Today’s Highlights:
Relax … let go … let fly…
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Broadway Grosses for the week ending Feb. 1.
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Lifeline, by Robert Alexrod, directed by Ken Sawyer, continues through Mar. 14 at North Hollywood’s Road Theatre.
JenBrittany Visser (Jen),Tommy Dickie (Drew), Amy Tolsky (Patti), Clifton J. Adams (Kai), Naomi Rubin (Sarah Beth), and Xoe Savvle (Maya). Alternate cast: Destinee Stewart (Jen), Juan Pope (Drew), Ivy Khan (Pattie), Casey Daley (Kai), Gabie Faulkner (Sara Beth), and Rafi Perez (Maya).
In the aftermath of an unforeseen life-changing event, Patti, a well-meaning mother, decides to become a volunteer for a suicide hotline, where laughter, tears, and a new understanding bridge the divide between people from very different walks of life.
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All Out: Comedy About Ambition, directed by Alex Timbers, has announced its final cast, which continues through Mar. 8 at the Nederlander Theatre.
(Final): Ray Romano, Nicolas Braun, Jake Shane and Jenny Slate.
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My Uterus A Womb With A View, written & performed by Dina Morrone, will return Mar. 21-22 at Theatre West, directed by Peter Glood.
Dina digs deep into her pelvic cavity to explore what the Uterus really is, what it means to own one, and to probe and examine how and why it continues to get screwed over, again and again, by those who have no business being in there.
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Gotta Dance! a celebration of Broadway & Hollywood’s greatest dance numbers, conceived by Nikki Feirt Atkins, will begin previews Mar. 10 and open Fri. Mar. 23 at Stage 42, directed & choreographed by Randy Skinner.
Keely Beirne, Brandon Burks, Anthony Cannarella, Barton Cowperthwaite, Deanna Doyle, Sara Esty, Jessica Lee Goldyn, RJ Higton, Kate Louissaint, Libby Lloyd, Drew Minard, Cole Newburg, Melody Rose, Samantha Siegel, Ahmad Simmons, Landon Winslow, and Blake Zelesnikar.
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In The Heights will run Apr. 10-26 (opening Apr.11) at Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West, directed by Jesse J. Sanchez, with music direction by Rod Bagheri, and choreography by Marissa Herrera.
Ruben J. Carbajal (Usnavi) and more TBA.
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: Broadway’s Death of a Salesman will launch a Conversation/Video series on Fri. Mar. 6 (start time not reported), moderated by Ben Brantley.
Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf, Christopher Abbott, Ben Ahlers, and Joe Mantello.
The short videos, which include conversations about the Miller masterwork, its enduring legacy, and the cast and director’s experience building the revival, will be available on the play’s social media sites beginning today.
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Claudia Shear’s The Recipe continues through Mar. 29 at CA’s La Jolla Playhouse, directed by Lisa Peterson.
Christina Kirk (Julia Child) and Norbert Leo Butz (Paul Child)
Before Julia Child became the TV personality that we all know, she was a rambunctious rebel against the privileged but bland life expected of her. Directionless but driven, careening from Pasadena to New York to Washington D.C. to Ceylon and finally to Paris’s famed Cordon Bleu cooking school, she battled long odds, too short sleeves, and her own self doubt before finding both her calling and her true love, her husband, Paul Child.
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Rogue Theatre will present Jackie Sibblies’ Fairview Mar. 14 – Apr. 19 at the Matrix Theatre, directed by Oz Scott.
Jasmine Ashanti (Jasmine), iesha m. daniels (Keisha), Tuler Gaylord (Jimbo), Michael Guarasci (Nack), Marco Martinez (Dayton), Gala Nikolic (Bets), Marie-Francoise Theadore (Beverly), and Daisy Tichenor (Suze).
A fearless and electrifying new production, this new staging invites Angeleno audiences into an intimate, thought-provoking conversation about identity, representation, and community – daring to challenge perceptions and redefine what it means to watch and to truly see each other. At the Frasier household, preparations for Grandma’s birthday party are underway. Beverly is holding onto her sanity by a thread to make sure this party is perfect, but her sister can’t be bothered to help, her husband doesn’t seem to listen, her brother is MIA, her daughter is a teenager, and maybe nothing is what it seems in the first place.**********************
Brigadoon , newly adapted by Alexandra Silber, will run May 13 – June 14 (opening May 17) at Pasadena Playhouse, directed & choreographed by Katie Spelman.
Tyne Daly (Widow Lundie), Max von Essen (Tommy Albright), Betsy Morgan (Fiona MacLaren), Happy Anderson (Jeff Douglas), Daniel Yearwood (Charlie Dalrymple), and more TBA.
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Broadway Cares will present the 2026 Chita Rivera Rivera Lifetime Achievement Awards on Mon. May 18 at NYU’s Skirball Center. Additional information TBA.
The nominations will be announced Apr. 30.
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Broadway Backwards 2026 will take place Mon. Mar. 23 at 8 PM atBroadway’s Gershwwin Theatre, in support of Broadway Cares and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, directed & choreographed by Robert Bartley.
Jenn Colella
Kate Baldwin, Len Cariou, Bryan Terrell Clark, Bobby Conte, Hannah Cruz, Ariana DeBose, Nancy Dussault, Felicia Finley, Grey Henson, Robyn Hurder, Lee Roy Reams, Leslie Uggams, Bryan Terrell Clark, Bradley Dean, Lea DeLaria, Jennifer Holliday, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Michael McElroy, Lauren Patten, Bernadette Peters, Andrew Rannells, Jacob Rienstra, and Alexandra Silber, and Broadway Inspirational Voices.
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Georgia Stitt’s “Bell Tower” album, a collection of theatrical art songs, has been released on most platforms.
Kate Baldwin, Sierra Boggess, Tituss Burgess, Nikki Renée Daniels, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Marc Kudisch, Ruthie Ann Miles, Kelli O’Hara, Hila Plitmann, and Rebecca Luker.
This album is a collection of theatrical art songs. Some of these poems are very old, and some of them were created just for this album.