This Weeknd’s Highlights:
Friday, November 6
Mountain Girl, by John Patrick Shanley, directed by Ivette Eumeng, featuring Tonya Cornelisse, Sophia Demoarnay-O’Neal and Joey Welsh, opens at Off Broadway’s 154 Theatre.
Beauty and the Beast, directed by Matt West, featuring Kyra Belle Johnson (Belle), Fergie L. Philippe (Beast), Stephen Mark Lukas (Gaston), Danny Gardner (Lumiere), Kathy Voytko (Mrs. Potts), Javier Iagancio (Cogsworth), Harry Francis (Le Fou), Kevin Ligon (Maurice), Holly Ann Butley (Madame de la Grande Bouche), Cameron Monroe Thomas (Babette), and Beatrice Goddard Beggs & Levi Blaise Coleman (Chip), with Vinny Andaloro, Benjamin Cheng, Spencer Dean, Julian Marcus De Guzman, Michael Dikegoros, Masumi Iwai, Darrell T. Joe, Emily Larger, Lena Matthews, Caleb McArthur, Sam Rose Pearson, Melaina Rairamo, Ellen Roberts, Grace Marie Rusnica, Ben Sears, Michael Seltzer, Jasmine Pearl Villaroel, and Kate Wesler, opens at LA’s Pantages Theatre.
Little Women, directed by Cate Caplin, featuring Jenna Lea Rosen (Jo Marsh), Katie roche (Meg March), Haven Watts (Beth March), Jordan Cruz (Amy March), Tammi Tappan Damiano (Marmee March), Ariel Neydavoud (Theodore “Laurence), Jonathan Mering (Prfessor Bhaer), Araon Gibbs (Mr. John Brooke), Barabara Carlton Heart IAunt March), and Martin Kildare (Mr. Laurence). opens at CA’s Musical Theatre West.
Radio Galaxy, by Michèle Aldin Kushner, directed by Kimberly Senior, featuring Joey McIntyre, Leslie Margherita, Callan Farris, Meera Sinhan, and Bernard White, opens at LA’s The Wallis.
Houston’s Tutts’ Lights Up 2026 Tutts Gala, with special guest Megan Hilty, at 6:30 PM, at at The Post Oak Hotel. Click here.
Bitch Got Rich, written & perfromed by Betsy Cox, offers a free presentation at 9 PM at Santa Monica Playhouse.
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Saturday, November 7
Heist, by Arun Lakra, directed by Blake Robison, featuring Brian Thomas Abraham (Krueger), Jessica Fishenfeld (Angi), Kate Goehring (The Spider), Angel Lin (Fiona), Alex Purcell (Ryan), and Brian Vaughan (Marvin, opens at Milwaukee Rep.
Liz Callaway: Broadway & Beyond concert opens at Fayetteville’s Theatre Squared.
Nacho Ate Spiderman, by Michelle Kholos Brooks & Casey Stangl, directed by Stangel, featuring Sharon Lawrence, Dann Florek, Matthew Scott Montgomery, and Jamie Pierce, opens at Santa Monica’s Ruskin Group Theatre.
The Good Thief, by Conor McPherson, directed by Justin Waldman, featuring Christopher Fitzgerald, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Irish Rep.
LA Opera‘s Carmen, conducted by Domingo Hindoyan, featuring Rihab Chaieb (Carmen), Joshua Guerrero (Don José), Kathleen O’Mara ( Micaëla), and James Karai (Escamillo) closes at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
PHYL, by Cecily Hamilton, directed by Britt Berke, featuring Tessa Bilmes, Jennifer Blood, Curaon Dobell, Katie Firth Lily Ganser, Livvy Marcus, Anthony Michael Martinez, Zalia Sulla, and Charlotte Ledtje, closes at Off-Broadway’s Mint Theatre.
Sunday, November 8
Passing Strange, by Stew & Heidi Rodewald (with a new book), directed by Zhailon Levingston, featuring Ty Taylor (Narrator), Britton Smith Youth), and Saycon Sengbloh (Mother), opens at Pasadena Playhouse.
The Music Man, directed byJoshua Bergasse, featuring Elliott Andrews (Professor Harold Hill), Elizabeth D’Aiuto (Marian Paroo), Paul Urriola (Marcellus Washburn), Savannah Stevenson (Mrs. Paroo), Patrick Blashill (Mayor Shinn), Emmanuelle Zeesman (Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn), Dylan Patterson (Winthrop Paroo), Addie Jaymes (Amaryllis), Michael Santora (Charlie Cowell), Charles Antenen (Tommy Djilas), and more, closes at LA’s Ahmanson Theatre.
The Feel Good Story, by Mark Wilding, directed by Charlie Mount, featuring Samantha Greory (Felicity Davenport), Jill Remez (Leslie Fing), Danielle Weeks (Taylor Griffin), Clara Rodriguez (Marorie Dombrowski), John Combs (Mitch Dombrowski), Steve Nevil (Gerald Botts), and Bella Balsamo (Jenna Rubin), with Casey Alcloser, and Paul Gunning, closes at LA’s Theatre West.
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Video clips from Candide at LA Opera.
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Manhattan Theatre Club‘s The Unbelievers, by Nick Payne, will continue through Nov. 29 at New York City Center Stage 1, directed by Knud Adams.
Lauren Ambrose, Jaspal Binning, Brittany Bradford, Jack DiFalco, Marjan Neshat, Tom Riley, Nina Ross, Hadi Tabbal, Elizabeth Yeoman.
Faith means believing in something. Especially when it feels impossible. As the years go by and the mystery of the sudden disappearance of Miriam and David’s teenage son remains unsolved, their blended family must figure out how to go on, relearning how to live through the ups and downs of ordinary days in their altered world.
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Saint Megan, world premiere by Joy Gregory, continues through- Nov. 22 at the Rogue Machine, directed by Lina Patel.
Shannon Lee Clair (Amy/Theresa/Shaker Woman), Meg Cain (Grace Phelps), Rachel Sorsa (Shirley Phelps), Cordelia Leigh (Bekah Phelps), Caitlin Zambito (Megan Phelps), Zack Rocklin-Waltch (Chad). A provocative new work that explores belonging and the price of challenging the world we live in. Part family drama, part spiritual reckoning, part Twitter conversation— with music video parodies and Shaker dances—Saint Megan explores the long history of American Christian zealotry, our longing for salvation, and the moral courage it takes to face uncertainty. Spring Awakening will run Nov. 27, 2026 – Apr. 4, 2027 (opening date TBA) at Studio Seaview, directed by Danya Taymor. George Abud (Adult men), Jack Bateman (Gerog), Jada Simone Clark (Thea), Leif Coomer (Ernst), Lilli Cooper (Audlt Women), Ryo Kamibayashi ( Moritz), Ashlyn Maddox (Wendla), Nano Morland (Otto), Antonio Porceillo (Hanschen), Khadija Sankoh (Martha), Brace Slear (Anna), Tyler Jordan Wesley (Melchior), and Amalia Yoo (Ilse), with Frenie Acoba, Christiana Clark, Lilly David, Erik Houck, Hennessy Winkler, and Sam Yousuf. David, Bateman, and Porciello. Elf The Musical will run Dec. 1-13 at the Pantages Theatre, directed by Dave Solomon.
Felicia Martis (Jovie), Chase Wolfe (Walter Hobbs), Yara Martin (Camden Everett Kwok & Zealand Rogers (Michael Hobbs), Andrew Hendrick (Santa Claus/ Mr. Greenway), Callie Alexa (Deb), and Darius Manuel (Store Manager & Hot Dog Vender).