Today’s Highlights:
Second Stage‘s Patience, world premiere by Johnny G. Lloyd, directed by Zhailon Levingston, featuring Justin Davis (Daniel), Jonathan Burke (Jordan), Nemuna Ceesay (Nikita), Zainab Barry (Ella), and Mary E. Hodges (Mother), opens at Off-Broadway’s McGinn/Cazale Theater.
Into the Woods, directed by Terry Gilliam & Leah Hausman, featuring Alex Young (Baker’s Wife), Audrey Brisson (Cinderella), Nicola Hughes (Witch), Julian Bleach (Mysterious Man), and Rhashan Stone (Baker), Gillian Bevan (Jack’s Mother), Nathanael Campbell (Wolf / Cinderella’s Prince), Maria Conneely (Rapunzil), Lauren Conroy (Little Red Riding Hood), Phoebe Fildes (Lucinda), Samuel Holmes (Steward), Charlotte Jaconelli (Florinda), Henry Jenkinson (Rapunzel’s Prince), and Barnet Wilkinson (Jack), begins previews at London’s Theatre Royal Bath.
Jaime Cepero’s Songs About Anxiety 2.0 concert, with special guests William Bailey, Taylor Blackman, Genesis Collado, Kevin Curtis, Michael Ray Fisher, Kristina Nicole Miller, Destan Owens, Cartreze Tucker, and Jason Veasey, at 9:30 PM ET at NYC’s 54 Below.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending Aug. 14. Click here for the complete analysis.
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GRACE NOTES Quote of the Week: “Words…deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” ~Tom Stoppard
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Manhattan Theatre Club has announced upcoming productions for its 2023-24 season at New York City Center – Stage 1:
Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (previews Oct. 11, opens Nov. 2, 2023), by Jeff Augustin, directed by Joshua Kahan Brody. 
A timely story of a son’s quest to connect with his father.
the best we could (a family tragedy) (previews Feb. 7, 2023, opens Mar. 1) , world premiere by Emily Feldman, directed by Daniel Aukin. A daughter’s road trip with her father becomes a theatrical journey across more that just state lines.
King James (previews May 2, opens May 16, 2023), by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Kenny Leon, featuring Glen Davis and Chris Perfetti. Two Clevelanders are brought together by their mutual devotion to LeBron James.
Summer, 1976 (2022-23 season, dates TBA), by David Auburn, directed by Daniel Sullivan. Over one fateful summer, an unlikely friendship develops between Diana, a fiercely iconoclastic artists and single mom, and Alice, a free-spirited yet naive young housewife. As the Bicentennial is celebrated across the country, these two young women in Ohio navigate motherhood, ambition, and intimacy, and help each other discover their own independence.
Poor Yella Rednecks (Fall 2023), by Qui Nguyenm, directed by May Adrales. A family of Vietnamese immigrants settle in Arkansas.
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Boston’s Lyric Stage Company has announced its 2022-23 season:
Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine (Sept 16 – Oct. 9), by Lynn Nottage, directed by Dawn M. Simmons.
The Play That Goes Wrong (Nov. 11 – Dec. 18)
Preludes (Jan. 6 – Feb. 5, 2023),
The Great Leap (Feb. 24 – Mar. 19),
Sister Act (Apr. 7 – May 14)
Rooted (June 2-25)
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Manhattan Theatre Club will present Martyna Majok’s Cost of Living, with previews beginning Sept. 13, and an opening set for Oct. 3 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, directed by Jo Bonney.
Gregg Mozgala, Katy Sullivan, Kara Young, and David Zayas.
The play is about the forces that bring people together, the complexity of caring and being cared for, and the ways we all need each other in this world.
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Melissa Etheridge: My Window – A Journey Though Life will run Oct. 13-29 at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages, directed by Amy Tinkham.
The piece offers an intimate experience like never before, inviting theatergoers into an exhilarating evening of storytelling and music. From tales of her childhood in Kansas to her groundbreaking career highlights – with all of life’s hits and deep cuts between – Etheridge opens her heart and soul on stage to fearlessly dazzle audiences of all generations.
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Complete casting has been announced for the world premiere of Laura Winters’ All of Me, to run Sept. 21 – Oct. 9 at MA’s Barrington Stage Company, directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe.
Madison Ferris (Lucy), Danny Gomez (Alfonso), Alexandra Seal (Jackie), Leah Hocking (Connie), Maggie Bofill (Elena), and Jack Fellows (Moose).
Boy meets girl. Boy uses wheelchair, girl uses scooter. Boy and girl use text-t0-speech technology to connect to each other and the world around them.
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Theatre Aspen‘s third annual Solo Flights festival of solo shows will run Sept. 10-15. The annual festival features works in the beginning stages of their journeys, and also includes talkbacks, creative discussions and panels, as well as special receptions.
Sparrows at the Bar, by Mike DiSalvo, directed by Joe Ccalarco, starring James Naughton
Sidekicked, by Kim Powers, directed by Melia Bensussen.
Sally: A Solo Play, by Sandra Seaton, directed by Hannah Ryan, starring Sabrina Sloan.
Low Expectations, written by & starring Michael Gaston, directed by Giovanna Sardelli.
Avaaz, written by & starring Michael Shayan.
Malone Alone! A Special Solo Flights Concert (Sept. 11 at 7 PM MT), with Beth Malone and David Dyer.
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Video: Learn the choreography for “Corn Puddin” from “Sschmigadoon!”
