Today’s Highlights:
It’s About Time, by David Shire & Richard Maltby, Jr, directed by Maltby, featuring Darius de Haas, Shinnerrie Jackson, Daniel Jenkins, Eddie Korbich, Issy van Randwyck, and Lynne Wintersteller, opens at CT’s Goodspeed.
Wesley, by Scott Steidl and Mark Hantoot, directed by Mary Duncan, featuring Andrianna Ayala (Casey) and Daniel Sanchez (Wesley) with Christa Lisette Beveridge , Tara Dougherty, Ashley Huber, Jack Kehoe, Christopher Kirby Saunders, Nathan Myers, and Maya Pierce, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Times Square Theatre Center.
Peril in the Alps, world premiere written & directed by Steven Dietz, featuring Gabbie Adner (Woman 2), Valerie Larsen (Captain Hastings), Brian Mackey (Man Two), Omri Schein (Hercule Poirot), Amanda Sitton (Woman One), Christopher M. Williams (Man One), begins previews at CA’s Laguna Playhouse.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending June 8, 2025
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Back to the Future (touring cast),will run July 1-6 at Pittsburgh CLO, directed by John Rando, with music direction by Robert Neumeier and choreography by Chris Bailey.
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Broadway’s Sunset Boulvard has been extended through July 30(due to Nocle Scherzinger’agreement to stay through the closing at the St. James Theatre.
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Lonne Elder III’s Ceremonies in Dark Old Men continues through June 29 at Off-Broadway’s Theatre at St. Clements, directed by Clinton Turner Davis.
Norm Lewis, Jeremiah Packer, Calvin M. Thompson and Bryce Michael Wood.
Set in 1950s Harlem, the play focuses on the Parker family’s struggles to survive. The story centers on widower Russell Parker’s barbershop and the family’s lives, including his daughter Adele, who provides income, and his sons Theo and Bobby, who seek alternative paths, ultimately leading to tragic consequences.
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The world premiere of Julia Randall’s Dilaria will begin previews June 13 and open June 18 at DR2 Theatre, directed by Alex Keegan.
Ella Stiller, Chiara Aurelia, and Christopher Briney.
Darkly funny, Dilaria by Julia Randall explores a generation raised on true crime, reality TV, & social media.
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Sunset Boulevard has extended Nicole Scherzinger’s performance as Norma Desmand through Sun. July 20 at Broadway’s St. James Theater.
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Mohammed Ali Ojarigi’s Greenwood1964 willl run Jun 14 – 29 at the Greenway Court Theatre, directed by Morris Jackson.
. Lodric C. Collins (Harry Belafonte), Newton Mayenge (Sidney Poitier), and Joy DeMichelle ( Fannie Lou Hamer).
A gripping and resonant theatrical experience that thrusts audiences into the heart of the Civil Rights Movement during the pivotal summer of 1964. Set against the backdrop of Mississippi’s charged racial landscape, the play follows cultural icons Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte as they risk everything to uplift grassroots voices in the fight for voting rights. They race to stay one step ahead of the Klan, as they head towards a rendezvous with activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Their journey becomes a powerful testament to courage, solidarity, and the relentless pursuit of justice. More than a historical reenactment, Greenwood 1964 strikes a chord with today’s struggles, drawing urgent parallels between past and present. At its soul, it’s a call to action, a stirring rem
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Scott Steidl & Mark Hantoot’s Wesley the Owl, will begin previews June 11 and open June 25 at the Times Square Theatre, directed by Mary Duncan.
Andrianna Ayala, Daniel Sanchez, Christa Lisette Beveridge Tara Dougherty (Les Misérables, Ashley Huber, Die FledermausChristopher Kirby Saunders, Nathan Myers, and Maya Pierce.
ALove Story of a Bird and His Girl,” this new work redefines what it means to love—and be loved in return. the incredible story of Casey, a gifted young rock musician who steps out of the spotlight and into an extraordinary lifelong bond with an injured barn owl named Wesley. At once wildly unique and profoundly universal, Casey’s journey is one of courage, caretaking, and the kind of unshakeable love that rarely takes flight between people and animals. The new musical follows Casey as she takes in a wing-damaged newborn owl, she anticipates a few tender days of hospice care. What she gets instead is a decades-long relationship that reshapes her entire world. As Wesley grows and thrives, so too does their bond, challenging everything Casey thought she knew about connection, purpose, and devotion. Through soaring music and tender storytelling, WESLEY invites us into a duet of healing, heartbreak, and the many forms love can take.
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Jeremy Desmon & Jeff Thomson’s Pump Up the Volume will continue through June 15 at the Hudson Backstage Theatre, directed by Dave Solomon, with music directed by Anthony Zediker.
Anthony Norman The play channels the rebellious energy of underground radio into a heart-pounding theatrical experience.