Today’s Highlights:
Once Upon a One More Time, by Jon Hartmere, directed & choreographed by Keone & Mari Madrid, featuring Briga Heelan (Cinderella), Justin Guarini (Prince Charming), Aisha Jackson (Snow White), Jennifer Simard (Stepmother), Adam Godley (The Narrator), Brooke Dillman (The O.F.G), Ryan Redmond (Stepsister Belinda), Tess Soltau (Stepsister Betany), Gabrielle Beckford (Rapunzel), Ashley Chiu (Sleeping Beauty), Nathan Levy (Clumsy), Ryan Steele (Prince Erudite), Morgan Whitley (Princess Pea), Lauren Zakrin (Little Mermaid), Liv Battista Belle), Karissa Bruno (Little Girl), Pauline Casiño (Esmerelda), Selene Haro (Gretel), Joshua Daniel Johnson (Prince Brawny), Amy Hillner Larsen (Goldilocks), Justice Moore (Red), Kevin Trinio Perdido (Prince Mischievous), Mikey Ruiz (Prince Gregarious), Josh Tolle (Prince Suave), Stephen Scott Wormley (Prince Affable), and Isabella Ye (Little Girl), with Matt Allen, Jacob Burns, Salisha Thomas, and Diana Vaden, opens at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre.
American Ballet Theatre‘s Like Water for Chocolate, choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, featuring Joo Won Ahn, Aran Bell, Isabella Boylston, Skylar Brandt, Daniel Camargo, Herman Cornejo, Thomas Forster, Catherine Hurlin, Gillian Murphy, Calvin Royal III, Hee Seo, Christine Shevchenko, Cory Stearns, Devon Teuscher, Cassandra Trenary, James Whiteside, and Roman Zhurbin, opens at NYC’s Metropolitan Opera House.
Alex Edelman: Just for Us, written & performed by Edelman, directed by Adam Brace, opens at Broadway’s Haye’s Theatre.
Mrs. Doubtfire, by Karey Kirkpatrick, John O’Farrell & Wayne Kirkpatrick, directed by Jerry Zaks, featuring Gabriel Vick (Daniel Hilard), Carla Dixon-Hernandez (Lydia Hillard, Cameron Blakely (Frank Hillard), Marcus Collins (Andre), and Ian Talbot (Mr. Jolly), with Joshua Dever, Samuel Wilson-Freeman, Maria Garrett, Kiera Haynes, Adam Lyons, Lisa Mathieson, Ellie Mitchell, Matt Overfield, Tom Scanlon, Vicki Lee Taylor and Rebecca Donnelly, Amy Everett and Paulo Teixeira, opens at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre.
Notre Dame de Paris, directed by directed by Gilles Maheu, featuring Angelo Del Vecchio (Quasimodo), Elhaida Dani (Esmerelda), Daniel Lavoie (Frollo), Gian Marco Schiaretti (Gringoire), Jay (Clopin), Jérémy Amelin (Phoebus), and Alyzée Lalande (Fleur-de-Lys), with Robert Mariel, Jaime Bono, Eric Jetner, Philippe Tremblay, and Mike Lee, along with acrobats Jonathan Gajdane, Nathan Jones, Andrea Nevroz, Arek Szynal, Ivan Urbano, Lorenzo Arnouts, Antonio Balsamo, Giulia Barbone, Marina Barbone, Wilfried Bernard, Alessandra Berti, Rodolphe Duquesne, Giuseppe Marino, Gabriel Nabo, Alessia Papale, Sonia Picone, Valentin Piers, Anaïs Replumaz, Ivan Trimarchi, Vaia Venetis and Roberta Zegretti, opens at Lincoln Center‘s David H. Koch Theater.
The Gospel According to Heather, by Paul Gordon, directed & choreographed by Rachel Klein, featuring Katey Sagal, Lauren Elder, Badia Farha, Maria Habeeb, Darron Hayes, Jeremy Kushnier, Maya Lagerstam, Wayne Wilson, and Brittany Nicole Williams, with Armando Gutierrez, Georgia Kate Haege, Sarita Amani Nash, and Zach Rand, opens at Off-Broadway’s Theater 555.
Beauty and the Beast, directed by John Targatlia, featuring Ashley Blanchet (Belle), Ben Crawford (Beast), Claybourne Elder (Gaston), Ann Harada (Mrs. Potts), Kelvin Moon Loh (Lumiere), Eric Jordan Young (Cogsworth), Holly Ann Butler (Babette), Tommy Bracco (Lefou), Harrison White (Maurice), Debby Lennon (Madame de la Grande Bouche) and Michael Hobin (Chip) with Lori Barrett-Pagano, Devin Cortez, Matthew Davies, Duane Martin Foster, Nigel Jamal Hall, Bryan Thomas Hunt, Ryan Lambert, Samantha Littleford, Daniel Brooks McRath, Georgia Monroe, Rich Pisarkiewicz, Paris Porché Richardson, Heather Jane Rolff, Grace Marie Rusnica, Michael Santomassimo, Mark Saunders, Leann Schuering, Gordon Semeatu, Kelly Sheehan, Wesley Slade, Molly Stilliens, Meridien Terrell, Cameron Monroe Thomas and Kristen Welsh, opens at the St. Louis Muny.
Chrisitanne Noll in concert, at 7 PM at CA’s Coachella Valley Rep.
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The national tour of Randy Rainbow for President has announced its tour dates.
