Today’s Highlights:
Purlie Victorious, by Ossie Davis, directed by kenny Leon, featuring Leslie Odom Jr. (Purlie), Kara Young (Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkens), Heather Alicia Simms (Missy Judson), Billy Eugene Jones (Idella Landy), Jay O. Sanders (Ol’ Cap’n Cotchipee), Billy Timoney (Sheriff), and Noah Pyzik (Deputy), with Donald Webber Jr., Melvin Abston, Willa Bost, and Brandi Porter, opens at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre.
Noises Off, by Michael Frayn, directed by Lindsay Posner, featuring Felicity Kendal (Dotty Otley), Jonathan Coy (Frederick Fellows), Alexander Hanson (Lloyd Dallas), Matthew Horne (Gerry Lejeune), Tamzin Outhwaite (Belinda Blair), Oscar Ratterham (Tim), Sasha Frost (Brooke Ashton), Pepter Lunkuse (Poppy Norton-Taylor), Tamzin Outhwaite (Belinda Blair), and Oscar Batterham (Tim), opens at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket.
The Twelve, by Robert Schenkkan & Neil Berg, directed by John Doyle, featuring Akron Lanier Watson (Pete), Wonzhā Johnson (Andrew), Wesley Taylor (Tom), Etai Benson (Jimmy), Gregory Treco (Simon), Kyle Scatliffe (John), Kelvin Moon Loh (James), Mel Johnston Jr. (Tee), Brandon J. Ellis (Phil), Rob Morrison (Bart), F. Michael Haynie (Matt), Adrienne Walker (Mags), and Rema Webb (Mother Mary), with Matt Caplan, Dion Simmons Grier, and Aurelia Williams, opens at CT’s Goodspeed.
The Brothers Paranormal, by Prince Gomolvilas, directed by Hallie Gordon & Aria Velz, featuring Tommy Bo (Max), Eymard Cabling (Visarut), Lolita Marie (Delia), Justine “icy” Moral (Ghost), DeJeanette Horne (Felix), Cindy Chang (Tasanee), Joey Ledonia (Max/Visarut), and Sally Imbriano (Jar/Tasanee), and Terrestia Edwards (Delia understudy), begins previews at MD’s Olney Theatre.
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending Sept. 24.
Click here for the complete analysis.
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Off-Broadway’s Red Bull Theater‘s Don Quixote by Guillén De Castro, will present readings of the play in person on Mon. Oct. 2 (at 7:30 PM) and On Demand Oct. 3-8, directed by José Zayas.
Jacob Ming-Trent (Don Quixote), Heidi Armbruster, Keith Hamilton Cobb, Darryl Gene Daughtry, Carson Elrod, Irene Sofia Lucio, Melissa Mahoney, Ismenia Mendes, Luis Moreno, David Ryan Smith, and Arturo Luis Soria,
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The Met: 2023-24 Live in HD season (Oct. 2023 – May 2024), offering 9 opera productions, will screen live at at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre.
Dead Man Walking (Oct. 21), by Jake Keggie & Terrence McNally.
X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (Nov. 18), by Thulani Davis
Florencia En El Amazonas (Dec. 9), by Daniel Catán.
Nabucco (Jan. 6, 2024), by Verdi
Carmen (Jan. 27), by Bizet.
La Forza Del Destino (Mar. 9), by Verdi
Romeo et Juliette (Mar. 23), by Gounnod
La Rondine (Apr. 20), by Puccini
Madama Butterfly (May 11), by Puccini
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The Dramatists Guild will hold a free, two-day development workshop for students interested in writing for the theatre. Titled “Artist as CEO: A Free Development Intensive,” the program will be held Oct. 7-8. 
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The program is open to anyone currently engaging with playwriting in a higher education program. Those interested can register for the full weekend or either day individually. Guild membership is not required for attendance.
Participants will join students from across the country along with industry leaders to talk about advocating for their artistry and managing expectations within professional relationships.
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The People Versus Lenny Bruce, adapted by Susan Charlotte, will take place on Zoom on Tues. Oct. 3 at 12 PM at NYC’s 3 West Club (51st. St. & 5th Ave.), directed by Antony Marsellis. 
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Tony Roberts (Lenny Bruce), Zach Grenier, Larry Pine, Penny fuller, Bob Dishy, Michael Citriniti, and Alex Purcell, with special guest Martin Garbus.
In April 1964, Lenny Bruce appeared twice at the Cafe Au Go Go in Greenwich Village, with undercover police detectives in the audience. He was arrested along with club owners Howard and Elly Solomon, who were arrested for allowing an obscene performance. On both occasions, Bruce was arrested after leaving the stage. A three-judge panel presided over his widely publicized six-month trial, prosecuted by Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Richard Kuh, with Ephraim London and Martin Garbus as the defense attorneys. Bruce and Howard Solomon were found guilty of obscenity on November 4, 1964. The conviction was announced despite positive testimony and petitions of support from—among other artists, writers and educators—Woody Allen, Bob Dylan, Jules Feiffer, Allen Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, William Styron, and James Baldwin, and Manhattan journalist and television personality Dorothy Kilgallen and sociologist Herbert Gans. Bruce was sentenced to four months in a workhouse; he was set free on bail during the appeals process and died before the appeal was decided. Solomon, the owner of the club where Lenny was arrested, later saw Bruce’s conviction overturned.
