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Welcome to the Russian countryside! Here's your first look at [*Uncle Vanya*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/33211-uncle-vanya) on Broadway, with [Steve Carell](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/steve-carell) making his Broadway debut in the title role. The starry cast, directed by Lila Neugebauer, also includes [Anika Noni Rose](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/anika-noni-rose) (*Caroline, or Change*), [Alfred...

See photos of Steve Carell and the cast of 'Uncle Vanya' on Broadway

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The star of *The Office* makes his Broadway debut in the latest revival of the classic play, which also stars Anika Noni Rose, Alfred Molina, and more.

You're gonna hear her roar! Maya Boyd will be the next Juliet in [*& Juliet*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/25598-and-juliet-tickets) on Broadway, beginning performances on May 14 at the [Stephen Sondheim Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/stephen-sondheim-theatre).

Boyd made her Broadway debut earlier this year in the cast of *Merrily We Roll Along*. In *& Juliet*, she will now replace [Lorna...

Maya Boyd to join '& Juliet' Broadway cast

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After making her Broadway debut earlier this year, the actor will now replace Tony Award nominee Lorna Courtney in the title role of the acclaimed musical.

See two stars, alike in dignity! [Rachel Zegler](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/rachel-zegler) and [Kit Connor](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/kit-connor) will lead a new revival of [*Romeo + Juliet*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/40696-romeo-and-juliet-on-broadway) on Broadway. The Shakespeare production, directed by Sam Gold, will run this fall, with a theatre and dates to be announced.

Zegler is best known for starring as Maria in Steven...

Rachel Zegler, Kit Connor to star in ‘Romeo + Juliet’ on Broadway

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The *West Side Story* and *Heartstopper* stars will play Shakespeare’s tragic young lovers in the production, which features music by Jack Antonoff.

As the star of *The Office*, [Steve Carell](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/steve-carell) may be known for his comedic chops, but the roles he's played since that show’s Emmy Award-winning run have shown he can do so much more. He earned an Oscar nomination for playing a maniacal wrestling coach in *Foxcatcher*, played the father of a drug addict (played by Timothée Chalamet) in *Beautiful Boy*, and now makes his Broadway debut in the title role in Anton Chekhov’s [*Uncle...

All the celebrities who have starred in 'Uncle Vanya,' including Steve Carell

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The award-winning actor, best known for starring in *The Office*, is the latest person to tackle the coveted title role of Chekhov's classic family drama.

Family trees are in bloom on Broadway this spring. Beginning with Joshua Harmon’s *Prayer for the French Republic* at the top of the year, numerous family dramas have proved the staying power of the fertile, timeless genre. Not to mention, these shows' families include the likes of actors Steve Carell, Jessica Lange, and Sarah Paulson.

Playing right now are Paula Vogel’s [*Mother Play*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/31354-mother-play-on-broadway) at the [Hayes...

Learn about all the family dramas on Broadway this season

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Each play in the genre is just as unique as any given family, as evidenced by this spring's star-studded shows *Mother Play*, *Appropriate*, and *Uncle Vanya*.

Great news for Huey Lewis fans: You can hear his music live again. For the first time since Meniere's disease impaired the '80s rock star's ability to hear music, forcing him to stop performing with his band The News, his songs are back on not one stage, but two.

Lewis isn't singing them, but those familiar with the Huey Lewis and The News hits "The Power of Love" and "Back in Time" will thrill to hear them nonetheless. Both those songs appear in this season's Broadway musical adaptation of...

How Huey Lewis shaped 'The Heart of Rock and Roll' on Broadway

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The new musical is set to nearly 30 hits by Huey Lewis and The News, and the band's frontman was a crucial and active collaborator throughout its journey.

And they were roommates! Per an April 11 [report from the New York Post](https://nypost.com/2024/04/11/entertainment/patti-lupone-mia-farrow-to-star-in-broadways-the-roommate/), three-time Tony Award winner [Patti LuPone](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/patti-lupone) and seven-time Golden Globe nominee Mia Farrow will co-star in the new Broadway play *The Roommate* this fall. According to the report, performances will run at the [Booth...

Patti LuPone, Mia Farrow reported to star in 'The Roommate' on Broadway

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According to a report in the New York Post, the actresses will perform in the 2015 play by Jen Silverman for a limited engagement beginning in August.

Photos have been released of [*Patriots*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/38891-patriots) on Broadway, starring *Boardwalk Empire* and *Dopesick*'s [Michael Stuhlbarg](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/michael-stuhlbarg). Russia meets New York at the [Barrymore Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/barrymore-theatre), where this new play by Peter Morgan is in performances through June 23.

The playwright, who created Netflix's Emmy Award-winning show...

