Today’s Highlights:
4000 Miles, by Amy Herzog, directed by David Kennedy, featuring Mia Dillon (Vera Joseph), Clay Singer (Leo Joseph-Connell), Lea DiMarchi (Bec), and Phoebe Holden (Amanda), opens at CT’s Westport Country Playhouse.
“Cinderella: The Reunion” 25th anniversary live watch party, featuring Brandy, Whoopi Goldberg, Paolo Montalban, Victor Garber, Bernadette Peters, Jason Alexander, and Veanne Cox, airs at 8 PM on ABC.
Treason the Musical in Concert, by Ricky Allan & Allan Kieran Lynn, directed by Hannah Chissick, featuring Carrie Hope Fletcher (Martha Percy), Bradley Jaden (Thomas Percy), Simon-Anthony Rhoden (Robert Catesby), Les Dennis (Robert Cecil), Emilie Louise Israel (Eleanor Brooksby), Rebecca Lachance (Anne Vaux), Daniel Boys (King James), Cedric Neal (Earl of Northumberland), Waylon Jacobs (Jack Wright), Adam Pearce (Thomas Wintour), and Debris Stevenson (Narrator), closes at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
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The world premiere of Ed. Weinberger’s Two Jews Talking, currently in previews, will open Aug. 29 at Theatre at St. Clements, directed by Dan Wackerman.
Hal Linden and Bernie Kopell
A hilarious romp through time. Two one-act plays bring Lou and Bud together in the Biblical past, and Phil and Marty together in contemporary Long Island. They philosophize about women, sex, food, the divine, and destiny in this tale of companionship and friendship.
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NYC’s 92Y has announced its Fall Conversations & Performances: Too many to list here — click on the links below to learn more.
Live Events. Click here.
On Demand. Click here.
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A new revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun will run Sept. 27 – Nov. 6 (opening Oct. 19) at The Public Theater, directed by Robert O’Hara.
Francois Battiste (Walter Lee Younger), Toussaint Battiste (Travis Younger alternate), John Clay III (Joseph Asaggi), Calvin Dutton (Bobo), Mister Fitzgerald (George Murchison), Perri Gaffney (Mrs. Johnson), Paige Gilbert, Mandi Masden (Ruth Younger), Camden McKinnon Travis Younger alternate), Jesse Pennington (Karl Lindner), Tonya Pinkins (Lena Younger), with Skyler Gallun and N’yomi Stewart.
Lena Younger has decided to use her late husband’s life insurance to move her family out of their cramped apartment on Chicago’s South Side. Her son, Walter Lee, has other ideas.
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Porchlight Music Theatre will present Rent Oct. 29 – Nov. 27 (opening Nov. 3) at Chicago’s Ruth Page Center for the Arts, directed by Adrian Abel Azevedo, with choreography by Laura Savage, and music direction by Michael McBride.
Lucy Godinez (Maureen Johnson), Teressa LaGamba (Joanne Jefferson), Eric Lewis (Tom Collins), David Moreland (Mark Cohen), Alix Rhode (Mimi Marquez), Abraham Shaw (Benjamin “Benny” Coffin III), Josh Pablo Szabo (Antel Dumott Schunard), and Shraga D. Wasserman (Roger Davis), with Bridget Adams-King, Anthony Clerg, Naphtali Curry, Leah Davis, Caitlin Dobbins, Nick Johnson, Chris Khoshaba, and Nik Kmiecik.
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Merrily We Roll Along will run Nov. 21 – Jan. 8, 2023 (opening Dec. 12) at New York Theatre Workshop, directed by Maria Friedman, with choreography by Tim Jackson.
Jonathan Groff (Franklin), Lindsay Mendez (Mary), Daniel Radcliffe (Charley), and more TBA.
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The 2nd annual Antonio Awards (celebrating the best in Black theatre both on and off Broadway) will take place Mon. Oct. 10 at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre.
Click here for the complete list of nominees
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The world premiere of Douglas McGrath’s solo show, Everything’s Fine, will run Sept. 28 – Jan. 22, 2023 (opening Oct. 13) at Off-Br0adway’s DR2 Theatre, directed by John Lithgow.
Douglas McGrath
The play recounts McGrath’s life as a 14-year-0ld in Midland, Texas. He shares remembrances of the the courtship of he one-eyed father and his mother, who worked at Harper’s Bazaar for Diana Vreeland and became pals with Andy Warhol; and an eighth-grade teacher who would change his life.
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The Band’s Visit will begin previews Sept. 24 and open Oct. 6 at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Michael Longhurst.
Alon Moni Aboutboul (Tewfiq), Miri Mesika (Dina), Sharif Afifi, Jason Alder, Marc Antolin, Harel Glazer, Levi Goldmeier, Ido Gonen, Michal Horowicz, Emma Kingston, Shira Kravitz, Nitai Levi, Yali Topol Margalith, Ashley Margolis, Carlos Mendoza de Hevia, Peter Polycarpou, Ant Romero, Idlir, Shyti, Maya Kristal Tenenbaum, Sargon Yelda, and Baha Yetkin.
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Jason Kim & the Woodshed Collective’s KPOP will begin previews Oct. 13 and open Nov. 20 at Circle in the Square, directed by Teddy Bergman, with choreography by Jennifer Weber, and music direction by Sujin Kim-Ramsey.
