Today’s Highlights:
Pippin, directed by Matthew Gardiner, featuring Cedrick Neal (Leading Player), with Brayden Banbino (Pippin), Eric Hissom (Charles), Maria Rizzo (Fastrada), Naomi Jacobson (Berthe), Awa Sal Secka (Catherine), Ryan Sellers (Lewis), and Ellison Bihm (Theo), with Ben Bogen, Calvin L’mont Cooper, Candice Hatakeyama, Georgia Monroe, Alanna Sibrián, Jacob Taylor Starks, Emily Steinhardt, Hank von Kolnitz, Dylan Arredondo, Alonso Nicolas Waller, Liz Weber, Veronica Quezada, and Ian Rubi, opens at DC’s Signature Theatre.
Cymbeline reading, directed by Michael Sexton, featuring Ra’Mya Latiah Aikens, Amir Arison, Tina Benko, Sarah Chalfie, Carson Elrod, Michael Karadsheh, Alfredo Narciso, Geoffrey Owens, Tom Pecinka, Vaughn Pole, Krystal Riggs, Jay O. Sanders, and Carolyn Michelle Smith, opens at Off-Broadway’s Red Bull Theatre.
54 Sings Lerner & Lowe concert, hosted & music directed by Michael Portantiere, featuring Meg Bussert, Martin Vidnovic, Josie de Guzman, and Robert Cuccioli, Jay Aubrey Jones, Gerard Alessandrini , Ben Jones, Michael Padgett, and Megan Styrna, at 7 PM at NYC’s 54 Below.
“John Candy: I Like Me” screening, followed by a conversation, at 7 PM at LA’s MPTF Louis B. Mayer Theater (23388 Mulholland Dr., Woodland Hills, CA. 
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Crazy for You, by George & Ira Gershwin, aand Ken Ludwig, will run June 19 – Aug. 9 (opening July 1) at CT’s Goodspeed Musicals, directed by Michael Fling.
Will Burton (Bobby Chi;d), Brittany Zeinstra (Ppolly Baker), Edward Juvier (Bela Zangler), Hailey Thomas (Irene Roth), Jeremy Davis (Everett Baker), David Andrew Morton (Lank Hawkins), and Michele Ragusa IMother/Pariciam, with Claire Avakian, Willie Clyde Beaton II, Colin Bradbury, Courtney Brady, Kailee Regan Brandt, Katie Scarlett Brunson, Samuel Colina, Bradley Gibbins-Klein, Kelly Gleason, Taylor Lane, Brian Shimasaki Liebson, Griffin Wilkinsm Lexi Baldachino, and Brandon J. Morris.
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The 2026 Drama Desk Award winners have been announced:
Click here for the complete list of winners.
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Wendy Wasserstein’s An American Daughter will runJuly 23 – Sept. 6 (opening Aug. 11) at the Signature Center, directed by Sarna Lapine.
Montego Glover and Robert Sean Leonard, with Jean Lichty, Dakin Matthews, Mary Beth Peil, Ryan Spahn, Will DeVary, Chris Ghaffari, and Carmen Zilles.
At the center of the play is a brilliant, accomplished woman, poised to step onto the national stage, until a seemingly minor personal oversight ignites a media frenzy that threatens to dismantle her reputation and shatter her dream of national public service. As the story unfolds, Wasserstein deftly reveals the unfair standards placed on women in public life alongside society’s fear of ambitious, strong women. Exploring the dilemma facing smart, powerful women, the prescient Wasserstein shines a light on not only just how fractured the American dream can be but also how fundamental fairly attaining that dream is to the future of the American experiment.
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The world premiere of How Shakespeare Saved My Life, written & performed by Jacob Ming-Trent, will run June 9 – July 5 at DC’s Folger Theatre, written & performed by ed by Tony Taccone.
The play dives into Ming-Trent’s turbulent youth. Blending Shakespeare with the voices of Basquiat, Biggie, and Tupac, the piece reveals how art helped a young artist find his identity, his purpose, and his path forward.
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Cassatt, written & directed by Arden Teresa Lewis, will run. May 29 – June 28 at Theater West.
Samantha Gregory, Walter Rodriguez, Cecil Jennings, Lily Cadot, Alexandria Sanders, Saratoga Ballantine, Kathie Barnes, Caroline Quigley, Briana Burnside.
A multi-media play exploring the life and art of this genius of La Belle Époque. On the grounds of her French country estate Mary Cassatt burns her early paintings. What led this celebrated American Impressionist to destroy such an important part of her legacy? In an age when men dominated the art world, Mary Cassatt made her mark in the salons of Paris, alongside great masters like Degas and Renoir. Her paintings celebrated the dignity and deeper meaning of women’s inner lives.
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The world premiere of Manhattan Theatre Club’s The Balusters has extended again, now through June 21 at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, directed by Kenny Leon.
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Richard Thomas, Marylouise Burke, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, and Margaret Colin, with Kayli Carter, Ricardo Chavira, Michael Esper, Maria Christina Olivaras, and Jeena Yi.
A sharp Broadway comedy centering on the petty rivalries and deep-seated at sharp Broadway comedy centering the petty rivalries and deep-seated prejudices of a Manhattan-area homeowners association. The story unfolds during the increasingly chaotic meetings of the Vernon Point Neighborhood Association.
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The 2026 Chita Rivera Awards ceremony will take place Mon. May 18 at NYC’s Skirball Center. Leslie Uggams will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to Ann-Margret.
Click here for the complete list of winners.
Bebe Neuwirth, Charlotte d’Amboise, Robyn Hurder, Jessie Mueller, Kevin Csolak, Tilly Evans-Kreuger, and Desmond Richardson.
Chess and Ragtime; Andrea McArdle (Annie), Michelle Aravena (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Klub), Samantha Pollino (Chess), Nicolas King (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast), and more TBA.
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What: Jesus Live! will run June 14-15 at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre, directed by John C. Coppola.
JD Mata, Alexandra Fragoso, Evan McNamara and Jack C. Little.
Nazareth’s favorite son is back and he has a few things to clear up. A smart, thought-provoking theatrical work blending music and storytelling re-examines the life of Jesus. Featuring God, Mary Magdalene and Satan, the show explores the origins of organized religion with humor and insight.