Today’s Highlights:
Eurydice, by Sara Ruhl, directed by directed by Les Waters, featuring Brian d’Arcy James (Father), Maya Hawke (Eurydice), Caleb Eberhardt (Orpheus), T. Ryder Smith (A Nasty Interesting Man/The Lord of the Underworld), Maria Elena Ramirez (Loud Stone), David Ryan Smith (Big Stone) and Jon Norman Schneider (Little Stone), opens at Off-Broadway’s Signature Center.
Twelfth Night, directed by Mei Ann Teo, featuring Alinea Collins Maldonado (Olivia), Lilli Hokama (Viola/Cesario), Alyssa Keegan (Orsino), Hunter Ringsmith (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Todd Scofield (Antonio), El Beh (Sebastian/Fabian), Che Kabia (Sir Toby Belch), and Futaba (Feste), Nicholas Yenson (Malvolio), opens at DC’s Folger Theatre.
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The world premiere of Abby Rosebrock’s Lowcountry will run June 4 – July 14 at the Atlantic Theater Company, directed by Jon Bonney.
Jodi Balfour, Keith Kupferer, and Babak Tafti.
When Tally, a down-and-out actress and gig worker, returns to her rural hometown, she swipes right on a disgraced high-school teacher fresh out of an ankle bracelet. Lowcountry is a dark, twisted romcom about the psychic distress of looking for love in the digital age and the carceral state.
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CA’ Northridge’s The Soraya has announced its 2025-26 concert season:
Click above for the complete season.
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Frozen will run June 6-29 (opening June 7) at CA’s La Mirada Theatre, directed & choreographed by Dan Knechtges, with music direction by Brad Gardner.
Cailen Fu (Princess Anna), Jenna Lea Rosen (Princess Elsa, Mark Ivy as (Olaf), Garrett Clayton as (Hans), Alexander Mendoza (Kristoff), Thomas Whitcomb (Sven), Derek Manson (Duke of Weselton), Daniel Dawson (Oaken/Bishop), Everleigh Kim-Bergman (Young Anna), Bellami Soleil Smith (Young Elsa), Kenneth Mosley Pabbie), Regina Le Vert (Bulda), Gabriel Navarro (King Agnarr, and Ashley Moniz (Queen Iduna) , with Brittany Anderson, Beau Brians, Delilah Brien, Davide Costa, Quintan Craig, Sloane Griffith, Harmony Ishikawa, Bruno Koskoff, Marisa Moenho, Monika Peña, and Alexander Ríos. The Swings are Isabella Abiera, Andrea Dobbins, Audrey Moore, and Camal Pugh.
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Candace Bushnell: True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City will take place Fri. May 16 at 8 PM at NYC’s Sony Hall,
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The 2025 Chita Rivera Awards will take place Mon. May 19 at 7:30 PM at NYC’s NYU Skirball Center,
Ben vereen and Stephen Schwartz.
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Ensemble Theatre Company will present Lauren Gunderson, Bree Lowdermilk & Kait Kerrigan’s Justice: A New Musical, will run June 4-21 (opening June 6), at Santa Barbara’s New Vic, directed by Jenny Sullivan.
Heather Ayers (Sandra Day O’Connor), Julie Garnye (Sonia Sotomayer), and Valerie Perri (Ruth Bader Ginsburg).
Experience the captivating story of three remarkable women who transformed American jurisprudence forever—Sandra Day O’Connor, the pioneering first female Supreme Court Justice; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the tireless champion for gender equality; and Sonia Sotomayor, the Court’s first Latina Justice, the musical follows their extraordinary journeys from law school to the highest court in the land, highlighting the personal and professional obstacles they overcame in a male-dominated legal world. Through stirring music, sharp humor, and emotional depth, this innovative production celebrates these judicial icons who forever changed what Justice looks like in America.
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Verdi’s Rigoletto will run May 31 – June 21 LA’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, conducted by James Conlom and directed by Tomer Zvulun.
Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto), Lissett Orop (Gilda May 21 – June 15), Kathryn Lewek (Gilda, June 18-21 ), René Barbera Duke of Mantaua), Blake Denson Ccount Mnterone), Peixin Chen (Spara Fucile), and Sara Saturnino (Maddalena), and more…
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The world premiere of Jake Brasch’s The Reservoir will run June 18 – July 20 (opening June 26) at the Geffen Playhouse, directed by Shelley Butler.
Adrián González (Hugo / Others), Marin Hinkle (Patricia / Others), Jake Horowitz (Josh), Liz Larsen (Beverly), Carolyn Mignini (Irene), Geoffrey Wade (Hank), and Lee Wilkof (Shrimpy).
Josh’s life is spiraling, but luckily, his grandparents are here to help. And by help, we mean offering unsolicited advice, relentlessly judging his life choices, bringing up their own mortality over coffee, and dragging him to Jazzercise class at the JCC. From Bev’s no-nonsense tough love to Shrimpy’s wildly inappropriate jokes, these grandparents steal the show—and maybe, just maybe, help Josh find his way.
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Upcoming concerts at NYC’s Sony Hall:
Candace Bushnell: True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City (May 16 at 8 PM) 
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Derek Klena: A Love Like This (July 12 at 7:30 PM a& 9: 30). here.
Talking Sopranos with Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa & Vincent Pastore (Aug. 16 at at 8:30 PM). here.
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Renée Fleming & Friends will take place Sat. June 14 at 7:30 PM at LA’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, with doug Peck at the piano.
Tituss Burgess, Lindsay Mendez , and Jessie Mueller.
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Next to Normal is still available to stream on PBS, directed by Michael Longhurst.
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The Wizard and I: Liz Callaway Sings Stephen Schwartz will be available both live & livestreamed on Sat. May 17 at 7 PM at NYC’s 54 Below, with music direction by Alex Rybeck.
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Pippin will run June 20-29 (opening June 22) at the Jaxx Theatre Cabaret (5432 Santa Monica Bvd), directed & choreographed by Jeremy Lucas, with music directed by James Lent.
Cierra Watkins (Leading Player), Jill Marie Burke( Fastrada), JD Morabito (Lewis), Lisa Stanley (Berthe), Brian Whisenant (Charles), Kara M. Young (Catherine) with real-life son, Judah Avery Young (Theo)Jacob Walters (Pippin, with Rachael Maye Aronoff, Bar Yosef Ashkenazy, Kasmira Buchanan, Sara Bunge, Robbie Caneveri, Hann Crews, Genevieve Grey, Hannah Jobman, Shannon McCon, Ethan Mullen, Sophia Marie Rizzo, Kyler Wells. Joey Come Kiera Morris. Michelle Hakala-Wolf Genevieve Grey and Ethan Mullen will play Fastrada and Pippin respectively at the closing performance on Sunday, June 29.