Today’s Highlights:
The Little Big Things, world premiere by Tom Ling & Joe White, directed by Luke Sheppard, featuring Ed Larkin (Man) Jonny Amies (Boy Henry Frasier), Linzi Hateley (Fran Fraser), Alasdair Harvey (Andrew Fraser), Jordan Benjamin (Dom), Rebecca Bowden (Surgeon), Jamie Chatterton (Tom), Tom Oliver (Marco), Malinda Parris (Dr. Graham), Cleve September (Will), and Amy Trigg (Agnes), with Stephen John Davis, Elena Pitsiaeli, George Galmon, Amy West, and Joseph Wolff, opens at London’s SoHo Place.
Death, Let Me Do My Show, created & performed by Rachel Bloom, directed by Seth Barrish, opens at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre.
Every Brilliant Thing, by Duncan Macmillan & Jonny Donahoe, directed by Colm Summers, featuring Daniel K. Isaac, opens at LA’s Geffen Playhouse.
Evita, directed by Sammi Cannold, featuring Shereen Pimentel (Evita), Gabriel Burrafato (Magaldi), Omar Lopez-Cepero (Che), Caesae Samayoa (Perón), Naomi Serrano (Mistress), and Eddie Gutiérrez (Young Cadet), with Melissa Parra, Ariadne Rose, Martin Almiron, Julian Alvarez, Adrienne Balducci, Leah Barsky, Bianca Bulgarelli, Camila Cardona, Melody Celatti, Esteban Domenichini, Rebecca Eichenberger, Sean Ewing, Nicole Fernandez-Coffaro, David Michael Garry, Eric Anthony Lopez, Jonatan Luján, Caleb Marshall-Villareal, Ilda Mason, Jeremiah Valentino Porter, Leonay Reina, Alysia Velez, Marissa Barragán, Jorge Guerra, Isabella Bria Lopez, and Ángel Lozada, opens at DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company.
Melissa Etheridge: My Window on Broadway, directed by Amy Tinkham, begins previews at Broadway’s Circle in the Square.
Sanctuary City, by Martyna Majok, directed by Steph Paul, featuring Kennedy Lewis, Brandon Rivera and Jocelyn Zamudio, begins previews at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre.
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate will begin previews Nov. 28 and open Dec. 18 at the Hayes Theatre, directed by Lila Neugebaur.
Sara Paulson (Toni), Corey Stoll (Bo), Natalie Gold, Alyssa Emily Marvin, and more TBA.
It’s summer, the cicadas are singing, and the Lafayette family has returned to their late patriarch’s Arkansas home to deal with the remains of his estate. Toni, the eldest daughter, hopes they’ll spend the weekend remembering and reconnecting over their beloved father. Bo, her brother, wants to recoup some of the funds he spent caring for Dad at the end of his life. But things take a turn when their estranged brother, Franz, appears late one night, and mysterious objects are discovered among the clutter. Suddenly, long-hidden secrets and buried resentments can’t be contained, and the family is forced to face the ghosts of their past.
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Video: Highlights from The Twelve at Goodspeed, featuring Akron Lanier Watson (Pete), Wonzhā Johnson (Andrew), Wesley Taylor (Tom), Etai Benson (Jimmy), Gregory Treco (Simon), Kyle Scatliffe (John), Kelvin Moon Loh (James), Mel Johnston Jr. (Tee), Brandon J. Ellis (Phil), Rob Morrison (Bart), F. Michael Haynie (Matt), Adrienne Walker (Mags), and Rema Webb (Mother Mary)
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Broadway Forever, a series of free pop-up concerts in New York City, will take place Sun. Sept. 17 at 11 AM at Plaza de Las Americas (651 W. 175th St.) and Sun. Sept. 24 at Lou Gehrig Place (East 161st St., Grandview Place in the Bronx).
Casey Cott, Charity Angél Dawson, Jordan Fisher, Olivia Holt, Cheyenne Jackson, Christopher Jackson, Alexis Michelle, Adam Pascal, Jelani Remy, Rachel Webb, Lili Thomas, Sean Bell, Danny Kornfeld, Zal Owen, Eric Peters, Blake Roman, Steven Telsey, Aaron Alcaraz, Jaygee Macapugay, Jacqueline B. Arnold, Heather Makalani, David Merino, Kelsey Orem, Kayla Pecchioni, and more TBA.
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York Theatre will present Ernest Kinoy & Walter Marks’ Golden Rainbow: The Musical Sept. 23 – Oct. 1 at Theatre at St. Jeans, directed by Stuart Ross, with music direction by David Hancock Turner.
Felipe Barbosa Bombanato, Jonathan Brody, Nick Cearley, Robert Cuccioli, Mara Davi, Max von Essen, Danielle Lee Greaves, Jillian Louis, Gina Milo, Benjamin Pajak, Maria Wirres, and more TBA.
A man lives in Las Vegas, raising his son alone; his late wife’s sister arrives and tries to bring stability to the boy’s life, but unintentionally falls in love with her brother-in-law.
