Today’s Highlights:
Here You Come Again, by Bruce Vilanch, Gabriel Barre & Tricia Paoluccio, directed & choreographed by Barre, featuring Tricia Paoluccio (Dolly Parton) and Matthew Risch (Kevin), opens at CT’s Goodspeed.
Pipeline, by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Bryan Keith, featuring Lou Acosta, Jon Gentry, Fadhia Carmelle Marcelin, Nate Memba, Jennifer Sorenson, Ariana Sucar, and Omari Williams, opens at Hollywood’s Art of Acting Studio.
Call Fosse at the Minskoff, written & performed by Mimi Quillin, directed by Michael Berresse, closes at Nantucket’s White Heron Theatre Company.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending July 30. Click here for the complete analysis.
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The Da Vinci Code, adapted by Rachel Wagstaff & Duncan Abel, will run Aug. 24 – Sept. 23 (opening Aug. 26) at ME’s Ogunquit Playhouse, directed by Luke Sheppard.
Michael Urie (Professor Robert Langdon), Hannah Cruz (Sophie Neyeu), and Charles Shaughnessy (Sir Leigh Teabing), with Katya Collazo, Thursday Farrar, Howard Kaye, Tarik Lowe, Glenn Morizio, David Patterson, Melissa Parness, Jennifer Regan, and more TBA.
The curator of The Louvre has been brutally murdered, and alongside his body are a series of baffling codes. Follow the pulse-pounding journey of professor Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu, as they attempt to solve these riddles before a shocking historical secret is lost forever.
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The world premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s I Need That will run Oct. 13 – Dec. 23 (opening Nov. 2) at the American Airlines Theatre, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel.
Danny DeVito, Lucy DeVito. and Ray Anthony Thomas.
Sam doesn’t get out much. Actually, he doesn’t get out at all, opting instead for the safety of his house in the company of his things—his many, many things. But when a notice from the government arrives alerting Sam that he must clean up his property or face eviction, he’s forced to reckon with what’s trash, what’s treasure, and whether we can ever know the difference between the two.
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P3 Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Jiggs Burgess’ The Red Suitcase Aug. 10 – Sept. 3 (opening Aug. 12) at Hollywood’s Broadwater Theatre Main Stage, directed by Del Shores.
Emerson Collins (Pogue), Kristen McCullough (April), Bruce Melena (Bud), Charlotte Louise White (Grandma Evans), Mat Hayes (Player 1), Pam Trotter (Player 2), and Tiago Santos (Player 3).
The play explores the sometimes difficult relationship between fathers and sons and the many moments, stories, and characters that build a person a life.
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National Theatre Live will present a live screening of C.P. Taylor’s Good on Sat. Sept. 23 at 3 PM at UCLA’s James Bridges Theatre, starring David Tennant.
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Video: Erin Davie and Mark Evans perform “One Second and a Million Miles,” from The Bridges of Madison County at DC’s Signature Theatre. Scroll down…
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York Theatre Company will present Oscar Brand & William F. Brown’s How to Steal an Election: A Dirty Politics Musical Aug. 26 – Sept. 3 (opening Aug. 27) at Theater at St. Jean’s, directed by Joseph Hayward, with music direction by Miles Plant, and choreography by Victoria Casillo.
Jason Graae (Calvin Coolidge) and Emma Degerstedt (April), with Courtney Arango, Kelly Berman, and Drew Tanabe, and more TBA.
Creators Oscar Brand and William F. Brown had the notion of Jazz Age President Calvin Coolidge materializing in the present day (that is, 1968). There he meets a couple of fervent young protesters, just back from the skull-cracking Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Disillusioned, these two protesters have no taste for the political machine. But what’s wrong with pragmatism, Coolidge asks them? What about learning to work within a corrupt system? Thus, Coolidge begins his history lesson, with vignettes and songs depicting cynical power grabs of yore. How to Steal an Election opened to rave reviews at Off-Broadway’s Pocket Theatre in 1968 and after 50 performances, the show was set to move to Broadway. But there was a glitch-according to Oscar Brand, the $80,000 lined up for the move was Mob money. The authors refused to cooperate; end of deal, end of production. Until now!
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The Pianist, newly adapted & directed by Emily Mann, will run Sept. 26 – Oct. 22 (opening Sept. 29) at NJ’s George Street Playhouse.
Daniel Donskoy (Wladyslaw Szpilman), Claire Beckman (Mother), Austin Pendleton (Father), Paul Spera (Henryk), Arielle Goldman (Regina), Georgia Warner (Halina/Woman), Charlotte Ewing (Magda/Boy), Tina Benko (Janina and others), Robert David Grant (Majorek and others), and Jordan Lage (Jaworski).
