Today’s Highlights:
The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival’s 32nd Anniversary Champagne Gala: A Toast To, Mitzi Gaynor, Nancy Cheryll Davis Bellamy, Dawn Didawick, Juanita Jennings, Elisa Bocanegra, and Juli Kim, hosted by Ted Lange & Margaret Avery, featuring Vannia Barguen, Karen A. Clark, and Ashley Gayle, at 6 PM at Hollywood’s Barnsdall Gallery Theatre (4800 Hollywood Bvd.)
New York Theatre Workshop‘s Becoming Eve, by Emil Weinstein, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, featuring Tommy Dorfman Chava), Judy Kuhn (Mami), Tedra Millan (Fraidy), Rad Pereira (Chesky), Justin Perkins (Puppeteer) Richard Schiff (tati) Brandon Uranowitz (Jonah), and Emma Wiseman (Puppeteer), begins previews at Off Broadway’s Abrons Art Center.
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New York Theatre Workshop‘s Becoming Eve, by Emily Weinstein, continues through Apr. 27 at Abrons Art Center, directed by Tyne Rafaeli.
Tommy Dorfman Chava), Judy Kuhn (Mami), Tedra Millan (Fraidy), Rad Pereira (Chesky), Justin Perkins (Puppeteer) Richard Schiff (tati) Brandon Uranowitz (Jonah), and Emma Wiseman (Puppeteer).
A week before the High Holidays, three rabbis find themselves in a room fighting to save a family by building a bridge between orthodoxy and modernity. One of these rabbis is Chava, the child of a dynastic Hasidic rabbinical family and destined to become a leader of the next generation before the revelation of her trans identity clashed explosively with the strictly gendered world in which she was raised. As we jump through memory—and wrestle with theology—truths and secrets emerge that ensure no one will read the old stories the same way again.
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Additional performers have been announced for MCC Theater‘s MISCAST 25, which will take place Mon. Apr. 7 at 7 PM ET at NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom, with music direction by Will Van Dyke.
And remember that there will also be a FREE worldwide broadcast on Mon. Apr. 21 at 7 PM ET HERE.
Raúl Esparza, Kecia Lewis, Ana Gasteyer, Adam Pascal, Megan Hilty, Helen J Shen, Nick Jonas, Jennifer Simard, Megan Hilty, Nick Jonas, Kecia Lewis, Helen J Shen, Tituss Burgess, Cole Escola, Jordan Fisher, Steven Pasquale, Nicole Scherzinger, Britton Smith, Phillipa Soo, Ephraim Sykes, Aaron Tveit, and Jordan Tyson.
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The Cherry Orchard, written & directed by Benedict Andrews, continues through Apr. 20 at Brooklyn’s BAM.
Nina Hoss (Lyubov Ranevskaya), and Adeel Akhtar (Lopakhin),
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Lincoln Center Theater will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Mon. May 19 with a Ruby Jubilee Gala on at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, directed by Jason Danieley, with music direction by Adam Rothenberg. The concert will feature songs from past LCT productions.
Roger Bart, Stephanie J. Block, Jason Robert Brown, Victoria Clark, Jordan Donica, Katie Finneran, Stephen Flaherty, Michael John LaChiusa, Marc Kudisch, Nathan Lane, Norm Lewis, Andrea Martin, Kelli O’Hara, Andrew Rannells, Anthony Rosenthal, Tally Sessions, Ted Sperling, Tracie Thoms, Leslie Uggams, Brandon Uranowitz, and Betsy Wolfe, with more TBA.
The event will also mark the departure of Artistic Director André Bishop, who is set to leave the role at the end of the current season, capping off a 33-year tenure. Lear deBessonet will succeed Bishop, with Bartlett Sher joining in the new role of executive producer.
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Joy Behar’s My First Ex-Husband has announced new casting at the MMAC Theatre, directed by Randal Myler.
(through Apr. 20): Veanne Cox, Jackie Hoffman, Carolyn McCormick and Andrea Navedo, with Joy Behar returning Apr. 11-13.
