Today’s Highlights:
Storm Large in concert closes at 54 Below.
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Company will begin performances one month earlier than previously scheduled, with previews to begin Nov. 15 and an opening set for Dec. 9 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, directed by Marianne Elliott, with choreography by Liam Steel and music supervision by Joel Fram.
Katrina Lenk (Bobbie), Patti LuPone (Joanne), Matt Doyle (Jamie), Christopher Fitzgerald (David), Christopher Sieber (Harry), Jennifer Simard (Sarah), Terence Archie (Larry), Etai Benson (Paul), Nikki Renée Daniels (Jenny), Claybourne Elder (Andy), Greg Hildreth (Peter), Rashidra Scott (Susan), and Bobby Conte Thornton (P.J.), with Kathryn Allison, Britney Coleman, Javier Ignacio, Anisha Nagarajan, Tally Sessions, and Matt Doye. The role of Theo is TBA.
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Conor McPherson’s Shining City will run Sept. 17 – Oc.t 23 at Theatre Royal Stratford East, directed by Nadia Fall.
Brendan Coyle, Curtis-Lee Ashqar, Michelle Fox, and Rory Keenan.
Dublin, Ireland. John, recently bereaved, believes himself to be haunted by the ghost of his dead wife. Plagued by secrets, he slowly reveals his story and his truth to Ian, a psychotherapist and former priest who has lost his faith. As the two men struggle to make sense of their place in the world, they are bound in ways they could never have imagined and forced to question the very nature of reality itself.
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Lincoln Center has announced casting for the world premiere of You Are Here, a free public sculpture, sound, and live performances installation conceived by Andrea Miller & GALLIM, to run July 14-23 at Hearst Plaza.
* FREE tickets will be available through the TodayTix app.
* The lottery will open 2 weeks before the performance and close 3 days prior to the performance at 12:59 PM ET.
* Attendees with secure tickets will be required to follow safety protocols.
* Additional information is available on the app.
Sculpture and Sound Installation on Hearst Plaza:
* July 14-16 from 11:30 AM – 6:30 PM ET
* July 17 from 2:30 PM ET – 8:30 PM ET
* July 18-19 from 11:30 AM – 6:30 PM ET
* July 21-23 from 11:30 AM – 6:30 PM ET
Live Performances on Hearst Plaza:
July 24-30 at 7 PM ET. The audio portraits are replaced by live performances by the Lincoln Center and New York community.
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Check out all the live concerts in July at 54 Below.
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Dominique Morisseau’s Detroit ’67 will stream Aug. 2 – Sept. 16 at DC’s Signature Theatre, directed by Candis C. Jones.
Stori Ayers, JaBen Early, Valeka Jessica, Emily Kester, and Greg Alverez.
In 1967 Detroit, Motown has hit its groove, and the Poindexter siblings, Chelle and Lank, make ends meet by hosting parties in their basement. However, Land and his friend Sly have dreams beyond their cellar shindigs – despite Chelle’s resistance. When Lank then brings home a mysterious white woman, the family’s simmering disagreements explode – as their street erupt in riots – and life becomes a lot more dangerous.
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Principal casting has been announced for 2021 season the St. Louis Muny:
Smokey Joe’s Cafe (July 26 – Aug. 1), directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, with choreography by Josh Walden, and music direction by Abdul Hamid Royal, featuring Charl Brown (Sonny), Michael Campayno (Rod), Michael Kilgore (Little Walter), Tiffany Mann (Willie Mae), Haley Podschun (Annette), Christopher Sams (Cornelius), Nasia Thomas (Pearl), and Jason Veasey (Doc).
The Sound of Music (Aug. 3-9), directed by Matt Kunkel, with choreography by Beth Crandall, and music direction by Ben Whitely, featuring Kate Rockwell (Maria), Michael Hayden (Captain von Trapp), Bryonha Marie Parham (Mother Abbess), Elizabeth Teeter (Liesl), Andrew Alstat (Rolf), Jenny Powers (Elsa), and John Scherer (Max).
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Aug. 12-18), directed & choreographed by Josh Rhodes , with music direction by Valerie Gebert, featuring Kendrea Kassebaum (Millie), and Edward Watts (Adam),
On Your Feet! (Aug. 21-27), directed by Maggie Burrows, with choreography by William Carlos Angulo, and music directed by Lon Hoyt, featuring Arianna Rosario (Gloria), Omar Lopez-Cepero (Emilio), Alma Cuervo (Consuelo), and Lee Zarrett (Phil).
Chicago (Aug. 30 – Sept. 5), directed & choreographed by Denis Jones, with music direction by Charlie Alterman, featuring Sarah Bowden (Roxie), J. Harrison Ghee (Velma), Emily Skinner (Mama Morton), James T. Lane (Billy Flynn), Adam Heller (Amos Hart), and Ali Ewoldt (Mary Sunshine)
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Andrew Barth Feldman: Park Map will livestream Sun. July 11 at 7 PM ET at 54 Below, with music direction by Jon Balcourt.
Through song, Park Map will hilariously detail the winding history of the Disney Parks while vulnerably exploring Andrew’s own increasingly complex relationship with the most magical place on earth.
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The Williamstown Theatre Festival has begun its 2021 season:
Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays (continues through July 25), curated by Robert O’Hara, featuring plays by Guadalís Del Carmen, France-Luce Benson, NSangou Njikam, J. Nicole Brooks, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Charly Evon Simpson, Ngozi Anyanwu, and Zora Howard, directed by Wardell Julius Clar, Candis C. Jones, and Awoye Timpo, featuring Brian D. Coats, Rosalyn Coleman, Cindy De La Cruz, Antwayn Hopper, Naomi Lorrain, Sharina Martin, Ronald Peet, Portia, and Ashley C. Turner.
