Today’s Highlights:
The Normal Heart, by Larry Kramer, directed by Dominic Cooke, featuring Ben Daniels (Ned Weeks), Robert Bowman, Richard Cant, Liz Carr, Jonathan Dryden Taylor, Dino Fetscher, Daniel Krikler, Daniel Monks, Elander Moore, Luke Norris, Henry Nott, Lucas Rush, Freddie Stabb, Samuel Thomas, and Danny Lee Wynter, opens at London’s Olivier Theatre.
What the Constitution Means to Me, by Heidi Schreck, directed by Oliver Butler, featuring Cassie Beck, Mike Iveson, and Jocelyn Shek a& Emilyn Toffler (alternating as the student). resumes its national tour at Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theatre.
F.I.R.E., world premiere by Julia Blauvelt, directed by Heather Arnson, featuring Jeffrey Bean, Kierra Bunch, Nathaniel P. Claridad, Ella Dershowitz, Aarom Matteson, Nygel D. Robinson, and Carol Todd, begins streaming at New Normal Rep.
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A new production of Macbeth will begin previews Mar. 29, 2022 and open Apr. 28 at the Lyceum Theatre, directed by Sam Gold.
Daniel Craig (Macbeth) and Ruth Negga (Lady Macbeth), with more TBA.
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Play-PerView will present a live & livestreamed reading of Talene Monahon’s JANE ANGER, that Cunning Woman, and also of Willy Shakespeare and his Peasant Companion, Yes, and Also of Anne Hathaway (also a Woman) Who Tried Very Hard on Mon. Oct. 18 at 7 PM ET at NYC’s Caveat (21 Clinton Street), directed by Jaki Bradley.
Michael Urie, Danaya Esperanza, Talene Monahon, and Ryan Spahn.
It’s 1606 and William Shakespeare is stuck in quarantine with his unpaid apprentice, Francis. It would be a GREAT time to write King Lear… if he weren’t plagued with writer’s block. In through the window climbs Jane Anger, the Cunning Woman, with a large sack and a mind to change history forever.
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Red Bull Theater will present Jeffrey Hatcher’s new adaptation of The Alchemist Nov. 7 – Dec. 19 (opening Nov. 21) at New World Stages, directed by Jesse Berger.
Nathan Christopher, Stephen DeRosa, Carson Elrod, Manoel Feliciano, Teresa Avia Lim, Jacob Min-Trent, Louis Mustillo, Reg Rogers, Jennifer Sánchez, and Allen Tedder.
A forerunner of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and the life, this delectable confection of con artists and buffoons on the make is in love with (and makes hilarious fun of) the foibles of all people — especially with the alchemical trickery of actors and the magic of theater itself. In Jeffrey Hatcher’s fantastic (and even more farcical) new version, it some to contemporary life sans scholastic dust, plus and extra comic twist… Or twelve. London. 1606. It’s plague time again. When a wealthy gentleman flees to the country, his trusted servant opens his house to a pair of con artists and sets up a den of criminal capitalism. Claiming alchemical powers, the quick-witted trio fleece an onslaught of greedy sheep with their vituosic ability to improvise amidst increasingly frantic comings and goings.
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Video: Aladdin, Lion King and Frozen celebrated the return of Broadway on yesterday’s “The View.”
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Broadway Records has announced the release of “Original Music from The Lehman Trilogy,” featuring a score by Nick Powell and performed live at each performance by Candid Caldicot.
Video: Nick Powell and Candida Caldicot discuss the score.
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Company will premiere Nov. 17 – Dec. 30 (dates TBA), at Malaga, Spain’s Soho CaixaBank Theatre, directed by Antonio Banderas, with music direction by Díez Boscovich.
Antonio Banderas (Bobby), Maria Adamuz, Roger Berruezo, Alber Bolea, Lorena Calero, Lydia Fairén, Dulcinea Juárez, Silvia Luchetti, Anna Moliner, July Möller, Paco Morales, Marta Ribera, Carlos Seguí. Rubén Yuste, Nando González, Pepa Lucas, Beatriz Mur, Mariola Peña, and Ángel Saavedra.
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The Rehearsal Club, the legendary boarding house for young actresses that inspired Edna Ferber & George S. Kaufman’s play Stage Dorre, is getting a revival — not a stage production, but a new sanctuary for young women aspiring to careers in the performing arts in New York City.
Through an agreement with the historic Webster Apartments (419 West 24th STreet), adjacent to the Hudson Yards, affordable room and board plus and abundance of services (from laundry to wi-fi) will be available in a Rehearsal Club Wing.
Notable residents of the legendary sanctuary include Carol Burnett, Blythe Danner, Sandy Duncan, Diane Keaton, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Darlow, Margaret Sullavan, Shirley Booth, Audrey & Jane Meadows, among countless others.
Between 1913 and its closing on West 53rd Street in NYC in 1979, The Rehearsal Club became a part of American theatre history for providing affordable housing and a safe haven for thousands of women in all areas of the performing arts.
