Today’s Highlights:
Bathhouse Bette, a Bette Midler Tribute concert, featuring Amber Martin, at 8:30 PM at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.
**********************
Nick Bisa’s Nepo Baby will begin previews Dec. 4 and open Dec. 6 at New Stage Performance Space (36 West 106 St.).
Theodore Bouloukos
An old-school, Oscar-nominated actor and his ambitious nephew collide in a sharp, darkly funny story about fame, family, and what it takes (or doesn’t) to “make it.” Part satire, part love letter to the stage, Nepo Baby begs the question: What is success? And what will even those closest to you do to keep it?
**********************
Anthony Rapp: Home for the Holidays will run Dec. 17-20 at Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre.
**********************
Mark Shanahan’s A Sherlock Carol continues through Dec. 21 at Lyric Stage Boston, directed by Ilyse Robbins.
Leigh Barrett, Christopher Chew, Mark Linehan, Paul Melendy, Michelle Moran, and Jon Vellante.
Moriarity is a dead as a doornail. Sherlock Holmes is Depressed. Without his number one adversary, what’s the point of it all? Enter a grown-up Tiny tim and the mysterious death of everyone’s favorite humbug and it’s a festive literary mash-up with surprises around every corner.
**********************
An Evening with Kelli O’Hara will take place Mon. Jan. 12 at 7:30 PM at Broadway’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, directed by David Milnes.
On sale for LCT members starts Nov. 19 ….. and Nov. 21 for the public.
**********************
Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus will run Feb. 11 – Mar. 8, 2026 at CA’s Pasadena Playhouse, directed by Darko Tresnjak.
Kenajuan Bentley, Jared Andrew Bybee, Jennifer Chang, Matthew Patrick Davis, Michelle Allie Drever, Alaysha Fox, Matthew Henerson, John Lavelle,Brent Schindele, and Hilary Ward.
**********************
Charles Kirsch’s Backstage Babble Live! will take place Sat. Jan. 3 at 7:30 PM at NYC’s 54 Below, with music direction by Michael Lavine.
Judy Kaye, Dick Scanlan, Lea DeLaria, Jason Graae, Maude Maggart, Stephanie Pope, Annie Golden, and more.
**********************
The world premiere of Quentin Blake’s Mrs. Armitage on Wheels will run Feb. 18-21, 2026 at the Southbank Center, directed bySamantha Lane.
TBA.
Celebrating the power of imagination and the importance of community, Mrs Armitage is a brilliant and eccentric inventor whose wild and wonderful creations are always remarkably useful. When she and her faithful dog Breakspear set off on a quiet bike ride to visit cousin Angela, she can’t stop thinking of ways to improve her bike. But after adding horns, snack trays, umbrellas, a dog bed, even a sail, will she ever get there?
**********************
Operation Mincemeat has extended for the 5th time, now though Apr. 26, 2026 at the Golden Theatre.
David Cumming, Claire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson, Jak Malone, and Zoë Roberts.
During WWII, two intelligence officers use a corpse and false papers to outwit German troops. In the context of WW2 narratives, the story of Operation Mincemeat is a unique, bizarre, and seductive cinematic blend of high-level espionage and ingenious fiction, where the stakes could hardly be higher.
**********************
Troubadour Theater Company has announced a newly revised version of Die Heart: The Director’s Cut, to run Dec. 4-21 (opening Dec. 5) at Burbank’s Colony Theatre, directed & choreographed by Matt Walker.
Beth Kennedy, Rick Batalla, Mike Sulprizio, Clinton Roane, Chelle Denton, John Paul Batista, Trey McIntyre, Philip McNiven, Lara Lafferty, Benji Kaufman, Luis Martinez, Sofia JoAnna, and Matt Walker.
This holiday season, the Troubies leave no stone unturned and no glass un-shot – as they blow the roof off the Colony Theatre and hold the audience hostage with the classic Christmas film Die Hard combined with the music of Heart – in Troubadour Theater’s production of DIE HEART! Don’t spend the holidays “Alone,” run barefoot to the Colony Theatre and see the Troubies “Kick it Out,” but remember, don’t be late-comers or we’ll go “Crazy on You!” Hans Gruber and his “Bara-crewda” will be gunning for laughs in Burbank as they take on that tempestuous “Magic Man,” John McClane in this can’t-miss Troubie extravaganza!
**********************
Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 continues through Nov. 30 at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre., directed by Stephen Hamilton.
John Kroft (Buy Montag), J. Stephen Brantly (Captain Beatty ), Daniela Mastropietro (Mildred Montag), Anna Francesca Schiavoni (Clarisse McCellan), Bonnie Comeley (Good Morning Show Host), Matthew Conlon (Faber), Nicole Marie Hunt (Mrs. Hudson), Stewart F. Lane (Family Theater Show Attorney), and Dan Pavacic (Fireman Black)
**********************
Ben Platt: Live at the Ahmanson will run Dec. 12-21 at LA’s Ahmanson Theatre, directed by Michael Arden.
A star-studded set of special guests will be announced soon.
**********************
Tracy Letts’ Bug will run Dec. 16 – Feb. 8 2026 (opening Jan. 8), at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, directed by David Cromer.
Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood, withRandall Arney, Jennifer Engstrom, Steve Key.
What begins as a simple connection between two broken people in a seedy Oklahoma motel room twists into something far more dangerous. When reality slips out of grasp, paranoia, delusion, and conspiracy take over in this sexy psychological thriller.
**********************
Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has announced their 34th National Conference, which will take place June 10-13 2026 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Each TCG National Conference brings together hundreds of theatre professionals from across the U.S. and around the world for days of learning, collaboration, and inspiration, rooted each year in the unique creative spirit of the host city.
**********************
5-Star Theatricals has announced its 2026 season at CA’s Thousand Oaks’s Bank of America Performing Arts Center. Creative teams and casting TBA.
The Play That Goes Wrong (Mar. 13-29)
The Wizard of Oz (July 10-19)
Les Miserables (Oct. 9-18)