Today’s Highlights:
Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares solo show, directed by Annie Tippe, opens at Off-Broadway’s Minetta Lane Theater.
Bring Them Back, written & directed by David Willinger, featuring Paul Korzinski (Paul), Carole Forman (Trudy), opens at Off-Broadway’s Theatre for the New City.
Williamstown Theatre Festival Summer Season opens.
Waitress, directed by Abbey O’Brien, featuring Desi Oakley (Jenna), Jimmy ray Bennett (Cal), Matt DeAngelis (Earl), Ben Jacoby (Dr. Pomatter), Gizel Jiménez (Dawn), Kennedy Kanagawa (Ogie), Maiesha McQueen (Becky), and Cleavant Dirricks (Joe), with Matthew Curiano, Daniela Durbin, Sam Hartley, Renee Jackson, Andrew Burton Kelley, Gabriella Marzetta, Thabitha Moruthane, Julia Rippon, Jake Urban, Chelsea Williams, and Evelyn Woodma, opens at ME’s Ogunquit Playhouse.
Winesday: The Wine Tasting Musical, by Jenne Wason & Josheph Benoit, directed by Jamibeth Margolis, featuring Dawn Cantwell, Jennifer Diamond, Debra Thais Evans, Shannen Hofheimer, Amanda Lea Lavergne and Michael Valvo, with with Suzanne Dressler, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Jerry Orbach Theater.
An Evening with Jason Robert Brown concert & conversation, with special guests Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer and Mykal Kilgore, at 7:30 PM at NYC’s 92NY.
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A concert staging of Bonnie & Clyde The Musical: Filmed Live at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane, will be available to stream on-demand HERE, beginning Mon. June 24 at 9 AM (ET), directed by Nick Winston, with music direction by Katy Richardson,
Jeremy Jordan (Clyde), Frances Mayli McCann (Bonnie), George Maguire (Buck), Natalie McQueen (Blanche), Trevor Dion Nicholas (Preacher), Liam Tamne (Ted), Casey Al-Shaqsy (Stella), Simon Anthony (Cop/Bud/Archie/Deputy Johnson, Gillian Bevan (Cummie Barrow/Eleanor), Eloise Davies (Trish), Adrian Grove (Henry Barrow), Debbie Kurup (Governor Miriam Ferguson), Matthew Malthouse (Bob Alcorn), Jeremy Secomb (Judge/Sheriff Schmid), Russell Wilcox (Captain Frank Hamer), and Julie Yammanee (Emma Parker).
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NAATCO will present the world premiere of reid tang’s Isabel, to run June 14 – July 6 (opening June 20) at Abrons Arts Center, directed by Kedian Keohan.
Sagan Chen, Haruna Lee, and NiNi.
Matt is fixing up a cheap old house in the middle of nowhere; then Harriet and Isabel show up unannounced, bringing news about mysterious abandoned staircases in the forest, a backpack named Loaves, and the uncannily human screams of mountain lions.
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Sugar Daddy, written & performed by Sam Morrison, will run Sept. 20 – Oct. 13 at Beverly Hills’ Wallis Annenberg Center, directed by Stephen Brackett.
The work sees the artist grappling with the death of his partner from COVID-19, and transforming his grief into humor on a journey of love, loss, diabetes, seagull attacks, and a few extraordinary coincidences.
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(Live & Livestreamed): Another Opening, Another Debut! – Broadway Debuts of the 2023-24 Season will take place Mon. May 13 at NYC’s 54 Below, with music direction by Drew Wutke.
Dan Berry (The Outsiders), Will Branner (Back To The Future),
Tsilala Brock (Suffs), Leana Rae Concepcion (Merrily We Roll Along), Nicole Ferguson (Days of Wine and Roses), Hillary Fisher (The Notebook), Christina Jones (The Wiz), Loren Lester (Cabaret), Liam Pearce (How To Dance In Ohio), and Eric Peters (Harmony).
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Donald Rupe’s From Here will run June 27 – August 11 (opening June 29) at the Signature Theatre, directed by Rupe.
Blake Aburn (Daniel), Becca Southworth (Becca), Omar Cardona (Ricky), and more TBA.