In 2006 a new era of The Rehearsal Club was born and began to grow as TRC alums gathered to celebrate and preserve its legacy, and to support aspiring artists with coaching, mentoring and inspiration. Passing on values instilled by cherished memories at TRC of earlier years seemed natural.
There will be a competitive admissions program offered across the nation to young, talented, aspiring women seriously seeking a career in the performing arts. TRC residents will be selected according to talent, passion, and commitment. Total monthly rent, full board and all services will not exceed $1400; financial assistance is available according to need.
The Rehearsal Club welcomes applications from all young women who wish to pursue their dream of a career in the performing arts. As TRC alum Carol Burnett says, “When you have a dream that big, you have to go for it.”
Click here for all services offered and how to apply.
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A digital lottery for Broadway’s Thoughts of a Colored Man at the Golden Theatre, begins today here.
* Lottery tickets are $39.
* Available performances will be posted on the lotter link above, as early as 12 AM ET the day before the performance, and close at 3 PM ET the day before the performance.
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Complete casting has been announced for Company, which will run Nov. 17 – Dec. 30 at Malaga’s Soho CaixaBank Theater, directed by Anthonio Banderas. with music direction by Arturo Díez Boscovich.
Antonio Banderas (Bobby), María Adamuz, Roger Berruezo, Albert Bolea, Lorena Calero, Lydia Fairén, Dulcinea Juárez, Silvia Luchetti, Anna Moliner, Julie Möller, Paco Morales, Marta Ribera, Carlos Seguí, Rubén Yuste, and Nando González, with Pepa Lucas, Beatriz Mur, Mariola Peña, and Ángel Saavedra.
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Video: Paper Mill Playhouse‘s 2021 New Voices Concert (1:03:08)
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The Public Theater has delayed its first preview of the world premiere of Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey & Kwame Kwei-Armah’s The Visitor, and will now begin Oct. 14 and open Nov. 7, directed by Daniel Sullivan, with choreography by Loren Latarro, and music direction by Meg Zervoulis.
David Hyde Pierce (Walter), Ari’el Stachel (Tarek) Jacqueline Antaramian (Mouna), Alysha Deslorieux (Zainab), Robert Ariza, Anthony Chan, Delius Doherty, C.K. Edwards, Will Erat, Brandon Espinoza, Sean Eweing, Crystal Joy, Marla Louissaint, Ahmad Macsoud, Sahar Milani, Dimitri Joseph Moïse, Takafumi Nikaido, Paul Pontrelli, Katie Terza, and more TBA.
Widowed and living alone, Walter is a college professor whose life has lost a sense of purpose, When Tarek, a vivacious drummer, and Zainab, an iron-willed jewelry maker, enter his life in the most unexpected circumstances, Walter is swept up into their struggle to stay in an America that they have made their home, but seeks to cast them out.
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Initial casting has been announced for the national tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, which will premiere Feb. 26 at Chicago’s Nederlander Theatre, directed by Alex Timbers. Click here for the tour schedule.
Courtney Reed (Satine) and Conor Ryan (Christian), with more TBA.
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Due to a cast member testing positive for COVID-19, Second Stage Theatre has postponed the opening night of Rajiv Joseph’s Letters of Suresh, originally scheduled for Oct. 4, and is now rescheduled to open on Tues. Oct. 12 at the Kiser Theatre, directed by May Adrales.
Ali Ahn, Ramiz Monsef, Kellie Overbey, and Thom Sesma.
Intimate mysteries through a series of letters between strangers, friends, daughters, and lovers — many with little in common but a hunger for human connection. Sending their hopes and dreams across oceans and years, they seek peace in one another while dreaming of a city once consumed by the courage of war.
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Video: Sneak peak of Broadway’s Lackawanna Blues, written by & starring Ruben-Santiago-Hudson.
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Theatre Communications Group has announced the publication of Lynn Nottage’s Mlima’s Tale.
The play was originally developed and produced by The Public Theater, with a premiere in 2018.
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Due to a breakthrough of COVID-19 cases in the company, last night’s performance of Aladdin (it’s first return performance) was cancelled at Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre. This was only the 2nd performance after returning to Broadway.
An announcement about the return of the musical will be made later today.
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Australia’s Sydney Theatre Company will return with the final two productions of its 2021 season:
Julius Caesar (Nov. 15 – Dec. 24), directed by Kip Williams, performed by a cast of three playing all the roles — Geraldine Hakewill, Ewen Leslie, and Zahra Newman.
Death of a Salesman (Dec. 3-23), directed by Paige Rattray, featuring Jacek Koman (Willy Loman), Callan Colley, Thuso Lekwape, Josh McConville, Philip Quast, Bruce Spence, Helen Thomson, Contessa Treffone, Kimie Tsukakoshi, Brigid Zengeni, and Alan Zhu.
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Video: Amanda Kloots dances a foxtrot in tribute to Nick Cordero on “Dancing with the Stars.“