Today’s Highlights:
Fawlty Towers – The Play, by John Cleese, directed by Caroline Jay Ranger, featuring Danny Bayne (Basil Fawlty) Helen Leder (Mrs. Richards), Joanne Clifton (Polly), and Paul Nicholas (Major), opens at London’s Apollo Theatre.
**********************
Complete casting has been announced for the world premiere of Lucas Hnath’s new version of Tartuffe, to begin in late Fall (dates TBA) at the New York Theatre Workshop, directed by Sara Benson.
Matthew Broderick (Tartuffe), David Cross (Orgon), Emily Davis (Mariane), Bianca del Rio(Mme Pernelle), Amber Gray (Elmire), Ryan Haddad (Damis), Francis Jue (Cleante), Lisa Kron (Dorine), and Ike Ufomadu (Valére).
Tartuffe is in our house. We’ve got to get him out.
**********************
NYC’s 92nd Street Y (link TBA) has announced its 2026 Lyrics & Lyricists and the 2026 American Songbook concerts:
An Evening with Laura Benanti (Jan. 29).
Stardust: From Tin Pan Alley to Broadway, (Feb. 28, 2026, and Mar. 1 & 2). directed by Kathleen Marshall. Performers TBA.
An evening with Adrienne Warren (July 1-16)
An Evening with Brian Stokes Mitchell (Mar. 19)
… and so much more.
Click here for the complete schedule.
**********************
Costa Mesa’s Sergerstrom Center for the Arts (no link provided) has announced its 2025 – 26 concert season:
Dancing Queens (Sept, 11–13)
Lea Salonga (Sept. 26)
Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp (Oct. 16-18)
Tony Yazbeck (Dec. 11-13)
Jessica Vosk (Dec. 17)
Stella Cole (Jan. 1-17, 2026)
Patti LuPone (Feb. 19, 2026)
Norbert Leo Butz (Feb. 26-28)
Matthew Morrison (Mar. 19-21)
**********************
A Chorus Line Official 50th Anniversary Celebration benefit concert, will take place Sun. July 27 at 7:30 PM at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre, directed & choreographed byBaayork Lee.
(original 1975 Broadway cast members) Kelly Bishop, Wayne Cilento, Baayork Lee, Priscilla Lopez and Donna McKechnie, with special performances by Charlotte d’Amboise, Jessica Lee Goldyn, Robyn Hurder, Francis Jue, Krysta Rodriguez, Jessica Vosk, Anthony Wayne, Tony Yazbeck, ) and Leigh Zimmerman, and more TBA.
**********************
The 2025 Broadway Bound Theatre Festival will run July 4 – Aug. 17 at Off-Broadway’s AMT Theater.
To much to post here. Click the AMT Theater link above.
**********************
True Rep’s production of James Sullivan’s Ellen’s Boys continues through June 29 at the West End Theatre @ St. Paul & St. Andrew UMC, directed by Donald Sheehan.
Victoria Bond, Julie M. Butler, Patrick Dean, Avery Fischbach, Kylie Logan, Aria Martinelli, Donald Sheehan, Kyle Silver, and Elias Wettengel.
Set in a working-class Irish American triple-decker home in Dorchester, Mass., 1965, Ellen’s Boys follows devoted matriarch Ellen Flaherty as she navigates a transformative year with her three adult sons during a time of profound social change. As she fights to maintain control over her family, Ellen discovers that her boys’ lives are spinning beyond her influence. While scheming to find him the perfect wife, Gil faces his own private struggle as he confronts his sexuality in an era when such truths remain unspoken. John, a priest at the local parish, begins to sense the brewing troubles that will soon shake the Catholic Church. While youngest son Michael, freshly enlisted in the army, falls for an Italian girl whom his mother deems completely unsuitable. With no secrets safe and no boundaries respected, only their deep love for one another and their resilient sense of humor can hold the family together through the emotional upheaval that threatens to tear them apart.
**********************
Bonnie & Clyde will run July 29 – Aug. 24 at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre, directed by Scott Shwartz, with choreography by Emily Matlby.
Lyda Jade Harlan (Bonnie), Charlie Webb (Clyde), Nick Bailey (Buck), and Ashley Alexandra (Blanche), with Amy Bodnar, Jeremy Webb, Gisela Aduisa, Kathy Deitch, Anargha Pal, Vishal Vaidya, Mackenzi Germain, and Anthony Costello.
**********************
Alan Janes’ The Buddy Holly Story will run July 11-27 at Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West, directed & choreographed by Keith Andrews.
Will Riddle (Buddy Holly), Justin Mariel Boyd (trumpet player Tyrone), Will Riddle (Buddy Holly) and Justin Mariel Boyd (Tyrone), with Trent Mills, Elizabeth Curtain, Mia Sempertegui, David Kirk Grant, Janaya Mahealani Jones, Chase Ramsey, Ryan DeNardo, and Lauren Han.
**********************
Morgan Bassichis’ Can I Be Frank will run Aug. 4 – Sept. 13 atthe SoHo Playhouse, directed by Sam Pinkleton.
Morgan Bassichis
In a desperate attempt to prove they can think about someone other than themself, Morgan Bassichis turns to the work of queer comedian, musician, and performance artist Frank Maya. Maya was among the first out gay comedians on network television and on the precipice of mainstream success before he died from AIDS-related complications in 1995. This new “solo” performance humbly attempts to ensure Maya’s legacy is no longer overlooked while finally resolving the bottomless queer search for fame, father figures, and laughter in times of crisis.