Row (July 13 – Aug. 15), world premiere by Daniel Goldstein & Dawn Landes, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, with music direction by Geoffrey Ko, featuring Grace McLean, Jeannette Bayardelle, Micaela Diamond, Andy Grotelueschen, Lisa Brescia, Nehal Joshi, John McGinty, Zachary Noah Piser, Horace V. Rogers, and Jennifer Sánchez. A woman attempts to make her way across the Atlantic solo.
Alien/Nation (July 20 – Aug. 15), by Michael Arden, featuring Nikki M. James, Yeman Brown, Andrei Chagas, Maxwell Dunham, Leigh-Ann Esty, Sar Esty, Chatelle Good, Christopher Hampton, Eriko Jimbo, Matthew Alexander Johnson, Jesse Kovarsky, Renni Magee, Jodi McFadden, Emilio Ramos, Shea Renne, and Lauren Yalango-Grant, with Julian Abelskamp, Oluwatobiloba Adeyemo, Tim Creavin, Cody Hayman, Austin Phillips, Kallie Pong, Jaime Lee Rodney, Marissa Ruben, Jessica Natalie Smith, Tyqaun Malik White, Ontaria Kim Wilson, and Bekah Zornosa. Audiences can choose to experience the site-specific performance by foot or by car and plunge themselves into the center of stories inspired by real events that took play in Western Massachusetts in 1969.Tyqaun Malik White, Ontaria Kim Wilson, and Bekah Zornosa. The creative team also features choreographer Eamon Foley, video editor Edward Michael Rose, and AV coordinator Daniel Hartman.
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Theatre World Awards: Special Event Celebrating 75 Years!, honoring outstanding debut performances, will stream Sun. July 11 at 7 PM ET here, directed by Tom D’Angora & Michael D’Angora.
André De Shields, Patti LuPone, and Audra McDonald
Christy Altomare, Phillip Boykin, Ann Hampton Callaway, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, André De Shields, Anna Villafañe, Andrea McArdle, Bonnie Milligan, Adam Pascal, Ethan Slater, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and John Lloyd Young.
APPEARING: Iain Armitage, Lucie Arnaz, Hank Azaria, Alec Baldwin, Dylan Baker, Bonnie Bedelia, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Bryan Cranston, Kristin Chenoweth, Ciancaro Esposito, Tovah Feldshuh, Harvey Fierstein, Peter Gallagher, Jackie Hoffman, Ernestine Jackson, Nathan Lane, Patti LuPone, Andrea Martin, Audra McDonald, Rob McClure, Daphne Runin-Vega, William Shatner, Brooke Shields, Cobie Smulders, John Stamos, Marisa Tomei, Jennifer Tilly, and Chandra Wilson.
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LA’s Actors Gang Theater will stream the world premiere of Studs Terkel’s We Live On in 3 parts from July 22 – Sept. 4, with additional text by the cast & Tim Robbins, directed by Robbins.
Part One: Jeronimo Spinx (Louis Banks), Buebri VanOver (Dynamite Garland), Mary Eileen O’Donnell (Harry O’Donnell – her father), Josh Latzer (Martin DeVries), Stephanie G. Galindo (Anonymous), Hannah Harman (Ruth Gray Ratner), Jeanette Horn (Evelyn Finn), Vincent Foster (Harry Hartman), Dora Kiss (Julia Walther), and Cihan Sahin (Marshall and Steve)….. Part Two: Ana Ming Bostwick-Singer (Olga & William Bostwick), Adam J. Jefferis (Slim Collier), Mariana Da Silva (Dolores Huerta, Patti Tippo (Sally Rand), Gratiela Brancusi (Jane Yoder), Stephanie Pinnock (Elsa Ponselle), Luis Quintana (Jose Yglesias), Jeremie Loncka (Harry & Peter Lonka), Miroslav Vejinvic (Ed Paulson), and Bob Turton (Hank Oettinger)….. Part Three: Stephan Smith (Horace R. Cayton Jr.), Cady Zuckerman (Lawrence Jay Zuckerman), Pedro Shanahan (Bob Stinson), Megan Stogner (Dr. David J. Rossman), Kayla Blake (William Kealohaonalani Sniffen), Kathryn Carner (Peggy Terry), Robert Chavez (Caesar Chavez), Adele Robbins (Dorothy Day), Kaili Hollister (Ernest Russell), and Cyrus Roberts (Langstan Hughes).
The play features 30 accounts of the Great Depression, including those of Dolores Huerta, Dorothy Day, and Cesar Chavez, along with interviews with businessmen, auto workers, farmers, hobos, striptease artists, repo men, seamstresses, and labor leaders.
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5-Star Theatricals has announced its 2021-22 season at CA’s Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. Creative teams and casting TBA.
Mamma Mia! (Oct. 15-24), directed by Richard Israel.
Something Rotten! (Feb. 4-13, 2022), directed by Richard Israel
Newsies (July 15-24)
The Addams Family (Oct. 14-23).
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Video: Josh Gad chats with Richard Ridge about his new series, “Central Park,” now available on Apple TV+
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Kimberly Faye Greenberg‘s solo show, Fabulous Fanny: The Songs & Stories of Fanny Brice, will take place Thurs. July 29 at 7 PM at NYC’s Green Room, directed by Brian Childers, with music direction by Jeff Biering, and choreography by Justing Boccitto.