Today’s Highlights:
Waitress, directed & choreographed by Lisa Shriver, featuring Jenna (Kerstin Anderson), Tori Gresham (Dawn), Porscha Shaw (Becky), Adam Standley (Dr. Jim Pomatter), Dane Stokinger (Earl), Kennedy Kanagawa (IOgie), Allen Fitzpatrick (Joe), Brandon O’Neill (Cal), and Bernadette Rengstorf & Sayla Roy (Lulu), Nalica Hennings, Yusef Seevers, Nik Hagen, Taylor Niemeyer-Symons, Cherisse Martinelli, Richard Peacock, Alyza DelPan-Monley, Jason Weitkamp, Matthew Kacergis, Carly Corey, Trina Mills, Rob Burgess , Kristin Burch, and Nick McCarthy, opens at Seattle’s Fifth Avenue Theatre.
An Evening with Lillias White in concert opens at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.
Desmonda Cathabel (Eurydice,) Victoria Hamilton-Barritt (Persephone), Chris Jarman (Hades), Cedric Neal (Hermes), and Dylan Woo (Orpheus), with Melanie Bright (Fate), Lauran Rae (Fate), Allie Daniel (Fates), with Femi Akinfolarin, Michelle Andrews, Ollie Bingham, Laura Delany, Sebastian Lim-Seet, Lucinda Buckley, Juan Jackson, Oisín Nolan-Power, Lindo Shinda, and Jasmine Triadi begin their runs in Hadestown at London’s Lyric Theatre.
Vape! The Grease Parody (a benefit concert for the Entertainment Community Fund), directed by Jack Plotnick, featuring Kerry Butler (Sandy), James Carpinello (Danny), Ann Harada (Jan) Jackie Hoffman (Rizzo) Aisha Jackson (Frenchie) Joel Perez (Kenicki), and Jelani Remy (Sonny), at 7:30 PM at NYC’s Town Hall.
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Red Bull Theater will present Moliere’s The Imaginary Invalid, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, to run May 21 – June 29 at New World Stages, directed by Jesse Berger.
Arnie Burton, Russell Daniels, Manoel Fe.ciano, Emilie Kauatchou, Mark Linn-Baker, Sarah Stiles, Emily Swallow, and John Yi.
Monsieur Argan is a notorious hypochondriac whose nonexistent illnesses blind him to the con men and women (his new wife) who prey on his fears to fatten their purses. His plan: marry his daughter to a doctor so he’ll have free round-the-clock on-site healthcare for the rest of his life.
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Off-Broadway’s York Theatre has announced its Spring Gala Concert, which will take place Mon. Mar. 24 at 7:30 PM at Theatre at St. Jeans, directed by Nikki Feirt Atkins.
Tom and Michael D’Angora.
Karen Ziemba, Jelanie Remy, American Dance Machine, Ben Bereen, Christine Pedi, and Tony Yazbeck.
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The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival will take place Sat. Mar. 22 at (10 AM – 4 PM) online. Click here for complete details.
A virtual day of workshops and panels tailored to empower and enhance the careers of solo performers. These informative workshops will collectively offer guidance and inspiration to those in the solo world.
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Peccadillo Theatre Company will present a revival of Lonne Elder III’s Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, to run Apr. 11 – May 18 (opening Apr. 18) at Theatre at St. Clements, directed by Clinton Turner Davis.
Norm Lewis, Jeremiah Packer, Calvin M. Thompson, and Bryce Michael Wood.
The play, set in 1950s New York, centers on a widowed father, a barber who used to be a vaudeville performer whose life is thrown into turmoil when his daughter’s long-standing resentments come to a head as his two sons’ criminal enterprise unravels.
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Amas Musical Theatre (link TBA) will present readings of Daniel Cullen & James Cullen’s Dubbo Championship Wrestling on Mar. 24 & 25 , directed by Will Nunziata, with music direction by Andy Peterson.
Stagie Bono, Natalie Joy Johnson, David Josefsbert, Susie Mosher, Analise Scarpaci, Marty Thomas and Cole Thompson.
When an angry high schooler picks the wrong fight at school, she finds herself sent back to her rural hometown, and into a battle for her struggling family business “Dubbo Championship Wrestling.
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The world premiere of Shem Bitterman’s The Civil Twilight will return Apr. 5 – May 11 at the Broadwater Studio Theatre, directed by Ann Hearn Tobolowsky.
Taylor Gilbert (Ann Carlson) and Andrew Elvis Miller (John Pine).
A twisty thriller that takes place over a single night during a once in a century storm, The play tells the story of what happens when a popular a.m. radio personality winds up trapped in a motel room in the Midwest with his biggest fan.
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York Theatre will present Joseph Church & Jeff Bienstock’s Who is Jimmy Pants? Mar. 22-30 at Theatre at St. Jeans, directed & choreographed by Stephen Nachamie, with music direction by Benjamin Weiss.
Steven Booth, Jim Conroy, Avery Elledge, David Garrison, Aaron Harrington, Mchael Notardonato, Charlotte Belle Odusanya, Kirsten Scott, and John Wascavage.
A zany, loving satire of bio-jukebox musicals, Who is Jimmy Pants? is both a comical nod to the current epidemic of jukebox shows and an homage to the entertainment value and joy that they bring to audiences. Clever choreography and lively original songs spanning the 60s to the 2000s add to the hilarity. Its Spinal Tap meets The Drowsy Chaperone, with a rocking musical score!
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Chad Beguelin, Tim Herlihy,& Matthew Sklar’s The Wedding Singer will run June 5-29 (opening June 7) at Burbank’s Colony Theatre, directed by Michael Donovan, with choreography by Michelle Elkin, and music direction by Brent Crayon.
TBA.
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York Theatre will present Stevie Holland & Gary William Friedman’s Platinum Dreams Mar. 8-16 at Theatre at St. Jeans, directed by Joseph Hayward, with choreographed by Kody Jauron, and music direction by Dave Klodowski.
Stevie Holland (Lila Halliday), Conor Ryan (Dan Hardin), and Jovan E’Sean (Jamie Stiles).
Set in 1977, with a score encompassing 70’s rock, 40’s big-band, and A Contemporary Theatre sound, Platinum Dreams tells the story of Lila Halliday, a musical movie star of the 1940’s hoping to make a comeback by recording her first-ever solo album, Dan Hardin, a hot rock ‘n’ roll star looking to keep his relevance on the charts, and Jamie Stiles, a record producer/studio owner who is Dan’s former writing partner and former lover. The story is about how destiny brings together three disparate, talented people with their own agendas, and how they ultimately grow to accept each other and go on with their lives and fulfill their dreams.
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A concert presentation of Laura Zlatos, Coyle Girelli & Ben Thornwell’s Reincarnation Blues will take place Mon. Mar. 31 at NYC’s Drom.
Eleri Ward, Morgan Siobhan Green, Jeff Taylor, and more TBA.
A soul is reincarnated through 10,000 lifetimes to be with his one true love: Death herself.
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Robert Icke’s adaptation of Oedipus will begin previews Nov. 1 at Studio 54, directed by Icke. Opening date TBA.
Mark Strong and Lesley Manville.
Election night. The polls predict a landslide victory. Everything is about to change.
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Video: Caroline Bowman and Robyn Hurder Sing “Don’t Forget Me” From Broadway’s Smash