Today’s Highlights:
Lana Gordon begins her run as Persephone in Hadestown at Broadway’s Walter Kerr Theatre.
English, world premiere by Sanaz Toossi, directed by Knud Adams, featuring Tala Ashe, Ava Lalezarzadeh, Pooya Mohseni, Marjan Neshat, and Hadi Tabbal, opens at Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theatre Company.
Mint Theater‘s The Daughter-in-Law, by D.H. Lawrence, directed by Martin Platt, featuring Amy Blackman, Ciarán Bowling Seth Andrw Bridges, Tom Coiner, Katie Fanning, Polly McKie, Sandra Shipley, and Tina Stafford, opens at NY City Center.
Joe Iconis & George Salazar’s updated version of Two-Player Game, opens at NYC’s 54 Below.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, adapted & directed by Mary Zimmerman, featuring Adeoye, Christina Clark, Christopher Donahue, Kasey Foster, Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel, John Gregorio, Anthony Irons, and Wai Yim, with Chloe Baldwin, Sean Blake, Jack DeCesare, Lawrence Grimm, Andrea San Miguel, and Will Wilhelm, opens at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.
Huntington Theatre‘s What the Constitution Means to Me, directed by Oliver Butler, featuring Cassie Beck and Gabriel Marin, with Jocelyn Shek and Emilyn Toffler, opens at Boston’s Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre.
This Space Between Us, world premiere by Peter Gil-Sheridan, directed by Jonathan Silverstein, featuring Glynis Bell, Alex Chester, Joyce Cohen, Ryan Garbayo, Tommy Heleringer, and Anthony Ruiz, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Keen Company.
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A screening of “West Side Story,” directed by Steven Spielberg, will stream on Thurs. Feb. 24 at 5 PM ET/2 PM PT, moderated by Scott Feinberg. Click here to register (note: registration closes 24 hours prior to the screening)
The Q&A will include Steven Spielberg, Rita Moreno, producer Kristie Krieger, Ariana DeBose, and Tony Kushner.
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Hudson Stage Company presents a reading of Enid Graham’s A Long Time Ago in a Dark Yard at Night on Fri. Feb. 25 at 7:30 PM ET at Armonk’s Whippoorwill Hall Theatre, directed by Robert Sella.
Clea Alsip, Richard Hollis, Ben Horner, Fiona Robberson, and CJ Wilson.
Sarah and Ruby, two young girls from a small Texas town, navigate life’s complications as they grow from girls to women. As their lives take very different paths, can their friendship survive?
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Jagged Little Pill is hoping for a Nov. 2022 opening in the West End, directed again by Diane Paulus.
Theater, dates, casting, and additional information TBA.
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Maybin Hewes’ This Joint is Jumpin’ will run Feb. 26 & 27 and Mar. 5 & 6 at Theatre West, directed by Judy Rose.
Maybin Hewes, Anna Gagliardo, Nicole Gianuca, Arlene Parness, Mitchell Roché, Lauren Sullivan, and Sydney Swearengin.
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(Listen here): Anthony Roth Costanzo and Justin Vivian Bond perform “Two Charming Fairies”
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The Band’s Visit national tour will run Mar. 22 – Apr. 3 at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center, directed by David Cromer.
Sasson Gabay (Tewfiq), Janet Dacal (Dina), Joe Joseph (Haled), Clay Singer (Itzik), Yoni Avi Battat (Camal), Coby Getzug (Papi), Joshua Grosso (Telephone Guy), Kendal Hartse (Iris), David Studwell (Avrum), Billy Cohen (Zelger), Layan Elwazani (Julia), Marc Ginsburg (Sammy), Ariel Reich (Anna), and James Rana (Simon), with Ali Louis, Bourzgui, Ramin Doostdar, Loren Lester, Dana Saleh Omar, Nick Sacks, and Hannah Shankman.
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Manhattan Theatre Club has announced its 2022 Ted Snowdon Reading Series, to run Mondays Mar. 14, 21 & 28 at NY City Center. 
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This Much I Know (Mar. 14 at 4 PM ET), by Jonathan Spector, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel.
Let It Use You (Mar. 21 at 4 PM ET), by Vivian J.O. Barnes, directed by Taylor Reynolds.