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The Winter’s Tale will run Nov. 4 – Dec. 17 at DC’s Folger Theatre, directed by Tamilla Woodard.
Antoinette Crowe-Legacy (Hermione), and Hadi Tabbal (Leontes), with Cody Nickell, Kate Eastwood Norris, Reza Salazar, and more TBA,
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TUTS Lights Up Gala will take place Sat. Nov. 11 at The Post Oak at Uptown Houston. Director, performers and additional information TBA. Click here for more information.
Amy and Rob Pierce
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Chicago’s Music Theater Works has announced its 2024 season at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts. Creative teams and casting TBA.
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Mar. 7-31)
Carousel (Mar. 7-31)
Production 3 – TBA (Oct 24 – Nov. 17)
Legally Blonde: The Musical (Dec 19-29)
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Richard Hellesen’s Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground will return to Theatre at St. Clements Oct. 2-27, directed by Peter Ellenstein.
John Rubinstein
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Ragtime will run Oct. 24 – Jan. 7, 2024 at DC’s Signature Theatre, directed by Matthew Gardiner, with music direction by Jon Kalbfleisch, and choreography by Ashleigh King.
Bill English (Father), Nkrumah Gatling (Coalhouse Walker Jr.), Jake Loewenthal (Mother’s Younger Brother), Awa Sal Secka (Sarah), Bobby Smith (Tateh), and Teal Wicks (Mother).
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Here Lies Love Sings the Songs of J. Oconer Navarro will take place Mon. Oct. 9 at 7 PM at NYC’s 54 Below.
Arielle Jacobs, Julia Abueva, Reanne Acasio, Aaron J. Albano, Renée Albulario, Aaron Alcaraz, Carol Angeli, Nathan Angelo, Kristina Doucette, Roy Flores, Jasmine Forsberg, Sarah Kay, Jeigh Madjus, Geena Quintos, Shea Renne Hughes, Angelo Soriano, Danielle Troiano, and Moses Villarama, with a special appearance from Laura Dadap.
The evening will feature a sneak preview of songs from Navarro’s Fil-Am musical Death of the Pastores, currently being co-written with Laura Dadap and inspired by Filipino folk guitarist Michael Dadap.
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A developmental reading of Phil Kenny & Reston Williams’ Alice in Neverland will take place Thurs. Sept. 28 in New York City, directed by Catie Davis, with music direction by Kris Kukul
Allie Seibold, Heath Saunders, Kyle Selig, Grace McLean, Courtnee Carter, Rob Colletti, Travis Artz, Bobby Daye, LaVon Fisher-Wilson, Mia Gerachis, Stephanie Gibson, Donnie Hammond, Benjamin Henderson, Eddie Korbich, Garth Kravits, Elliott Mattox, Tiffany Mann, Adelina Mitchell, Chase Petersen, Honor Blue Savage, and Emmet Smith, with Travis Artz, Bobby Daye, LaVon Fisher-Wilson, Mia Gerachis, Stephanie Gibson, Donnie Hammond, Benjamin Henderson, Eddie Korbich, Garth Kravits, Elliott Mattox, Tiffany Mann, Adelina Mitchell, Chase Petersen, Honor Blue Savage, and Emmet Smith.
A sequel to “Alice in Wonderland” and “Peter Pan.” Growing older and obsessed with her memories of Wonderland, Alice embarks on the daring journey to recapture youth – including the sacrifices that might be required to never grow up.
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The Foundation for New American Musicals will present its 2023 FNAM Benefit fundraiser on Sun. Oct. 15 at 2 PM at a private residence in the Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. Proceeds will benefit FNAM and its programs. here.
Jason Robert Brown, Georgia Stitt, and Marcia Seligson.
Jason Robert Brown, Georgia Stitt, and Billy Crystal
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Emilio & Gloria Estefan’s On Your Feet will run Oct. 6-29 (opening Oct. 7) at CA’s La Mirada Theatre, directed & choreographed by Luis Salgado, with music direction by Daniel Alejandro Gutierrez
Gaby Albo (Gloria), Samuel Garnica (Emilio), Kristen Tarragó (Gloria Fajardo), Max Cervantes (José Fajardo), Adela Romero (Consuelo), Emaa Heistand (Rebecca Fajardo), Sophia Yacap (Young Gloria), Javier Iván (Young Emilio), and Jake Dylan (Phil), with Camila Aldet, Miguel Flores, Madelin Marchant, Sara McGuire, María Moreras, Ralphie Rivera De Jesús, Khi’Shawn Robinson, Angelliz M. Rosado Ramos, Cami Taleisnik, Glendaliris Torres-Greaux, Josué Torres Ortiz, and Sebastian Treviño. The Swings are Brian Márquez, Matt Rivera, and Maya Santiago.