Today’s Highlights:
Life of Pi, by Lolita Chakrabarti, directed by Max Webster, featuring Taha Mandviwala (Pi), Jessica Angleskhan (Amma/Nurse/Orange Juice), Alan Ariano (Mr. Okamoto/Captain), Emmanuel Elpenord (Cook/voice of Richard Parker), Rishi Jaiswal (Mamaji/Pandit Ji), Sinclair Mitchell (Admiral Jackson/Russian Sailor/Father Martin), Mi Kang/Lulu Chen/ Mrs. Biology Kumar / Zaida Khan), and Sorab Wadia (Father), opens at LA’s Ahmanson Theatre.
Hamlet Hail to the Thief, adapted by Christine Jones & Steven Hogget, directed by Steven Hoggett, featuring Samuel Blenkin (Hamlet), Ami Tredrea (Ophelia), Paul Hilton (Claudius/Ghost), Claudia Harrison (Gertrude), Alby Baldwin (Horatio), Brandon Grace (Laertes), James Cooney (Rosencrantz), Felipe Pacheco (Guildenstern), Tom Peters (Polonius) and Romaya Weaver (Gravedigger), with Daniel Davids, Kieran Garland and Marienella Phillips, opens at the UK’s York Theatre.
Going Bacharach: The Songs of an Icon private industry presentations, by Will Friedwald, Adryan Galante, Tedd Firth, & Jack Lewn’s , directed by Bill Castellino, featuring Hilary Kole, John Pagano, and Ta-Tynisa Wilson, concludes today at Off-Broadway’s Theatre 555. Contact Contact@Visceral-Entertainment.com.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending May 4, 2025.
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Alan Janes’ The Buddy Holly Story will run July 11-27 at Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West, directed & choreographed by Keith Andrews, with music direction by Ryan O’Connell.
Will Riddle
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Oliver Mayers’ Yerma In Vitro will run May 28-29 (both at 7 PM) at Playwrights Horizons Downtown (440 Lafayette St.), directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo.
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A modern adaptation of Lorca’s masterpiece. Yerma is a custodian at an elite college freshman dorm. She wants a baby who may one day attend university. But how can she bring a new life into a dangerous and darkening world? A drama for our times, Yerma In Vitro draws us into the harrowing experiences of immigrants and mothers with compassionate storytelling.
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Hamlet will run May 28 – July 6 at the Mark Taper Forum, directed by Robert O’Hara.
Patrick Ball (Hamlet), Gina Torres (Gertrude), Coral Peña (Ophelia), Ariel Shaafir (Claudius), and Jakeem Powel (Horatio), with James T. Alfred, Joe Chrest, Fidel Gomez, Ty Molbak, Ramiz Monsef, Jaime Lincoln Smith, and Daniel Zuhli.
Hamlet with an unexpected twist.
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Hello, Dolly! will run May 16 – June 22 (opening May 18) at Boston’s Lyric Stage, directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent, with music direction by Rodriguez, and choreography by Ilyse Robbins.
Temma Beaudreau. Stephen Caliskan, Joy Clark, Joshua Wolf Coleman, Max Connor, Aimee Doherty, Kristian Espiritu, Miki Grubic, Jackson Jirard, Sean Keim, Alex LeBlanc, Mark Linehan, Michael Jennings Mahoney, Sophie Shaw, Hannah Shihdanian, and Tader Shipley.
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The cast album for David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna, Itamar Moses, & David Cromer’s Dead Outlaw (Part 1), is now available Audible.com.
Andrew Durand (Elmer McCurdy), Jeb Brown (Band Leader/Jarrett), Eddie Cooper (Coroner Johnson), Dashiell Eaves (Louis/Charles Patterson), Julia Knitel (Helen/Maggie), Ken Marks (George), Trent Saunders (Andy Payne) and Thom Sesma (Coroner Noguchi).
The darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-
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LaByrinth Theater Company‘s Celebrity Charades 2025 will take place Mon. May 19 at 6:30 PM at NYC’s Edison Ballroom.
Chris Rock, Kristen Wiig, Julia Roberts, Robin Williams, Billy Crudup, Edie Falco, Edward Norton, Paul Rudd, Cynthia Rowley, Julianna Margulies, Chris Rock, Kristen Wiig, Julia Roberts, Robin Williams, Billy Crudup, Edie Falco, Edward Norton, Paul Rudd, Cynthia Rowley, Julianna Margulies, and many more.
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The Buddy Holly Story will run July 11 – 27 at CA’s Musical Theatre West, directed & choreographed by Keith Andrews.
Matt McClure (Buddy Holly), Danny Adams (Tommy Allsup), James Beaman (Hipockets Duncan), and Brian Russell Carey (Joe B. Maudlin), with Jasoon Cohen, Gian Raffaele Cicostanzo, Seth Eliser, and Chris Coffey.
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Video: Highlights from Ragtime at CT’s Goodspeed, which continues through June 15.
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Joe Iconis & Gregory S. Moss’ The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical will run June 3 – July 13 at DC’s Signature Theatre, directed by Christopher Ashley, with choreograph by Jon Rua, and music direction by Rick Edinger.
Eric William Morris (Hunter S. Thompson), George Abud (Nixon), Darlesia Cearcy (Jann), Giovanny Diaz De Leon (The Kid), Ciovanny Diaz De Leon Loring Lisitza (Virginia), Megh McLeod (Flower Child), George Salazar (Ocar), Ryan Vona (Juan), Tatiana Wechsler (Sandy), Jason SweetTooth Williams (Seadman), and Josiah Cajudo (Puppeteer), with Tzian Coli and Stephen Russell Murray.
A collision of politics, counterculture and rock and roll in human form, Hunter S. Thompson is impossible to pin down. Careening from the 1940s to 2005, Thompson invents Gonzo journalism, attempts to take down a corrupt president, and quests for equality for his fellow weirdos, outsiders and freaks. However, this anti-hero’s drug-fueled tornado leaves a trail of destruction as he grapples with his legacy in a world that has left him behind. Funny and unique, as anarchic and irreverent as the writer himself, this explosive rock musical will spark a revolution for the rebel inside us all.
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David Shire & Richard Maltby, Jr.’s It’s About Time will run May 24 – June 15 (opening June 11) at CT’s Goodspeed Musicals, directed by Maltby.
Darius de Haas, Shinnerrie Jackson, Daniel Jenkins, Eddie Korbich, Issy van Randwyck, and Lynne Wintersteller.
At first, they were Starting Here, Starting Now. After a few years, they were Closer Than Ever. Now, decades later, the legendary award-winning writing team of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire complete the trilogy they didn’t know they were creating…About Time. From long-ago love affairs and ambitions of the past to tech-savvy grandkids and lost keys, this funny and touching revue features all new songs about people navigating the joys and challenges of growing older while staying young in spirit.