Today’s Highlights:
Grief Hotel, by Liza Birkenmeier, directed by Tara Ahmadinejad, featuring Nadine Malouf (Em), Ana Nogueira (Winn), Naren Weiss (Rohit), Susannah Perkins (Teresa), Susan Blommaert (Aunt Bobbi), and Bruce McKenzie (Asher), opens at Off-Broadway’s Public Theater.
Fat Ham, by James Ijames, directed by Sideeq Heard, featuring Nikki Crawford (Tedra), Chris Herbie Holland (Tio), Billy Eugene Jones (Rev/Pap), Adrianna Mitchell (Opal), Marcel Spears (Juicy), and Benja Kay Thomas (Rabby, and Matthew Elijah Webb (Larry), begins previews at LA’s Geffen Playhouse.
Windows, world premiere by Tawni O’Dell, directed by Michell Maxwell, featuring Avantika, Craig Bierko Erin Darke, Jeffrey Donovan, Tovah Feldshuh, Adam Kantor Carolyn McCormick, Jesse Nager, and Tonya Pinkins, closes at NYC’s Town Hall.
Dear Octopus, by Dodie Smith, directed by Emily Burns, featuring Amaia Naima Aguinaga, Alice Bounsall, Bessie Carter, Pandora Colin, Miriam Cooper, Bethan Cullinane, Lindsay Duncan, Kate Fahy, Tom Glenister, Jo Herbert, Billy Howle, Ethan Hughes, Deven Modha, Syakira Moeladi, Amy Morgan, Celia Nelson, Dharmesh Patel, Malcolm Sinclair, Natalie Thomas and John Vernon, with 9 children rotating in various roles, closes at London’s Lytleton Theatre.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending Mar. 24.
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Eddie Izzard‘s Hamlet will run Apr. 19 – May 4 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
A solo theatrical performance of Shakespeare’s iconic play.
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NJ’s McCarter Theatre Center has announced its 2024-25 season:
Empire Records (Sept. 6 – Oct. 6), world premiere by Zoe Sarnak & Carol Heikkinen, directed by Trip Cullman.
Duel Reality by 7 Fingers (Oct. 9-13). The cirque-infused performance inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet will present two feuding families engaging in a battle of skill, while a pair of star-crossed lovers struggles to escape the showdown.
A Christmas Carol (Dec. 10- 29), adapted & directed by Lauren Keating.
Here There Are Blueberries (Jan. 24 – Feb. 9, 2025), conceived & directed by Moisés Kaufman. The work centers on United States Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist Rebecca Erbelding and her team of historians, who have uncovered the shocking story behind a handful of never-before-seen WWII-era photos.
Legacy of Light (Mar. 20 – Apr. 6), by Karen Zacarias, directed by Sarah Rasmussen. The play follows a present-day astrophysicist trying to become a mother. Meanwhile—300 years earlier in France—a mathematician, scientist, and lover to Voltaire finds out she’s about to become one.
Primary Trust (May 8-25), by Ebony Booth, directed by Timothy Douglas. The work explores the inner and outer lives of Kenneth, a dedicated loner with a passion for drinking Mai Tais on weeknights.
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A presentation of Edward Albree’s At Home at the Zoo will take place Sat. Apr. 13 at 8 PM at Theatre West, directed by Ashley Taylor and Jeff Frame.
Ashley Taylor, Jeff Frame, and Jason Endicott.
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A new production of The Comedy of Errors will run Sept 10 – Oct. 6 at DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, directed by Simon Godwin.
Alex Brightman (Dromio) and David Fynn (Dromio), with more TBA.
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NYC’s 92NY will present its Cabaret Conference July 22-26 (10 AM – 5 PM each day).
Faith Prince, Michael Kirk Lane, Alex Rybeck, Yasuhiko, John Bronston, Natalie Douglas, Jeff Harnar, Carolyn Montgomery, Sidney Myer, Tracy Stark, Billy Stritch, and Jennifer Ashley Tepper.
