New York

THE MUSIC MAN OPENS TONIGHT! Tonight at 8:00 p.m., the curtain will rise on the first preview performance of the hugely anticipated revival of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man,  starring Hugh Jackman as Professor Harold Hill, and    Sutton Foster as Marian Paroo, at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) for a sold-out audience. Opening Night is scheduled…

LINCOLN CENTER THEATER/LCT3 TO PRODUCE AT THE WEDDING A NEW PLAY BY  BRYNA TURNER DIRECTED BY  JENNA WORSHAM CAST TO FEATURE REBECCA S’MANGA FRANK, KEREN LUGO, CAROLYN McCORMICK, WILL ROGERS, HAN VAN SCIVER, MARY WISEMAN PERFORMANCES BEGIN SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 OPENING NIGHT IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28 FOR SIX WEEKS ONLY THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 27 AT THE CLAIRE…

Tickets for the upcoming Â Second Stage Theater production of Â Richard Greenberg’s Â Tony Award-winning play, Â TAKE ME OUT, are now available. Â The Broadway production will Â begin previews March 9, 2022 and officially open on April 4, 2022 at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Â Street). Tickets can be purchased by visiting 2ST.com, by calling 212-541-4516. $30 tickets are available to people aged…

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT PREVIEWS BEGIN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 AHEAD OF A MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2022 OPENING NIGHT AT BROADWAY’S HUDSON THEATRE Neil Simon’s  Plaza Suite with Matthew Broderick  and  Sarah Jessica Parker played a sold-out pre-Broadway engagement at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre but had to scrap the Broadway opening when COVID struck. It ahs been announce that preview…

J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company announces the exciting three-musical lineup for its second season. The 2022 season, running February 10 – March 20, 2022 at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street – between 9th and Dyer Avenues), will include A Class Act, A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine, and The Baker’s…

THIS MEAL WILL RETURN Following the recent announcement of a temporary suspension of performances due to COVID-19 cases within the company, producers of the Broadway  play  Chicken & Biscuits  announce that the production will resume performances on  Friday, November 19, 2021, before playing a final performance of its limited engagement at  Circle in the Square Theatre  (235 West 50th Street) on  Sunday,…

THANKFULLY, WE’RE STILL SEARCHING Is there life after Lily Tomlin? The Shed, the cool new space for theater and art in Hudson Yards, is about to prove that question with a resounding “yes”. Beginning December 21, 2021, a newly commissioned production of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, freshly revisited by…

CHANGE  IS NOW We hear that that the only thing constant is change, yet we struggle against change, we fight against change, and some are even willing to succumb to the unyielding stress of determined apathy rather than change. We live in a world that must change the way it consumes and change the way it…

MCC Theater (511 W 52nd St) opens its 2021-22 season with Nollywood  Dreams, which reunites the entire cast from the 2020 MCC production that was postponed due to the theater shutdown. Written by Jocelyn Bioh  (School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play), Nollywood  Dream  will begin previews in-person at  MCC Theater’s   Newman Mills Theater  on  October 21, 2021. Directed by  Saheem Ali  (Fires…

TWO NOBODIES WITH A DREAM. ONE POP STAR WITH A PHONE. THIS IS THEIR CALLING. A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet, the first new musical to premiere in New York City since the shutdown began, began performancesSeptember 17 at the DR2 Theatre (103 E. 15th Street), and now has been extended to November 21, 2021….

THE PUBLIC THEATER ANNOUNCES CASTING FOR WORLD PREMIERE PLAY CULLUD WATTAH Written by Erika Dickerson-Despenza Directed by Candis C. Jones Above is the cast for the world premiere of CULLUD WATTAH (think: “colored water”). Developed by Dickerson-Despenza as the 2019-2020 Tow Playwright-in-Residence at The Public, the play — originally scheduled to premiere in July 2020…

MAGIC IN THE MUSIC Sometimes jukebox bio-musicals get so caught up in the fame and fortune of the journey that they miss the creative passion that is the true force driving most artists forward. Happily,  Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations — which returns to Broadway tomorrow, October 16, 2021 — puts…

THEY’RE FRIGGIN’ BACK By now, the world knows about the musical Jersey Boys, the story of pop sensation Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons. It’s a triumph, and the NY production leaves all others at the shore. It returns to New York City’s New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) on November 15, 2021. Tickets…

United Solo Theatre Festival 2021 The 12th  Annual  United Solo Theatre Festival, based  at  Theatre Row in New York City,  is the world’s largest solo theatre  festival.  After a decade of presenting over one thousand solo  shows, the  Festival  returns to its stage  at Theatre Row. There, it will feature  productions from around the  globe. United Solo features a vast array of shows ranging from drama, storytelling, and…