Today’s Highlights:
The Welkin, by Lucy Kirkwood, directed by Sarah Benson, featuring Tilly Botsford, Paige Gilbert, Ann Harada, Jenn Kidwell, Mary McCann, Emily Cass McDonnell, MacKenzie Bercer, Sandra Oh, Dale Soules, Danny Wolohan, Haley Wong, Hannah Cabell, GlennFitzgerald, Nadine Malouf, Susannah Perkins, and Simone Recasner, opens at Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company.
Romeo and Juliet, directed by Claire Karpen, featuring Kendall Cafaro (Juliet), Ray Hugh (Tybalt), Noah Michal (Lady Capulet), Jahsiah Mussig (Mercutio), Jater Webb (Romeo), and Amelia Windon (Nurse), opens at Rowayton CT’s Pinkney Park.
tiny father, by Mike Lew, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel, featuring Tiffany Villarin (Caroline) and Maurice Williams (Daniel), begins previews at LA’s Geffen Playhouse.
Wayne Brady concludes his run as The Wiz in Broadway’s The Wiz at the Marquis Theatre.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending June 9. Click here for the complete analysis.
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South Pacific will run June 14 – Aug. 11 at CT.’s Goodspeed, directed by Chay Yew.
Danielle Wade (Nelli Forbush), Omar Lopez-Cepero (Emile deBecque), Sky Vaux Fuller (Nagana), Mejay Roa (Jerome), Joan Almedilla (Bloody Mary), Alex Humphreys (Liat), Keven Quillon (Luther Billis), and Cameron Royal (Lt. Cable), with Ethan Hardy Benson, Kelly Berman, Eric Briarly, Chloe Fox, Graham Keen, Hannah Jewel Kohn, Danny Lindgren, Alexa Jane Lowis, John Michael Peterson, James Michael Reilly, Eric Shawn, Nicolette Shin, Phil Sloves, Ethan Van Slyke, John Barsoian, Alyssa Sunew, and Phoenix Noelle.
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Red Bull Theater has announced its Short New Play Festival 2024: Renewal, (offering 7 world premieres), on Mon. June 24 at 7:30 PM at Off-Broadway’s Classic Stage Company, directed by Irvin Mason Jr. & Evan Yionoulis, Casting TBA.
The Skull of Elizabeth Bathory, by Luke Brett. 
Whispering to her keeper, the long dead skull of Elizabeth Bathory convinces a Restoration era actress in 1664 to lure trusting colleagues back to her home where they will be sacrificed in a ritual to eventually reanimate the horrifying Hungarian countess. In exchange, the actress has been promised the secret to eternal beauty. This dark legend plays with the conventions of Jacobean villainy while also examining why and how people find themselves willing to trade pain for beauty.
The Clear Atoms of our Human Air, by Madeleine George. On the steps of the ritual bath, a convert and a skeptic confront the barriers–internal and external–that stand between them and total immersion. Before they can chicken out and retreat to dry land, the voice of the ancients erupts through the intercom, drawing them inexorably towards the transformation they both crave.
You Know What They Say About Scorned Women, by Amy Jo Jackson. A modern-day Helen of Sparta has fled captivity and come home to Menelaus…but after a decade of being reviled and misunderstood, how can she return to the life she thought she knew? After Menelaus decides they should renew their marriage vows, Helen takes an unconventional path towards reclaiming renewal for herself.
daphne and laurel, by Fleurette Modica. The campers at Diana’s Camp for Wholesome Teenage Girls have been told that if they explore their sexuality in any way, they will turn into a tree. When Daphne returns from a late-night encounter with a boy, she and her roommate Laurel must confront whether everything they have been told is a lie.
Murder One, by Robert O’Hara. A Royal Family lies massacred in the Living Room. While One Witness and One Detective discuss a Ghost.
Semillas, by Paloma Nozicka. Antigone meets Fleabag. With Mexicans. Or something. A short play about honoring our dead, no matter what.
