Today’s Highlights:
Caroline, world premiere by Preston Max Allen, directed by David Crome, featuring Amy Landekcer, river Lipe Smith, and Chloë Grace Moretz, opens at Off-Broadway’s MCC Theatre.
Lost and Found, by Angelica Gorga, directed by Christine Cirker, featuring Angelica Gorga (Found), Ivàn Marcel Hernandez (Lost), and Nelly Saviñon (Neighbor), opens at Off-Broadway’s AMT Theatre.
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Reviews for Punch at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
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Video: Watch the final trailer for “Wicked for Good,” starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
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The Little Mermaid will run Oct. 3-12 at the Zephyr Theatre, directed by James Esposito, with music direction by Abby Carlson, and choreography by Mike Montelibano
Brigit O’Malley (Ariel), Chris Gutierrez (Prince Eric), Bouket Fingerhut (Ursula), Chris Spangler (King Triton), Christopher Baker (Sebastian), Ellie Rodriguez (Scuttle), Katie Orr (Flounder), Richard Rosales (Grimsby/Chef Louis), Jackie Seigle (Flotsam), Allie Leslie (Jetsam), Gina Ansaldi (Aquata), Mary DeLan (Andrina), Courtney Dillman (Arista), Kasey Hentz (Atina), Amaya J (Alana), and Yessenia Buezo Munoz (Adella), with Andrew Colburn and Zach Sain.
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Pygmalion continues through Nov. 22 at Theatre Row, directed by David Staller.
Carson Elrod (Colonel Hugh Pickering), Mark Evans (Henry Higins), Synnove Karlesn (Eliza Doolittle), Teresa Avia Lim (Clara Eynsford-Hill), Lizan Mittchell (Mros. Higgin/Mrsl. Pearce), and Matt Wolpe (Freddy Eynsford Hill/Alfred Doolittle).
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David Henry Hwang will discuss Yellow Face (Broadway Edition) on Wed. Oct 8 at 7 PM at Brooklyn’s Center for Fiction. The livestream option will be available nationwide.
Yellow Face, part satire and part autobiography, has long been hailed for its incisive examination of race, representation, and the blind spots of American theatre. The Broadway Edition offers a fresh, sharper take on the play’s humor and urgency, reminding us why Hwang’s voice remains essential today.
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Off-Broadway’s MCC Theatre will present a benefit concert reading of The Bridges of Madison County on Mon. Dec. 15 at 7 PM at Carnegie Hall, directed by Bartlett Sher, with orchestrations by Jason Robert Brown.
Kelli O’Hara and Steven Pasquale, with Ephie Aardema, Jennifer Allen, Whitney Bashor, Charlie Franklin, Kevin Kern, Caitlin Kinnunen, Katie Klaus, Derek, Klena, Luke Marinkovich, Michael X. Martin, Cass Morgan, Aaron Ramey, and Dan Sharkey.
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Liesl Wilke, Andy Marsh & Kyle Puccia’s Stalled is now available for streaming.
Lauren Ward (Maggie), Josie Benson (Cynthia), Grace Venus (Emma), Carrie Sutton (Mary-Anne), Evita Khrime (Serena), Regina Co (Krystal), Rebecca-Jo Roberts (Robin), Isabella Gervais (Sophie), and Cezarah Bonner (Angela), with Emma Espada and Joanna Kirkland.
In Seattle’s Tech City Plaza executive ladies’ room are a frazzled mother of a neurodivergent daughter, a fierce 16-year-old slam poet with a daunting problem, a terrified queer computer scientist, and a single mom and daughter searching for connection and forgiveness. Held aloft by soul-stirring melodies and a solid pop vibe , the story follows these complicated women as they navigate the challenges of their lives with heart and courage.
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Jocelyn Bioh’s Jaja’s African Hair Braiding will run Oct. 1 – Nov. 9 at the Mark Taper Forum, directed byWhitney White.
Somi Kakoma (Jaja), Nana Mensah (Aminata), Brittany Adebumola (Miriam), Maechi Aharanwa (Ndidi), Rachel Christopher (Jennifer), Kalyne Coleman (Chrissy/Michelle/Laniece), Lakisha May (Vanessa/Radia/Sheila), Michael Oloyede (James and others), Dominique Thorne (Marie), and Zenzi Williams (Sista Bea).
The play is centered on one eventful day at a bustling Harlem hair salon, and focuses aroutn the braiders’ lives, dreams and struggles as they navigate their lives in America, with the looming presence of the boss JaJa’s upcoming wedding to a white man serving as a backdrop to the personal drammas and the universal themes of immigration, sisterhood, and the immigrant experience.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s immersive Masquerade willl continue through Feb. 1, 2026, at 218 West 57th Street directed byDiane Paulus.
(rotating): Alaska, Laura Lee Anderson, Baby Byrne, Nicholas Edwards, Gabriella Enriquez, Haile Ferrier, Nkrumah Gatling, Francisco Javier González, Cooper Grodin, Maxfield Haynes, Bryan Hernandez-Luch, Satomi Hofmann, Kody Jauron, Maree Johnson, Tia Karaplis, Nathan Keen, Joe Kerr, Jeff Kready, Jacob Lacopo, Rawb Lane, Eryn LeCroy, Raymond J. Lee, Telly Leung, Claire Leyden, Francesca Mehrotra, Georgia Mendes, Sami Merdinian, Anna Monoxide, Betsy Morgan, Riley Noland, Charles Osborne, Hugh Panaro, Chris Ryan, Kyle Scatliffe, Paul Adam Schaefer, Clay Singer, Phumzile Sojola, Jeremy Stolle, Jack Sullivan, Olivia Tarchick, Kaley Ann Voorhees, Nik Walker, Andrew Wojtal, Nikita Yermak, Kevin Zambrano, and Anna Zavelson.
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Off Broadway’s MCC Theatre will present a benefit reading of The Bridges of Madison County on Mon. Dec. 15 at 7 PM at Carnegie Hall, directed by Bartlett Sher.
Kelli O’Hara and Steven Pasquale, with Ephie Aardema, Jennifer Allen, Whitney Bashor, Charlie Franklin, Kevin Kern, Caitlin Kinnunen, Katie Klaus, Derek, Klena, Luke Marinkovich, Michael X. Martin, Cass Morgan, Aaron Ramey, and Dan Sharkey.
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Brian Quijada’s Fly Me to the Sun continues through Oct. 12 at the Fountain Theatre, directed by Raymond O. Caldwell.
Noe Cervantes and Gerardo Navarro.
In hosting his very own TV variety show, a young man learns about the beauty and flaws of the American dream through the eyes of his Salvadoran grandmother – magically portrayed as a hand puppet.