Today’s Highlights:
Irishtown, by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey, featuring Kate Burton, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Kevin Oliver Lynch, Brenda Meaney, Angela Reed, with Roger Clark, begins previews at Off Broadway’s Irish Rep.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending Mar. 30, 2025
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54 Sings Coco by Alan Jay Lerner and André Previne will take place (both live & livestreamed) on Mon. Apr. 14 at 7 PM at NYC’s 54 Below, with music direction by Michael Lavine.
Christine Andreas, Stevene Brinberg, Paula Leggett Chase, Britney Coleman, Josie De Guzman, Ali Ewoldt, Sara Gettelfinger, Adam Grupper, Ben Jones, Jay Aubrey Jones, Isabel Keating, Neal Mayer, Brad Oscar, Jean Preece, AJ Shively, Jane Summerhays, Lenny Wolpe, Penny Worth, and more TBA.
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The Peccadillo Theatre Company will present Lonne Elder III’s Ceremonies in Dark Old Men Apr. 11 – May 18 (opening Apr. 18) at Theatre at St. Clements, directed by Clinton Turner Davis.
Norm Lewis, Jeremiah Packer, Calvin M. Thompson, Bryce Michael Wood, and James Foster Jr.
It’s New York in the 1950s. Russell Parker, a ne’er-do-well barber and the widowed father of three adult children, spends his days playing checkers and reminiscing about his life in vaudeville as a song and dance man. His two sons, Theo and Bobby, are dreamers of a different sort – a pair of petty criminals looking for a “score” in the form of ill-conceived and dangerous bootlegging and numbers schemes. Russell’s daughter, Adele, the only gainfully employed member of the family, eventually threatens to walk out, refusing to work herself into an early grave like her mother. When Adele’s long-simmering resentments boil over and the boys’ criminal enterprise falls apart, tragic consequences ensue for the whole family.
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Ann Talman: Elizabeth Taylor and the Shadow of Her Smile will run Apr. 18-20 at Virginia Stage Comany,
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An industry reading of Dishin’ With Divine, written & directed by Donnie, will take place Fri. Apr. 4 at Noon & 4 PM at NYC’s Ripley Grier Studios. Industry professionals should contact contact@visceral-
Josh Lamon (Divine)
In this hilarious and touching new one-man play about the star of films including “Hairspray” and “Pink Flamingos,” audiences will meet the man behind the dress, Harris Glenn Milstead, as he relives the ups and downs of his remarkable career, cut short at only 42 years of age.
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The dance company, A.I.M, by Kyle Abraham will offer 2 performances on Apr. 11 (7:30 PM) and Apr. 12 (2 PM) at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Arts.
A though-provoking movement, rooted in Black and queer history and culture, to the forefront under Abraham’s visionary leadership, features new works by Andrea Miller and Rena Butler, alongside creations by Paul Singh and Artistic Director, Kyle Abraham.
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Fiddler on the Roof will run Apr. 26 – May 25 (opening May 2) at Cleveland Playhouse, directed by Michael BaraKia.
Robert Cuccioli (Tevye), Joanna Glushak (Golde), Maria Noel Fallouh (Tzeitel/Gramma Tzeitel), Kristine Zbornik (Yente), Carolyn Demanelis (Shandel), E Ethan Flanagan (Avram), Amy Fritsche (Fruma-Sarah), Sasha Geisser (Chava/Fiddler), Michael Glavan (Fyedka), Addie Wisniewski (Shprintze), Michael Glavan (Fyedka), with Lester González, Matt Koenig, David Lenahan, Brendan Lowry, christina McSheffrey, Calder Meis, Marc Mortiz, Bebe Moss, Meredith Nelson, Adam Ortega, Avery Lamar Pope, Geoffrey Short, and many more.
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An Evening with La Toya Jackson will take place June 6 & 7, both a 8:30 PM, at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.
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David Harrower’s Blackbird will run Apr. 10-20 at the Actors Studio, directed by Suzanne Didonna.
Scot McCord and Emilie rose Bak.
This complex drama depicts a story about an unconventional love and the crippling effects of abuse. Una, a 27-year-old woman, has tracked down Ray, a 55-year-old man, with whom she shares a dark past. The story unfolds and raw emotions run high as they revisit the passionate relationship they had fifteen years ago, when he was forty and she was only twelve. Controversial in its nature, it breaks boundaries and poses serious questions about society and morality.
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The world premiere of Robert Ford’s In The Groove of Forgetting will run Apr. 16 – June 4 at Fayetteville, AR’s Theatre Squared, directed by Bruce Warren.
Jonny Schremer (Soccor Mom), Emily Watkins (role not reported), Brandon Curry (Rexy/Jason), Margaret Ivey (Joe), Bill Rogers (Eddie), Annie Munch (#11), Brenann Stacker (#14), Lily Talevski (#7), Isabel Thompson (#25), James Beaman (Miss Tracy Mills), and Max Fall (Casey).
Summer, 1938. Ilona, a concert pianist known for her sharp wit as much as her musical passion, refuses to be ruled by fear, even as fellow Jewish artists and academics flee Hungary. Surely Budapest is safe from the growing Nazi fervor—isn’t it? Filled with intrigue, music, and wry humor, this world premiere is a taut emotional thriller, as a woman caught in one of history’s darkest moments fights to find a way forward.
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Jordan R. Young’s Bela Lugosi Meets Edna Saint Vincent Millay will run on various dates from June 5-28 at the Broadwater Black Box, directed by Christine Cummings.
Rose London
Famed actor Bela Lugosi (1882-1956) and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) had a number of things in common: Both achieved international recognition during their lifetimes for their respective artistic endeavors, both were charismatic, both had active romantic lives, both were prominent social activists, and both struggled with drug addiction at the end of their lives. So, what happens when Bela meets Edna? And what happens when the show’s narrator, Rose London, is commissioned by iconic 1960s TV star Bettye Ackerman (1924-2006) to write a solo performance piece in which Bettye will portray Edna on stage, to be helmed by prolific director Ted Post (1918-2013)? Well, we’ll tell you….
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Red Bull Theater‘s reading of Sophocles’ Oedipus will take place Apr. 27 & 28 (both at 7:30 PM) at Off-Broadway’s Sheen Center, adapted & directed by Carey Perloff.
Isabel Arraiza, Teagle F. Bougere, Nike Imoru, Rocco Sisto, Rebecca S’Manga Frank, Chauncy Thomas, John Douglas Thompson, and Raphael Nash Thompson.
How long must a man endure punishment for a crime he was fated to commit? Carey Perloff’s gripping new adaptation fuses Oedipus Tyrannos and Oedipus at Colonus into an extraordinary new look at one of the most elemental tales of power, justice, family and revenge, as the aged Oedipus nears his death and attempts to rewrite his bloody past. Featuring a translation by acclaimed playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker and original music by David Coulter, this Oedipus asks whether we can ever leave the past behind as we reckon with an unsettled present and a dangerous future.