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An Evening with Steve Ross will take place Tues. Sept. 26 at 6:30 PM at Boston’s Josephine’s at Club Cabaret.
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Elton John, Shaina Taub & Kate Wetherhead’s The Devil Wears Prada will open in the West End in October 2024, directed & choreographed by Jerry Mitchell.
Casting, dates, theater and additional information TBA.
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Jamie deRoy & Friends will take place Mon. Oct. 23 at 7 PM at NYC’s Birdland, in support the The Entertainment Community Fund, directed by Barry Kleinbort, with music direction by Ron Abel.
Tony Danza, nikki M. James, Daisy Jopling, Nicolas King, Seth Sikes, and Steven Scott.
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Video: Listen to the concert presentation of Nico Juber’s Mellennials Are Killing Musicals, featuring Kristolyn Lloyd, Max Crumm, Jakeim Hart, Tiffany Engen, and Syndi Beaudoin, with Diana Huey, Sheri Sanders, and Jae W.B.
Brenda is a single and struggling millennial mom who wants to be as good at “adulting” as other moms on social media and the seemingly perfect mom of her daughter’s classmate. Just when she’s ready to take on the challenge, Brenda’s younger sister and social media influencer Katrina shows up on her doorstep eight months pregnant.
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East West Players will present Spring Awakening Oct. 26 – Nov. 19 (opening Oct. 29) at the David Henry Hwang Theater, directed by Tim Dang, with choreography by Preston Mui, and music direction by Marc Macalintal.
Tamlyn Tomita, Daniel Blinkoff, Mia Semertegui, Thomas K. Winter, Marcus Phillips, Madison Grepo, Tamlyn Tomita, Daniel Blinkoff, Georg Zirschnitz, Jaylen Baham, James Everts, Genki Hall, Sarah Marie Hernandez, Justine Rafael, Eric Renna, Leianna Weaver, CJ Cruz, Evan Pascual, and Kay Sibal.
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Tadeusz Stobodzienek’s Our Class will run Jan. 12 – Feb. 4 (opening Jan. 18) at BAM, directed by Igor Golyak.
Andrey Burkovskiy, Jack DiFalco, José Espinosa, Tess Goldwyn, Will Manning, Alexandra Silber, and Richard Topol.
The play follows ten Polish classmates, five Jewish and five Catholic, growing up as playmates, friends, and neighbors, who then turn on one another with life and death consequences. Inspired by real life events surrounding a horrific 1941 pogrom in the small village of Jedwabne, the play follows their lives from childhood through eight decades of upheaval.
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The Foundation for New American Musicals will present its 2023 FNAM Benefit Concert on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 2 PM at a private residence in the Pacific Palisades. 
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Jason Robert Brown, Georgia Stitt, and Marcia Seligson.
Billy Crystal.
TBA.
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Steven Brinberg’s Simply Barbra tour has announced its UK concert tour. Note: Links not yet available.
Crazy Coqs (London) Oct. 118, 18, 23
The Curve (Slough) Oct. 12
Berkhamsted (Centenary) Oct. 14
Manchester (Sonata), Oct. 15
Winchester (Theatre Royal), Oct. 20
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Broadway Forever, a series of free pop-up concerts and community service opportunities, will return for a second year with events in Manhattan and the Bronx.
(both begin at 11 AM)
Sept. 17 (Plaza de Las Americas – 651 W. 175th St.)
Sept. 24 (Lou Gehrig Plaza east 161st St.)
Casey Cott, Charity Angél Dawson, Jordan Fisher, Olivia Holt, Cheyenne Jackson, Christopher Jackson, Alexis Michelle , Adam Pascal, and Jelani Remy, along with Rachel Webb, Lili Thomas, Sean Bell, Danny Kornfeld, Zal Owen, Eric Peters, Blake Roman, Steven Telsey, Aaron Alcaraz, Jaygee Macapugay, Jacqueline B. Arnold, Heather Makalani, David Merino Kelsey Orem, and Kayla Pecchioni. 
Not all artists will perform at both events.
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Adam Guettel & Craig Lucas’ Days of Wine and Roses will transfer from Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theatre to Broadway’s Studio 54, to run Jan. 6, 2024 – Apr. 28 (opening Jan. 28), directed byMichael Greif, with choreography by Sergeio Trujillo and music direction by Kimberly Grigsby.
Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James, with more TBA.
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The National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced directors & musical directors for the 35th annual Festival of New Musicals, to run Oct. 26-27 at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages.
Directors: Rebecca Aparicio, Dev Bondarin, Catie Davis, Bo Frazier, Kimille Howard, Jess McLeod, Leora Morris, and Abbey O’Brien.
Music Directors: Kurt Crowley, Andrea Grody, Jesse Kissel), Lily Ling, Anessa Marie, Patrick Sulken, and Alyssa Kay Thompson.
The industry-only event showcases 45-minute concert adaptations of new musicals in the final stages of development for producers and artists from around the world, helping them to find future life and development at regional theatres across the U.S. and the globe.