Zachary Noah Piser, Eddy Lee, Julia Abueva, Major Curda, Jinwoo Jung, Jiho Kang, Amy Keum, James Kho, Jully Lee, Timothy H. Lee, Abraham Lim, Kate Mina Lin, Augie Merrylees, Patrick Park, John Yi, Bo Hyung Kim, Min Young Lee, and Kevin Woo, with Marina Kondo, Joshua Lee, and Lina Rose Lee.
The musical brings K-pop, the entertainment industry, and Korean culture to Broadway as it follows superstars risking everything for a one-night only concert as they face personal struggles that threaten their careers.
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Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman’s The Secret Garden will run Feb. 19 – Mar. 26, 2023 at the Ahmanson Theatre, directed & choreographed by Warren Carlyle, with music direction by Rob Berman.
Casting and additional information TBA.
A workshop of Carlyle’s production was held in 2018, with the hope of getting to Broadway the next season, which was scuttled by the pandemic. A filmed version of the workshop streamed during COVID, with a cast that included Sierra Boggess (Lily), Amber Iman (Martha), Drew Gehling (Neville), Matt Doyle (Albert), Adam Chanler-Berat (Dickon), and Brooklyn Shuck (Mary).
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42nd Street will run Sept. 16 – Nov. 6 (opening Oct. 5) at CT’s Goodspeed Opera House, directed & choreographed by Randy Skinner, with music direction by Adam Souza.
Kate Baldwin (Dorothy Brock), Max von Essen (Julian Marsh), Carina-Kay Louchiey (Peggy Sawyer), Blake Stadnik (Billy Lawlor), Lisa Howard (Maggie Jones), Clayton Cornelious (Bert Barry), Eloise Kropp (Annie Reilly), Lamont Brown (Andy Lee), David Jennings (Abner Dillon), and Patrick Oliver Jones (Pat Denning), with Willie Clyde Beaton II, Sarah Dearstyne, Berklea Going, Candice Hatakeyama, Danielle Jackman, Edward Juvier, Taylor Lane, Brian Shimaskai Liebson, Brady Miller, Christian Probst, Christopher Shin, Kirsty Fuller, and Derek Luscutoff.
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The world premiere of David Rossmer & Steven Rosen’s The Griswold’s Family Vacation will run Sept. 10 – Oct. 2 at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, directed & choreographed by Donna Feore, with music supervision by Greg Anthony Rassen.
Hunter Foster (Clark Griswold), Kate Rockwell (Ellen Griswold), Livvy Marcus (Audrey), Nathan Levy (Rusty), Jay Klaitz (Cousin Eddie), and Alan Green (Naked Commando), and Megan Reinking (Ellen Griswold alternate), with Carol Angeli, Sydni Beaudoin, Sarah Bishop, Lindsay Nicole Chambers, Jennifer Cody, Merritt David Janes, Julian DeGuzman, Rohit Gopal, Olivia Griffin, Garett Hawe, Jaygee Macapugay, Heather Makalani, Jennifer Noble, Michael Olaribigbe, Julio Rey, Jody Reynard, Matthew Sims, Jr., Jonathan Wagner, and Brandon Whitmore, Connor Russell and Brenna Mikale Wagner.
Video: Sneak peek
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Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, a new revival, will run Sept. 27 – Nov. 6 (opening Oct. 19) at The Public Theater, directed by Robert O’Hara.
Francois Battiste (Walter Lee Younger), Toussaint Battiste (Travis Younger alternate), John Clay III (Joseph Asaggi), Calvin Dutton (Bobo), Mister Fitzgerald (George Murchison), Perri Gaffney (Mrs. Johnson), Paige Gilbert, Mandi Masden (Ruth Younger), Camden McKinnon Travis Younger alternate), Jesse Pennington (Karl Lindner), Tonya Pinkins (Lena Younger), and N’yomi Stewart, with Skyler Gallun and N’yomi Stewart.
Lena Younger has decided to use her late husband’s life insurance to move her family out of their cramped apartment on Chicago’s South Side. her son, Walter Lee, has other ideas. .
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“House of Spoils” will be begin production this Fall to stream on Amazon (release date TBA), directed by Bridget Savage Cole & Danielle Krudy, and starring Ariana DeBose.
An ambitious chef opens her first restaurant and contends with the powerful spirit of the estate’s previous owner.
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Off-Broadway’s Out of the Box Theatrics will present staged readings of 3 new plays by emerging playwrights, with each production offering both in-person and streaming options.
Secretos (Sept. 11 at New Hampshire’s Weathervane Theatre), by Alex Carrera. The play follows Beatrice and her Mexican-American family, consisting of her husband, disabled son, and angsty teen daughter, and the secret that binds them together.
Call Me Abigail (Oct. 17 at a venue TBA), by Shelli Pentimall Bookler. The play explores a family conflict that arrises between a father and daughter when they delve into topics surrounding politics and the adult entertainment industry.
Let’s Talk About Anything Else (Dec. 12 at Off-Broadway’s Theatre 71), by Anthony Anello. This horror-comedy follows a group of queer women in their twenties as they vacation together for the first time since their friend passed and become haunted by their grief.