(Apr. 23 – May 18): Marilu Henner, Marsha Mason, Benja K Thomas, and Julia Sweeney.
Whether you’re happily coupled, cautiously committed, or considering changing the locks, relationships are complicated—and universally relatable. These stories are your stories, only funnier.
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Angry Alan, by Penelope Skinner & Don Mackay, will begin previews May 23 and open June 11 at Studio Seaview (formerly the Tony Kiser Theatre), directed by Sam Gold.
John Krasinski
Roger, a man adrift, discovers clarity at the hands of an online personality.
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LA’s Theatre West Writers New Works Workshop 2025 continues through Apr. 15 on Tuesdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 6 PM.
Click the link above for the complete schedule.
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Coleman Domingo & Patricia McGregor’s Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole will run Apr. 30 – June 15 (opening May 19) at New York Theatre Workshop, directed by Patricia McGregor.
Dulé Hill (Nat King Cole), Daniel J. Watts (Sammy Davis Jr.), Krystal Joy Brown, Kathy Fitzgerald, Christopher Ryan Grant, Ruby Lewis, Elliott Mattox, Kenita Miller, Mekhi Richardson, and Walter Russell III.
The play takes place on Dec. 17, 1957, the night of “The Nat “King” Cole Show‘s final broadcast. Despite being the voice that built Capitol Records, Nat “King” Cole’s groundbreaking television show was rejected by Madison Avenue, unwilling to sponsor America’s first black television host.
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The Kennedy Center’s upcoming concert production of Legally Blonde has been postponed. It was to have run June 13-22.
Broadway Center Stage artistic director Jeffrey Finn said “To be clear, this is not a Kennedy Center cancellation, and this is not due to any one person or persons involved with the show.”
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Atlantic Theater Company has announced that its 2024-25 season will resume now that the company has reached an agreement with IATSE.
I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan (Mar. 29 – Apr. 30), world premiere by Mona Pirnot, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll. One 69-year-old man plays four millennial women in a comedy (full of drama) about how to make a living as a playwright (or to try).
Grief Camp (Apr. 5-May 11), by Eliya Smith, directed by Les Waters, featuring Arjun Athalye (Bard), Maaike Laanstra-Corn (Blue), Jack DiFalco (Cade), Adlden Harris-McCoy (Guitarist), Renée-Nicole Powell: (Olivia), Dominic Gross (Gideon), Lark White (Ester), Danny Wolohan (Rocky), Amalia Yoo (No Hard Feelings), and Ignacio Diaz-Silverio (Primo), The play follows the journey of grieving children and teens as they attend a camp designed to provide a safe and supportive environment where they can connect with peers who understand their experiences, process their emotions, and learn coping skills, ultimately finding joy and hope amidst their grief.
A Freeky Introduction (May 16 – June 22), written by & starring NSangou Njikam, directed by Dennis A. Allen II. A mix of poetry, ministry, and magic
Lowcountry (June 4 – July 13), by Abby Rosebrock and directed by Jo Bonney. A twisted romcom about the psychic distress of looking for love in the digital age and the carceral state.
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The 2025 Encores! presentation of Kurt Weill & Alan Jay Lerner’s Love Life continues through Mar. 30 at NY City Center, directed by Victoria Clark, with choreography by JoAnn Hunter, and music direction by Rob Berman.
Sara Jean Ford (Miss Ideal Man), Clarke Thorell (Mr. Cynic), Andrea Rosa Guzman (Elizabeth Cooper), and Christopher Jordan (Johnny Cooper), with Kate Bailey, Jordan Barrow, Adam Bashian, Kerry Conte, John Harmon Cooper, Daniel Everidge, Nicole Fernandez-Coffaro, Ta’Nika Gibson, Joseph Ryan Harrington, Mary Illes, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Esther Lee, Cory Lingner, Cameron Loyal, Renni Anthony Magee, Robin Masella, Michael Milkanin, Kristin Piro, Nathan Andrew Riley, Heath Saunders, Daniel Schwait, Allyson Tucker, Nicholas Ward, and Minami Yusui.
A love story that takes place over 200 years of American history, through the eyes of a couple who never ages.