Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The piece is told with jaw-dropping visuals, world class puppetry and exquisite stagecraft.
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Lucas Hnath’s A Dolls House, Part 2 will run May 14 – June 8 (opening May 18) at Pasadena Playhouse, directed by Jennifer Chang.
Elizabeth Reaser(Nora), Jason Butler Harner (Torvald), Kimberly Scott (Anne Marie), Kahyun Kim (Emmy), and Adam J. Smith (Torvald understudy).
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Matt Morillo’s Sweet Air will run June 5-27 (opening June 14) at the Broadwater Black Box, directed by Katie Oliver.
Jenni Chiaramonte (Robbie), Newton Mayenge (Galen),
Robbie and Galen, two complete strangers on completely different paths in life, have both had a miserable Valentine’s Day. They’re both broke, lonely and stranded in a deserted subway station on a freezing cold New York City night, waiting for a train that never seems to be coming. With seemingly nothing to lose, they strike up a conversation, commiserate, bond, unravel the mysteries of the universe and romantic comedies and find a connection in this cruel and heartless world in this post-pandemic, platonic Valentine’s Day comedy.
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Billy Barnes Bash, in support of the Billy Barnes Foundation, will take place Sun. Apr. 27 at 1 PM at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club, with music direction by Michael Orland.
Jason Graae
Owen Bakula, Eileen Barnett, Carly Hughes, Jane A. Johnston, Jackie Joseph, Maude Maggart, Mark Arthur Miller, Joanne O’Brien, Shawn Ryan, Todd Sherry, Mary VanArsdel, and Jo Anne Worley.
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Drat the Cat, directed by Bruce Kimmel, continues through apr. 7 at North Hollywood’s Group Rep.
Ben Anderson, April Audia, Christina Conte, Riley Croman, Sydney DeMaria, Lareen Faye, Amy Goldring, Lee Grober, Doug Haverty, Angie Lin, Hisato Masuyama, Savannah Mortenson, Maxwell Oliver, Lloyd Pedersen, Alec Reusch, RobSchaumann, Nicole Statin, Melissa Strauss, and Steve Young.
It’s turn-of-the-previous-century New York. A clever, stealth cat burglar is lifting diamonds from society’s wealthiest patrons. The most-respected sleuth is engaged, but suddenly dies. The police turn to his good-hearted but inept-but-earnest son, Bob. His bumbling attempts to follow in his Dad’s foot-steps do lead him to the “Cat” but he falls head over heels with … her. So he tries to reform her while she thwarts him at every turn. Will good-ness and love triumph? Can they return the diamonds and be forgiven? Includes the top ten song “He Touched Me.”
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Fiddler on the Roof has been extended through Apr. 26 at Cleveland’s Playhouse Square.
Robert Cuccioli (Tevye), Joanna Clushak (Golde), and more…
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The world premiere of Caitlin Saylor Stephens’ Five Models in Ruins, 1981 will run Apr. 19 – June 1 (opening May 5) at Lincoln Center’s Claire Tow Theater, directed byMorgan Green.
Elizabeth Marvel (Roberto), Stella Everett (Chrissy), Maia Novi (Tatiana), Britne Oldford (Alex), Sarah Marie Rodriguez (Grace), and Madeline Wise (Sandy).
The new work is set at a European estate just after Princess Diana’s wedding, following a fashion photographer as an assignment to shoot the cover of Vogue threatens to be her last.