See photos of Michael Stuhlbarg and the cast of 'Patriots' on Broadway

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The Emmy and Tony Award-nominated actor stars as the late Russian politician Boris Berezovsky in the newest play from the creator of Netflix's *The Crown*.

Home to historic rock bands like The Velvet Underground and The Ramones, New York City is a rock and roll lover’s paradise. Even though many of the popular venues that used to host rock and punk artists in the ‘60s and ‘70s have since closed, there are still plenty of ways to enjoy the history of rock and roll while visiting New York City. 

Take your own rock-and-roll tour of NYC with these classic rock attractions, with something for every rock fan. Pick up some records; pay homage to late,...

Check out these classic rock musicals and attractions in NYC

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Make a day out of seeing a rock show on Broadway, including *The Who's Tommy*, Huey Lewis's *The Heart of Rock and Roll*, or the '70s rock-inspired *Stereophonic*.

Everybody rejoice! The latest arrival of [*The Wiz*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/27115-the-wiz-tickets) on Broadway at the [Marquis Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/marquis-theatre) carries a stirring reminder that this exuberant musical has eased on down the road for 50 years. 

An all-Black retelling of L. Frank Baum’s *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*, the show by Charlie Smalls (music and lyrics) and William F. Brown (book) blew onto Broadway in December 1974. As...

How the Broadway musical ‘The Wiz’ evolved in 50 years

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Writer Amber Ruffin, director Schele Williams, and choreographer JaQuel Knight share how they reimagined the story, steps, and stakes of this modern classic.

<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/trouble-in-mind">Trouble in Mind</a>&nbsp;has announced the&nbsp;full cast for the Broadway premiere of Alice Childress's play. The newly announced cast members will join the previously confirmed Tony and Emmy Award winner&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/lachanze">LaChanze</a>, who will star in the lead role of Wiletta.Joining LaChanze are&nbsp;Michael Zegen as Al Manners, Chuck Cooper as Sheldon Forrester, Danielle Campbell as Judy Sears, Jessica Frances Dukes as Millie Davis, Brandon Micheal Hall as John Nevins, Simon Jones as Henry, Alex Mickiewicz as Eddie Fenton,&nbsp;and Don Stephenson as Bill O'Wray.Childress's play follows a veteran Black stage actress who is cast in a big-budget production with a white leadership and creative team. The play peeks behind the curtain of rehearsals and sees Wiletta struggling between getting her big break and compromising her beliefs to do it.&nbsp;Trouble in Mind was originally set to premiere on Broadway in 1957, but the production fell through.Charles Randolph-Wright directs the upcoming production at Roundabout Theatre Company's <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/american-airlines-theatre">American Airlines Theatre</a>. It will begin performances October 29 ahead of a November 10 opening, and play a limited engagement through January 9, 2022.<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/trouble-in-mind">Trouble in Mind&nbsp;tickets</a> are on sale now.&nbsp;

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__LaChanze__, a founding member of Black Theatre United, returns to Broadway following her 2019 performance as the Ghost of Christmas Present in *A Christmas Carol*. She also starred in *Summer: The Donna Summer Musical* in 2018, which earned her a Tony Award nomination for best performance by a leading actress in a musical.

Alice Childress’s Trouble in Mind offers a wry and moving look at racism, identity, and ego in the world of New York theatre. 

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See playwright Alice Childress's Broadway debut 64 years in the making. Get *Trouble in Mind* tickets on TodayTix.

Childress's *Trouble in Mind* play centers on Wiletta, an experienced Black stage actress who is cast in the lead of a major Broadway production. The show is a rural Southern melodrama written and directed by two white men. Wiletta is just happy to have the job, and she tries to bury her ego when rehearsals reveal the play’s painful stereotypes. Yet as opening grows closer, tensions rise as the cast struggles to do good work under the white gaze — and in a white-run theatrical world.

LaChanze, a founding member of Black Theatre United, returns to Broadway as Wiletta following her 2019 performance as the Ghost of Christmas Present in *A Christmas Carol*. She also starred in *Summer: The Donna Summer Musical* in 2018, which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical.

The premiere of *Trouble in Mind* off Broadway ran in 1955 to instant acclaim, but Childress’s play failed to get its due in her lifetime after its Broadway transfer was canceled. Following a resurgence in regional revivals this past decade, Roundabout brings Childress’s prophetic work to Broadway. 

