Today’s Highlights:
Realitytown, written & directedby Billy Recce & Danny Salles, featuring Sam Underwood), Ginna Claire Mason, David Beach, Garrett Poladian, SLee), and Micaela Lamas, opens at Off-Broadway’s Laurie Beechman Theatre.
East West Players‘ Flower Drum Song, adapted by David Henry Hwang, directed by Jacqui Park, featuring Joven Calloway, Ethan Yaheen-Moy Chan, Jay Espinoza, Sierra Goria, Sally Hong, Tony Jin, Esther Lee, Brian Liebson, Emma Park, Gemma Pedersen, Avelina Sanchez, Hillary Tang, Ai Toyoshima, Haoyi Wen, and Paul Wong, opens at LA’s Japanese American Cultural & Community Center’s Aratani Theatre.
Children of Eden streaming presentation, featuring Michelle Williams (Eve/Mama), David Phelps (Adam/Noah), Koryn Hawthorne (Yonah) Sam Tsui (Cain/Japheth), Randal Keith, (Father), Chris Graham (Abel/Ham), Darian Goulding (Seth/Shem), Donica Lynn (Aphra), and Rhealee Fernandez Aysha, begins streaming here for 48 hours. Tix here.
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NY City Center‘s Encores! has announced that La Cage Aux Folles will run June 17-28 , directed by Robert O’Hara, with music direction by Joseph Joubert.
Tony Pinkins (Jacqueline), Peter Francis James (Edouard) Rachel Webb (Anne), Wayne Brady (George), Billy Porter Albin), Alaman Diadhiou (Jean-Michel), James Jackson Jr. (Jacob), Michael McElroy (Francois), Sharon Washington (Marie), and Lance Coadie Williams (Renaud), with Jordan Alexander, Sai Anthony, Jordan Chin, Joshua Dawson, Jamal Christopher Douglas, Michael Samarie George, Aaron Graham, Ari Groover, Jaquez, Karma Jenkins, Christian Kidd, Kendall Lashanti, Andre Malcolm, Kareem Marsh, Marsh, Morgan McGhee, Ernest Mingo, Wesley Ryan, Julian Amari Smith, Jordan Simone Stephens, Wade Watson, Anthony Wayne, and Travon Williams.
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Small But Aggressive, written & performed by Denise Moses, will run June 19, 20, 27 & 28 at the Greenway Court Theatre, directed by Ross Clarck.
When Denise’s ballet dancer husband, Craig is diagnosed with a “small but aggressive” brain tumor, an unwelcome guest (chain- smoking “Grief”) takes up residence and refuses to leave. As “Denise” and “Grief” butt heads, the diminutive Denise finds she too can be “small but aggressive”.
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The Entertainment Community Fund will present its Annual Gala on Mon. June 1 at NYC’s Cipriani 42nd Street.
The cast of the original The Gilded Age producer Daryl Roth, and composer Yoshiki..
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Ben Andron’s Broken Snow, currently in previews, will open Apr. 30 and continue through May 24 at Theatre 71 (152 W. 71st St.), directed byColin Hanlon.
Tom Cavanaugh, Tony Danza, and Michael Longfellow, with Bob Ari and Max Roll.
A tense psychological drama set inside an abandoned, snow-bound house, where two strangers—James, a volatile drifter, and Steven, a tightly controlled officer—discover they share a dark familial connection. As they dig through the remnants of their father’s secret life, long-buried trauma resurfaces alongside a mysterious cigar box that may contain the truth they both crave.
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Hershey Felder: The Piano & Me will run Apr. 30 – May 10 at Santa Barbara’s New Vic.
Hershey Felder and 16 other characters, present the music of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Barto, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Williams &, and sixteen other characters.**********************
Lindsey Ferrentino’s The Fear of 13 will continue through July 12 at the James Earl Jones Theatre, directed by David Cromer.
Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson.
How a routine traffic stop led to a murder conviction. Nick then spent 22 years on death row, eventually petitioning the court for his execution date. Then, everything changed.
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Pippin will run May 12 – July 26 (opening May 19) at DC’s Signature Theatre, directed by Matthew Gardiner.
Brayden Bambino (Pippin) Cedric Neal (Leading Player),Eric Hissom (Charles), Maria Rizzo (Estrada), Naomi Jacobson (Berthe), Awa Sal Secka (Catherine), Ryan Sellers (Lewis), and Ellison Bihm (Theo), with Ben Bogen, Calin L’mont Cooper, Candice Hatakeyama, Georgia Monroe, Alanna Sibrián, Jacob Taylor Starks, Emily Ssteinhardt, Hank von Kolnitz, Dylan Arredondo, Alonso Nicolas Waller, Liz Weber, Veronica Quezada, and Ian Rubin.
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Pearl Cleage’s Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous will run June 10 – July 12 (0pening June 18) at the Geffen Playhouse, directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson.
Michele Shay (Betty Samson), Olivia Washington ( Precious “Pete”Watson), Watson; Deborah Joy Winans (Greenleaf, Whitney) as Kate Hughes; and Charlayne Woodard (Anna Campbell).
Anna Campbell, a pioneering Black actress returns to Atlanta after 25 years of exile to witness a revival of her iconic nude performance art piece. Conflict arises when she discovers a younger, inexperienced actress, Pete, is set to perform the role, forcing Anna to confront generational divides, artistic legacy, and her own ego.
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Red Bull Theater’s Titus Andronicus, directed by Jesse Berger, continues through May 3 at the Signature Center.
Patrick Page, with Jesse Aaronson, Matthew Amendt, Blair Baker, McKinley Belcher III, Francesca Faridany, Enid Graham, Amy Jo Jackson, Adam Langdon, Anthony Michael Lopez, Anthony Michael Martinez, Howard W. Overshown, Olivia Reis, and Zack Lopez Roa.
Titus is Rome’s greatest general and the head of a noble family. But when his armies vanquish the Goths, their defeated queen Tamora and her lover Aaron the Moor release a fury that brings Titus, his family, and all of Rome to their knees. The play’s exploration of humankind’s capacity for inhumanity is shockingly contemporary.
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The world premiere of Henry Ong’s Ascent will run May 9 – June 14 at the Skylight Theatre, directed by Diana Wyenn.
Trieu Tran, Iris Liu, Russell Edge, and Jorge-Luis Pallo.
Based on the true story, Ascent tells about the life of Qian Xuesen, the brilliant aerospace engineer who helped launch America’s space age—until Cold War paranoia forever changed the future of both his new and native homelands.
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Mark St. Germain‘s Eleanor will run May 13-31 (opening May 16) at Ventura’s Rubicon Theatre, directed byDavid Ellenstein.
Kandice Chappell.
Candid and commanding, vulnerable and visionary, from the shadows of the White House to the global stage, Eleanor finds her purpose at life’s greatest crossroads, shaping an extraordinary legacy. The play takes audiences from Hyde Park to The White House and beyond and provides a rich personal account of the Roosevelt family, dynasty and presidency.