Today’s Highlights:
A Woman Among Women, by Julia May Jonas, directed by Sarah Cameron Hughes, featuring Brittany K. Allen (Christine), Gabriel Brown (roy), Tina Chilip Tina),’ Zoë Geltman (Grace),Morgan Siobhan Green (Rida/Trisha), Hannah Heller ( Sarah), Lucy Kaminsky (‘Tammy), Drew Lewis (Lane), and Dee Pelletier (Cleo), opens at Lincoln Center’s Claire Tow Theatre.
Girl, Interrupted, world premiere by Martyna Majok & Aimee Mann, directed by Jo Bonney, featuring Leela Bassuk, Ta’Rea Campbell, Gabi Campo, Juliana Canfield, Eileen Doan, Mano Felciano, King Princess, Gunnar Manchester, Mia Pak, Katherine Reis, Anna Roman, Sally Shaw, Emily Skinner, Rachel Stern, and Lauren Jeanne Thomas, opens at Off-Broadway’s Public Theatre.
The 16th Annual Hollywood Fringe Festival opens at various LA locations.
The Real Lady Macbeth, by Coco Blignaut & Edison Park, directed by Sofia Streisand, featuring Coco Blignaut, Edison Park., Eve Sigall, and Savannah Schakett, begins previews at LA’s Actors Company Let Live Theatre.
The (Not So Real) Housewives of Transylvania, world premiere written & directed by Scott Sanders by, featuring Scott Sanders, Iris Almario, Kristen Aziza, Jennifer Durst, Johnny Kay, Kristina Korsholm, and Christian Sanders, begins previews at LA’s The Actors Company.
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Manhattan Theatre Club will present Awake and Sing, by Clifford Odets, will begin previews Dec. 2026 (date TBA) and open Jan. 2027 ( date TBA) at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, directed by Tyne Rafaeli.
Danny Burstein (Uncle Morty), Jessica Hecht (Bessie Berger), and Jeremy Shamos (Myron Berger).
A story about aspiration, family and how to live with dignity in America. It’s the 1930s, and the Bronx is a furnace. New ideas clash with the old amidst the poverty and shattered promises of the Great Depression. And three generations of the Berger family, trapped inside their cramped tenement, struggle to hold different visions of an American dream and the Jewish experience.
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DC’s Arena Stage has announced the first five Productions of 2026/27 Season. Casting and additional information TBA.
The Fruits of Our Labor (Sept. 10 – Nov. 1), by Step Afrika!, directed by Jakari Sherman, featuring Conrad R. Kelly.
Nikola (Oct. 2 – Nov. 29), by Nikko Benson & Benjamin Halstead m directed by Marshall Pailet.
Prima Facie (Nov. 13 – Jan. 17, 2027), by Suzie Miller, Alrene & Robert Kogod Cradle.
Step Afrika!s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show Dec. 4-23)
Purpose (Feb. 5 – Mar. 28, 2027), by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
… and more TBA.
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Jonathan Tolins’ Buyer & Cellar will run June 4, 6 , 11, 13 & 14 at Burbank’s Victory Theatre, directed by Cate Caplin.
Michael Mullen.
Barbra Streisand built a shopping mall in her basement. A struggling actor gets hired to run it.
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An Evening of Classic Broadway will take place Sun. June 28 at 2:30 PM at Studio City’s The Velvet Martini Lounge, (4349 Tujunga Ave.), with music direction by Brad Ellis.
Brad Ellis, Dianne Fraser, Eydie Alyson, Garnyé and Damon Kirsche.
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“Tyler Peck: Suspending Time” is now available to stream here, … as well as on the official PBS platform … and on the PBS App.
Directed by Alex Ramsey, the fim follows the life and career of acclaimed New York City Ballet prima ballerina Tiler Peck, which chronicles her six-year journey overcoming career-threatening injuries, personal loss, and the pandemic to return to the stage. It explores her transition from dancer to choreographer, highlighting how she navigated a career crossroads to find renewed confidence and a new path forward.
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Mister Halston, by Raffaele Pacitti, and directed by Michael Wilson, continues through June 21 at Long Island’s Bay Street Theatre.
Michael BcGrath (Mister Halston).
Set against the glamorous and volatile worlds of 70s and 80s New York, Mister Halston explores the meteoric rise, stunning fame, and ultimate fall of iconic American fashion designer Halston.
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Project Shaw will present Getting Married on Mon. June 22 at 7 PM at Off-Broadway’s The Players (16 Gramercy Parl South), directed by David Staller.
Tonya Pinkins, Robert Cuccioli, Dan Domingues, Ann Harada, Howard McGillin, Lauren Molina, Reynaldo Piniella, James Rana, and Evie Schuckman.
Lesbia has announced that she won’t marry. She would like to have a child but doesn’t want to have to have a man around to do it. Her sister, Leo, wants a divorce from Reginald to marry Hotchkiss, thinking his attentions were directed at her. Hotchkiss actually prefers the company of Reginald. The General persists in perusing Lesbia. A mysterious Mrs. George arrives and throws everything into a whirl.
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Mean Girls will run July 7-12 at Pittsburgh CLO, directed by Mara Newbery Greer.
Abigail Isom (Cady Heron), Cecilia Ptetrch (Regina George), Sydi Moon (Gretchen Wieners), Gretchen Wieners (Sydni Moon), Karen Smith (Kaley Bender), Janis Sarkisian (Lyda Jade Hearlan) Damian Hubbard (Jack Haroutunian), Quincy Hamton (Aaron Samuels), and Rayhan Khimji (Kevin Gnapoor.
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A free reading at Hamish Linklater’s Mrs. Alving & the Captain will now take place Wed. June 24 at 7:30 PM at the Echo theater Company, directed by Stephen Laughton.
Sami Cavestani, Hamish Linklater, Deborah Puette, and Steven Strobel.
Have you ever woken up to find yourself married with kids and living on the “cool” side of L.A., only to sense that you might be living out the origin story of an Ibsen play? When an East Side dad shares his location with a stranger, he unlocks his true potential, sells a blockbuster opus, and blows up the neighborhood in this lean-out-your-window-and-
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Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy is available to stream now.
by Joel Grey, the film explores the massive influence of Jewish immigrants and their children on the creation of the modern American Musical.
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, the production of (The Not So Real) Housewives of Transylvania, originally scheduled to begin performances June 4 at the Hollywood Fringe, cannot proceed. All performances are canceled.