Today’s Highlights:
Wicked, featuring Sophie Evans (Glenda), Laura Pick (Elphaba), Alistair Brammer (Fiyero), Kim Ismay (Madame Morrible), Andy Hockley (The Wizard), Simeon Truby (Doctor Dillamond), Carina Gillespie (Nessarose), Nicholas McLean (Boq), Amy Webb (Elphaba standby), and Charli Baptie (Glinda standby), with Nick Len, Lauren Brooke, Grace Chapman, Conor Crown, Joseph Fletcher, Fraser Fraser, Will Lucas, Stacey McGuire, and Samantha Thomas, Emmie Ray, and Natalie Spriggs, resumes performances at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre.
Darlin’ Cory, world premiere by Phillip Depoy & Kristian Bush, directed by Susan V. Booth, featuring Jeremy Aggers, Jimez Alexander, Marcello Audino, John Bobek, Jewl Carney, Katie Deal, Kelli Dodd, Rob Lawhon, Rhyn McLemore, Gillian Rabin, Maria Rodriguez-Sager, and Asia Rogers, opens at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre.
Naked Boys Singing, featuring Marcus Terell, Louis D’Aprile, Matthew Ludwinski, and Jaden Lux, opens at Las Vegas’ Jewel Box Theatre.
Andy Karl & Orfeh concert opens at 54 Below.
Lincoln Center & Deaf Broadway’s Into the Woods FREE concert, with selections performed in ASL, featuring Joshua M. Castille (Jack/Steward), Shelly Guy (Cinderella/Granny), Dickie Hearts (Rapunzel’s Prince/Florinda), Amelia Hensley (Baker’s Wife), John McGinty (Cinderella’s Prince/Lucinda/Wolf), Malik Paris (Baker), Anjel Piñero (Little Red/Rapunzel), Gabriel Silva (Narrator/Mysterious Man), Anne Tomasetti (Jack’s Mother/Stepmother), and Alexandria Wailes (the Witch), at 8 PM ET NYC’s Damrosch Park . Click here for ticket information (walk-ins available if the show is not sold out).
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GRACE NOTES Quote of the Week: “I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic, and a progressive religious experience.” ~ Shelley Winters
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Complete casting has been announced for Company, to resume previews Nov. 15 and open Dec. 9 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, directed by Marianne Elliott, with choreography by Liam Steel, and music supervision by Joel Fram.
Katrina Lenk (Bobbie), Patti LuPone (Joanne), Matt Doyle (Jamie), Christopher Fitzgerald (David), Christopher Sieber (Harry), Jennifer Simard (Sarah), Terence Archie (Larry), Etai Benson (Paul), Bobby Conte (P.J.), Nikki Renée Daniels (Jenny), Claybourne Elder (Andy), Greg Hildreth (Peter), and Rashidra Scott (Susan), with Kathryn Allison, Britney Coleman, Jacob Dickey, Javier Ignacio, Anisha Nagarajan, Nicholas Rodriguea, Heath Saunders, Tally Sessions, and Matt Wall.
Note: Bobby Conte Thornton has changed his professional name to Bobby Conte.
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Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play will run Sept. 29 – Oct. 31 (opening Oct. 2) at MD’s Olney Theatre, directed by Raymond O. Caldwell.
Megan Graves (Logan), Parker Drown (Jaxton), David Schlumpf (Caden), and Dani Stoller (Alicia).
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The upcoming Netflix series, “Luther,” by Neil Cross, directed by Jamie Payne, will premiere on a date TBA. The series is a continuation of the 5-season BBC crime drama.
Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, and Andy Serkis.
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Il Trovatore will run Sept. 18 – Oct. 10 at LA Opera, conducted by James Conlon. Livestreamed performances will be also be available Oct. 3 at 2 PM PT and Oct. 6 at 7:30 PM PT.
Guanqun Yu (Leonora), Limmie Pulliam (Manrico), Raehann Bryce-Davis (Azucena), Vladimir Stoyanov (Count Di Luna), Morris Robinson (Ferrando), Anthony Ciaramitaro (Ruiz), Tiffany Townsend (Ines), and Orson Van Gay II (Messenger).
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Dan Clancy’s Middletown will run Nov. 17 – Dec. 12 at Coral Gable, FL’s Actors Playhouse. Director not listed.
Didi Conn, Donny Most, Loretta Swit, and Adran Zmed.
The story of two couples who endure the roller coaster of life together, including the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Staged without a set or props, the stars read directly from scripts, as if reading from the book of their own lives — and ours.
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The Glass Menagerie will run May 23 – Aug. 27, 2022 at the Duke of York’s Theatre (link TBA), directed by Jeremy Herrin.
Amy Adams (Amanda Wingfield), Lizzie Annis (Laura Wingfield), Paul Hilton & Tom Glynn-Carney (sharing the role of Tom) and Victor Alli (Gentleman Caller).
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A reading of John C. Russell’s Stupid Kids will stream Sept. 22-25 here, in support of The Actors Fund, directed by Michael Mayer.
John Clay III (Jim Stark), Lauren Patten (Jane “Kimberly” Willis), Ali Stroker (Judy Noonan), and Taylor Trensch (John “Neechee” Crawford), with stage directions read by Christian Borle.
The play follows four students a Joe McCarthy High School as they make their way from first through eighth period and beyond, struggling with the fears, frustration, and longings peculiar to youth. With his magical touch, John C. Russell turns these familiar stereotypes into moving and provocative archetypes of adolescence whose lingo takes on a lyricism that is both true to its source and revelatory of the hearts and mind of contemporary youth.
