GRACE NOTES: Thursday, May 29, 2025

 

Today’s Highlights:

 

  Madame Clicquot: A Revolutionary Musical, by Lisette Glodowski & Richard C. Walter, directed & choreographed by Laurie Glodowski, featuring Victoria Frings (Barb-Nicole Clicquot Pnsardin), Kevi Massey (François Cliquot, and Paolo Montalban (Louis Bohne), opens at Pittsberg CLO.

 

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  Yasmina Reza’s Art will run Aug. 28 – Dec. 21 (opening Sept. 16) at the Music Box Theatre (link TBA), directed by Scott Ellis.

 

  James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris, Bobby Cannavale.

 

  Three friends argue over a painting.

 

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   Steve Ross will receive the 2025 Darrell Henline Award on Sat. June 21 at 7 PM at NYC’s Green Room, with music direction by Michael Lavine.

 

Peter Mintun, Karen Murphy, Eric Michael Gillett, Ron Spivak, Don Wiggans and, of course, Steve Ross himself.

 

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  Roundabout’s Broadway production of Bob Dylan & Conor McPherson’s Girl from the North Country will stream Fri. May 30 at 9 PM on PBS. Or watch now here.

 

   Todd Almond, Jeannette Bayardelle,  Colin Bates, Colin Bates, Colin Bates, Robert Joy, Craig Bierko, Luba Mason, Tom Nelis, Matt McGrath, Austin Scott, Austin Scott, Jay O. Sanders, and Mare Winningham.

 

  A group of wayward travelers lives intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life, and hope.

 

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   N. T.’s Otherkin will run Sept. 26 – Nov. 2.at North Hollywood’s Road Theater, directed by Christina Carlisi.

  TBA.

 

   14 year old Olive, who is part of the subculture Otherkin, is compelled by strange forces to help prepare for humanity’s end. Olive and her family are thrust into a roarous ride of epic proportions, confronting their pasts, perilous futures and the possibility of a destiny far greater than themselve

 

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   T   Steve Ross will receive the 2025 Darrell Henline Award on Sat. June 21 at 7 PM at NYC’s Green Room.  The event will be both live & livestreamed.

 

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  The  world premiere of Chaya Doswell’s Fostered continues through June 22 at the Pacific Resident Theatre, directed by Randy Weyman.

 

  Terri Davis, Katy Downing, Jillian Lee Garner, Hope Lauren, Hiram Murray,  Taubert Nadalini, Tony Pasqualini, and Satiar Pourvasei.

 

  An adult comedy about an unconventional family in Scarsdale, New York. Set in 2016, just prior to the election, and moving into 2017, parents Karen and Sandy Foster are ready and excited to make some big changes in their lives. Their plans are thwarted by their adult children who return home, one by one, beset with problems. Each family member is forced to take a good hard look at who they’ve been pretending to be. Karen and Sandy find a way to move ahead with their lives as they, and their children, learn to embrace their authentic selves…and oh, there’s vodka!

 

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 Backstage Babble Live!, with Charles Kirsch, has announced 2 upcoming concerts at 54 Below:

 

  Backstage Babble Live!  (Monday July 7 at 7 PM), with guests Jim Brochu, Meg Bussert, Penny Fuller, Sara Gettelfinger, Annie Golden, Simon Jones, Janine LaManna, Sally Murphy, Steve Ross, and Anna Zavelson … recreating songs that they’ve performed on or off Broadway.  here.

 

  54 Sings Wildcat (Monday, July 28  at 7 PM), by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, featuring Sara Gettelfinger, Annie Golden, Simon Jones, Janine LaManna, Sally Murphy, Steve ross, and Anna Zavelson. here.

 

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   The  world premiere of N.T. Vandecar’s Otherkin will run  Sept. 26 –  Nov. 2 at North Hollywood’s Road Theatre, directed by Christina Cirlasi.

 

  TBA.

 

  14 year old Olive, who identifies as part of the subculture Otherkin, is compelled by strange forces to help prepare for humanity’s end. Olive and her family are thrust into a roarous ride of epic proportions, confronting their pasts, perilous futures and the possibility of a destiny far greater than themselves.

 


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