Purgatory for Women who Commit Suicide, by Emma Schillage. Ophelia has lost someone. Everyone has in The Purgatory for Women Who Commit Suicide. But before they can move on to whatever is next, the women must find closure. And how do they do this? By casting spells of course! The Purgatory for Women Who Commit Suicide forces you to rethink what it means to be an hysterical woman.
Lady Macbeth’s Hand Soap, by Madison Stanahan. Lady Macbeth finds herself in the middle of a commercial for hand soap.
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The Blank Theatre has announced its 32nd Annual Young Playwrights Festival, which will run July 11 – Aug. 4 at Hollywood’s Skylight Theatre.
Professional actors and directors present 12 winning plays by young playwrights from across the nation. Three different plays are presented each week. Presentations will take place Thursday & Friday at 8 PM and Saturday & Sunday at 2 PM. Click the link above for more information.
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Musical Theatre Guild will present Broadway Time Capsule 1996 concert on Tues. June 25 at 7 PM at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club, directed by Will Collyer & Susan Edwards Martin.
Eileen Barnett, Roger Befeler, Jennifer Bennett, Teri Bibb, Bryan Chesters, Will Collyer, Joshua Finkel, Tal Fox, Julie Garnye, Kim Huber, Maura Knowles, Ashley Linton, Susan Edwards Martin, Kevin Matsumoto, Tonoccus McClain, Dana Meller, Barbara Minkus, Chelsea Morgan Stock, Gabriel Navarro, Trance Thompson, Diane Vincent, Paul Wong, Robert Yacko, and David Zack.
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Get your official 2024 Tony Awards printed ballot here.
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Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West has announced its 2025 season:
Jersey Boys (Feb. 14 – Mar. 2)
Into the Woods (Mar. 28 – Apr. 13)
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (July 11-27)
Hello Dolly (Oct. 17 – Nov. 2)
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Dear Evan Hansen will run Sept. 9-28 at the Nottingham Playhouse, directed by Adam Penford.
Ryan Kopel (Evan Hansen), Lauren Conroy (Zoe Murphy) Alice Fearn (Heidi), Helen Anker (Cynthia Murphy), Richard Hurst (Larry Murphy), Killian Thomas Lefevre (Connor Murphy), Tom Dickerson (Jared Kleinman), Vivian Panka (Alana Beck), and Sonny Monaghan (alternate Evan), with Lara Beth-Sas, Will Forgrave, Daniel Forrester, Jessica Lim, Sonny Monaghan, and Shakira Simpson.
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David Cale & Matthew Dean Marsh’s Sandra has been extended through June 27 at CT’s Theaterworks Hartford, directed by Jared Mezzocchi.
Felicia Curry
In this boldly theatrical thriller, Sandra seeks to get to the bottom of the mysterious disappearance of her closest friend, a young pianist and composer, who went to Mexico and never returned. Her search for clues leads her into both a highly charged love affair, and increasingly dangerous territory. Featuring an original piano score, this engaging journey takes you on an immersive experience that ultimately asks how far would you go for love?
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Video: Sneak peek at Encore’s Titanic.
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Upcoming concerts at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club:
Sacha Boutros: Tribute to nancy Wilson (June 27 at 7:30PM). 
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Alison Porter: “The Ride” (June 30 at 7:30 PM). here.
David Burnham: Burnham Sings Bublé (Sept. 7 at 8:30 PM) here.
An Evening with Richard Cortez (Sept. 8 at 7:30 PM). here.
Garrett Clayton: From Hero to Villian: an Actors’ Musical Journey (Sept. 19 at 8:30 PM) here.
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A workshop tour of Jason Landon Marcus & Chas LiBretto’s The Royal Pyrate, will run Aug. 20-21 at Nantucket’s Almanack Arts Colony, directed by Hunter Bird.
Amber Gray (Hallet), Eric William Morris (Bellamy), Eddie Cooper (Blackbeard), and Lauren Molina (Paulsgrave Williams).
A new musical that reimagines the 300 year–old love story of the pirate Black Sam Bellamy and Mary Hallet, a woman so ahead of her time she is accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. Based on the real history of the Golden Age of Piracy,