This Weekend’s Highlights:
Friday, February 27
About Time, by Maltby & Shire, directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, featuring Allyson Kaye Daniel, Darius de Haas, Daniel Jenkins, Eddie Korbich, Sally Wilfert, and Lynne Wintersteller, with Ethan Paulini and Nicole Powel, begins previews at Off Broadway’s Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater.
Inherit the Wind, directed by Ryan Guzzo Purcell, featuring Alex De Bard, Billy Eugene Jones, Rebecca Madeira, Ethan Miller, Natalya Lynette Rathnam, Todd Scofield, Holly Twyford, and James Whalen. with Jordan Friend, Alyssa Keegan, Alina Collins Maldonado, Dakin Matthews, Noah Plomgren, and Tristan Turner, begins previews at DC’s Arena Stage.
Saturday, February 28
L.A. Opera‘s Akhnaten, by Philip Glass, conducted by Dalia Stasevska, featuring John Holiday (Akhnaten), Sun-Ly Pierce (Queen Nefertiti), So Young Park (queen Tye), Zachary James (Amenhotep III), and more, opens at LA’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
The Price, by Arthur MiIller, directed by Elina de Santos, featuring Dana Dewes (Esther Franz), Richard Fancy (Gregory Solomon), Jason Huber (aWalter Franz), and Scott Jackson (Victor Franz), opens at LA’s Pacific Resident Theatre.
Mothers Know Best concert, starring Laura Benanti, with Her Mom, Linda Benanti, at 8 PM at CT’s Westport Country Playhouse.
Broadway and Beyond: Mandy Gonzalez in Concert, at 7:30 PM at Santa Monica’s Broad Stage.
The Surfcasters present Dazed & Confused: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin concert, at 8 PM at Long Island’s Bay Street Theatre.
Woman in Mind, by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Michael Longhurst, featuring Louise Brealey, Tim McMullan, Sule Rimi, Chris Jenks, Safia Oakley-Green, Taylor Uttley, Katie Bucholz, and Michael Woolfitt, closes at London’s Duke of York’s Theatre.
Labyrinth Theatre‘s The Locus, by Lucy Thurber, directed by Jenna Worsham, featuring Ngozi Anynwu, Nadira Foster-williams, and Alison Pill, closes at Off-Broadway’s 59E59 Theatres.
Sunday, March 1
Night Side Songs, by The Lazors, directed by Taibi Magar, featuring Robin de Jesús , Brooke Isibashi, Jonathan Raviv, Mary Testa, and Kris Saint-Louis, opens at Lincoln Center’s Claire Tow Theater.
Bigfoot!, by Amber Ruffin & Kevin Sciretta, directed & choreographed by Danny Mefford, featuring Crystal Lucas Perry, Grey Henson, Katerina McCrimmon, and Alec Moffat, opens at of Off-Broadway’s New York City Stage One.
The 92NY Lyrics & Lyricists’ Stardust: From Tin PanAlley to Broadway concert, directed by Kathleen Marshall, featuring Krystal Joy Brown, T. Oliver Reid, Ana Villafañe, and more, opens.
Ulysses, by James Joyce, directed by Scott Shepherd & John Collins, featuring Dee Beasnael, Kate Benson, Maggie Hoffman, Vin Knight, Scott Shepherd, Christopher-Rashee Stevenson, and Stephanie Weeks, closes at Off-Broadway’s Public Theatre.
Making a Show of Myself, written & performed by Mary Kate O’ Flanagan, directed by Will O’Connell, closes at Off-Broadway’s Irish Rep.
The 2026 Chain Winter One-Act Festival closes at Off-Broadway’s Chain Theatre.
