Today’s Highlights:
Our Class, by Tadeusz Slobodzianek, directed by Igor Golak, featuring Gus Birney (Dora), Andrey Burkovskiy (Menachem), José Espinosa (Rysiek), Tess Goldwyn (Zocha), Will Manning (Heniek), Stephen Ochsner (Jakub Katz), Alexandra Silber (Rachelka/Marianna), Richard Topol (Abram), Ilia Volok (Władek) and Elan Zafir (Zygmunt), opens at Off-Broadway’s Classic Stage Company.
A Face in the Crowd, by Elvis Costello & Sarah Ruhl, directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah, featuring Ramin Karimloo (Lonesone), Anoushka Lucas (Marcia Jeffries), Stavros Demetraki (Joey D), Olly Dobson (Mel Miller), and Emily Florence (Betty Lou), with Howard Gossington, Andrew Coshan, Sadie-Jean Shirley, Chris Jenkins, Durone Stokes, Vicki Lee Taylor, Annie Wensak, Jasmin Colangelo and Bobby Windebank, opens at London’s Young Vic.
Peter Pan, directed byLonnie Price, featuring Nolan Almeida (Peter Pan), Cody Garcia (Captain Hook), Hawa Kamara (Wendy), Ray Zaragoza (Tiger Lily), Shefali Deshpande (Mrs. Darling), Kurt Perry (Smee), William Foon & Micah Turner Lee (alternate as John), Reed Epley & Jayden Guarneri (alternate as Michael), and more (unlisted), opens at Kansas City Starlight.
Red Bull Theater‘s The Beast of Hungary live & livestream reading, by Lope De Vega, directed by Nadia Guevara, featuring Shirine Babb, Jimonn Cole, Darryl Gene Daughtry Jr., Jill Durso, Zachary Fine, Santino Fontana, Ismenia Mendes, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Sean Runnette, Han Van Sciver, and Chauncy Thomas, at 7:30 PM at Off-Broadway’s Sheen Center .
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Thomas Meehan, Bob Martin, Matthew Sklar & Chad Beguelin’s Elf The Musical will run Nov. 9 – Jan. 4, 2025 (opening Nov. 17) at the Marquis Theatre, directed by Philip Wm. McKinley, with choreography Liam Steel, and music supervision by Alan Williams.
Grey Henson (Elf) and more TBA.
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The Broadway production of Carson Kreitzer, Matt Gould & Raja Feather Kelly’s Lempicka is now available at the New York Public Library’s Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Eden Espinosa (Ramara de Lempicka), Amber Iman (Rafaela), Andrew Samonsky (Tadeusz Lempicki), George Abud (Marinetti), Natalie Joy Johnson (Suzy Solidor), Zoe Glick (Kizette), Nathaniel Stampley (Baron), and Beth Leavel (Baroness), with Mariand Torres, Alex Aquilino, Lauren Blackman, Stephen Brower, Kyle Brown, Holli’ Conway, Abby Matsusaka, Jimin Moon, Khori Michelle Petinaud, Ximone Rose, Nicholas Ward, Veronica Fiaoni, Mary Page Nance, Julio Rey, and Michael Milkanin.
Spanning decades of political and personal turmoil and told through a thrilling, pop-infused score, Lempicka boldly explores the contradictions of a world in crisis, a woman ahead of her era, and an artist whose time has finally come.
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Off-Broadway’s Classic Stage Company will present its 2024 Gala on Mon. Nov. 18 at 6 PM at the City Winery, directed by Daniel Goldstein and hosted by Jenn Colella & Michael James Scott.
Nikki M James and Frank DiLella.
TBA.
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George Tabori’s The Goldberg Variations will run Sept. 19 – Oct. 6 at Theater for the New City, directed by Manfred Bormann.
Jeff Burchfield, Jee Duman, Derrick Peterson, Alyssa Simon, Matt Walker, and Dana Watkins.
A backstage comedy set in Jerusalem, where a play based on disasters in the Old and New Testaments is being rehearsed. The director of this play, Mr. Jay, is deliberately named with the initial of Jehovah. His assistant, Goldberg, is a Jew and an Auschwitz survivor. They enact the Creation, the Fall of Man, the near-sacrifice of Isaac, the Golden Calf, and the Crucifixion with a satirical combination of seriousness, farce and unashamedly bad jokes.
