Today’s Highlights:
Cracked Open, world premiere written & directed by Gail Kriegel, featuring Paul Pamela Bob, Joyia D. Bradley, Rubén Caballero, Paul Castree, Blaire DiMisa, Scott Harrison, Madeline Grace Jones, Lisa Pelikan, Katherine Reis, Bart Shatto, and Jeene Vath, opens at Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row.
In the Heights, directed & choreographed William Carlos Angulo, featuring Daniel Melo (Usnavi,)” Jordan Leal (“Nina), Yassmin Alers (Abuela Claudia,), Rosarito Rodriguez (Camil) Cesar F. Barajas (Kevin), John Lara (Sonny), Alysia Velez (Vanessa), Lamont Walker II (Benny),” Carisa Gonzalez (Daniel), Glendaliris Torres-Greaux (Carla), Michael Alonzo (Piragua Guy), and Mrince Williams (Graffiti Pete), with Ben Chavez, Adriel Flete, Angelica Lozada Ramos, Emily Madigan, Kiki Rodriguez, Sarah Sachi, Saroa-Dwayne Sasa, Matt Rivera, Arik Vega, and Cassandra Zeped, opens at Houstons’ TUTS.
Stage Reading Series, featuring playwrights Karina Billini, Tommy Endter, Jesse Jae Hoon, Humaira Iqbal, Celeste Jennings, Nina Ki, Gloria Oladipo, Valen-Marie Santos, Amita Sharma, and Al Sierra, concludes at Off-Broadway’s Public Theater.
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2025 Chita Rivera Awards winners:
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The 25th Annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Winners have been announced:
Click here for the complete list of winners.
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Camelot will run June 17-22 at Pittsburgh CLO, directed by Mark Fleische, with choreography by Mara Newbery Greer, and music direction by Robert Neumeyer.
Adamn Knator (Arthur), Ben Jacoby (Lancelot), Kyla Stone (Gruenevere), John L. Grimsley (Merlyn/Pellinore), Andrea Weinzierl (Morgan LeFey), and Finnegan Comber (Tom), with Brett Marthelemy, Bella Bilandzija, Bobby M Davis, Jordan T Deleon, Kylie Edwards, Marjorie Failoni, Michgreer, Laura Guley, Liz Leclerc, Victoria Madden, Amile Oravitz, Latrea D. Fembert, Kai Sachon, Donovan Elliot Smith, Allan M nyder, Gus, Carson Bruce, Duncanbray MiCrimmon, Linnea McKinney, Piper Redford, Harrisyn Schilpp, and Caris Tomaceski.
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York Theatre will present invitation-only developmental readings of The Genius of Being Stupid on Thurs. May 29, written & performed by Keenan Scott II, and directed by Debra Walton.
An unflinching, deeply personal solo show that challenges perceptions and celebrates resilience. In The Genius Of Being Stupid, Scott navigates the streets of Queens, New York, and the suburban neighborhoods of Waldorf, Maryland, weaving together the humor, heartbreak, and triumph of his youth as a special education student. This autobiographical journey is a story of identity as he reflects on society’s narrow definitions of intelligence. Raw, insightful, and full of soul, Scott unearths the brilliance hidden within perceived flaws, offering audiences a powerful reminder of the genius that lies in every misstep.
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Hello, Dolly! will continue through June 22 at Boston’s Lyric Stage, directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent.
Aimee Doherty (Dolly Levi), Stephen Caliskan (Horace Vandergelder), Kristian Espiritu (Irene Molloy), Temma Beaudreau (Minnie Fay), Michael Jennings Mahoney (Cornelius Hackl), Max Connor (Barnaby Tucker), Mark Linehan (Rudolph), Joy Clark (Ernestina), Tader Shipley (Mrs. Rose), Hannah Shihdanian (Ermengarde), and Sean Keim (Ambrose), with Miki Grubic and Alex LeBlanc.
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Your Name Means Dream, written & directed by José Rivera, will run June 3 – July 6 at TheaterWorks Hartford.
Sara Koviak (Stacy) and Anne O’Sullivan (Aislin).
