Today’s Highlights:
Girl, Interrupted, world premiere by Martyna Majok & Aimee Mann, directed by Jo Bonney, featuring Leela Bassuk, Ta’Rea Campbell, Gabi Campo, Juliana Canfield, Eileen Doan, Mano Felciano, King Princess, Gunnar Manchester, Mia Pak, Katherine Reis, Anna Roman, Sally Shaw, Emily Skinner, Rachel Stern, and Lauren Jeanne Thomas, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Public Theatre.
Go Down, Moses, by Dana Leslie Goldstein, directed by Brandon M. Weber, featuring Terence Archie, Philip Hoffman, Shania Adams, Lucas Bernhauer, Kaa’lah Bynes, Maddy Mackarey, Yarin Neuhaus, Jeremiah Packer, Vanessa, Donovan Price, Patrick Saint Ange, Celina Mylene Santana, and Renee Shohet, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s A.R.T. Theatres.
Brigadoon, newly adapted by Alexandra Silber, directed & choreographed by Katie Spelman, featuring Tyne Daly (Widow Lundie), now replacing Mr. Lundie), Max Von Essen ( Tommy Albright), Betsy Morgan (Fiona MacLaren), Happy Anderson (Jeff Douglas), and Daniel Yearwood (Charlie Dalrymple), Kylie Victoria Edwards (Jean MacLaren), Michael Scott Harris (Archie Beaton), Jessica Lee Keller (Maggie Anerson),Spenser Milford (Harry Meaton), Donna Vivno Meg Brockie, and Geoffrey Wake (Andrew Maclaren), begins previews at Pasadena Playhouse.
Eleanor, by Mark St. Germain, directed by David Ellenstein, featuring Kandice Chappel, previews at Ventura’s Rubicon Theatre.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending May 10.
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The world premiere of Tom Jacobson’s Hell Mouth has been extended through June 6 at North Hollywood’s Road Theatre Company, directed by Ann Hearn Tobolowsky.
Tony Abatemarco (Russell/Spencer), Taylor Hilbert (Lois/Samara), and Danny Lee Gomez (Tim).
Torn between his Midwestern parents and the Beverly Hills owners of an unknown Caravaggio Hanging of Judas, Tim rediscovers himself while making the art history discovery of the century. Imagine your own mother on the Worst Dressed Women List.
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Adrienne Warren will join the cast of David Auburn’s Proof on Tues. June 30 at the Booth Theatre, directed by Thomas Kail.
The cast also includes Ayo Edebiri, Don Cheadle, and Jin Ha.
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A reading of Douglas Lyons’ Pure Glitter will take place Sat. May 23 at 7:30 PM at LA’s LGBT Center, directed by Emerson Collins. The event is free with a suggested donation to the TransContinental Pipeline.
Sachin Bhatt, Barrett Foa, Adrián Javier, Rory O’Malley Jean E.S. Powell, and Chris Renfro.
The play explores friendship, chosen family, and vulnerability among a group of gay men in there 40s. The story centers on a 10th-anniversary surprise party that goes awry, leading to a night of drama, shade, and, ultimately, deep connection.
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Off-Broadway’s York Theatre has announced its initial 2026-27 season:
Casting TBA.
Truly Howard Hughes (Sept. 9 – Oct. 4), by Frank Evans, Jennifer Paulson-Lee, James Scully, Frank Evans & Chad Gron,directed & Choreographed by Jennifer Paulson-Lee. An unconventional love story following one of the 20th century’s most fascinating figures: aviator, filmmaker, businessman, and recluse, Howard Robard Hughes, Jr.. The story unfolds as Hughes revisits his extraordinary life during his final moments, confronting the one thing his power and fortune could never secure, and leaves us with a haunting question: …Wouldn’t you, if you could?
Kilgallen (Nov. 28 – Dec. 27), world premiere by Chuck Strand, Emily Drossell & George Peterson. A true crime musical about Dorothy Kilgallen, the most powerful female journalist of the 1950s. Brilliant, relentless, and unapologetically ambitious, Kilgallen moved among the celebrities, politicians, and power brokers who defined her era. When President Kennedy was assassinated, she became convinced that the truth was being buried, and set out to prove it. Even as she realized her life was in danger, she forged ahead. Dorothy died under suspicious circumstances on Nov. 7, 1965. The mystery remains unsolved today.
…. and more TBA
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Off-Broadway’s MCC Theater has announced its 2026 Judith Champion PlayLabs Reading Series. Free tix here. Casting TBA.
My Love My Love (May 4 at 6:30 PM), by Justice Hehir, directed by Joan Sergay,. In 2012, Jane and Eric are scene partners for their college intermediate acting class.
Is Cry You Cry’n? (May 11 at 6:30 PM), by Dhari Noel, directed by Marissa Joyce Stamps. Grace is staging a green-card wedding: Tashie–recently coming from Trinidad with her son Likkle–is marrying her Americanized “cousin” Nap. Nap is bringing his “friend” as a witness. Four fraternity pledges are preparing for their last night of hell week before becoming full-fledged brothers: they make dances, crack jokes, and test one another. Both stories take place in the same basement, blurring the lines of identity, time, and belonging. “If cat mek kitten in an oven does that make it bun?” is a Trini saying our mothers might tell us when we dare suggest we are not really Trini. Is Cry You Cry’n? is about the dream this proverb aspires to make real.
At the Confluence of Creeks (May 18 at 6:30 PM), by Sam Mueller. Caleb is back at his family’s hunting cabin in rural Wyoming for the first time in a decade. He hasn’t been since he came out as trans but his estranged brother, Cain, has invited Caleb to come along for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to hunt a bighorn sheep. Little do they know, there’s a bighorn sheep nearby pulling off his limbs and morphing into a man. The brothers are too busy collapsing under the weight of things they won’t say to each other to notice they might be the ones being hunted. A play that asks just how much weight an olive branch can withstand.
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Cursed – My road to Hollywood, written & performed by Linda Mendoza, will run June 7-21 at Hollywood’s Hudson Guild Theatre.
The funny and heartwarming story of a woman who through perseverance, dedication, and hard work rose to the top of her profession, regardless of the family curse.