Million Dollar Quartet, directed by Hunter Foster, featuuring Daniel Durston (Elvis Presley), Sky Seals (Johnny Cash), Nat Zegree (Jerry Lee Lewis), Sam Sherwood (Carl Perkins), Bart Shatto (Sam Phillips). Isaac Foley (Brother Jay), Kieran McCabe (W.S. ‘Fluke’ Holland), Margaret Dudasik (Dyanne), and Teresa Zimmermann (Dyanne), with Chance Michael Wall, Mike Lucchetti, and Brian Michael Henry, closes at Houston’s Tutts.
Penelope, by Alex Bechtel, Grace McLean & Eva Steinmetz, directed by Courtney O’Connor, featuring Aimee Doherty (Penelope), closes at Lyric Stage Boston.
Musical Theatre West‘s Man of La Mancha, directed by James Vásquez, featuring Ricard Bermudez (Miguel de Cervates/Don quixote), Shirene Agahi-Patterson (Antonia), Daniel Sares (Pedro/Captain of the Inquisition), Ammon Swofford (Anselmo), and Colleen Swift (Paco/Barber), with Reggie De Leon, closes at CA’s Long Beach’s Carpenter Performing Arts Center.
The 39 Steps, adapted by Patrick Barlow, directed by Jenny Sullivan, featuring Joseph Fuqua (Richard Hannay), Larry Cedar (clown #1), Christie Coran (Annabella Schmidt / Pamela / Margaret), Jack Herholdt (Clown #2), closes at Ventura’s Rubicon Theatre.
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The Royal Shakespeare Theatre & Told by an Idiot will present Paul Hunter’s The Three Musketeers Nov. 28 – Jan. 9, 2027 (opening Dec. 26) at the Royal Theatre Stratford-Upon -Avon, directed by Paul Hunter.
TBA.
It is 1625, or twenty-five past four. When the innocent D’Artagnan sets off to Paris to become a Musketeer, a life of danger, romance and anarchy lies ahead. Young King Louis XIII’s loose grip on power and his marriage is a delicious opportunity for the dastardly Cardinal Richelieu and mysterious Milady. Landing in the centre of this cut-throat world, D’Artagnan races through the streets and the battlefields on the trail of his abducted sweetheart Constance, fighting for honour and dodging the target on his back. But whenever strife is near, his new pals appear: The Three Musketeers. ‘One for all, and all for one!’
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The Foundation for New American Musicals‘ Music-Cal, a concert of new musicals, will take place Wed. Mar. 4 at 8 PM at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.
Musicals:
Gladiatrix, by Paul Bianchi, Sam Johnides, Tony Gonzalex & Sam Hohnides, featuring TBA.
Sweet and Twenty, by Adam Carl & Julian Drucker, featuring Carl, Julian Drucker, Rachel Sarah Levy, Taubert Nadalini, Larry Cedar.
Coming Home to the Soul, by Catriona Fray, Jonny Perl, Danny Segura, Catriona Fray, Alena Bernardi, Danny Pravder & Bella Hicks, featuring Catriona Fray, Alena Bernardi, Danny Pravder, Bella Hicks, Daniel Segura, Joey Ruggiero, and Pattie Lin.
BFA: A New Musical Comedy, by Joe Nedder, featuring Queenie Navaro, Ryan Foreman, Naledi Miga, Janissi Jones, Joseph Rosales. Casting TBA.
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Rogue Machine Theatre‘s My Son the Playwright, world premiere written & performed by Justin Tanner, has been extended through Mar. 16 at LA’s Matrix Theatre, directed by Lisa James.
In this deeply personal and darkly comic piece, Tanner steps into the roles of both his father and his younger self, blending memory and imagination in a single, unforgettable performance.
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Broadway’s Operation Mincemeat has announced its new cast, which has just begun their performances at the Golden Theater.
Brandon Contreras (Charles Cholmondeley & Others) Jessi Kirtley (Jean Leslie & Others, Julia Knitel (Ewen Montagu & Others, Jeff Kready (Hester Leggatt & Others, and Amanda Jill Robinson (Johnny Bevan & Other), with Robert Ariza, Allison Guinn, Sam Hartley, Gerianne Pérez and Lexi Rabadi.