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A Tribute to Linda Ronstadt at The Soroya will take place Sat. Oct. 23 at 8 PM PT at Northridge’s Soroya, with music direction by Chche Alara.
Aida Cuevas, La Marisoul, and Luciana Souza.
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Complete casting has been announced for The Phantom of the Opera, to resume performances Oct. 22 at the Majestic Theatre.
Ben Crawford (The Phantom), Meghan Picerno (Christine Daaé), John Riddle (Raoul), Bradley Dean (Monsieur André), Craig Bennett (Monsieur Firmin), Raquel Suarez Groen (Carlotta Giudicelli), Maree Johnson (Madame Giry), Carlton Moe (Ubaldo Piangi), Emilie Kouatchou (Christine Daaé at certain performances), And Sara Esty (Meg Giry), with Giselle Alvarez, Polly Baird, Janinah Burnett, Xiaoxiao Cao, David Michael Garry, Chris Georgetti, Kelly Jeanne Grant, Katharine Heaton, Satomi Hofmann, Ted Keegan, Kfir, Kelly Loughran, Scott Mikita, Greg Mills, Justin Peck, Patricia Phillips, Richard Poole, Jessica Radetsky, Janet Saia, Paul A. Schaefer, Carly Blake Sebouhian, Jeremy Stolle, Carrington Vilmont, Jim Weitzer, Elizabeth Welch and Erica Wong.
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Video: New trailer for Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” which will be released on Dec. 10.
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Complete casting has been announced for Eduardo Machado’s Celia and Fidel, to run Oct. 8 – Nov. 21 (opening Oct. 14) at Arena Stage, directed by Molly Smith.
Marian Licha (Celia Sánchez), Andhy Mendez (Fidel Castro), Liam Torres (Manolo Ruiz), and Heather Velaquez (Consuelo).
It’s 1980 and Cuba is dealing with a failing economy. As Fidel Castro ponders on how to move his country forward, his political partner, Celia Sánchez, is never far from his side. Imbued with magical realism, this is the dynamic story of radical change in Cuba featuring the country’s most notorious political figure and Cuba’s most influential female revolutionary.
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Candice Bushnell’s Is There Still Sex in the City? will run Nov. 13 – Feb. 6, 2022 (opening Dec. 7) at the Daryl Roth Theatre, directed by Lorin Latarro.
Candice Bushnell
Bushnell shares her remarkable philosophy through stories of fashion, literature, sex, and New York City, while pouring cosmos in Manolos.
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Showstopper! The Improvised Musical will play five shows at the Lyric Theatre: Nov. 15, Dec. 6, Jan. 24, 2022, Feb. 21, and Mar. 21.
(rotating): Jonathan Ainscough, Ruth Bratt, Justin Brett, Matt Cavendish, Dylan Emery, Pippa Evans, Susan Harrison, Joshua Jackson, Ali James, Sean McCann, Adam Meggido, Philip Pellew, Andrew Pugsley, Lauren Shearing, Lucy Trodd, and Heather Urquhart.
Using audience suggestions, The Showstoppers create a unique musical theatre show each night, entirely made up on the spot.
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Lilli Cooper and Paul McLaughlin welcomed their first child, Bodie Cooper McLaughlin, on Sept. 7.
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Goodspeed Musicals‘ auction is now available for viewing and bidding through Sept. 25 at 5 PM ET.
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Cabaret will resume performances Sept. 17 – Oct. 24 at Babylon’s Argyle Theatre, directed by Evan Pappas & Sara Brians, with choreography by Sara Brians, and music direction by Ethan Andersen.
Dana Costello (Sally Bowles), Jon Peterson (The Emcee), Andy Tighe (Cliff Bradshaw), Brian Owen (Ernst Ludwig), and Lilly Robin (Fräulein Kost/Fritzie), with Luke Bernier, Nikki Rinaudeo-Concessi, Nicole Forde, Zoe Gillis, LeVane Harrington, Kelley Anne McCormick, Carter Sabuda, Conor Stepnowski, and Alexis Semevolos Velazquez.
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Video: Adrienne Warren performs “Private Dancer” from Broadway’s Tina – The Tina Turner Musical.
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The West End Revival of Nick Payne’s Constellations featuring four different casts, all directed by Michael Longhurst, will stream in October (dates TBA) at London’s Donmar Warehouse.
Casts:
* Sheila Atim and Ivanno Jeremiah
* Peter Capaldi and Zoë Wanamaker
* Omari Douglas and Russell Tovey
* Anna Maxwell Martin and Chris O’Dowd
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The Book of Mormon will resume performances Nov. 15 at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
Dom Simpson (Elder Price), Tom Xander (Elder Cunningham), and Leanne Robinson (Nabulungi), with Steven Webb, Richard Lloyd-King, Haydn Oakley, Edward Baruwa, Thomas Audibert, Philip Catchpole, Christopher Copeland, Joseph Davenport, Tanya Edwards, George Grayson, Myles Hart, Olivia Hibbert, Jed Hoyle, M-Jae Cleopatra Isaac, Georgia Iudica-Davies, Oliver Jacobson, Akmed Junior Khemalai, Ryan Kopel, David McMullan, Jack McNeill, Paige Miller, Sean Parkins, Kirk Patterson, Luke Redmore, Stephen Rolley, Fred Smiley, Patrick Sullivan, Ben Tyler, Anna Van Ruiten and Rebecca-Daisy Wellington.