Today’s Highlights:
Beau The Musical, by Douglas Lyones & Ethan D. Pakchar, directed by Josh Rhodes, featuring Amelia Cormack (Raven) Andrea Goss (Le0Ann/Nurse), Myuki Miyagi (Daphney), Derek Stoltenberg (Dess), Ryan Halasver (Larry), and Max Sangerman (Ferris), with Luke Carnell, Seth Eliser, Tyler Conovan McCall and (Ace Baker at select performances, opens at Off-Broadway’s St.Luke’s Theatre.
The Muppets and Magician Rob Lake begins previews at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre.
Red Bull Theater‘s Richard II, adapted & directed by Craig Baldwin, starring Michael Urie, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Astor Place Theatre.
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The premiere of “We Lift Each Other” will premiere Mon. Nov. 10 at Asheville, North Carolina’s Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, directed by Lou Pepe & Keith Fulton.
The documentary features the North Carolina-based modern dance company Blac Box Dance Theatre and their work with Veterans. The story includes participants from a Veteran Treatment Court—men and women navigating recovery from PTSD, addiction, and the visible and invisible wounds of military service. The film documents Black Box Dance Theatre’s work with veterans, giving them the courage to step into a creative process that fosters trust, healing, and resilience.
Watch the complete dumentary here.
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The Fountain Theatre will presentAmy Engelhardt’s Impact Nov. 21-23.
Amy Engelhardt
What began as a bucket-list trip to honor lost friends evolved into a personal and global exploration of grace, kindness and simplicity.
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An invitation-only reading o Jon Marans’ The Cover Up will take place Mon. Nov. 3 at 2 PM at Off-Broadway’s Barrow Group, directed by Nina Goodheart.
Jeremy Shamos (Richard Nixon) and Geneva Carr (Marissa Morgan), with Steve Rosen and Rebecca Salzhauer.
The play is set in Staunton, Virginia, 1973. While the Watergate hearings are being broadcast on television, Portland Lipper is in the middle of her own cover-up. Two years earlier, her brilliant, then twenty-year-old daughter Floye Marie became schizophrenic. Since then she’s been hiding her daughter’s illness, determined to help her graduate from UVA. However, Floye Marie’s failing her final course on Machiavelli. Portland enlists the aid of her unstable but brilliant ex-husband, Ronner, to save the day. FYI — Floye Marie — whose schizophrenia involves hearing voices – still hopes to be the first republican female president and has ‘conjured up’ Richard Nixon to give her guidance throughout her difficult times.
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Guac, by Manuel Olive & James Clements, continues through Nov. 2 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, directed by Michael Cotey.
Manuel Oliver
A fearless, funny, and deeply moving theatrical tour-de-force about a father turned activist. Seven years after his son Joaquín “Guac” Oliver was killed in the Parkland shooting, Manuel Oliver channels his love, loss, and rage into a powerful force for change. From pepperoni bacon pizza to air guitar solos, Oliver paints a vivid, unforgettable portrait of a vibrant life cut short—and a father’s relentless fight for a better future. GUAC pulls zero punches and speaks to anyone who has ever loved, lost, or dreamed of making a difference.
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David Auburn’s Proof will run Mar. 31, 2026 – June 9 (opening Apr. 16) at the Booth Theatre, directed by Thomas Kail.
Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle
Catherine (Edebiri), the brilliant but restless daughter of renowned mathematics professor Robert (Cheadle), is thrust into turmoil when a notebook containing a revelatory proof is discovered after his death. As debate erupts over its true authorship, Catherine must confront the power of legacy, and the cost of proving herself.
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The cast recording of Off-Broadway’s York Theatre Company’s The Big Dipper, by Jimmy Robers, Catherine Filloux & John Daggett, has been released. The musical is inspired by the play All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go, by Jimmy Robers, Catherine Filloux & John Daggett.
Debra Walton, Michael Yeshion, Robert Cuccioli, Mia Pinero, Jayae Riley, Jr., Jennifer Byrne, Darius Harper, Pablo Torres, and Jillian Louis.
A story about finding connection in the most unlikely places. Set in an historic inn in Bigelow, New York, near Niagara Falls, the musical follows Joan Wilkes as she struggles to keep her family’s beloved Big Dipper Inn from closing. When a massive blizzard forces together two mismatched groups of stranded travelers, secrets are revealed, sparks of romance ignite, and unexpected bonds form. In just three days, lives are changed forever —proof that hope can flourish even in life’s stormiest moments.
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Jeremy Jordan will return to The Great Gatsby on Nov 10 at the Broadway Theatre.
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Off-Broadway’s Gingold Theatrical Group production of Shaw’s Pygmalion continues through Nov. 22 at Theatre Row, directed by David Staller.
Carson Elrod (Colonel Hugh Pickering), Mark Evans (Henry Higgins),Synnove Karsden (Eliza Doolittle), Teresa Avia Lim (Clara Eynsfork-Hill), Lizan Mitchell (Mrs. Higgins/Mrs. Pearce), and Matt Wolpe (Freddy Eynsford Hill/Alfred Doolittle).
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The final week of Broadway’s Punch, by James Graham, directed by Adam Penford will also offer a streaming option of the production during its last performances on Oct. 28 – Nov. 2. Click here for streaming tickets.
Camila Canó-Flaviá, Victoria Clark, Will Harrison, Cody Kostro, Piter Marek, Sam Robards, and Lucy Taylor.
Inspired by a true story, two-time Olivier Award-winning playwright James Graham brings a powerful work of truth and consequences to Broadway this fall with Punch. As Jacob tears through Nottingham in a whirlwind of drugs, girls, and bar fights, he makes a fatal mistake that lands him in prison. But as he struggles to accept the consequences of his actions and build a new life, he finds an unusual source of salvation: the parents of the boy he killed.
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MCC Theater‘s Miscast 2026 will take place on Mon. Apr. 27, 2026 at NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom.
Director, Music Director and casting TBA.