Click here for the complete schedule (scroll down).
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Gordon Greenberg & Steve Rosen’s Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors, will run Sept. 4 – Jan. 7, 2024 (opening Sept. 18) at New World Stages, directed by Greenberg.
Jordan Boatman, Arnie Burton, James Daly, Ellen Harvey, and Andrew Keenan-Bolger.
Bram Stoker’s horror classic gets a riotous makeover in this lightning-fast comedic reimagining that celebrates goth, camp, sexuality, and the magic of live theatre. This 90-minute, gender-bending, quick-change romp features a pansexual GenZ Count Dracula in the midst of an existential crisis. When he sets his sights on the brilliant young earth scientist Lucy Westfeldt, he meets his match for the first time – as well as a slew of other colorful characters including vampire hunter Jean Van Helsing, insect connoisseur Percy Renfield and behavioral psychiatrist Wallace Westfeldt, whose British country estate doubles as a free-range mental asylum. With a cast of brilliant quick take comedians, this Dracula will make you scream… with laughter.
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Shaun Cassidy: The Magic of a Midnight Sky continues through June 25 at NYC’s 54 Below.
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Allison Engel & Margaret Engel’s Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End will run July 29 – Aug. 20 (opening Aug. 4) at Cleveland Playhouse.
Allison Engel, Margaret Engel, and Pam Sherman.
The play draws its title from Bombeck’s popular “At Wit’s End” nationally syndicated column, which was published in 900 newspapers nationwide. The story recounts the voice of a generation of unheard homemakers who elevated their joys and struggles to a platform where they could be seen and heard.
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Red Bull Theater‘s Short New Play Festival 2023 , offering ten-minute plays, will take place Mon. June 26 at 7:30 PM at Off-Broadway’s Theater 555, as well as online.
Peter Gray, Delaney Kelly, Rachel Leopold, Craig Lucas, Maggie Lou Rader, Heather Raffo, Jaqui Shiol, and Frank Winters.
Sasha Loo Andrews, Shirine Babb, Renea Brown, Joe Holt, Ismenia Mendes, Tony Roach, and Jaqui Shiel.
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Video: Highlights from Encore’s Light in the Piazza at NY City Center.
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The world premiere of Michael Tucker’s A Tailor Near Me will run July 27 – Aug. 27 (opening July 29) at New Jersey Rep, directed by James Glossman.
Richard Kind and James Pickens Jr.
A man goes to a tailor to have his suit pants let out because he’s gained some weight since he last wore them. The tailor convinces him that what he really needs is a new suit, which leads to a negotiation, which leads to the making of a bespoke suit, which leads to alterations in both of their lives.
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Manhattan Concert Productions will present Stephen Schwartz & John Caird’s Children of Eden on Feb. 18, 2024 at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall, directed by Tony Yazbeck, with music direction by Kimberly Grigsby.
Auli’i Cravalho (Yonah), Nikki Renée Daniels (Eve/Mama Noah), Jordan Fisher (Cain/Japheth, Norm Lewis (Father), and Paul Alexander Nolan (Adam/Noah), and more TBA.
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Martyna Majok’s Ironbound will run July 14-16 at Hollywood’s Broadwater Second Stage, in support of WomenShelter of Long Beach,directed by Susan Leslie.
Matt Bushell, Shea Depmore, Isaiah Frazilus, and Dniel Shawn Miller.
At a bust stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant cleaning lady, is done talking about feelings; it’s time to talk money. Over the course of 20 years, three relationships, and three presidencies, Darja negotiates for her future with men who can offer her love or security, but never both.
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Video: “Love at the JCC” from Transparent the Musical
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Second Stage Theater‘s production of Danny Teiera’s Toros will run July 18 – Aug. 13 (opening Aug. 1) at the McGinn/Cazale Theater, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch.
Abubakr Ali, Frank Wood, and Juan Castano.
Three international late-20-somethings (and one dying golden retriever) hang out in a garage in Madrid. They smoke pitis, get drunk, argue about the music, and figure out what version of reality to believe in.
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Video: Andy Mientus, Krystina Alabado, and Noah J. Ricketts in rehearsal for Tick Tick… Boom at Bucks County Playhouse. The musical continues through July 19.
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Austen’s Pride: A New Musical of Pride and Prejudice in Concert, by Lindsay Warren Baker & Amanda Jacobs, will take place Thurs. June 29 at 8 PM at Carnegie Hall, directed by Igor Goldin, with music direction by Matt Perri, and choreography by Lisa Shriver. Tickets start as low as $22.
Mamie Parris (Jane Austen), Olivia Hernandez (Elizabeth Bennet), Andrew Samonsky (Fitzwilliam Darcy), Etai Benson (Charles Bingley), Delphi Borich (Lydia Bennet), Kaitlyn Davidson (Mary Bennet), Katie Dixon (Kitty Bennet/Georgiana Darcy), Carson Elrod (Mar. Collins/Mr. Gardiner), Jason Gotay (George Wickham/Tom Lefroy), Marina Kondo (Carline Bingley/Mrs. Gardiner), Emilie Kouatchou (Jane Bennet), Michele Ragusa (Mrs. Bennet), and Beth Leavel (Lady Catherine de Bourgh), with Matt Gibson, Cameron Loyal, Angel Lozada, and Lucas Thompson.
Jane Austen enters her most famous love story and embarks upon a journey of self-discovery. As the compelling story of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy unfolds, Austen learns to see both the story and herself in a new light.