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Seasons of Art, a new musical entertainment, will run Sept. 20-22 at Theatre West, directed by Victoria Lavan.
Constance Mellors, Scottie Nevil, Kerry Melachouris, Gabriela Collazo, Ellie Aguilar, Angelina Raiche, Victoria Lavan, David Mingrino, Donald Moore, Robert W. Laur, Michael Van Duzer, and Paul Cady.
A 90-minute romp through various musical theatre shows, plus a few pop favorites. Musical selections include a Stephen Sondheim medley, plus songs from In the Heights, The Secret Garden, Hair, Kiss Me Kate, and a new musical, Cafe con Leche.
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John O’Farrell’s Just for One Day – The Live Aid Musical, featuring hit songs by Bob Dylan, David Bowie, The Who, U2, Queen, Madonna, The Police, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Diana Ross and more, will run May 15 – 31, 2025 at the Shaftesbury Theatre, directed by Luke Sheppard
Casting TBA.
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The Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, in support of BCEFA, will take place Sun. Sept. 22 from 10 AM – 7 PM at West 44th & West 45th Streets, Shubert Alley & Times Square.
Click here for the complete schedule of events.
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First look at the Metropolitan Opera’s Grounded, by Jeanine Tesori, directed by Michael Mayer:
Video: The differences between opera and musical theater.
Video: Jeanine Tesori and Michael Mayer discuss the opera.
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Jay Paul Deratany, Coyote Joe Stevens & Keaton Wooden’s The Civility of Albert Cashier continues through Sept. 22 at Burbank’s Colony Theatre, directed by Richard Israel.
Josh Adamson, Cameron J. Armstrong, Tanner Berry, Evan Borboa, John Bucy, Cid Bullens, Brett Calo, Gabrielle Dahlen, Andrea Daveline, Lisa Dyson, Fatima El-Bashir, Michael Guarasci, Blake Jenner, Phillip J. Lewis, Jonah Robinson, and Dani Shay.
The astonishing true-story of a Civil War soldier whose life defied definition. Transformed into a powerful new musical, more timely than ever.
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Shirley Jones: a Gala Celebration of Her Life, Career, and Legacy will take place Sat. Sept. 21 at 7 PM at Pittsburg CLO.
Sierra Boggess, Norm Lewis, Jessie Mueller, Kelli O’Hara, and Adam Pascal. **********************
Seasons of Art will run Sept. 20-22, (Fri. & Sat. at 8 PM & Sun. at 2 PM) at Theatre West, directed by Victoria Lavan.
Constance Mellors, Scottie Nevil, Kerry Melachouris, Gabriela Collazo, Ellie Aguilar, Angelina Raiche, Victoria Lavan, David Mingrino, Donald Moore, Robert W. Laur, Michael Van Duzer, and Paul Cady.
A 90-minute romp through various musical theatre shows, plus a few pop favorites. Musical selections include a Stephen Sondheim medley, plus songs from In the Heights, The Secret Garden, Hair, Kiss Me Kate, and a new musical, Cafe con Leche.
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Elf The Musical, by Thomas Meehan, Bob Martin, Matthew Sklar & Chad Beguilin, will run Nov. 9 – Jan. 4, 2025 (opening Nov. 17) at the Marquis Theatre, directed by Philip Wm. McKinley, with choreography by Liam Steel, and music supervision by Alan Williams.
Grey Henson (Elf) and more TBA.
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Two world premiere one-act musicals will run Oct. 10 -27 at Hollywood’s Art of Acting Studio.
Someone Like Me, written & directed by Richard Gustin, featuring Bianca Foscht and Marcus Wellsm with Angelika Giatras. A biting comedy focusing on Jordan, who is on the edge with her fiancé when a stranger enters her world and turns it upside down. He leads the two of them into an increasingly pointed debate about the tides of culture, love, and Jordan’s own looming commitment.
In Whose Eyes?, by George Kappaz, directed by Johnny Patrick Noder, featuring Suzanne Ford, George Kappaz, Kirsta Peterson, Walter Rodriguez, William Salyers, and Elizabeth Ivy Southard. A man caught in a cascade of historical events threatens everything he holds dear. His ability to survive these events is both remarkable and inexplicable. But a trial in the afterlife draws into question the morality of his choices and the destination of his soul.