Today’s Highlights:
La Cage aux Folles, directed by Tim Sheader, featuring Carl Mullaney (Albin), Billy Carter (Georges), Ben Culleton (Jean-Michel), Julie Jupp (Marie Dindon), Shakeel Kimotho (Jacob), Debbie Kurup (Jaqueline), John Owen-Jones (Edward Dindon), Sophie Pourret (Anne),and Jak Allen-Anderson (Hanna), Daniele Coombe (Mme. Renaud), Jordan Lee Davies (Chantal), and Hemi Yeroham (Francis), with Craig Armstrong, Tom Bales, Taylor Bradshaw, Nicole Deon, Lewis Easter, Harvey Ebbage , Emma Johnson, George Lynham, JP McCue, Rishard-Kyro Nelson, and Alexandra Waite-Roberts, opens at London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
The Bridges of Madison County, directed by Ethan Heard, featuring Erin Davie (Francesca), Mark Evans (Robert), Christopher Bloch (Charlie), Rayanne Gonzales (Marge), Julia Wheeler Lennon (Carolyn), Nolan Montgomery (Michael), Marina Pires (Marian/Chiara/State Fair Singer), and Cullen R. Titmas ( Bud), with Carla Crawford, Tori Gomez, Alex Stone, and Douglas Ullman, Jr., opens at VA’s Signature Theatre.
Guys & Dolls, directed by Darren Lee, featuring Lesli Margherita (Miss Adelaide), Matt Saldivar (Nathan Detroit), Nikki Renée Daniels (Sarah Brown), Jeff Kready (Sky Masterson), John Treacy Egan (Nicely-Nicely Johnson), Herschel Sparber (Big Julie), Chris Laitta (General Cartwright), Richard McBride (Lt. Brannigan), Jeffrey Howell (Arvide Abernathy), Aaron Calligan-Stierle (Benny Southstreet), Richard McBride (Lt. Brannigan), and Brady Patsy (Angie the Ox), withAndres Acosta, Grace Arnold, Ryan Cavanaugh, Bobby M. Davis, Zephaniah Divine, Austin Taylor Dunn, Kylie Edwards, Mathew Fedorek, Zanna Fredland, Michael Greer, Jessica Ice, Jolina Javier, Caroline Kane, Alex Manalo, Tay Marquise, Brittany Pent Rohm, Filip Przybycien, Austine Schulte, Ben Sears, and Allan Snyder, opens at Pittsburgh CLO.
Peter Pan Goes Wrong, by Mischief Company, directed by Adam Meggido, featuring Barltley Booz, Matthew Cavendish, Bianca Horn, Harry Kershaw, Chris Leask, Henry Lewis, Ellis Morris, Charlie Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields, Greg Tannahill, Nancy Zamit, Stephen James Anthony, Ryan Vincent Anderson, Fred Gray, and Brenann Stacker, with special guests Bradley Whitford (Aug. 9-20), Daniel Dae Kim (Aug. 30 – Sept. 10), begins previews at LA’s Ahmanson Theatre.
Broadway in your Backyard FREE concert, directed by Frankie Leo Bennett & Michael Weber, featuring (rotating) Adrian Aguilar, Bryce Ancil, Lydia Burke, Desiree Gonzalez, Lorenzo Rush Jr and Ciarra Stroud, closes at Chicago’s Porchlight Theatre.
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LA’s Ahmanson Theatre has announced its 2023-24 season. Casting, creative teams, and additional information TBA.
Hadestown (Oct. 3-15)
A Christmas Story, The Musical (Dec. 5-31)
Matthew Borne’s Romeo and Juliet (Jan. 28 – Feb. 25, 2024)
Funny Girl (Apr. 2-28)
A Strange Loop (June 5-30)
Clue (July 30 – Aug. 25)
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Erin Mohr Gets Naked will run Aug. 11-12 at 8 PM at LA’s Zephyr Theatre, directed by Genevieve Morrill.
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Complete casting has been announced for the 2023-24 tour of Funny Girl, which will launch Sept. 9-16 at RI’s Providence PAC, directed by Michael Mayer. Click here for the complete tour schedule.
Katerina McCrimmon (Fanny Brice), Melissa Manchester (Mrs. Brice), Stephen Mark Lukas (Nick Arnstein), Izaiah Montaque Harris (Eddie Ryan), Walter Coppage (Florenz Ziegfeld), Leah Platt (Emma/Mrs. Nadler), Christine Bunuan (Mrs. Meeker), Eileen T’Kaye (Mrs. Strakosh), and David Foley Jr. (Tom Keeney), with Vinny Adaloro, Lamont Brown, Kate E. Cook, Julia Grondin, Jackson Grove, Jorge Guerra, Dot Kelly, Alex Hartman, Ryan Lambert, Kathy Liu, Zoey Lytle, Meghan Manning, Bryan Charles Moore, Sami Murphy, Hannah Shankman, Jordon Taylor, Sean Thompson, and Annaliese Wilbur.
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Tales From The Guttenberg Bible, written by & starring Steve Guttenberg, has extended its run through Aug. 27 at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre.
