Today’s Highlights:
Lowcountry, by Abby Rosebrock, directed by Jo Bonney, featuring Jodi Balfour, Keith Kupferer, and Babak Tafti, opens at Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theatre.
Hamlet, directed by Robert O’Hara, featuring Patrick Ball (Hamlet), Coral Pena (Ophelia), Gina Torres (Gertrude), James T. Alfred (Head Attendant), Joe Chrest (Detective Fortinbras), Fidel Bomez (Gravedigger), Ty Molbak (Laertes/Rosencrantz), Ramiz Monsef (Polonius), Aruek Sgafur (Claudius), Jaime Lincoln Smith (First Player/Attendant) and Daniel Zuhike (Guildenstern, opens at LA’s Mark Taper Forum.
Ensemble Theatre Company‘s Justice: A New Musical, by Lauren Gunderson, Bree Lowdermilk & Kait Kerrigan, directed by Jenny Sullivan, featuring Heather Ayers (Sandra Day O’Connor), Julie Garnye (Sonia Sotomayer), and Valerie Perri (Ruth Bader Ginsburg), previews at Santa Barbara’s New Vic.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending June 2, 2025.
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TheaterWorks Hartford has announced its 2025-26 season:
English (Oct. 2 – Nov 2), by Sanaz Toossi, directed by TBA.
Christmas on the Rocks (Nov. 28 – Dec. 23),
The Counter (Feb. 12 – Mar, 16, 2026), by Meghan
Circus Fire (Apr. 16 – May 17), world premiere by Jacques Lamarre, directed by Jared Mezzocchi, conceived by Jacques Lamarre, Jared Mezzocchi, and Rob Ruggiero.
Sweeney Todd (June 5 – July 5), adapted by Christopher Bond
The Cannibals of McCower County (July 30 – Aug. 30), world premiere by Drew Larimore. More information TBA.
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Michael Griffo’s’ Pen Pals will return to Off-Broadway’s D2 Theatre (101 East 15th Street), directed by Suzanne Barabas.
(rotating), Nancy Mackeon & Gail Winar … Michelle Clunie & Began Follows … Kathleen Chalfant & Ellen McLaughlin … Kate Burton & Paulette Pearson Whashington … Sharon Lawrence & Maureen McCormick … and more TBA here.
The play celebrates the enduring power of friendship through handwritten letters that span half a century.Inspired by a true story, Pen Pals invites audiences into the lives of Bernie and Mags—two women whose bond, formed in adolescence, endures for decades without them ever meeting in person. Pen Pals is a testament to the power of connection, resilience, and the unbreakable bonds of friendship.
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Stephen Sondheim, Creaig Lucas & Norman Rene’s Marry Me a Little will run June 6-22 at the Zephyr Theatre (7456 Melrose Ave.), directed by James Esposito, with music direction by Miki Yokomizo.
Gina Ansaldi and Dendre. Scott.
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Theater Works Hartford has announced its 2025-26 season:
English (Oct. 2 – Nov. 2), by Sanaz Toossi.
Christmas on the Rocks (Nov. 28 – Dec. 23)
The Counter (Feb. 12 – Mar. 15, 202), by Meghan Kennedy.
Circus Fire (Apr. 16 – May 17), world premiere by Jacques Lamarre, Jared Mezzocchi, and Rob Ruggiero, directed by Jared Mezzocchi.
Sweeney Todd (June 5 – July 5).
TheCannibals of McGower County (July 30 – Aug. 3)
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Red Bull Theatre‘s Short New Play Festival will take place Mon. June 23 at 7:30 PM at NYC’s at Symphony Space. The festival will include world premiere commissions from Will Eno and Anna Ziegler.
Michael Carozza, Isis Elizabeth, Dana Leslie Goldstein, August Guszkowski, Amy Jo Jackson, and AJ Layague.
Six brand new 10-minute plays of heightened language and classic themes inspired by this year’s theme, “Defiance,” have been selected through an open submission process. These selections will premiere alongside commissions from Will Eno and Anna Ziegler.
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She’s About to Pop!, written & performed by Charlene Modeste, will run June 14, 21 & 28 at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre, directed by Julie Pearson. 
(323) 845-9781.
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NYC’s Free Shakespeare in the Park has announced it sSummer 2025 season with a production of Twelfth Night,, to run Aug. 7 – Sept. 14 in Central Park, directed by Saheem Ali .
Lupita Nyong’o (Viola), Peter Dinklage (Malvolio), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Andrew Aguecheek), Sandra Oh (Olivia), Bill Camp (Sir Toby Belch), Khris Davis (Orsino), Junior Nyong’o(Sebastian), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Maria), and Moses Sumney (Feste).
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CAlifornia’s Musical Theatre West has announced its 2026 season in Long Beach. Ccreative teams and casting TBA
Man of La Mancha (Feb. 13 – Mar. 1)
In the Heights (Apr. 10-26)
Joseph and the the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat (July 10-26)
Little women: The Musical (Nov. 6-22)
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Rogue Machine‘s production of Melissa Ross’ Nice Girl will run June 7 – 20 at the Matrix Theatre, directed by Ann Bronston.
Anaïs Fairweather (Jo), Bailey Humiston (Sherry), Jeff Lorch (Donny), and Susan Peahl (Francine).
In suburban Massachusetts, 1984, thirty-seven-year-old Josephine Rosen has a dead-end job, still lives with her mother, and has settled into the uncomfortable comfort of an unintended spinsterhood. But when a chance flirtation with an old classmate and a new friendship at work give her hope for the possibility of change, she dusts off the Jane Fonda tapes and begins to take tentative steps towards a new life. A play about the tragedy and joy of figuring out who you are and letting go of who you were supposed to be.
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As of June 10, Jordan Donica will play the role of Max Von Mayerling in Sunset Boulevard at the St. James Theatre. He replaces David Thaxton