The harrowing account of the annihilation of Jewish life in Warsaw during World War II and his remarkable survival through the transcendent power of music, with the unlikely help of a sympathetic German officer. Szpilman was the most acclaimed young musician of his time until his promising career was interrupted by the onset of World War II. He played the last live music heard over Polish radio airwaves before Nazi artillery hit. Though he escaped deportation, Szpilman was forced to live in the heart of the Warsaw ghetto.
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North Hollywood’s Loft Ensemble (link TBA) has announced its 2023-24 season:
The Value (opens Sept. 8), by Nicholas Dunn, directed by Calvin Picou. A trio of petty thieves hides out in a dingy motel room after stealing a work of art, a quick payday on an in and out job. The painting holds a special value to each of them. Money and power are the driving force in this play. While hiding out they learn the real worth of the art they have stolen. They must then face the truth within themselves and their place in society and what is valuable to them and their worth.
Monster (opens Oct. 20), world premiere by April Littlejohn, directed by Bree Pavey. Hanna has worked herself to the bone for a promotion she doesn’t want, alienated her only friend, and the guy she thinks of as her boyfriend doesn’t want her. To get her life back on track, she must face the Monsters under the bed and in the closet who are there to protect her and help her survive.
La Cocina (opens Jan. 19, 2024), by Ton Meneses, directed by Adam Chambers & April Littlejohn. The play looks at the back of house of a modern-day NYC restaurant kitchen as cooks and waitstaff juggle orders, dishes, and their own dreams of a better life.
Power to the Queendom (opens Mar. 1), world premiere by ShaWanna Renee Rivon, directed by Diane Renee. Four women of the 1970s Black Panther Party find themselves in hot water after a protest goes awry, causing them to hold a Houston police officer hostage in the chapter headquarters. The cops assaulted an unarmed Black man, and the ladies won’t release their hostage until he answers their questions.
The Lost Women (opens Apr. 2), by Nubia Monks, directed by Jazmine Nichelle. A choreopoem inspired by real people and their real stories about sexual violence and the injustices that Black women face as well as the ancestral power from which they draw strength every day they choose to wake up and brave the world.
#caseyandtommygetmarried opens May 17), world premiere by Molly Wagner, directed by Natasha Renae Potts & Madylin Sweeten Durrie. College friends reunite several years after graduation for Tommy’s wedding. But not all of them are onboard with Tommy’s choice of partner. After exclusively dating men in college, Tommy is about to marry a woman. Will the friends get onboard or sabotage the wedding to try and “save” Tommy? And will any of them even make it to the wedding after a night of the most elaborate drinking game you’ve ever seen?
The Year Without a Summer (opens June 28), by Green DuBois, directed by Maia Luer & Danielle Ozymandias. Set in 1816, a band of European misfits hides and collides in an Alpine villa during the eponymous summer-less summer of 1816, with salonnière Matilda Dembowski presiding over the mischief. Through games, stories, and philosophical conversations, and with the help of a ridiculous cast of characters pulled from history and farce, the recently separated Matilda tries to determine her uncertain future.
No Desire to Suffer Twice (opens Aug. 9), world premiere by Cris Eli Blak. Brendan, a white kid, was adopted by Cedric’s Black family as a young boy, and the two brothers both dream of going to Harvard Business School. Brendan was accepted but Cedric, the better student, was rejected. When Cedric learns that Brendan has been hiding his acceptance letter and the truth of how he was admitted, the brothers must face a betrayal from which they may never recover.
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National Theatre Live will present a screening of Fleabag, written & performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, on Sat. Aug. 26 at 3 PM at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater.
Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.
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Video: Teaser for Let’s Call Her Patti at Lincoln Center, featuring Arielle Goldman, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, and Rhea Perlman.
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Industry readings of Brian Belding, Natalie Brice & Vaibu Mohan’s White Rose will take place Thurs. Aug. 10 at 11:30 AM and 2:30 PM at NYC’s Open Jar Studios. directed by Will Nunziata.
: RSVP@ldkproductions.com.
Wren Rivera, Antonio Cipriano, Matt DeAngelis, Jordan Dobson, Joseph Ellis, Laura Sky, Mauricio Martinez, and Julio Rey.
The White Rose students were the privileged few who benefited from unjust laws and discrimination, says lyricist Belding. Yet they were the ones who ultimately stood up for those who no longer had a voice. They chose to use their privilege for good, risking everything. My hope is that this musical inspires those struggling to find their own way to take action where they see injustice.”