Today’s Highlights:
Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, spotlighting 4 new musicals and 8 original plays, opens at Off-Broadway’s AMT Theatre.
Rolling Thunder, by Bryce Hallett, directed by Kenneth Ferrone, featuring Drew Becker (Johnny), Cassadee Pope (Linda), Justin Matthew Sargent (Thomas), Daniel Yearwood (Andy), Courtnee Carter (Lauren & others), and Deon’te Goodman (Mike & others), with Ethan Hardy Benson and Erin Ramirez, opens at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages.
Evita, directed & choreographed by Josh Rhodes, featuring Katerina McCrimmon (Eva Perón), Omar Lopez-Cepero (Che), Paulo Szot (Perón), Omar Lopez-Cepero (Che), Daniel Torres (Magaldi), and Sabrina Santana (Perón’s Mistress) with Andrés Acosta, Leyla Ali, Marissa Barragán, Leah Berry, Patrick Blindauer, Jordan Casanova, Marilyn Caserta, Junior Cervila, Devin Cortez, Nicholas Cunha, Kyle de la Cruz Laing, Daniel Alan DiPinto, Kylie Edwards, Noelia Guerrero, Natalia Nieves-Melchor, Zibby Nolting, Arnie Rodriguez, Leann Schuering, Trevor Michael Schmidt, Sharrod Williams, and Noah Van Ess, closes at the St. Louis Muny.
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The UK premiere of Samuel D. Hunter’s Clarkston will run Sept. 17 – Nov. 22 at the Trafalgar Theatre, directed by Jack Serio.
Joe Locke Ruaridh Mollica, and Sophie Melville.
On a journey West to rediscover himself, Jake unexpectedly meets Chris – a kindred soul hiding in a night shift at a Costco in a rural American town. As their bond deepens, so does their sense of adventure. Maybe they could finally give life new meaning by chasing something more – like the intrepid explorers Lewis and Clark before them. Clarkston is a modern frontier story that blazes a trail through friendship, acceptance, love and the hope of new discoveries.
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Lilli / Darwin, written & performed by Darwin Del Fabro, will run Aug. 2-23 at The Tank, directed by Meghan Finn.
A poetic solo performance exploring the intimate, overlapping journeys of Lili Elbe and Darwin Del Fabro, Lili/Darwin invites the audience into a raw, unflinching world of identity, memory, and becoming. Through voice, projection, and powerful language, Darwin brings to life the blurred lines of self and story, history and present.
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Broadway’s John Proctor is the Villain has been extended through Sept. 7 at Broadway’s Booth Theatre, directed by Danya Taymor.
Sadie Sink (Shelby Holcomb), Nihar Duvvuri (Mason Adams), Gabriel Ebert (Carter Smith), Molly Griggs (Bailey Gallagher), Maggie Kuntz (Ivy Watkins), Hagan Oliveras (Lee Turner), Morgan Scott (Nell Shaw), Fina Strazza (Beth Powell), and Amalia Yoo (Raelynn Nix).
Five young women – fueled by pop music, optimism, and fury – clash with their school, their Georgia town, and the stories they’ve been instructed to believe. As their class dissects The Crucible, they begin to question who we deem heroic, who we call a villain, and who gets burned in the process. With biting humor and a beating heart, this explosive new play shines a blazing spotlight on the eternal fight to claim your own narrative in a world that’s still stuck in the past.
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The recent Fire Island Dance Festival raised a record $825,000 at the 30th annual Fire Island Dance Festival.
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Charles Strouse, Lee Adams & David Newman’s It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane … It’s Superman the Musical will run Aug. 1-10 at the Broadwater Theatre, directed by Harry White & Raphael Berglas.
TBA.
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Michael Levin’s Sober songs will begin previews Aug. 30 and open Sept. 6 at Theatre Row, directed by Brian Reynolds, directed by Chris Mackin with choreography by Megan Roe.
TBA.
The new musical explores recovery through raw humor and hope. A darkly comedic musical that follows six young adults in recovery at a local AA meeting founded by the gruff but loving “Cap.” Blending biting humor, emotional ballads, and sharp dialogue, the show evolves from light and charming to deeply emotional, offering a raw, character-driven, and emotionally authentic look at addiction, love, identity, and the complicated, messy road to sobriety. With heart, heartbreak, and cathartic honesty, Sober Songs offers a deeply human—and at times hilarious—glimpse into recovery culture.
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Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical will run July 29 – Aug. 24 at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre, directed by Scott Schwartz, with choreography by Emily Maltby.
Ashler Alexandra (Blanch Barrow), Charlie Webb (Clyde Barrow), Lyda Jade Harlan (Bonnie Parker), Nick Bailey (Marvin “Buck” Barrow, and Gisela Adisa (Emma Parker), with Amy Bodnar, Anthhony Costello, Kathy Dietch, Mackenzie Germain, Anarghapal, Vishal Vaidya, and Jeremy Webb.
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Dan Lauria’s Just Another Day will run Aug. 30 – Sept. 28 at the Odyssey Theatre, directed by Eric Krebs.
Patty McCormack and Dan Lauria.
In this captivating romantic comedy that celebrates the resilience of love with hilarity, pathos and meaning, a couple in their seventies meet daily on a park bench to exchange wits and barbs, wax nostalgic about old movies — and to try to remember how they know, and love, one another. The characters are two former comedy writers who now have dementia, so every day they meet, they write comedy, and they fall in love again.
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Bonnie & Clyde, directed by Scott Schwartz, will run July 29 – Aug. 24 at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre.
Lyda Jade Harlan (Bonnie), Charlie Webb (Clyde), Nick Bailey (Buck), and Ashley Alexandra (Blanche), with Amy Bodnar, Jeremy Webb, Gisela Aduisa, Kathy Deitch, Anargha Pal, Vishal Vaidya, Mackenzi Germain, and Anthony Costello.
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A Tectonic Cabaret will take place Mon. Oct. 20 at 7:30 PM at NYC’s Edison Ballroom, directed by Amy Marie Seidel.
Michael Urie, Uzo Aduba, and more TBA
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Breakin’ NYC: A Journey Through the Heartbeat of Hip Hop From the Streets of the Bronx to the Olympic Games has been extended through aug. 31 at NYC’s Theatre 55 (555 West 42nd St.), directed & choreographed by Angel Kaba.
. Jihad Aly, Messiah Brown, Ajale Olaséni, Coard, Justin S. Herbin, Choung Woo Hyun, Irina Brigita Laiciu, Adrian Teodor Martin, Kayla Muchtrigo, Rafaela Oliveira, and Nicholas Porter.