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Eleanor Burgess’ Galilee, 34 will run Apr. 21 – May 12 at Costa Mesa’s South Coast Rep, directed by Davis McCallum.
Amy Brenneman (Miriam of Nazareth), Erick Berryman (Yacov of Nazareth), Christopher Cruz (Linus/Stranger), Teresa Avia Lim (Miri of Magdala, Sharon Omi (Elishiva), Benjamein Pelteson (Shimon of Bethesida), Jeremy Rabb (Mattiyahu/Ezra, and Raviv Ullman (Saul of Tarsus).
The play explores what happened to the disciples after the Crucifixion, with the disciples determined to keep sharing their Messiah’s message.
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Stand By Your Drag, featuring Varla Jean Merman will take place Tuesl Apr. 23 at 8:30 PM at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.
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Initial casting has been announced for the world premiere of Shayan Lotfi’s What Became of Us, to run May 17 – June 29 at Atlantic Theater Company, directed Jennifer Chang. 
In alignment with the playwright’s vision, this production will have two separate casts.
May 17 – June 16 Rosalind Chao and BD Wong. June 10-29: Shohreh Aghdashloo and Tony Shalhoub, with more TBA.
Two siblings born in different countries explore how they maintain their connections to the Old Country, and to this country, and to each other.
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The world premiere of The Hope Theory, written & performed by master illusionist Helder Guimarãese, will run Apr. 25 – June 9 (opening May 2) at LA’s Geffen Playhouse.
An entirely new theatrical event. As a Portuguese immigrant, storyteller, and sleight-of-hand magician, Helder Guimarães arrived in America at age 29. Wide-eyed and full of ideas, he discovers a fascinating puzzle of cultural and professional challenges to solve while he tries to build a home. The Hope Theory offers a unique perspective on America through the eyes of an optimistic outsider.
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A staged reading of Craig Lucas’ The Dying Gaul will take place Wed. Apr. 3 at 5:30 PM at Off-Broadway’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (208 W. 13th St.), directed by Larry Owens. 
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Sherie Rene Scott (Elaine), Lou Liberatore (Jeffrey), Patrick Reilly (Robert), and Michael Hsu Rosen.
A sour little psychodrama that has the compression, the coiled ferocity, of a Greek tragedy. It’s potent; it’s horrible. This thing is layered with subtexts and sub-subtexts, and two of its three characters have enough complexity to keep you guessing until the final (ugly—and spurious—and unforgivable) twist.
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Ronald Keaton’s Churchill, starring David Payne, will run Apr. 12-14 at St. Louis’ Westport Theatre.
In this often funny, sometimes touching and always engaging one-man-show… veteran British actor, David Payne brings Churchill to life onstage. Audiences will be delighted to hear of his exploits during the Boer War, his constant battles with Britain’s fellow politicians, and his special relationship with America and America’s presidents. But most telling of all, Churchill enlightens the audience with intimate and touching details of the two special women in his life—his wife Clementine and Queen Elizabeth.
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Paula Vogel’s The Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions will begin previews Apr. 3 and open Apr. 25 at the Hayes Theatre, directed by Tina Landau.
Celia Keenan-Bolger (Martha), Jessica Lange (Phyllis), and Jim Parsons (Carl).
It’s 1962, just outside of D.C., and matriarch Phyllis is supervising her teenage children, Carl and Martha as they move into a new apartment. Phyllis has strong ideas about what her children need to do and be to succeed, and woe be the child who finds their own path. Bolstered by gin and cigarettes, the family endures — or survives — the changing world around them. Blending flares of imaginative theatricality, surreal farce, and deep tenderness, this beautiful roller coaster ride reveals timeless truths of love, family, and forgiveness.
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The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles will present its Season 45 finale, SOLID GOLD: Aretha Dianne & Whitney on Sun. June 30 at 3 PM at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
Super Queens of Drag (Priyanka and Latrice Royale), “Solid Gold Trio,” Summer Nicole, Greer, Jenelle, Lynn Randall, and Amber Wright.