Today’s Highlights
Down State, by Bruce Norris, directed by Joe Mantello, featuring K. Todd Freemann Francis Guinan, Cassie Beck, Adrian Martinez, Al’Jaleel McGhee, Thomas Sadoski, Ivy Wolk, and Liza Colón-Zayas, begins previews at Broadway’s Booth Theatre.
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Eat Your Vegetables by Jim Bernhard
Provide the missing veggie in these titles.
| 1. Sweet ____, revue by Noël Coward | A. Onions |
| 2 2. The Late Christopher ____, play by Sidney Howard | B. Spinach |
| 3. “Not for All the ____ in China,” song from As Thousands Cheer | C. Potato |
| 4. Red ____, revue by Noël Coward | D. Corn |
| 5. “The Story of the ____,” song from Barefoot Boy With Cheek | E. Greens |
| 6. Humming Birds and ____, burlesque by Edgar Smith and W. T. Francis | F. Carrot |
| 7. Alien ____ , play by Sidney Howard | G. Bean |
| 8. “I Say It’s ____,” song from Face the Music | H. Peppers |
| 9. “____ in a Pod,” song from Grey Gardens | I. Rice |
| 0. “Where Do You Get Your ____?”, song from Two for the Show | J. Peas |
Scroll down for the answers…
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Reviews for Other Desert Cities at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre:
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Copperfield, by Jeffrey Scharf, continues through Dec. 6 at the Duke on 42nd Street, directed by Gabriel Barre.
Bobby David (Bobby Conte), Amelia Cormack, Jed Feder, Calvin Knegten, Kent M. Lewis, Kara Mikula, Miyuki Miyagi, Nancy O’Connor, Dan Piering, Aaron Michael Ray, Will Reynolds, Owen Squire Smith, Alexander Sovronsky, Erica Spyres, Andy Taylor, Cathryn Wake, Tatiana Wechsler, and Henry Witcher.
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Road Show, by John Weidman, will run Nov. 20 – Dec. 6 at the Chromolume Theatre at the Zephyr, directed by by Joanna Syiek.
Amy Anderson, Stephanie Bentley, Giana Bommarito, Renee Cohen, James Graham, Alexander Hall, Tamra Harkley, Josh Hillinger, Naledi Miga, Trey Murray, Richard Osborn, Leilani Rodriguez, Kelsey Schulte, and Jack Searer, with Andrew Jacobson and Brendan Lynch.
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Off-Broadway’s Labyrinth Theatre has announced its 2026-27 season:
Casting and additional information TBA.
The Glass Box reading series (Oct. 9-10), by Stephen Belber. 
Rajan Brewer, incarcerated since age 16, is the subject of an indie film directed by a millennial named Chloe and starring a movie star named Terry. When Terry and Chloe meet with two relatives of Rajan’s victim at a restorative justice center in Brooklyn, not everything goes as planned.
Gertrude or Asparagus Soup in August (Nov. 16), by Aaron Mark & Daphne Rubin-Bega. In 1914, Gertrude Carlton’s husband, Julian, murdered seven people at Frank Lloyd Wright’s personal home and studio in Wisconsin. Gertrude was held in custody for two weeks, given $7, put on a train to Chicago, and never heard from again. Finally, Gertrude reveals her side of an infamous story that has been debated for more than a hundred years. Gertrude is a one-woman historical horror fantasy that confronts class, race, celebrity, and the bloody consequences of the American Dream.
Pretty Enough To Be An Astronaut workshop, by Kelley Rae O’Donnell (dates TBA. In 1914, Gertrude Carlton’s husband, Julian, murdered seven people at Frank Lloyd Wright’s personal home and studio in Wisconsin. Gertrude was held in custody for two weeks, given $7, put on a train to Chicago, and never heard from again. Finally, Gertrude reveals her side of an infamous story that has been debated for more than a hundred years. Gertrude is a one-woman historical horror fantasy that confronts class, race, celebrity, and the bloody consequences of the American Dream.
Los Abandonados (Jan. 12-23, 2027): Barn Series, featuring new plays by David Anzuelo, Cusi Cram, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Florencia Lozano and Chris McGarry along with Dominic Colón. An ensemble drama that explores the gentrification and shifting demographics of a working-class neighborhood. Rather than focusing strictly on the physical transformation of the area, the play delves into the human cost of urban development. It centers on the demolishing of a community originally built by the blood, sweat, and flesh of families who migrated or moved there to build better life.
Gertrude or Asparagus Soup in August (Feb. 3-14), by Aaron Mark & Daphne Rubin-Vega, featuring Daphne Rubin-Vega. The play center on the untold perspective of Gertrude Carlton, the wife of the man respnsible for the infamous 1914 mass murder of Frank Lloyd Writht’s Taleisein estage.
LaByrinth’s Annual Celebrity Charades Gala (date & additional information TBA).
…and more TBA.
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Answers: Eat Your Vegetables by Jim Bernhard:
1-C. Sweet Potato, revue by Noël Coward
2-G. The late Christopher Bean, play by Sidney Howard
3-I. “Not for All the Rice in China,” song from As Thousands Cheer
4-H. Red Peppers, revue by Noël Coward
5-F. “The Story of the Carrot,” song from Barefoot Boy With Cheek
6-A. Humming Birds and Onions, burlesque by Edgar Smith and W. T. Francis
7-D. Alien Corn, play by Sidney Howard
8-B. “I Say It’s Spinach,” song from Face the Music
9-J. “Peas in a Pod,” song from Grey Gardens
10-E. “Where Do You Get Your Greens?”, song from Two for the Show