Today’s Highlights:
Women, Beware the Devil, by Lulu Raczka, directed by Rupert Goold, featuring Leo Bill, Carly-Sophia Davies, Aurora Dawson-Hunte, Ionna Kimbook, Nathan Laryea, Lydia Leonard, Alison Oliver, and Lola Shalam, opens at London’s Almeida Theatre.
How to Defend Yourself, by Liliana Padilla, directed by Liliana Padilla, Rachel Chavkin & Steph Paul, featuring Amaya Braganza, Sebastian Delacasas, Jayson Lee, Ariana Mahallati, Teagan Meredicth, Gabriela Ortega, Sarah Marie Rodriguez, and Talia Ryder, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s New York Theatre Workshop.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending Feb. 19.
Click here for the complete analysis.
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“Live with Rye & Friends,” hosted by Rye Myers, will take place Sun. Mar. 12 at 7 PM at NYC’s Chelsea Table + Stage. The series will then take place two Sundays every month, beginning in April, all at Table + Stage.
TBA.
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Complete casting has been announced for Second Stage Theater‘s production of Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play, to begin previews Mar. 25 and open Apr. 20 at the Hayes Theatre, directed by Rachel Chavkin.
D’Arcy Carden, Katie Finneran, Scott Foley, and Chris Sullivan.
When a troupe of really, really well-meaning theater artists attempt to put on a culturally sensitive Thanksgiving school pageant, things get messy.
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National Theatre Live’s screening of David Hare’s Straight Line Crazy will take place Sun. Feb. 26 at 3 PM at UCLA’s James Bridges Theatre, directed by Nicholas Hytner.
Ralph Fiennes (Robert Moses), Alisha Bailey (Mariah Heller), Samuel Barnett (Ariel Porter), David Bromley (Stamford Fergus), Al Coppola (Walter McQuade), Siobhán Cullen (Finnuala Connell), Ian Kirkby (Lewis Mumford), Alana Maria (Shirley Hayes), Dani Moseley (Carol Ames), Guy Paul (Henry Vanderbilt), Helen Schlesinger (Jane Jacobs), Mary Stillwaggon Stewart (Nicole Sawyer), and Danny Webb (Governor Al Smith).
For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses exploited those in office through a mix of charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City’s workers, he created parks, bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors. Faced with resistance by protest groups campaigning for a very different idea of what the city should become, will the weakness of democracy be exposed in the face of his charismatic conviction?
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LA Opera has announced its 2023-24 season:
Click here for the complete list of operas and concerts.
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Emma Donoghue’s Room will begin previews Apr. 3 and open Apr. 17 at the James Earl Jones Theatre, directed by Cora Bissett.
Adrienne Warren (Ma), Kate Burton (Grandma), Ephraim Sykes(SuperJack), Tina Benko (Interviewer/Police Officer), Michael Genet (Grandpa/Doctor), Triney Sandoval (Old Nick), and Aiden Mekhi Sierra & Christopher Woodley (alternating as Little Jack), with Alexis Gordon and Anthony Chatmon II.
In this deeply moving and life-affirming tale, a mother must nurture her five-year-old son through an unfathomable situation with only the power of their imagination and their boundless capacity to love.
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A screening of “The Fabelmans” and subsequent conversation will take place Thurs. Mar. 2 at 6:30 PM at NYC’s 92Y.
Michelle Williams and Tony Kushner
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A Concert for Syria and Turkey will take place Thurs. Mar. 9 at 7 PM at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre (link TBA). All proceeds will benefit Oxfam International.
Gene Casey, The Hoodoo Loungers, and more TBA.
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Off-Broadway’s Intar Theatre has announced its 2023 mainstage season:
Truckers (Feb. 25 – Mar. 26, opening Mar. 6), by Mariana Carreño King, directed by Alfredo Narciso, featuring Christine Bruno, Jesse Castellanos, Jorge Chapa, Yadira Correa, and Jacueline Guillén. Mayor, Lollipop and Freckles don’t know when they’ll leave a truck stop with their usual cargo, or where they’ll be directed to take it next, but what they do know is that things are really starting to get weird tonight. Between unexpected guests, a strange rest stop clerk, and otherworldly energies, the less questions they ask the better. Mariana Carreño’s darkly humorous new play places madcap characters in a situation more bizarre than they are.
