Today’s Highlights:
. Mrs. Doubtfire resumes performances at Broadway’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
Dream Hou$e, by Eliana Pipes, directed by Laurie Woolery, featuring Darilyn Castillo, Renata Eastlick, Marianne McClellan, Katie Gonzalez, Shelby Woolridge, Kenneth C. Lewis, Gabrielle Stephenson, and Blake Lowe, opens at CT’s Long Wharf Theatre.
Paradise Square, by Christina Anderson, Marcus Gardley, Craig Lucas, Nathan Tysen, Masi Asare & Larry Kirwan, directed by Moisés Kaufman, featuring Joaquina Kalukango, Chilina Kennedy, John Dossett, Sidney DuPont, A.J. Shively, Nathaniel Stampley, Gabrielle McClinton, Jacob Fishel, Kevin Dennis and Matt Bogart, with Aisha Jackson, Garrett Coleman, Jason Oremus, Colin Barkell, Karen Burthwright, Kennedy Caughell, Dwayne Clar, Conor Coleman, Eric Craig, Colin Cunliffe, Chloe Davis, Josh Davis Bernard Dotson, Jamal Chistopher Douglas, Camille Eanga-Selenge, SamEdgerly, Shiloh Goodin, Sean Jenness, Joshua Keith, Jay McKenzie, Ben Michael, Kayla Pecchioni, Ellis Quinn, Lee Siegel, Erica Spyres, Lael van Keuren, Sir Brock Warren, Alan Wiggins, Kristen Beth Williams, and Hailee Kaleem Wright, begins previews at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre.
Second Stage‘s To My Girls, world premiere by JC Lee, directed by Stephen Brackett, featuring Bryan Batt, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Carman Lacivita, Noah J. Ricketts, Maulik Pancholy, and Britton Smith, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Tony Kiser Theatre.
A Little New Music concert, featuring songs by Bret Ryback & Jeff Luppino-Esposito … Selda Sahin & Derek Gregor … Nico Juber … Rona Siddiqui… Brian Graden & Ben Boquist … Val Vigoda & Ryan O’Connell … Justin Anthony Long … Jerome Brooks Jr. … Lynette Barkley & Tony DeSare … James Ballard & Seth Christenfeld … David Mallamud & Nathan Christensen… Paulo K. Tirol … Daniel John Abrahamson … and Amanda Yesnowitz & Doug Katsaros, performed by Michael Thomas Grant, Zakiya Young, Tony Abatemarco, Iara Nemirovsky, Daniel David Stewart, Donell James Foreman, Eran Scoggins, and Kyra Selman, at 8:30 PM PT at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.
Steven Spielberg’s “West Site Story” film released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD. 
Order here.
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A 4oth anniversary tour of Noises Off will launch Sept. 21 at Theatre Royal Bath, directed by Lindsay Posner. 
Click here for the tour schedule.
Felicity Kendal (Dott Otley) and more TBA.
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. MD’s Olney Theatre Center will stream its production of Bekah Brunstetter & Cinco Paul’s A.D. 16 Mar. 16-20, directed by Stephen Brackett.
A limited number of available online viewing slots will be put on sale Wed. Mar. 16 at 12 PM ET here. Patrons will have 24 hours from the time of purchase for one complete viewing.
Phoenix Best (Mary Magalene), Ben Fankhauser (Jesus). Kelli Blackwell (Diana), Alan H. Green (Jacob), Jade Jones (Jessica), Jared Loftin (Nicholas), Calvin McCullough (Matthias), Adelina Mitchell (Ruth), Christian Montgomery (Bartimaeus), Da’Von Moody (Simeon), and Chani Wereley (Esther), with Alex De Bard, Sylvern Groomes, RJ Pavel, John Sygar, Kanysha Williams, Tiffany Ly Royster, and Chris Urquiaga.
What if your first crush really was perfect? The delightfully witty, sublimely inspiring story of teenaged Mary Magdalene, who falls in love with the carpenter’s son next door… who happens to be a kid named Jesus. In her quest to impress him, Mary has to fend off a trio of 1st-Century Mean Girls and a bunch of Beastie Boys-inspired wise guys from the Sanhedrin. She learns that getting Jesus to love you back is both easier – and harder – than she ever imagined.
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Tasha Gordon-Solmon & Faye Chiao’s Fountain Of You will run Mar. 18 – Apr. 3 (opening Mar. 19) at Virginia’s Zeiders American Dream Theater, directed & choreographed by Chloe Treat.
Kate Rockwell (Kristen), Maya Days (Angelica), Chris Collins-Pisano (Man), Caitlin Ort (Esthette), Maria Sylvia Norris (Esthette), and Allie Re (Esthette), with Taylor Drumwright.