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## What to Watch For

- *Trouble in Mind* premiered off Broadway in 1955 at Stella Holt's Greenwich Mews Theatre, where it ran for 91 performances to critical acclaim. 
- The play’s canceled Broadway transfer would have marked the first play by an African American woman ever produced on Broadway. The transfer was canceled because producers asked Childress to tone down her treatment of racism, which she refused to do. The current Broadway production presents *Trouble in Mind* exactly as Childress wrote it.
- Childress wrote over a dozen plays. However, she achieved the most commercial success as a novelist, such as with the young adult work *A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But A Sandwich*.
- *Trouble in Mind* reopens Roundabout’s premiere Broadway space for plays the American Airlines Theatre, following its shuttering in March 2020.
- *Trouble in Mind* has received regional revivals in recent years in New Jersey, Malibu, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.

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Trouble in Mind makes its Broadway debut presented by Roundabout Theatre Company at the <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/american-airlines-theatre">American Airlines Theatre</a>. Alice Childress's powerful and prescient drama, starring Tony Award winner <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/lachanze">LaChanze</a>, finally reaches Broadway 64 years after an expected transfer was canceled. Trouble in Mind tickets are on sale now.When Wiletta, a stalwart Black actress of the stage, is cast as the lead in a new Broadway production, she's thrilled just to be getting work. While other Black cast members struggle with painful stereotypes in the play, a Southern melodrama written and directed by white men, she encourages them to grin and bear it. Yet as rehearsals grow tense and the cast faces worsening mistreatment, Wiletta hits her limit with the white-run industry to which she's devoted her life.Alice Childress's wry and witty examination of racism, identity, and ego in the world of New York theatre receives its long overdue Broadway debut. Childress's drama debuted off Broadway in 1955 at Stella Holt's Greenwich Mews Theatre, where it ran for 91 performances to critical acclaim. In a startling turn of life echoing art, producers refused to transfer Trouble in Mind to Broadway unless the ending was changed to something more upbeat. Childress refused, and the transfer, which would have made her the first African-American woman playwright in Broadway's history, never came to fruition.&nbsp;Trouble in Mind has received a resurgence of interest and regional revivals in recent years, including a celebrated production at Two River Theater, New Jersey in 2014. In an appreciation entitled "<a href="https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/alice-childress-trouble-in-mind.html" target="_blank">Alice Childress Didn't Defang Her Plays, and Producers Said No</a>," New York Magazine theater critic Helen Shaw wrote: "Any list of great American playwrights is incomplete without Alice Childress .... Everyone should be reviving Childress's work." Roundabout Theatre now heeds the call, giving Trouble in Mind its Broadway debut.Reviewing the revival at Two River Theater in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/nyregion/a-review-of-trouble-in-mind-at-two-river-theater-in-red-bank.html">The New York Times</a>, critic Michael Sommers declared it a "rich, unsettling play that lives up to its title ... Trouble in Mind lingers in one's memory long after its conclusion."&nbsp;A founding member of the American Negro Theatre, Childress was the first Black female playwright to be produced professionally in New York with her play&nbsp;Gold Through the Trees&nbsp;in 1952.Get&nbsp;Trouble in Mind tickets on Broadway now.

