Today’s Highlights:
Life of Pi, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti, directed by Max Webster, featuring Hiran Abeysekera (Pi), Brian Thomas Abraham (Cook/Voice of Richard Parker), Rajesh Rose (Father), Avery Glymph (Father Martin/Russian Sailor/Rear Admiral Jackson), Mahira Kakkar (Nurse/Amma/Orange Juice), Kirstin Louie (Lulu Chen), Salma Qarnain (Mrs. Biolog Kumar/Zaida Kahn), Sathya Sridharan (Mamajii/Pandit-Ji), Daisuke Tsuji (Mr. Okamoto/Captain), Sonya Venugopal (Rani), Fred Davis (Puppeteer), Andrew Wilson (Royal Bengal Tiger Richard Parker), and Scarlet Wilderink (Puppeteer), with Nikki Calonge, Fred Davis, Rowan Ian Seamus Magee, Jonathan David Martin, Betsy Rosen, Celia Mei Rubin, Scarlet Wildering, Mahnaz Damania, Jon Hoche, Usman Ali Mughal, Uma Paranipe, David Shih, and Adi Dixit, opens at Broadway’s Schoenfeld Theatre.
York Theatre Company‘s Vanities – The Musical, by Jack Heifner & David Kirshenbaum, directed by Will Pomerantz, featuring Jade Jones (Mary), Amy Keum (Kathy), and Hayley Podschun (Joanne), with Olivia Kaufmann, opens at Off-Broadway’s Theatre at Saint Jean’s.
Colin Quinn: Small Talk re-opens at Off-Broadway’s Greenwich House Theater.
Broadway the Calla Way concert, starring Liz & Ann Hampton Callaway, opens at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center.
Lillias White with Seth Rudetsky concert, at 7 PM at Beverly Hills’ The Wallis.
Joey Arias: Strange Resume concert, at 8:30 PM at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.
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Chicago’s Goodman Theatre has announced its 2023-24 season:
Lucha Teotl (Sept. 19 – Oct. 29), written & directed by Christopher Llewyn Ramirez & Jeff Colangelo. 
Pro wrestling bursts onto the stage in a high-octane, immersive 90-minute thrill ride.
The Nacirema society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years (Sept. 16 – Oct. 15), by Pearl Cleage, directed by Lili-Anne Brown. Every year since Emancipation, The Nacirema Society of Montgomery, Alabama introduces 6 elegant African American debutantes to a world of wealth, privilege, and social responsibility.For these young ladies, bus boycotts and freedom marches are less interesting than making a perfect entrance—or, plotting the perfect blackmail.
Highway Patrol (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18, 2024), world premiere by Jen Silverman, Dana Delany, Mike Donanhur, Dane Laffrey & Jen Silverman, directed by Donahue, starring Dana Delany. Part love story, part ghost story – crafted from hundreds of tweets and DMs. How far do we go to love and be loved.
The Matchbox Magic Flute (Feb. 10 – Mar. 10), world premiere adapted & directed by Mary Zimmerman, A brand new theatrical adaptation of Mozart’s beloved opera.
The Penelopiad (Mar. 2-31), by Margaret Atwood, directed by Susan V. Booth. An unexpected remix of Homer’s The Odyssey, satanically witty, and profoundly moving. It’s her turn. Penelope has waited 20 years for her husband to return from the Trojan War. Now, as authorial control of the famous story shifts to Odysseus’ long-suffering wife—and the 12 faithful maids who have long tended to her—we discover a new perspective on the domestic vigil.
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Apr. 13 – May 19), by August Wildon, directed by Chuck Smith.
Female Troubles, A Period Piece (June 25 – Aug. 4), b Curtis Moore, Amanda Green, Gabrielle Allan, and Jennifer Drittenden. Elinor Benton finds herself surprisingly and undeniably knocked up – and, since she’s unmarried and this is 19th century England, she has a very big problem.Facing devastating ruin, Elinor and her girlfriends set off on a raucous carriage trip to London seeking the services of Madame Restell, an infamous midwife who advertises cures for women with “female troubles.” Through the lens of the past, this original musical comedy comments on the present, asking the trenchant question, “Can You Believe This Sh*t’s Still Happening in 1810?”
English (May 10 – June 9), by Sanaz Toossi, directed by Hamid Dehghani. Four adult students in Karaj, Iran are studying fro the Test of English as a Foreign Language – the key to their green card, medical school admission or family reunification. Chasing fluency through a maze of word games, listening exercises and show-and-tell sessions, they hope that one day, English will make them whole. But it might be splitting them each in half.
A Christmas Carol (Nov. 18 – Dec. 31), the theatre’s 46th annual production, adapted by Tom Creamer, directed by Jessica Thebus, starring Larry Yando (Scrooge).
New Stages Festival (Nov.- Dec. dates TBA). Free production. Additional information TBA.
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Ebony Rep‘s Ain’t Misbehavin’ will run May 4-28 (opening May 6) at the Nate Holden PAC, directed by Wren T. Brown, with choreography by Dominique Kelley, and music direction by William Foster McDaniel.
Yvette Cason (Nell), Wilkie Ferguson III (Andre), Connie Jackson (Armelia), Marty Austin Lamar (Ken), and Natalie Wachen (Charlayne).
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Complete casting has been announced for the return of the 2022 London production of Grease, which will now run June 2 – Oct. 18 at the Dominion Theatre, directed again by Nikolai Foster, with choreography by Arlene Phillips, and music supervision by Sara Travis.