Vámanos (Apr. 22 – May 21, opening May 2), by Julissa Conteras Vamanos, directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo. The Torres family of the Bronx are gathering a Juana’s apartment to celebrate the christening of her grandson, Christopher. It’s November 2022 and a year after 9/11. This hilarious, fun-loving Dominican family is navigating a new reality that challenges their sense of security—is America waging war in Iraq? When it’s time to party, the Torres’ still deliver—there’s definitely too much food, adults harangue their kids a little, cousins gossip and argue—and yet the comforts of home fall short.
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Arlene Hutton’s According to the Chorus will run Mar. 23 – Apr. 15 (opening Mar. 18) at 59E59 Theaters, directed by Chris Goutman.
Karen Ziemba (Audrey), Sofia Ayral-Hutton (Nicki), Dana Brooke (KJ), Joy Donze (Linda), Tabatha Gayle (Monica), Judy Hiller (Brenda), Brandon Jones (Peter), Ricki Lynée (Joyce), Kelly McCarty (Stacie), Kleo Mitrokostas (Jessica), Iraisa Ann Reilly (Mallory), and Will Sarratt (Van), with Kim Yancey Moore, Krista Grevas, and Olivia the Dog.
Set in the basement quick change room of a Broadway theatre in the mid 1980’s, the play centers on a group of chorus girls at war with their dressers.
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Off-Broadway’s Mint Theater will stream two past productions:
Philip Goes Forth (continues through Mar. 18), by George Kelly, directed by Jerry Ruiz, featuring Cliff Bemis, Teddy Bergman, Bernardo Cubria, Jennifer Harmon, Carole Healey, Christine Toy Johnson, Natalie Kuhn, Brian MacDonald, Jennifer McVey and Rachel Moulton. The story of a young man who rebels against his father and a career in the family business. Click here to watch.
Days to Come (Mar. 6 – Apr. 2), by Lillian Hellman, directed by J.R. Sullivan, featuring Mary Bacon, Janie Brookshire, Larry Bull, Chris Henry Coffey, Dan Daily, Ted Deasy, Roderick Hill, Betsy Hogg, Kim Martin-Cotton, Geoffrey Allen Murphy, and Evan Zes. A family drama set against the backdrop of labor strife in a small Ohio town which threatens to tear apart both town and family. Click here on Mar. 6 to begin streaming.
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& Broadway’s The Wanderers performance and conversation will take place Thurs. Mar. 9 at 7:30 PM at NYC’s 92Y, moderated by Ruthie Fierberg.
Anna Ziegler, Sarah Cooper, Lucy Freyer, Katie Holmes, Dave Klasko, and Eddie Kaye Thomas.
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INTAR Theater has announced two upcoming world premieres:
Truckers (Feb. 25 – Mar. 26, opening Mar. 6), by Mariana Carreño, directed by Alfredo Narciso, featuring Christine Bruno, Jesse Castellanos, Jorge Chapa, Yadira Correa, and Jacqueline Guillén. The play follows Mayor, Lollipop, and Freckles, whose trip with some unusual cargo gets weird when unexpected guests, a strange rest stop clerk, and otherworldly energies appear.
Vánmonos (Apr. 22 – May 21, opening May2), by Julissa Contreras, directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, with casting TBA. the story of the Torres family, a Dominican family from the Bronx who gather to celebrate the christening of Juana’s grandson, Christopher. It’s just a year after 9/11, and this bilingual play explores how the family navigates a new reality that challenges their sense of security.
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Lilias White with Seth Rudetsky will take place Thurs. Mar. 30 at 7 PM at Beverly Hills’ The Wallis.
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Kansas City Starlight has announced its upcoming Spring/Summer season of productions and concerts. Creative teams and casting TBA.
Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation (Mar. 9-12)
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss concert (May 5)
Tootsie (May 19-21)
Chicago concert (May 26)
Whiskey Rivers concert (May 13)
Jesus Christ Superstar (June 20-25)
Matchbox Twenty concert (June 18)
Legally Blonde (July 7-13)