A farcical, laugh-out-loud story journeying from the Guttenberg’s family home on Long Island to the glamour of Hollywood as told by Guttenberg himself.
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An Evening with Liz Callaway will take place Oct. 27-28 at 8 PM at Palm Springs’ Purple Room.
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The world premiere of Max Wolf Friedlich’s Job will run Sept. 6 – Oct. 8 (opening Sept. 18) at the Soho Playhouse, directed by Michael Herwitz.
Peter Friedman (Loyd) and Sydney Lemmon (Jane).
Jane, an employee at the the big tech company (you know the one), has been placed on leave after becoming the subject of a viral video. She arrives in the office of a crisis therapist (Loyd) determined to be reinstated to the job that gives her life meaning. A psychological thriller, JOB zooms in on two careerists of different generations, genders and political paradigms to examine what it means to be a citizen of the internet and our obligation to help the people who need it most.
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Celebration Theatre will present Real Black Swann: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen, written & performed by Les kurkendaal-Barrett, directed by Tom Trudgeon, to run Aug. 31 – Sept. 24 at Hollywood’s LGBT Center,
While under anesthetic euphoria, a Black gay artist named Les is visited by the effervescent spirit of William Dorsey Swann, AKA “The Queen”. Surviving antebellum enslavement, Swann rises from the ashes of racial oppression to become the first Queen of Drag and queer activist on record. During their journey, Swann guides a complacent Les through time, popping his Glinda-esque pink bubble of self-preservation, and provokes him to challenge all too familiar modern-day monsters.
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North Hollywood’s Loft Ensemble has announced its 2023-24 season:
Too much to post here. Click the link above for the new season.
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At This Performance, featuring Broadway Standbys & Understudies, will take place Mon. Aug. 21 at 7 PM at NYC’s Green Room 42, hosted by Stephen DeAngelis, with music direction by Asher Denburg.
Caleb Barnett (Aladdin), Roy Flores (Here Lies Love), Skye Alyssa Friedman (Kimberly Akimbo), Christian Mark Gibbs (Camelot), Holly Gould (Camelot), Traci Elaine Lee (Shucked), Jaygee Macapugay (Here Lies Love), and Valerie Torres0Rosario (Camelot).
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The Playwrights Realm has announce complete casting for the world premiere of Emma Horwitz’s Mary Gets Hers, to run Sept. 11 – Oct. 7 at MCC Theater, directed by Josiah Davis.
Octavia Chavez-Richmond (Ephraim), Kai Heath (The Soldier), Susannah Perkins (Abraham), Claire Siebers (Master of the Inn), and Haley Wong (Mary).
The play is set in a funhouse, slapstick vision of 10th century Germany—where a raging plague is turning people into foam—and follows an abandoned orphan named Mary, who is found by two overzealous hermits who scheme a saintly rescue mission to protect her purity at all costs.
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Interact Theatre Company will present Aaron Posner’s Life Sucks Sept. 22 – Oct. 29 (opening Sept. 30) at the Broadwater Main Stage (1076 Lillian Way), directed by Barry Heins.
John Ross Bowie (Vanya), Anne Gee Byrd (Babs), Steve Vinovich (The Professor), Olivia Castanho (Sonia), Erin Pineda (Ella), Lily Rains (Pickles), and Marc Valera (Dr. Aster).
A bold and inventive re-imagining of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, Posner plumbs the quiet chaos of 7 people locked together in the bonds of friendship and family as they wrestle with he ridiculous humiliating vagaries life imposes: unrequited love, the indignities of aging, the insult of mortality, and the eternally flummoxing quest for a meaningful, satisfying existence. Amidst their irrepressible desires and lingering dissatisfactions, this troupe of hapless yet hopeful souls embark on a comedic, heartfelt, and sometimes tumultuous quest, stumbling upon new perspectives that challenge their core beliefs.
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The Music Critic, written & conceived by Aleksey Igudesman, starring John Malkovich, will tour Oct. 17 – June, 2024. Click here for the tour schedule.
A show in which classical music, theater, and comedy collide.
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at NYC’s Bryant Park (all at 7 PM):
Joe’s Pub: Shaina Taub (Aug. 11)
New York City Opera: From Vienna to Broadway (Aug. 18)
New York City Opera: Alessandro Lora in Concert (Aug. 19)
Classical Theatre of Harlem: Young Gifted, and Black (Sept. 1)
American Symphony Orchestra: American Expressions (Sept. 7)
New York City Opera: Romeo and Juliet (Sept. 8)
Drom: Gaye Su Akyol (Sept. 9)
Harlem Stage: 40th Anniversary Concert (Sept. 14)
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Almost Made, written & performed by Louie Liberti, will run Sept. 21 – Oct. 26 at Sherman Oaks’ Whitefire Theatre, directed by Richard Israel.
Mister L’s is a popular restaurant and Mob hangout in Yonkers, operated by Charles Liberti. Charles lives the life of a “Mad Man” without being officially made. In Mob Lingo, a Made Man” is a man who is a full member of the Mob. “Buttons” and all. The Mob will never let Charles be a made man because his mother was Jewish. His status will peak as almost made.