An irreverent feminist musical satirizing society’s preoccupation with youth and beauty, and the patriarchal system underlying it all. When a thirty-something actress is suddenly aged out of the industry, she undergoes an unconventional spa procedure in the hopes of getting her old life back. But it sets her on a whole new path to achieve true power and equality… at a cost.
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Chicago’s Goodman Theatre‘s next Future Labs reading, Mallory Raven-Ellen Backstrom’s Cephianne’s Reflection, will take place Sat. Mar. 26 at 7 PM CT, directed by Wardell Julius Clark.
Casting TBA.
No one has left the invisible island of Ma Isle in over three hundred years; both a blessing and a curse. Endowed with divine power, ruler Queen Aimee sends all her subjects into the wilderness in their 22nd year to be gifted with the incredible abilities. So it has been for generations, as the world has turned without any of them in mind – until Queen Aimee’s youngest child emerges from the woods, seemingly unchanged, and stumbles upon an ancient man in her mirror.
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“Rockers On Broadway: Live (Volume 1)” is now available on all streaming and download channels worldwide. Click here to select a music service.
Paul Williams, Micky Dolenz, Michael Cerveris, LaChanze, Christian Hoff, Alice Ripley, Alex Brightman, Constantine Maroulis, Emma Hunton, Donald Webber Jr., Morgan James, Michael Lanning, Donnie Kehr, and Isabelle Gottfried.
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LA’s Rogue Artist Ensemble will present readings of Lisa Sanaye Dring’s Happy Fall: A Queer Stunt Spectacular on Mar. 25 & 26, directed by Sean Cawelti.
J. Stephen Brantley, Tyler Bremer, Daniel Cuasay, Kelsey Kato, Zach Kumashi, Sarah Kay Peters, Corey Rieger, Abigail Somera, Miles Taber, and Moll Wilson.
A highly immersive theatrical experience about a queer closeted stuntman’s journey to discover himself in a world of faux masculinity, unmasking the importance and danger of being true to oneself.
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“The Ensemble Documentary” is now available on Broadway On Demand.
On the one-year anniversary of the longest shutdown in Broadway history, a multigenerational group of the longest shutdown in Broadway ensemble members come together to dance, reflect on the year that was, and what the world’s largest stage can learn from this Intermission to come back for a stronger and more equitable Act 2. This behind-the-scenes look features cast members from the biggest hits on Broadway in an up-close and honest way examining their love of performing and how they can be the change they want to see in the world and in the industry they love.
Video: Trailer
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International City Theatre will present Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House, Part 2 Apr. 13 – May 1 (opening Apr. 15) at the Long Beach PAC, directed by Trevor Biship-Gillespie.
Jennifer Shelton (Nora), Eileen T’Kaye (Anne Marie), Scott Roberts (Torvald), and Nicolette Ellis (Emmy).
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf will run Apr. 19 – May 22 (opening Apr. 28) at the Geffen Playhouse, directed by Gordon Greenberg.
Zachary Quinto (George), Calista Flockhart (Martha), Graham Phillips (Nick), and Aimee Carrero (Honey).
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Amas Musical Theatre will present private industry readings of Gabe Caruso & Sangwoo ‘Simon’ Lee’s Settle Down on Apr. 11-12 at Ripley Grier Studios, directed by Christopher Scott, with music direction by Andrew Shield.
Gabe Caruso, Danish Farooqui, Alyssa Gomez, Lauren Hooper, and Curtis Wiley.
Mark is 17 years old and a product of the darker side of the American foster care system. As he ages out of the system, he moves in with his best friend Lily and her father, John. As Mark adjusts to a real life family, he explores the concept of family and coming to terms with the hidden secrets that separate and bind them.
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D.L. Coburn’s The Gin Game will run Mar. 16 – Apr. 3 (opening Mar. 19) at Ventura’s Rubicon Theatre, directed by Jenny Sullivan.
JoBeth Williams and Joe Spano.
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Jay Records will release the first complete recording of Broadway’s 42nd Street on Apr. 8, both digitally and on CD, conducted by Craig Barna, with the National Symphony Orchestra.
The recording, featuring a mix of Broadway and West End actors, was made in Oct. 1996 first at London’s Abbey Road Studios, and then at NYC’s Clinton Recording Studios, but this release is it’s first.
. Marti Stevens (Dorothy Brock), Jamie Ross (Julian Marsh), Cathy Wydner (Peggy Sawyer), Michael Gruber (Billy Lawlor), Kim Criswell (Maggie), and Caroline O’Connor (Annie), with a company of actors from the West End and Broadway who appeared in various productions.
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The hit French television series “Call My Agent!” is currently in development as a musical, and is expected to open in late 2024 in London.
Creative team, casting, and additional information TBA.
The piece follows the travails of a group of French talent agents as they advocate for their celebrity clients. As with the TV show, there are plans to have a special guest star in the new musical every week.
The original TV series is currently available on Netflix.