Today’s Highlights:
Still, by Lia Romeo, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, featuring Melissa Gilbert and Mark Moses, opens at Off-Broadway’s Sheen Center.
Noises Off, by Michael Frayn, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, featuring Vaneh Assadourian, Amanda Fink, Audrey Francis, Francis Guinan, Rick Holmes, Ora Jones, David Lind, James Vincent Meredith and Max Stewart, opens at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
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Karen Zacarias’ Native Gardens will run Feb. 18 – Mar. 8 at CT’s Westport Country Playhouse, directed by JoAnn M. Hunter.
Paula Leggett Chase (Virginia Butley), Linedy Genao (Tania De Valle), Adam Heller (Frank Butley), and Anthony Michael Martinez (Pablo Del Valle).
A laugh-out-loud story that masterfully balances sharp wit with hilariously bad behavior even as it explores deeper issues about race, class, and what it truly means to be a good neighbor in modern America.
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5-Star Theatricals has announced its 2025 season at Thousand Oaks’ Bank of America Performing Arts Center. Casting and creative teams TBA.
Cabaret (Mar. 14-30)
Frozen (June 20 – July 11)
Hairspray (Oct. 10-26)
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Red Bull Theater‘s reading of Moliere’s The Misanthrope, adapted by Martin Crimp, will take place Mon. Feb. 17 at at 7:30 PM at Off-Broadway’s Florence Gould Theatre (55 E. 59th St.), directed by Marc Vietor.
Graham Campbell, Juliana Canfield, Gregory Connors, Julie Halston, David Pittu, Peter Sarsgaard, and Robert Sella.
Acidly blunt, misanthropic and judgmental, Alceste and Celimene have coincidental natures, but express them in fatally contrary ways. Is unsparing honesty always a virtue? Is love blind or does it willfully close its eyes? Molière’s masterpiece is a dark comedy depicting the inevitable combustion of two extraordinary lives in a society of liars.
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On Monday night a benefit performance of Trisha Paytas’ Big Broadway Dreams took place at Broadways St. James Theatre.
Trisha Paytas, Sutton Foster, Ben Platt, Joy Woods, Rachel Zegler, Joy Woods, Amber Ardolino, Morgan Bryant, Beau Harmon, Joshua Dawson, Lena Matthews, Jimena Flores Sanchez, and Michael Santomassimo.
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Omri Schein, David Ellenstein & Daniel Lincoln’s The Remarkable Mister Holmes will run Mar 5-30 (opening Mar. 9) at Laguna Playhouse, directed by David Ellenstein, with choreography by Jill Gorrie, and music direction by Alby Potts.
Darcy Rose Byrnes (Rosa and others), Susan Denaker (Mrs. Hudson and others), Jason Graae (Artemis and others (March 5 – 23), Michael Scott Harris (Gustav Von Schwanz and others), Katie Karel (Gerda von Schwanz, and others), Martin Kildare (Inspector Lestrade and others), Shannon O’Boyle (Sheila Watson), Paul Slade Smith Sherlock Holmes), and Pat Towne (Corpse, and oethers), Justin Michael Wilcox, and (Artemis and others – Mar. 24-30).
Sherlock Holmes is back with an all-new madcap mystery to solve…and a new sidekick! In this fast-paced, wildly comedic musical. Holmes must solve a series of baffling crimes without the help of his trusted partner. Packed with wild wordplay, red herrings, and zany surprises, this over-the-top rollercoaster of musical mayhem is perfect for fans of Arthur Conan Doyle, Mel Brooks, musical theater, or anyone who loves a fun night out.
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Stephanie J. Block in concert will take place Sat. Feb. 22 at 7:30 PM at Theatre Aspen‘s Harris Concert Hall, hosted by Seth Rudetsky.
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. Guys and Dolls will run Mar. 6-30 at Skokie’s Music Theater Works, directed by Sasha Gerritson.
Brandon Acosta, Jordan Beyeler, Kristin Brintnall, Caron Buinis, Jeffrey Charles, Jenny Couch, Emma Jean Eastlund, Andrew Freeland, David Geinosky, Joe Giovannetti, Isabella Gomez-Barrientos, Ben Harmon, Emily Holland, Cecilia Iole, Dee Kimpel, Kyle Kite, Miguel Long, Cary Lovett, Matthew Millin (he/him, swing); Catherine Rodriguez O’Connor Adam Raso, Ian Reed, Callan Roberts, Peter Ruger (he/him,, Bob Sanders, and Alex Villaseñor.
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A benefit reading of Chris Henry’s The Fun-er-al: A Fundraising Memorial for the Death of the American Theatre will take place Thurs. Feb. 20 at 4 & 7 PM at NYC’s Royal Family Productions (145 West 46th St.), directed by Chris Henry & Lorna Ventura.
Ephraim Birney and Lois Robbins.
Full of wacky hijinx, the play sends up Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams and L. Frank Baum, in equal measure and is a true celebration of the art form of theatre.
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Red Bull Theater‘s reading of Moliere’s The Misanthrope, adapted by Martin Crimp, will take place Mon. Feb. 17 at Off-Broadway’s Florence Gould Theatre (55 E. 59th St.), directed by Marc Vietor.
Graham Campbell, Juliana Canfield, Gregory Connors, Julie Halston, David Pittu, Peter Sarsgaard, and Robert Sella.
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Davis Gaines: Love is in the Air, both. live and livestreamed, will take place Feb. 13-14 at 7 {M at NYC’s Green Room 42.
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Yasmina Reza’s ART will run Feb. 21 – Mar. 16 at Boston’s Lyric Stage, directed by Courtney O’Connor.
Remo Airaldi, Michael Kaye, and John Kuntz.