Set in the not-too-distant future, Aislin is old and isolated in her messy New York City walk-up. She pines for a simpler, analog past when her son sends a sensational new caretaker who is not quite human…but she’s getting there.
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The 24 Hours Plays returns on Mon. June 16 at 7 PM ET at Off-Broadway’s Lynn F. Angelson Theatre (136 E. 13th St.). As always, this intensive theatrical endeavor will see artists write, rehearse and perform four new musicals in just 24 hours. This year’s event will honor This year’s event will honor the organization’s long-time collaborator Anna Strout.
Isaac Butler, Carolyn Cantor, John Carrafa, Lea DeLaria, Morgan Siobhan Green, Jesse Eisenberg, Alexis Floyd, Michael R. Jackson, Bebe Neuwirth, Maulik Pancholy, Peppermint, and many more TBA.
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The world premiere of Noah T. Parnes’ Edith will run May 23 – June 15 at North Hollywood’s Loft Ensemble, directed by Icgnacio Navarro.
Bita Arefnia, Isabella Costa, Nicole Craig, Emilie Crotty, Skylar DeShane, Jessica Dowdeswell, Christopher Leon, Asha Nataraj, Olivia Rodriguez, Crismar Chacín Ruiz, Rosie Ryden.
When a giant pillar of salt crashes into the kitchen, a family is thrown into a chaotic, campy, Biblical fantasy that forces them to reckon with their relationship to disobedience, suffering, and deviant sex to see joy in the carnage.
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Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards.
Click here for the complete list of winners.
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Crystle Lightning & Henry Cloud Andrade’s Bear Grease continues through June 29 at St. Luke’s Theatre, directed by Crysltle Lightning.
Bryce Morin (Danny), Melody McArthur (Sandy), Tammy Rae (Rezzo), Allyssa Trujillo (Foxy), Rodney McLeod (Canuckie), Skylene Gladue Jan), Justin Geihm (Sonny Boy), Raven Bright (Roger), Haley Robinson (Jan), Justin Giehm (Sonny Boy), Raven Bright (Roger), Haley Robinson (Marty), and Mikey Harris (Butta).
Dubbed the Reservation sensation, this all-indigenous, laugh-out-loud musical re-imagines the iconic Grease through a contemporary Native lens – fusing powwow-step, hip hop, and native humor with vibrant dance, bold storytelling, and traditional languages. It’s fresh, fearless, and absolutely hilarious – a joyride of culture and comedy.
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Arkansas’ TheatreSquared has announced its Ark. New Play Festival:
Tectonic Play Project (May 16)
Play on Jody (May 17, by Candrice Jones.)
Cowboys and East Indians (May 17 2 PM), by Nina McConigley and Matthew Spangler
Tectonic Play Project (May 22)
Sherlock Holmes: The Timber Family File (May 24), by LatinX Theater Project.
Side by Side by. Basil Parnell Showcase (May 24)
Cowboys and East Indians (May 24), by Nina McConigley and Matthew Spangler
The Winking Place, (May 25), by Connor Johnson
Play On Jody (May 25 at 2 PM), by Candrice Jones.
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The Young Vic (Main House), has announced its 2025-26 inaugural season:
Entertaining Mr. Sloane (Sept 15 – Nov. 8), by Joe Orton, directed by Nadia Fall, featuring Tamzin Outhwaite & Daniel Daniel Cerqueira.
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Dec. 2 – Jan. 31, 2026), by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Omar Elerian, featuring David Threlfall, Arinzé Kene, Ammar Haj Ahmad, and Hala Omran. Set in Brooklyn in 1938 and written in response to the rise of fascism in Europe, Broken Glass is a passionate story about the consequences of disconnecting with the realities of our world.
Broken Glass (Feb. 23 – Apr. 18), by Arthur Miller, directed by Jordan Fein. Set in Brooklyn in 1938 and written in response to the rise of fascism in Europe, Broken Glass is a passionate story about the consequences of disconnecting with the realities of our world.
Care (May 11 – July 11), written & directed by Alexander Zeldin. A life affirming examination of the realities of ageing and the elusive connection between loss and rebirth.