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Kingsman is the queen! Australian actress and comedian Liz Kingsman will make her New York stage debut with One Woman Show, her critically acclaimed solo comedy show. Performances run from June 14 to August 11 at the Greenwich House Theater, with opening night on June 20. Kingsman's One Woman Show is inspired by another one-woman show: Phoebe Waller-Bridge's smash hit Fleabag, which originated as a stage act before becoming a hit TV series. The show spawned a wave of other media about "messy...
They're ready to rock! Complete casting has been set for the Off-Broadway premiere of Rock & Roll Man, a new musical by Gary Kupper, Larry Marshak, and Rose Caiola. Performances begin at New World Stages on June 2 ahead of a June 21 opening night. Rock & Roll Man tells the story of Alan Freed, the radio DJ who coined the term "rock 'n' roll" and became the first white DJ to play and promote music by Black and white artists in the mainstream, launching many careers. The show takes place on the...
Give them their flowers! The new Off-Broadway musical Days of Wine and Roses has set its full cast. Performances run from May 5 to July 9 (extended from the previously announced June 25), and opening night is June 5. Joining the previously announced Kelli O'Hara as Kirsten and Brian d'Arcy James as Joe are Steven Booth, Sharon Catherine Brown, Bill English, Nicole Ferguson, Olivia Hernandez, Byron Jennings, David Jennings, Ted Koch, Ella Dane Morgan, Scarlett Unger, and Kelcey Watson. On the...
Find her down on Skid Row! Joy Woods will return to Little Shop of Horrors off Broadway, playing at the Westside Theatre, beginning May 2. Woods is known for starring as Catherine Parr in Six on Broadway in 2022. Her other credits include Dreamgirls, Ratatouille: A TikTok Musical, and the world-premiere musical adaptation of The Notebook. Notably, she originated the role of Chiffon in this Little Shop of Horrors revival, which opened in 2019. Now, she steps into the lead female role of Audrey,...
Cast and creative team members have been set for Wet Brain, a world-premiere play by John J. Caswell, Jr. As previously announced, Dustin Wills (Wolf Play) directs the Off-Broadway production. The cast includes Frankie J. Alvarez as Ron, Ceci Fernández as Angelina, Florencia Lozano as Mona, Julio Monge as Joe, and Arturo Luis Soria as Ricky. Joining Wills on the creative team are scenic designer Kate Noll, costume designer Haydee Zelideth Antuñano, lighting designer Cha See, sound designers Tei...
This cast is made! Initial casting has been set for This Land Was Made, a new play by Tori Sampson premiering at Vineyard Theatre this spring. Performances run from May 18 to June 25, with opening night on June 4. The This Land Was Made cast includes Antoinette Crowe-Legacy as Sassy, Leland Fowler as Drew, Matthew Griffin as Troy, Sean Patrick Higgins as Officer Heanes, Yasha Jackson as Gail, Ezra Knight as MR. FAR, Julian Elijah Martinez as Huey, Curt Morlaye as Gene, and Oliver Palmer as...
The cast's the thing! Complete casting has been set for Hamlet, this year's Free Shakespeare in the Park production. Performances run at the Delacorte Theater from June 8 to August 6, with opening night on June 28. Joining the previously announced Ato Blankson-Wood as Hamlet are Solea Pfeiffer as Ophelia, Warner Miller as Horatio, Daniel Pearce as Polonius, Nick Rehberger as Laertes, John Douglas Thompson as Claudius, Lorraine Toussaint as Gertrude, Mitchell Winter as Rosencrantz, Brandon Gill...
New York City is famous for its Broadway shows, but its wealth of Off-Broadway shows is equally key to its status as a global theatre hub. In fact, some Off-Broadway hits are just as storied as Broadway's longest-running shows. Think Blue Man Group, which has played downtown since 1991 and now amazes audiences worldwide, or The Play That Goes Wrong, which followed up its Tony Award-winning Broadway run with an Off-Broadway transfer that's still going strong. Exciting theatre isn't just in the...
It took 20 years for Michael R. Jackson to get A Strange Loop, his Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning musical that debuted on Broadway last year, to the stage. In a way, his latest Off-Broadway show, White Girl in Danger, is even longer in the making. Whereas A Strange Loop is based on personal and professional struggles from Jackson's early 20s, White Girl in Danger was born of something that's been in his life since childhood. Soap operas. "My mother and father both worked, so they would drop me...
Signature Theatre has added a new play to its spring season. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's The Comeuppance will run at the Pershing Square Signature Center from May 16 to June 25, replacing the playwright's previously announced production, Grass. Directed by Eric Ting, The Comeuppance is a dark comedy that centers on a self-proclaimed “Multi-Ethnic Reject Group.” They meet up to pregame before attending their 20-year high school reunion. Death looms over their gathering as they drink, play a...