Dan Partridge (Danny), Olivia Moore (Sandy), and Jocasta Almgill (Rizzo), Louise Redkhapp (Teen Angel), Jason Donovan & Peter Andre (sharing the roles of Teen Angel), Soloman Davy (Kenickie), Callum Handerson (Roger), Katie Brace (Jan), Jake Reynolds (Doody), Ellie Kingdon (Marty), George Michaelides (Sonny), Olivia Foster-Browne (Frenchy), Jayd’n Tyrone (Eugene), Chloe Saunders (Patty Simcox), Katie Dunsden (Cha Cha), Liam McHugh (Johnny Casino), Darren Bennett (Vince Fontaine, and Rachel Stanley (Miss Lynch), with Michael Anderson, Alicia Belgrade, Kirsty Ingram, Jordan Isaac, D’Mia Lindsay-Walker, Carly Miles, Luke Redmore, Samuel Routley, Darcey Simmons, Sario Solomon, Joshua Steel, and Allana Taylor.
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Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre has announced its 2023-24 season:
The Incredible Book Eating Boy (July 1-23), by Madhuri Shekar, Christian Magby & Christian Albright A celebration of the joy of reading and the insatiable appetite for knowledge..
English (Aug. 16 – Nov. 17), by Sanaz Toosi. The play examines what opportunities are gained and identities lost when assimilating into a new culture.
The Shining (Sept. 15 – Oct. 1), by Paul Moravec & Mark Cambell. The piece has been theatrically adapted as a riveting opera.
Into the Burrow: A Peter Rabbit Tale (Oct. 14 – Dec. 23) world premiere by Mark Valdez.
A Christmas Carol (Nov. 11 – Dec. 24),
Furlough’s Paradise (Jan. 31 – Mar. 3, 2024), world premiere by a.k. payne. The play examines the dynamics that shape our lives and lead us to where we make our home.
Roob & Noob (Feb. 8-18), by Andy Gaukel. Meet Roob and Noob: two overly curious scientists who love nothing more than discovering something new.
A Tale of Two Cities (Feb. 21 – Mar. 17), world premiere adaptation by Brendan Pelsue). A radical reimagining that forces us to ask: Am I who I am because of my actions or the circumstances of my birth? Do I control my destiny? And where do we begin if we want to right the wrongs of history?
Fat Ham (Apr. 3 – May 12), by James Ijames The story of Juicy, a queer, Southern college kid, already grappling with some serious questions of identity, when the ghost of his father shows up at their backyard barbecue, demanding that Juicy avenge his murder.
The Preacher’s Wife (May 11 – June 9), by Tituss Burgess & Azie Dungey. A stirring new musical about the power of hope.
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Due to popular demand, additional performances of Bernadette Peters in Concert will run June 9-11 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
will go on sale Fri. Mar. 31 at 12 PM PT HERE.
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Jessica Dickey’s The Rembrandt will run Apr. 21 – May 14 at TheaterWorks Hartford, directed by Maria Mileaf.
Ephraim Birney (Dodger/Titus), Bill Buell (Simon/Homer), Michael Chenevert (Henry/Rembrandt), Brandon Espinoza (Jonny/Martin), and Amber Reauchean Williams (Madeline/Henny).
The play opens in a modern-day art museum, where three individuals yearn to experience firsthand the wonder and glory of Rembrandt’s work. When a museum guard decides to touch a famous Rembrandt painting, a remarkable journey, spanning centuries of human experience, begins.
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The world premiere of Tori Sampson’s This Land Was Made will begin previews May 18 and open June 4 at the Vineyard Theatre, directed by Taylor Reynolds.
Antoinette Crowe-Legacy (Sassy), Leland Fowler (Drew), Matthew Griffin (Troy), Sean Patrick Higgins (Officer Heanes), Yasha Jackson (Gail), Ezra Knight (Mr. Far), Julian Elijah Martinez (Huey), Curt Morlaye (Gene), Oliver Palmer (Officer Frey), and more TBA.
Set in a bar in Oakland in 1967, the play looks at a time when the city was a powder keg of social activism ready to boil over into radical action. How will the patrons of Miss Trish’s bar react when the “seductive and explosive force of revolution walks through the door?
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Chicago’s Goodman Theatre has announced its 2023-24 season:
The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years (Sept. 16 – Oct. 15), by Pearl Cleage, directed by Lili-Anne Brown.
Lucha Teotl (Sept. 29 – Oct. 29), written & directed by Christopher Llewyn Ramirez & Jeff Colangelo.
46th Annual A Christmas Carol (Nov. 18 – Dec. 31), adapted by Tom Creamer, directed by Jessica Thebus, starring Larry Yando (Scrooge).
The Matchbox Magic Flute (Feb. 10 – Mar. 10), world premiere adapted & directed by Mary Zimmerman.
Highway Patrol (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18, 2024), world premiere by Dana Delany, Mike Donahue, Dane Laffrey & Jen Silverman, directed by Donahue.
The Penelopiad (Mar. 2-31), by Margaret Atwood, directed by Susan V. Booth.
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Apr. 13 – May 19), by August Wilson, directed by Chuck Smith.
English (May 10 – June 9), by Sanaz Toossi, directed by Hamid Dehghani.
Female Troubles: A Period Piece (June 25 – Aug. 24), world premiere by Curtis Moore, Amanda Green, Gabrielle Allan & Jennifer Crittenden“