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I once asked a famed Tony-winning Broadway director, what is the point of a revival? Is it to tell us how far we've come or to tell us how far we have to go? The answer that the director gave me was a simple yes. If the same question was asked about the glorious revival, and belated Broadway debut, of Alice Childress's play <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/trouble-in-mind">Trouble in Mind</a>,&nbsp;the answer would definitely be a resounding yes. Though the play was written in 1955, it pulsates with such vitality that it feels like it was written yesterday, showing the audience that while some things have changed in 66 years, others have stayed maddeningly the same.&nbsp;In 1955, Childress's play Trouble in Mind&nbsp;premiered off Broadway and was well-received critically. The play was optioned for Broadway with a caveat: Childress had to tone down her play about racism in the American theatre&nbsp;and make it more comfortable for the ostensibly white audience that would be seeing it. Childress refused, and Trouble in Mind&nbsp;was relegated to the footnotes of American theatre&nbsp;history, never achieving the kind of mainstream success that it deserved. Until now, when&nbsp;it has been given its much-delayed Broadway debut 66 years later.&nbsp;Childress's contemporaries included Lorraine Hansberry and her play A Raisin in the Sun.&nbsp;While Hansberry's play dealt with the overt, capital-R racism of housing discrimination, Childress's dealt with a common, insidious form of racism, that of well-meaning liberals — those who Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called the white moderates, "more devoted to 'order' than to justice."&nbsp;Trouble in Mind&nbsp;is a workplace comedy, about a group of Black actors and two white actors gathering, in Arnulfo Maldonado's shabby chic set, to rehearse a new Broadway play about a lynching in the American South. The intentions are valid: to move the white audience into sympathizing with the Black experience. Except the play is written by a white playwright and overseen by a white director, and all of the Black characters are servants and stereotypes that only scrape and bow to their white employers.&nbsp;Trouble in Mind&nbsp;doesn't mention microaggressions but that is exactly what happens during this rehearsal process,&nbsp;such as how the white actress Judy (an authentically oblivious Danielle Campbell) never hangs up her own coat and always gives it to one of the Black actors, or when director Al Manners (played by Michael Zegen, at his most unlikeable) keeps on interrupting Black actress Wiletta (an electrifying <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/lachanze">LaChanze</a>) when she's speaking.The audience sees the actors rehearse the fictional play, pushed by the abusive Al to find the "truth" and motivations of their characters. Except the Black characters were written by a white man. Trouble in Mind&nbsp;asks whether it is possible to authentically play something that is inherently inauthentic, and whether doing so is actually upholding the racism that these artists say they want to abolish.The play-within-a-play concept means that director Charles Randolph-Wright has a particular challenge: make the characters in the narrative seem human while making the play-within-a-play realistic to the period without falling into pastiche and encouraging the audience to laugh at the Black actors. Randolph-Wright threads that needle finely;&nbsp;the audience are charmed by the actors and their interpersonal dynamics. Then when rehearsals start for the play-within-a-play, it is clear where the characters have had to compromise themselves, so moments when the Black actors have to play stereotypes, the discomfort is pronounced.&nbsp;Trouble in Mind&nbsp;runs at 2&nbsp;hours and 10 minutes, but once it gets going, Randolph-Wright keeps it moving briskly like a runaway train. And when the inevitable crash comes, it is breathtaking.&nbsp;At the center of the play is LaChanze's Wiletta, who is tired of playing the maid and wants to be a legitimate actress. Dressed in Emilio Sosa's sumptuous period costumes, LaChanze's natural magnetism means that it is even more offensive when Wiletta is forced to be sidelined in the narrative. Wiletta's frustrations are a slow build but when she inevitably breaks into an earth-shattering monologue in the second act, it's not only earned, but necessary.The rest of the characters are not as fully developed as Wiletta, which is a shame. But the cast is so dynamic that even when they are in the background, you want to look at them and take in the entire tableau — particularly Chuck Cooper and Jessica Frances Dukes, who are skilled at conveying depth, even contempt, in just looks and small actions.Childress wrote Trouble in Mind&nbsp;because of her frustrations at the lack of substantive roles for Black actors. Today, Black actors, and actors of color, are still trying to go beyond playing stereotypes on stage and on screen. Those same actors have come together to release the We See You, White American Theatre letter last year. In a time when Broadway is going through its own reckoning with its history of erasure, this revival of Trouble in Mind&nbsp;asks, how far have we truly come? Perhaps if the play had gotten its Broadway premiere 66 years ago, it would have become the American classic it deserved to be. And we would have tackled the conversation around representation, stereotypes, cultural appropriation, and liberal hypocrisy even sooner, and perhaps moved past them.Trouble in Mind&nbsp;may have come to Broadway 66 years too late, but in a time when the American public is currently leaning towards comfort and wanting to hide America's racist past from the classroom, the play is holding up a mirror to society, especially the sector that considers itself progressive. Sixty-six years ago, society chose to look away. Perhaps the play's premiere on Broadway is a sign we are finally ready to truly look at ourselves.<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/trouble-in-mind">Trouble in Mind is at the American Airlines Theatre through January 9. Get tickets to Trouble in Mind on New York Theatre Guide.</a>Photo credit:&nbsp;LaChanze, Chuck Cooper, and Michael Zegen in Roundabout Theatre Company's Trouble in Mind. (Photo by Joan Marcus)

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The Todd Haimes Theatre was originally designed by George Keister as an Italian Renaissance-style theatre. The venue opened in 1918 as the Selwyn Theatre, named for its developers, Edgar and Archibald Selwyn. The first show to play there was Jane Cowl's *Information Please*.

Over the course of its history, the building has been used as a theatre, a cinema, and a visitor center until it fell into a derelict state of disrepair. Roundabout Theatre Company took ownership of the venue in 1997, but the building collapsed, so the company rebuilt the Selwyn as part of the New 42nd Street Building in 1999. The theatre was renamed for American Airlines on June 30, 2000; the company donated $8.5 million to help cover renovation costs.

On February 1, 2024, the venue was renamed in memory of Todd Haimes, the artistic director of Roundabout Theatre Company from 1983 until his death in 2023.

## How to get to the Todd Haimes Theatre on Broadway

The Todd Haimes Theatre is situated on 42nd Street between Eighth Avenue and Broadway. By subway, it is accessible by the A, C, E, 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W, and S lines to 42nd Street.

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