Today’s Highlights:
Elizabeth McGovern’s Ava: The Secret Conversation, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel, opens at Off-Broadway’s New York City Center.
Honky Tonk Angels, by Ted Sweindly, directed by David Ellenstein, featuring Darcy Rose Byrnes (Darlene), Alexandra Melrose (Angela), and Shelley Regner (Su Ellen), begins previews at CA’s Laguna Playhouse.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending July 27.
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Bill Manhoff’s The Owl and the Pussy cat will offer 2 staged readings (Aug. 2 at 7 PM …and… Aug. 3 at 2 PM) at the Fountain Theatre, directed by Raymond O. Caldwell.
Brian Dietzen and Diona Reasonover
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Bonnie & Clyde, directed by Scott Schwartz, continues through Aug. 24 at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre.
f Lyda Jade Harlan (Bonnie), Charlie Webb (Clyde), Nick Bailey (Buck), and Ashley Alexandra (Blanche), with Amy Bodnar, Jeremy Webb, Gisela Aduisa, Kathy Deitch, Anargha Pal, Vishal Vaidya, Mackenzi Germain, and Anthony Costello.
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Elizabeth McGovern’s Ava: The Secret Conversations continues through Sept. 14 at NY Center Stage, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel.
Elizabeth McGovern (Ava) and Aaron Costa Ganis (Peter).
The Golden Age of Cinema’s Ava Gardner sat for a series of real-life interviews with writer Peter Evans in an attempt to glean the juicy details about her life story, her marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra, and her turbulent relationship to Howard Hughes. Initially barred from publication, Evans’ stories of a bygone era were published twenty-five years later with permission from Gardener’s estate and is now reimagined on stage.
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Peter Filicia & Friends will take place.Mon. Aug.4 at 7 PM at NYC’s 54 Below, with music direction by Michael Lavine.
Jackie Hoffman, Josie De Guzman, Karen Mason, Meg Bussert, Penny Fuller, Aeja Barrows, Janine LaManna, and Lee Roy Reams.
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Staged readings of Edward Lear’s The Owl and the Pussycat will take place Sat. Aug. 2 (at 3 PM) and Sun. Aug. 3 (at 2 PM) atLA’s Fountain Theatre, directed by Raymond. Caldwell.
Brian Dietzen and Diona Reasonover.
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John Leguizamo’s The Other Americans will run Sept. 11 – Oct. 12 (opening Sept. 25) at The Public Theatre, directed by Ruben Santiago Hudson.
John Legguizamo (Nelson), Lauren Velez (Patti), Bradley James Teje (Eddie), and Sara Nina Hayhon (Veronica, with Juan Francisco Villa, Johnny Anthony, and Odette Gutiérrez de Arroyo), with Rosa Evangelina Arredondo, Kimberli Alexis Flores, Sarah Nina Hayon, Jaime José Hernández, Rebecca Jimenez, John Leguizamo, Trey Santiago-Hudson, and Bradley James Tejeda.
The Castro family are salt-of-the-earth hardworking people who made their way up from nothing and are trying to hold on to their share of the ‘American Dream,’” said director Ruben-Santiago Hudson. But most importantly it’s about family—the good, the bad, and the ugly. It’s about the most sensitive and fragile parts of family, but also the most powerful and joyous parts.
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Diana Ross and Jon Batiste will take place Thurs. Aug. 28 at 8 PM at the St. Louis Muny.
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Darwin Del Fabro’s Lili /Darwin will run Aug. 2-23 at The Tank, directed by Meghan Finn.
Darwin Del Fabro
A poetic solo performance exploring the intimate, overlapping journeys of Lili Elbe and Darwin Del Fabro, Lili / Darwin invites the audience into a raw, unflinching world of identity, memory, and becoming. Through voice, projection, and powerful language, Darwin brings to life the blurred lines of self and story, history and present.
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Peter Filichia & Friends: Broadway Tales and Tunes will take place Mon. Aug. 4 at 7 Pm at NYC’s 54 Below, singing songs from hits and flops, with music direction by Michael Lavine.
Jackie Hoffman, Josie De Guzman, Karen Mason, Meg Bussert, Penny Fuller, Aeja Barros, Janine LaManna, and Lee Roy Reams.
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York Theatre will present he world premiere of Holly Doubet, Joseph McDonough & John Vester’s This is Not a Drill, to run run Sept. 9 – Oct. 11 (opening Sept. 18 )at Theatre at St. Jeans, directed & choreographed by Gabriel Barre, with music direction by David John Adore.
Caitlin Burke (Leilani), Matthew Curiano (Chris), Chris Coubet (Tony), Gary Edwards (Voice of Derek), Felicia Finley (Jessica), Kelvin Moon Loh (Kaleo), Sam Poon (Ikaia), Aurelia Williams (Sophie), with Victor E. Chan, Bill Coyne, Lukas Poost, Lukas Poost , Xavier Reyes, and Shyvonne Stewart
Based on terrifying true events that creator Holly Doubetexperienced, the musical takes audiences inside the surreal chaos of a morning in 2018, when an emergency alert warned Hawaii residents and visitors of an incoming missile attack. As fear grips the island, strangers and loved ones alike are forced to confront their mortality and their humanity. Set to a soaring and heartfelt score, this powerful new musical tells the story of connection, compassion, and what truly matters when time stands still.
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Irving Berlin’sWhite Christmas will. replace Mrs. Santa Claus Nov. 4 – Dec. 28 at CT’s Goodspeed, directed & choreographed by Josh Rhoes.
Casting and additional information TBA.
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Sherry Stregack Lutken, Lisa Helmi Johanson, Morgan Morse & David M. Lutken’s The Porch on Windy Hill will run Sept. 12 – Oct. 11 (opening Sept. 18) at Urban Stages, conceived & directed by Sherry Stregack Lutken.
Tora Nogami Alexander, David M. Lutken, and Morgan Morse.
The piece blends Appalachian, Old Time and Bluegrass songs with a deeply personal, contemporary story of discovery and reconciliation. The show follows Mira, a biracial Korean American classical violinist, and her folk-song-collector boyfriend Beckett as they escape pandemic isolation in Brooklyn and journey to the mountains of western North Carolina. When they unexpectedly reconnect with Mira’s estranged grandfather, Edgar, they uncover a tangled legacy of love, loss, and music—and discover the unforeseen harmony that can arise when generations and genres collide.
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The Rocky Horror Show will run Oct. 14 – Nov. 8 at Pittsburgh CLO, directed by TBA.
Casting TBA.