Today’s Highlights:
Prince Igor (2014 production), by Borodin, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, featuring Oksana Dyka, Anita Rachveslishvili, Sergey Semiskur, Ildar Abdrazakov, Mikhail Petrenko, and Stefan Kocan, streams for FREE at 7:30 PM ET at the Metropolitan Opera.
Caesar: A Surround Sound Experiment benefit, adapted & directed by Joseph Discher, featuring Jacqueline Antaramian, Joel de la Fuente, January LaVoy, Sean Hudock, Mark H. Dold, Joseph Discher, Maurice Jones, Anthony Michael Martinez, Ryan McCarthy, Shane Taylor, Patrick Toon, Scott Wentworth, and Derek Wilson, begins audio streaming at 5 PM ET here.
Ariana DeBose in concert at 8:30 PM ET outdoors at Central Park’s Tavern on the Green.
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Video: Jim Caruso’s Cast Party, with special guests Alex Sharpe, Lamont Brown, Loren Smith, and Chester Martin. (1:22:12)
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Openings and Re-Openings
September 2
Hadestown
September 14
Chicago
Hamilton
Wicked
The Lion King
Lackawanna Blues
September 17:
Six
David Byrne’s American Utopia
September 21
Come From Away
Little Shop of Horrors
September 24
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
September 30
Beyond Bael
October 8
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Caroline, or Change
October 12
Morning Sun
October 13
Girl From the North Country
October 16
Ain’t Too Proud – The life and Times of the Temptations
October 21
Mrs. Doubtfire
Jagged Little Pill
October 22
The Phantom of the Opera
October 29
Trouble in Mind
October 31
Thoughts of a Man
November 2
Diana: A True Musical Story
November 4
Flying Over Sunset
November 15
Jersey Boys
December 6
MJ
December 11
Dear Evan Hansen
December 20
Company
January 13, 2022
Intimate Apparel – A New Opera
March 18
Birthday Candles
….and more TBA…
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Complete casting has been announced for Keenan Scott II’s Thoughts of a Colored Man, to run Oct. 1 – Mar. 20, 2022 (opening Oct. 31) at the Golden Theatre, directed by Steve H. Broadnax III.
Dyllón Burnside, Bryan Terrell, Da’Vinchi, Luke James, Forrest McClendon, Tristan “Mack” Wilds, and Keith David.
As the sun rises on a single day in the pulsing heart of Brooklyn, seven Black men are about to discover the extraordinary – together. This is a play that blends spoken work, slam poetry, rhythm, and humor into a daring universal new play. Welcome to the vibrant inner life of being Black, proud, and thriving in the 21st century.
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Lincoln Center has announced June outdoor programming. 
FREE tickets will available through the TodayTix Lottery, which opens for entries 2 weeks before each performance.
Unveiling (June 1), a modern dance piece presented in collaboration with Works & Process at the Guggenheim, scored by Moses Sumney, and choreographed by Sonya Tayeh.
Voices of a People’s History (June 3), a powerful recitation by the graduating class of The Maxine Greene High School for Imaginative Inquiry.
I Dream a Dream that Dreams Back at Me (June 19), an experiential campus-wide event conceived and curated by Carl Hancock Rux, with lyrics by Lynn Nottage.
LGBTQIA+ (June 25) a celebration of Pride week, including the return of Taylor Mac and two new theater works as part of the Criminal Queerness Festival.
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The Tragedy of Macbeth will run Sept. 25 – Nov. 20 at the Almeida Theatre, directed by Yaël Farber.
James McArdle (Macbeth) and Saoirse Ronan (Lady Mcbeth), with more TBA.
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Enid Graham’s one-act, Do Not Go, My Love, will stream for FREE on Sat. June 12 at 8 PM ET at NY Hudson Stage, directed by Robert Sella.
Maryann Plunkett and Hansel Tan.
A call to a government financial helpline turns into more, as two strangers reach through the bureaucracy and technology to find their common humanity and moments of grace and connection.
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NY’s Radial Park will present “The Blues Brothers” Fridays and Saturdays May 17 – June 26 at 8 PM ET at Halletts Point Play.
The event will also include a live band and theatrical performances seamlessly timed in-sync with the movie in a one-of-a-kind hybrid mashup, directed by Kristine Bendul & Waldemar Quinones-Villanueva.
