Today’s Highlights:
Elton, Billy & Barry: They Write The Songs concert, starring Craig A. Meyer, at 8:30 PM at LA’s Catalina Jazz Club.
Trophy Boys, by Emmanuelle Mattana, directed by Danya Taymor, featuring Emmanuelle Mattna (Owen), Terry Hu (David), Louisa Jacobson Jared), and Esco Jouléy (Scott), begins previews at Off-Broadway’s MCC Theatre.
The Wedding Singer, by Chad Beguelin, Gim Herlihy & Matthew Sklar, directed by Michael Donovan, featuring Blake Jenner, Kay Cole, Hannah Sedlacek, Juliane Godfrey, Michael Austin Deni, Colin Huerta, Chris Bey, Natalie Holt MacDonald, and Whitney Kathleen Vigil. The company includes (in alphabetical order) Madison AiSanaye, Mike Baker, Lisa Dyson, Chris Ho, Liv Kaplan, Samantha Lawrence-Mata, Kailyn Leilani, Veronica Carolina Leite, Almand Martin Jr., Honza Pelichovský, Michael Wells, and Stephen Wilson, begins previews at Burbank’s Colony Theatre.
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The Drama Desk 2025 Award Winners:
Click here for the complete list of winners.
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The 2025-26 Broadway season has been announced here.
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The world premiere of Douglas Lyons & Ethan D. Pakchar’s Beau the Musical will run June 6 – July 27 (opening June 13) at 154 Christopher Street (formerly the New Ohio Theatre), directed by Josh Rhodes.
Matt Rodin (Ace Baker), Chris Blisset (Beau), Amelia Cormack (Raven), Andrea Goss (Nurse/Karina/Le-Ann), Cory Jeacoma (Ferris), Miyuki Miyagi (Daphney), Derek Stoltenberg (Dennis), and Matt Wolpe (Larry), with Seth Eliser, Tyler Donovan McCall, Pearl Phein, and Lauren Jeanne Thomas.
Ace Baker is a young, queer musician whose life is dramatically altered when he discovers his presumed deceased grandfather is actually alive. As Ace rushes to reconnect with Beau, his grandfather, family secrets and the power of music are revealed. The musical explores themes of self-discovery, family bonds, and finding your place in the world.
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Apology: On Instagram, Patti LuPone has responded to those criticizing her after a recent interview with the New Yorker. (read here):
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The complete list of the 2025 Drama Desk Award winners:
Click here for all the winners.
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Musical Theatre West (in CA’s Long Beach),has announced its 2026 season. Casting & creative teams TBA.
Man of LaMancha (Feb. 13 – Mar. 1)
In the Heights (Apr. 10 – 26),
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (July 10 – 26)
Little Women (Nov. 6-22)
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The new national tour of Hal Holbrook’s Mark Twain Tonight! will run Aug. 12-24 at CTs TheaterWorks Hartford, with creative consultation by Michael Wilson.
Richard Thomas.
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Video: The cast of Broadway’s Ragtime, starring Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy and Brandon Uranowitz, along with Nichelle Lewis, Colin Donnell, Ben Levi Ross, Shaina Taub, and Rodd Cyrus…. performs the title song.
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The massively huge list of Broadway shows opening in 2025, has been announced.
Click here for the complete list.
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Leslie Odom in concert will take place Wed. Aug. 13 at 7:30 PM at CA’s Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts,
A masterful fusion of Jazz and Soul.
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A staged concert production of Jeremy Desmon & Jeff Thomson Pump Up the Volume: The Musical will run July 6-15 at the Hudson Backstage Theatre, directed by Dave Solomon, with music direction Anthony Zediker.
Anthony Norman (Mark/Hard Harry), Jasiana Caraballo (Nora), Darvy Rose Byrnes (Paige), Aaron Gibbs (Mazz), Michele Ragusa (Loretta Cresswood), Robert Mammana (Lieutenant Hunter), Will Riddle (Malcolm), Amanda Angeles (Stacey), Madison Sprague (Tracy).Fri. June 6, at 8 PM
Sat, June 7 at 8 PM
Sun., June 8 at 3 PM
Fri. June 13 at 8 PM
Sat. June 14 at 2 & 8 PM
Sun., June 15 at 3 PM
The story of Mark, a teen outcast who rocks a small town after launching an underground pirate radio station, broadcasting nightly as a no-hold-barred shock jock. When tragedy strikes and the powers-that-be make him their scapegoat, this unlikely hero must cut through the static and find his true voice.**********************
The 4th annual Off Broadway Alliance, an organization of Off-Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, has announced that the 14th Annual Off-Broadway’s Alliance Awards will take place Tues. June 24 at 2 PM at NYC’s Sardis.
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Montego Glover will replace Audra McDonald as “Rose” in Gypsy from June 30 – July 6 at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre.
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Chaya Doswell’s Fostered will continue through July 20 at CA’s Pacific Resident Theatre, directed by Andrew D. Weyman.
Terry Davis (Karen Foster), Katy Downing (Alice Foster), Jillian Lee Garner (Maggie Foster), Hope Lauren (Rachel Foster), Hiram Murray (Daniel), Taubert Nadalin (Jeremy Foster), Tony Pasqualini (Sandy Foste), and Satiar Pourvasei as Shafeek.
Fire victims offer laughter in the aftermath of ashes. In an uncharacteristic and heartfelt departure from its celebrated canon of rare classical gems, Pacific Resident Theatre invites audiences to laugh, heal, and come together at Fostered—a vibrant contemporary comedy born from resilience and hope. After a new year marked by devastation from the Los Angeles fires—which claimed the homes of Director Andrew Weyman and some of the cast members—this production offers a much-needed breath of levity. With humor as its heartbeat, Fostered reminds us that even in the ashes, laughter has the power to rebuild.