Set in 2016, From Here tells the story of Daniel, a 30-something gay man on his journey through life, love, and family when the horrific shooting at Pulse Nightclub changes his hometown, and him, forever.
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The Lion King Live to Film Concert will take place May 24-25 at the Hollywood Bowl.
Heather Headley, Lebo M, Jeremy Irons, Nathal Lane, Ernie Sabella, Jason Weaver, Billy Eichner, Bfadley Gibson, and Jennifer Hudson, and more TBA.
The evenings will feature a screening of the movie with a live orchestra playing Hans Zimmer’s score, plus performances from the event’s special guests.
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Broadway Talkback with Kevin Chamberlin will take place Wed. May 15 at 7:30 PM at Burbank’s Victory Theatre Center.
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Troubadour Theatre Company’s Duran Durantony & Cleopatra, adapted & directed by Matt Walker, will run June 6-16 (0pening June 7) at Burbank’s Colony Theatre.
Beth Kennedy, Rick Batalla, Mike Sulprizio, Cloie Wyatt Taylor, John Paul Batista, Katie Kitani, Mark McCracken, Philip McNiven, Suzanne Jolie.
Watch the Troubies COME UNDONE as they tell the twisted tale of love, lust, and sharp objects where the RIO GRANDE becomes the Nile.
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We’re Not Your Cup of Tea, in support of LA’s Theatre West and Asian American Drug Addiction Program, will take place Sat. May 11 at 8 PM at Theatre West.
Evie Abat, Cyndy Fujikawa, Marcel Licera, Meg Lin, Pamela Najera, Apoorva, and Xtina.
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Nicki Haris: A Mother’s Day Celebration will take place Sun. May 12 at 8:30 PM at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.
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Broadway Talkback with Kevin Chamberlin will take place Wed. May 15 at 7:30 PM at Burbank’s Victory Theatre Center.
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Renaissance Theater Company will present Donald Rupe’s From Here, to run June 27 – Aug. 11 at the Signature Center, directed by Rupe.
Blake Aburn (Daniel), Becca Southworth (Becca), and Omar Cardona (Ricky).
Set in 2016, From Here tells the story of Daniel, a 30-something gay man on his journey through life, love, and family when the horrific shooting at Pulse Nightclub changes his hometown, and him, forever.
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City Center Encores! will present Titanic July 11-13, directed by Anne Kauffman, with choreography by Danny Mefford, and music direction by Rob Berman.
Jose Llana (Thomas Andrews), Chuck Cooper (Captain E.J. Smith), Eddie Cooper (Henry Etches), Drew Gehling (Edgar Beane), Ramin Karimloo (Frederick Barrett), Emilie Kouatchou (Caroline Neville), Judy Kuhn (Ida Straus), Bonnie Milligan (Alice Beane), Brandon Uranowitz (J. Bruce Ismay), Samantha Williams (Kate McGowan), Shereen Ahmed (Kate Murphey), Ashley Blanchet (Kate Mullins), Adam Chanler-Berat (First Officer Murdoch), Andrew Durand (Jim Farrell), Alex Joseph Grayson (Harold Bride), Jo Lampert (Bellboy), Nathan Salstone (Fredrick Fleet), A.J. Shively (Charles Clarke), and Chip Zien (Isador Straus).
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Ssteve Antin’s Burlesque the Musical will run June 13-29 at the Glasgow Theatre Royal.
Jackie Burns (Tess), Jess Folley (Ali Rose), Todrick Hall (Sean), George Maguire (Vince), Michael Mather (Jackson) and Nina Ann Nelson (Nikki/alternate Ali Rose), with Joe Atkinson, Jade Albertsen, Callum Aylott, Evonnee Bentley-Holder, Lucy Campbell, Lewis Easter, Yasmin Harrison, Elly Jay, Billie-Kay, Stefan Lagoulis, Hollie-Ann Lowe, Callum MacDonald, Alessia McDermott, Tom Mussell, Ian Oswald, Amber Pierson, Jess Qualter, Tom Scanlon, Ope Sowande, B Terry, and Lily Wang.
Ali heads to New York in search of her mother, and finds herself drawn into a dazzling underground world where the beat of the music and the heat of the dance moves will change her life forever.