Today’s Highlights:
York Theatre presents Gotta Dance, written & directed by Nikki Feirt Atkins, featuring Jessica Lee Goldyn, Brandon Burks, Anthony Cannarella, Barton Cowperthwaite, Deanna Doyle, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Afra Hines, Jess LeProtto, Kendall Leshanti, Drew Minard, Georgina Pazcoguin, Samantha Siegel, Taylor Stanley, and Blake Zelesnikar, opens at Off Broadway’s Theatre at St. Jeans.
Bipolar & The English Channel, written & performed by Julie Ridge, opens at Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row.
The Complete works of Jane Austen, Abridged, by Jessica Bedford, Kathyrn MacMillan, Charlotte Northeast, and Meghan Winch, directed by Robert Kelley, featuring Alyssa Anne Austin, Kyle T. Hester, and Kirsten Hojó, begins previews at Santa Barbara’s Ensemble Theatre Company.
Ann Kittredge: You Sleigh Me concert, with music direction by Christopher Denny, and special guests Brent Barrett, Jeff Harnar, Karen Mason, and Paul Folnick, with Randy Klein & Alexander Ryback. at at 7 PM at NYC’s Chelsea Table + Stage.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending Nov. 30.
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Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, continues through Dec. 31 at CT’s Goodspeed, directed by Hunter Foster.
Omar Lopez-Cepero (Bob Wallace),Bruce Sabath (BGeneral Henry Waverly), Jonalyn Saxer (Judy Haynes), Lauren Nicole Chapman (Betty Haynes), Aurelia Williams (Martha Watson), and Sofie Nesanelis (Susan Waverly), with Sydney Chow, Jeff Gallup, Jasmine Ashanti Gillenwaters, Laura Guley, Jay Aubrey Jones, Linda Neel, Keyon Pickett, Daniel Reardon, Colleen Roberts, and Travis Ward-Osborne.
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Ben Platt: Live at the Ahmanson will run Dec. 12-21 at LA’s Ahmanson Theater, directed by Michael Arden.
A star-studded set of special guests has not been announced intentionally.
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Reddick’s Cold War Choir Practice will run Feb. 21 – Mar. 29 (opening Mar. 10) at MCC Theatre, directed by Knud Adams.
Alana Raquel Bowers (Meek), Will Cobbs Smooch), Andy Lucien (Clay), and Lizan Mitchell (Puddin) with Ellen Winter, Suzzy Roche, Nina Ross, and more TBA.
The Syracuse, New York–set work centers on a young girl whose estranged uncle, a prominent Black conservative, brings his mysteriously ill wife home for the holidays.
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Steve Schalchlin: 30 Years of “The Bonus Round” will take place Tues. Dec. 9 at 9 PM at Off-Broadway’s Urban Stages.
All proceeds will fund Urban Stages’ Outreach Program, which tours free educational, multilingual art workshops, plays, and events to libraries across all five boroughs of New York City.
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David Adjmi’s Stereophonic will run Dec. 9 – May 10 (opening Dec. 10) at the Pantages Theatre, directed by by Daniel Aukin.
Jack Barrett (Grover), Claire DeJean (Diana), Steven Lee johnson (Simon), Denver Milord (Peter), and Christopher Mowad (Reg), with Eli Bridges Andrew Gombas, Quinn Allyn Martin, Jake Regensburg, and Laura Wilmore.
The play set in a 1970s recording studio, chronicling the creative and personal struggles of a British-American rock band as they record their second album. The story explores the pressures of impemding superstardon, interpersonal conflicts, and artistic disagreements that threaten to break the band apart or propel them to new success.
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The world premiere of Woman Is … Eden Espinosa will take place Fri. Dec. 19, at 7:30 PM at LA’s The Wallis, directed by Rachel Chavkin.
A reflection, a reckoning, and a celebration of identity, resilience, and voice — a one-night-only performance from one of Broadway’s most unforgettable stars: an evening of music that reclaims the stage and redefines the woman at its center.
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A limited run of Death of a Salesman will begin previews Mar. 6 and open Apr. 9 (closing date TBA) at the Winter Garden Theatre, directed by Joe Mantello.
Nathan Lane (Willy Loman), Laurie Metcalf (Linda Loman), Christopher Abbott (Biff Loman), and Ben Ahlers (Happy Loman).
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Write Act Rep will present the world premiere of Pieces of December, a series of one-act plays, to run Dec. 6-21 at North Hollywood’s Brickhouse Theatre.
Susan C. Hunter, David Lvov, Thomas J. Misuraca, Dmitry Parkhomchuk, Abigael Peltonen, Jorge A. Pulido and Darrin Yalacki.
Susan C. Hunter, David Lvov, Laura Lineback, Dmitry Parkhomchuk. Abigael Peltonen, Jorge A. Pulido and Darrin Yalacki.
Alicia Agramonte, Bruce Anderson, Lance Bagley, Allison Delaney, Lisa Eve, Katie Mary Garland, Sonja Hansen, Kimo Keoke, Mike Knox, Adam Kroksh, Michael Kulukundis, Ceci Laiche, Nneka, Jesse O’Freel, Marquice Perrera, Jack Searer, and Ally Jo Williams.
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The world premiere of Jack Nicholls’ The Shitheads will run Feb. 6 – Mar. 14 (opening Feb. 12) at the Royal Court Theatre, directed by Aneesha Srinivasan & David Byrne.
Peter Clements, Jonny Khan, Annabel Smith, Ami Tredrea, Scarlet Wilderink and Jacoba Williams.
Tens of thousands of years ago, Britain’s earliest inhabitants learn that love and violence feed the same fire. When strangers arrive at a secluded cave, domestic harmony shatters – and survival turns savage.
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August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone will begin previews Mar. 30, open Apr. 29, and close July 12, at the Barrymore Theatre, directed by Debbie Allen.
Taraji P. Henson (Bertha Holly ), Cedric The entertainer (Seth Holly ), Joshua Boone (Herald Loomis), Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Bynum Walker ), and more TBA.
Set in Pittsburgh in 1911 during a pivotal era of migration and transformation, the play centers on Seth and Bertha Holly who run a warm, orderly boardinghouse for those navigating uncertain paths. But when a mysterious man named Herald Loomis arrives with his young daughter, the stillness of the house begins to shift. This timeless American classic is a profoundly moving story of personal awakening, collective memory, and the quiet power of human connection.
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Sidney Meyer Rides Again! will run Dec. 21, 23, 27 & 29 (all at 7 PM) at NYC’s Pangea (178 2nd Ave.), with music direction by Tracy Stark.
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A private industry reading of Tawni O’Dell’s The Naughty List will take place Wed. Dec. at 1 & 4 PM at NYC’s 42nd St. Studios (229 W 42nd St.), directed by Sheldon Epps. To RSVP & for more information, visit TheNaughtyListPlay@gmail.com.
Daniel Breaker, Norbert Leo Butz, and Michelle Federer.
A breezy yet moving three-character play about the reconnection between mature sweethearts. It’s the night before Christmas and one of the world’s most famous power couples is caught in a conflict that all couples have experienced. After 373 years of marriage and a heated argument with a husband who is getting ready to “work late,” Mrs. Claus takes flight in a sleigh with two youthful reindeer-in-training. Will the man who spreads love to all decide that the woman he loves should come first? Adding to Santa’s conundrum is the appearance of a suave stranger of equal fame who brings a new level of drama to the festivities.