Charity Angel Dawson, Nick Rashad Burroughs, F. Michael Haynie, Brian Charles Johnson, Antoine L. Smith, Ladonna Burns, and Anne Fraser Thomas
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Theater Breaking Through Barriers will present Time Capsule, offering 14 short new plays, to stream May 31 – June 13, all at 7:30 PM ET. Click here for the performance schedule.
Disability intersects with all populations in our world: Every age, race, gender, and sexual orientation. The 14 original plays represent a diverse chorus within American culture.
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Video: The Last Five Years! 20th anniversary reunion, featuring the original cast — Norbert Leo Butz and Lauren Kennedy. (55:22)
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Ballet Hispanico has announced its 50th Celebration, which will premiere Fri. May 28 at 6:30 PM ET, hosted by Eduardo Vilaro, celebrating half a century of dance, orgullo, education, sabor, access, amor, community, espiratu, and innovation.
Premieres by Lauren Anderson, Ann “Rokafella” Garcia, and Belen May, Graciela Daniele, Ann Reinking, Geoffrey Holder, Nacho Duato, Pedro Ruiz, and Gustavo Ramírez Sansano.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Luis Miranda, Rosie Perez, Lauren Anderson, Ben Rodriguez-Cubeñas, and Darren Walker.
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Eleanor Burgess’ The Niceties will stream May 27 – June 13 at Manhattan Theatre Club, directed by Kimberly Senior.
Lisa Banes and Jordan Boatman (recreating their roles from the 2028 MTC production).
An ambitious young Black college student and her esteemed white professor meet over Skype to discuss a paper the college junior is writing about the American Revolution. Unfortunately, they find it hard to agree about the facts of the past – or the present. Discussions of grammar and Google turn to race and reputation, and soon they’re in dangerous territory neither of them had foreseen – and facing stunning implications that can’t be undone.
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The Netflix film adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s “13” will begin filming in Toronto in January, 2022, directed by Tamra Davis, with new music by Brown.
Eli Goldeen (Evan Goldman), Debra Messing (Evan’s Mother), Gabriella Uhl, JD McCrary, Frankie McNellis, Lindsey Blackwell, Jonathan Lengel, Ramon Reed, Nolen Dubuc, Luke Islam, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Kayleigh Cerezo, Wyatt Moss, Liam Wignall, and Khiyla.
Following a move from new York City to small-town Indiana, young Evan Goldman grapples with his parents’ divorce, prepares for his impending Bar Mitzvah, and navigates the complicated social circles of a new school.
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A benefit reading of Ben Jonson’s Volpone, or The Fox will stream June 14-18 at Off-Broadway’s Red Bull Theater, directed by Jesse Berger.
André De Shields, Jordan Boatman, Sofia Cheyenne, Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Clifton Duncan, Amy Jo Jackson, Peter Francis James, Hamish Linklater, Roberta Maxwell, Sam Morales, Kristine Nielsen, and Mary Testa.
Meet Volpone, the rich old Magnifico, whose ingenious schemes and farcical scams dupe his wealthy friends into showering him with gold. This feast of extraordinary language and wealthy friends into showering him with gold. This feast of extraordinary language and outrageous characters is a merciless satire that delightfully skewers the selfish manipulations of hypocrites – without excusing the greed and gullibility of their victims. Against scoundrels cloaked in propriety and legal dodgings, the virtuous are practially defenseless – and even the judge is on the make. Is Volpone the sly fox…or the outfoxed?
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SongLabs: Space Dogs, written & performed by Van Hughes and Nick Blaemire, will livestream Mon. June 28 at Off-Broadway’s MCC Theatre, followed by a talkback. The presentation is appx. 27 minutes, with the talkback expected to run 20 min.
The heartbreaking, mind-blowing true story of Laika and the Chief Designer – a stray dog and the top-secret Russian scientist who sent her to space during the Cold War. A sweeping, kaleidoscopic tale of invention, betrayal, international political intrigue, and the immortal friendship that exists between man and dog, as they journey together to the stars.
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“Wonka,” a re-make of “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” will be directed by Paul King. Additional casting, timeline, and more information TBA.
Timothée Chalamet (Young Willy Wonka).
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Music, Song, and Celebration: A Sondheim Cabaret will stream Sat. June 5 at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET at CA’s Pacific Resident Theatre, directed by Richard Israel, with music direction by Gerald Sternbach, and hosted by Jason Graae.
Camryn Manheim
Dana Jackson, Carolyn Mignini, Martha Hackett, Mary VanArsdel, Lesley Fera, Michael Tulin, Jason Downs, Steve Vinovich, and Robert Bailey.