Color Girls (Mar. 28 at 11 AM ET), by Ife Qlujobi, directed by Taylor Reynolds.
Declaration of Conscience (Mar. 28 at 4 PM ET), by Sharyn Rothstein, directed by Jo Bonney.
The series is dedicated to the support and development of new work, offering each playwright a weeklong rehearsal period with directors and actors.
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David West Read’s & Juliet has announced cast changes beginning Mar. 29 at the Shaftesbury Theatre, directed by Luke Sheppard.
Tom Francis (Romeo), Miriam-Teak Lee (Juliet), Julius D’Silva (Lance), Keala Settle (Nurse), Cassidy Janson (Anne Hathaway), Oliver Tompsett (William Shakespeare), Tim Mahendran (Francois), Alex Thomas-Smith (May), and David Bedella (Lance), with Ivan De Freitas, Rhian Duncan, Alex Tranter, Sophie Usher, Rhys Wilkinson, Ebony Clarke, Bessy Ewa, Collette Guitart, Cassandra Lee, Nathan Louis-Fernand, Zara MacIntosh, Carl Man, Christian Maynard, Rachel Moran, Owen Saward, Aaron Shales, Benjamin Terry, and Suki Wong.
What if Juliet’s famous ending was really just her beginning? What if she decided to choose her own fate?
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Emily Mann’s new adaptation of Antigone will run Mar. 5-27 at Cleveland Playhouse, directed by Lauren Keating.
Isaac Baker, Maria Burks, Kristina Gabriela, Steve Gladstone, Sierra Grabowska, Bridget Kim, Gustavo Márquez, Vanessa Morosco, Fabio Polanco, Christopher Portley, Laura Stanik, Jordan Taylor, and Noah Williams.
In a dystopian near-future, a war-torn nation struggles for peace and unity. The newly appointed leader Creon stands for law and order. But her niece, Antigone, kneels for justice. Neither will yield, and a fatal battle of wills rages. Pushed to extremes, who will bend and who will break? A high-stakes, timeless tale, Antigone burns with contemporary relevance, as age and youth clash over the future of their country.
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“How Christopher Wheeldon made MJ Dance,“ by Chloe Rabinowitz. 
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The world premiere of Lloyd Price & B. Jeffrey Maddoff’s Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical will run Mar. 9 – Apr. 3 at Malvern, PA’s People’s Light, directed by Sheldon Epps, with choreography by Edgar Godineaux, and music supervision by Sheldon Becton.
Saint Aubyn (Lloyd Price), Miles Boone (Little Richard), Donnie Hamond (Sister Rosetta), Stanley Wayne Mathis (Logan), Deseree Murphy (Ezra), Desireé Murphy (Emma), and Nathaniel Washington (Young Lloyd Price), with Michael Covel, Ben Dibble, Robert H. Fowler, KyShawn Lane, Todd Lawson, Lizzie Mason, Charlotte McKinley, Iykechi McCoy, Alyssa Ramsey, and Dony Wright.
From obscure beginnings to overnight teen sensation, from unsung trailblazer to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the story of Lloyd Price has never been told onstage – until now. Featuring a cast that performs Price’s hits “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Stagger Lee,” and the legendary song that became his namesake, the musical celebrates one of the most resilient and influential entertainers of our time, Lloyd “Mr. Personality” Price.
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Labyrinth Theatre presents Through the Fire, written & performed by Victor Almanzar, will stream Mar. 14-20 at Off-Broadway’s 59E59 Theaters, directed by Elizabeth Canavan.
The show begins with a near-death experience. His life flashes before his eyes; his childhood in the Dominican Republic, moving to New York City, gang life, drug life, identity struggles, love and joining the marines. A story of survival and self-forgiveness driving by Victor’s original Hip-Hop music.
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Gingold Theatrical Group will present its Irish Poetry Slam 2022 on Thurs. Mar. 17. Join in on a virtual open-mic or watch on Facebook.
Tyne Daly, Midori Francis, Julie Halston, Daniel Jenkins, Lauren Molina, Kerry O’Malley, Christine Pedi, Thom Sesma, and more TBA.
Share your favorite works by Irish writers. Anyone you like. Irish Heritage American is okay, too. Come as you are and share what you’d like: a poem, an excerpt, a monologues, a saying, a song, or a toast. Limit: three minutes per person.