“Corn Puddin’” from the Apple TV+ series Schmigadoon! (15:03)
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Joseph Dougherty’s Chester Bailey will run Oct. 12 – Nov. 13 (opening Oct. 19) at Irish Rep, directed by Ron Lagomarsino.
Reed Birney and Ephraim Birney.
In a stateside hospital at the close of World War II, a young man recovers from catastrophic injuries. Or so the doctors have told him. But Chester Bailey denies what’s happened to him has actually happened, which is how he comes under the care of Dr. Philip Cotton. Older, wounded in his own ways, Cotton is charged with leading Chester back to reality. Their journey is not what either man expected.
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An advance screening & discussion of “The Son,” written & directed by Florian Zeller, starring Hugh Jackman, will take place Sun. Oct. 23 at 6:15 PM ET at NYC’s 92Y.
Hugh Jackman and Florian Zeller.
Peter, whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth is upended when his ex-wife appears with their troubled teenage son.
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Video: Take a peek at A Little Night Music at MA’s Barrington Stage Company, featuring Emily Skinner (Desiree), Jason Danieley (Frederick), Sierra Boggess (Charlotte, Mary Beth Peil (Madame Armfeldt), Cooper Grodin (Count Carl Magnus), Liesl Collazo (Anne Egerman), Noah Wolfe (Henrik Egerman), Sophie Mings (Petra), Kate Day Magocsi (Fredrika), Adam Richardson (Mr. Lindquist), Rebecca Pitcher (Mrs. Nordstrom), Stephanie Bacastow (Mrs. Anderssen), Andrew Maughan (Mr. Erlanson), Leslie Jackson (Mrs. Segerstrom), and Slater Ashenhurst (Frid).
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The pre-West End world premiere of Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, Lauren Gunderson, Nick Finlow & Kate Kerrigan’s The time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical will run Sept. 30 – Oct. 15 at Chester’s Storyhouse, directed by Bill Buckhurst, with choreography by Shelly Maxwell.
David Hunter (Henry), Joanna Woodward (Clare), Aisha Davis (Dr. Kendrick), Ross Dawes (Henry’s Dad), Hiba Elchikhe (Charisse), Stevie Hutchinson (Clare’s Dad), Tim Mahendran (Gomez), Sorelle Marsh (Henry’s Mum), Benjamin Purkiss (Jason/Mark), and Alwyne Taylor (Old Clare), with more TBA.
The musical centers on a love story between Henry and Clare, one experienced out of order thanks to Henry’s rare condition that sees him pulled into the past or the future with no warning when his genetic click periodically resets. Their love story is like no other. And yet, it’s like all others. They meet, fall in love and marry – but not in that order. Henry travels through time and through Clare’s past, present and future. Their love is the ultimate test and the greatest of romances, beset with surprises, pain, and adventures.
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Kyle Barish: Sip & Sing LIVE! will take place Mon. Aug. 29 at 8 PM ET at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre.
Ali Ewoldt and Jimmy Smagula
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Jim Steinman & Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell – The Musical will open Sept. 17 at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, directed by Jay Scheib, with choreography adapted by Xena Gusthart, and music direction by Michael Reed.
Travis Cloer (Falco), Alize Cruz (Raven), Anne Martinez (Sloane), Mecca Hicks (Zahara), Je’Shaun Jackson (Jagwire), Freddy Lealoukoula Pomee (Tink), Mikayla Agrella (Valkyrie), Jared Svoboda (Ledoux), Matthew Ballestero (Markevitch), Kyle Becker (O’Dessasuite), Kris Bona Esquivel, Connor Crowley (Denym), Mitchell Gray (Hoffman), Joe Hebel (Hollander), Waverly Jade (Kwaidan), Kyle Kuhlman (Goddesilla), Drew Lake (Bessamy), Ally Mendoza (Leibeswoosh), Paige Anne Mills (Mordema), Justine Rafael (Lunarrow), Jeffrey Ricca (Vanyeeteren), James Simpston (Astrogranger), Rachel Wirtz (Vilmos), and Laura Wright (Scherzzo).
The Juke box musical follows Strat, immortal lead of The Lost, and Raven, daughter of the tyrant Falco, as they fall in love in a story about the rebelliousness that can come with youth and passion.
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Chicago’s Porchlight Music Theatre ‘s 2022 Icons Gala will take place Fri. Sept. 23 at 5:30 PM CT at The Ritz-Carlton Chicago.
In addition, the theatre will present its annual Icon Award to Donna McKechnie.
Ms. McKechnie will perform, as well as join Paul Lisnek for an intimate on-stage conversation.
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Off-Broadway’s Keen Company has announced its 2022-23 season:
23rd Annual Benefit Gala (Sept. 13). Additional details TBA.
The Year of Magical Thinking (Oct. – Nov. 20), by Joan Didion. A virtual site-specific production starring Kathleen Chalfant, directed by Jonathan Silverstein.
Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Feb. 21 – Apr. 21, 2023, opening Mar. 8), by Lynn Nottage, directed by Colette Robert. Casting TBA.
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Complete casting has been announced for the world premiere of Laura Winters’ All of Me, which will run Sept. 21 – Oct. 9 at MA’s Barrington Stage Company, directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe.
Madison Ferris (Lucy), Danny Gomez (Alfonso), Alexandra Seal (Jackie), Leah Hocking (Connie), Maggie Bofill (Elena), and Jack Fellows (Moose).
Boy meets girl. Boy uses wheelchair, girl uses scooter. Boy and girl use text-to-speech technology to connect to each other and the world around them.
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Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway concert will take place Mon. Sept. 12 at 8 PM ET at NYC’s Town Hall.
Jane Krakowski