Today’s Highlights:
Proof, by David Auburn, directed by Thomas Kail, featuring Ayo Edibiri and Don Cheadle, opens at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre.
The Pushover, by John Patrick Shanley, directed by Kirk Gostkowski, featuring Rebecca De Mornay (Evelyn), Di D Zhu (Pearl), Christina Toth (Soochie), and Christopher Sutton (The Rapist), opens at Off-Broadway’s Chain Theatre.
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Occupational Therapy by Jim Bernhard
Fill in the blanks with the right occupations.
| 1. The ____ Cometh, play by Eugene O’Neill | A. Secretary |
| 2. The Confidential____, play by T. S. Eliot | B. Carpenter |
| 3. The Walrus and the____, play by A. N. Langley | C. Merchant |
| 4. The Good ____, play by Neil Simon | D. Artist |
| 5. See My ____, play by Max Marcin | E. Iceman |
| 6. Death of a ____, play by Arthur Miller | F. Soldier |
| 7. The ____ of Yonkers, play by Thornton Wilder | G. Salesman |
| 8. The Chocolate____, musical by Oscar Strauss et al | H. Lawyer |
| 9. Digbey’s ____, play by William Gillette | I. Clerk |
| 10. ____ Descending a Staircase, play by Tom Stoppard | J. Doctor |
Scroll down for the answers…
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Amas Musical Theatre will present a benefit concert of the 50th anniversary of Loften Mitchell & Rosetta LeNoire’s Bubbling Brown Sugar on Mon. May 11 at 7:30 PM (cocktails begin at 6 PM at NYC’s Rosie’s Place at Penthouse 45 (432 W. 45th St.), with music direction by Barnell White.
Carla Hall
Darlesia Cearcy, Darius de Haas, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Mel Johnson, Jr., Nicolas King, Doremshia Sumbry-Edwards, Anthony Wayne, Lillias White and Brittany Nicole Williams.
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The LA Drama Critics Circle has announced its 2025 Award Winners:
Click here for the complete list of winners.
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LA Opera has announced its 2026-27 season:
Carmen (Oct. 17 – Nov. 7, 2026 )
Candide (Nov. 21–Dec.13, 2026), featuring Duke Kim (Candide), Deanna Breiwick (Cunegonde) and Patti LuPone (Old Lady).
Nabucco (Feb. 27 –Mar. 21, 2027)
Turandot (Apr. 17–May 9, 2027)
The Marriage of Figaro (May 29–June 20, 2027)
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When I Meet the Wizard will take Sun. Apr. 12 at 8 PM at Lincoln Center‘s David Geffin Hall, directed by TBA.
Caroline Bowman, Nikki Renée Daniels, and the Broadway Series Junior Company.
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An Ode to Parenting, written & directed by Chance Lang, will run Apr. 10 – 26 at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre (5636 Melrose Ave).
James Lemire, Tallulah Jones, Ben Carr, Gianni Magna, Vanessa Rae Robinson, Roxanne Jaeckel, Lauren Corona, Caleb D Fietsam, Bre Melino, and Leialani Nicol.
A cycle of five original one-act plays, offering an intimate, character-driven exploration of modern family life. Across five distinct yet thematically connected plays, Lang examines the evolving dynamics between parents and children—touching on queer identity, intergenerational trauma, PTSD, adoption, and the shared desire to be understood by those closest to us.
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Lisa Sanderson & Hanna Andrêa’s Muse: The Shakespeare. Mayhen Musical will run Aug. 7- 31 at London’s 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, directed by Mindy Cooper).
TBA
Blending pop musical comedy with absurdist theatrical flair, Muse! invites audiences into the imagination of a young William Shakespeare—before he became the Bard—when his own characters revolt and battle for the chance to become his first great play. Before he was the Bard, he was just Will… with a problem: his publisher will only print one of his plays. With Puck as instigator, Lear, Cleopatra, the Macbeths, and more of Shakespeare’s greatest characters erupt into rebellion in a chaotic race to become the chosen tale. Pop musical comedy meets absurdist theatre in this riotous story of ambition, ego, and the birth of a legend.
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Santa Barbara’s Ensemble Theatre Company has announced its 2026-27 season. Casting and creative teams TBA.
Buyer & Cellar (Oct. 7-25), by Jonathan Tolins. Alex, an out-of-work actor, lands the strangest gig of his life: working in the private shopping mall that Barbra Streisand built in the basement of her Malibu estate. As he tends to the antique doll shop, gift wrapping station, and frozen yogurt counter in the deserted mall, his only customer is Barbra herself. What begins as a surreal job becomes an unexpected friendship as Alex navigates the absurd reality of playing shopkeeper to one of the world’s biggest stars.
Rent (Dec. 2-20)
The Last Used Car Lot in America (Feb. 3 -21, 2027) , world premiere by Joel Surnow. A poignant, contemporary musical that explores the lives of people working at Diamond Motors, a family-owned used car dealership facing an uncertain future in a rapidly changing world. This is a musical love letter to a disappearing way of American life. At the heart of the musical is the Diamond Motors family: Ashley Martini, a mid-40s businesswoman experiencing love for the first time; her business partner Al Klein, a devoted divorced father; Al’s 18-year-old son Freddy, who drops out of music school to work at the lot; and Barb, Al’s ex-wife devastated by her son’s choice to embrace the salesman’s life she rejected years ago. Together with their dealership family of salespeople and mechanics, they navigate personal relationships and professional challenges in a world that’s leaving them behind — a story as vast and restless as the California landscape itself.
The Maltese Falcon (Apr. 7-25), adapted by Dashiell Hammett. At the heart of the musical is the Diamond Motors family: Ashley Martini, a mid-40s businesswoman experiencing love for the first time; her business partner Al Klein, a devoted divorced father; Al’s 18-year-old son Freddy, who drops out of music school to work at the lot; and Barb, Al’s ex-wife devastated by her son’s choice to embrace the salesman’s life she rejected years ago. Together with their dealership family of salespeople and mechanics, they navigate personal relationships and professional challenges in a world that’s leaving them behind — a story as vast and restless as the California landscape itself.
The Last Used Car Lot in America (Feb. 2-21), world premiere by TBA. A poignant, contemporary musical that explores the lives of people working at Diamond Motors, a family-owned used car dealership facing an uncertain future in a rapidly changing world. This is a musical love letter to a disappearing way of American life. At the heart of the musical is the Diamond Motors family: Ashley Martini, a mid-40s businesswoman experiencing love for the first time; her business partner Al Klein, a devoted divorced father; Al’s 18-year-old son Freddy, who drops out of music school to work at the lot; and Barb, Al’s ex-wife devastated by her son’s choice to embrace the salesman’s life she rejected years ago. Together with their dealership family of salespeople and mechanics, they navigate personal relationships and professional challenges in a world that’s leaving them behind — a story as vast and restless as the California landscape itself.
The Maltese Falcon (Apr. 7 -25, 2027) Adapted from the novel by Dashiell Hammett.
True West (July 6-20, 2027), by Sam Shephard.
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Answers: Occupational Therapy by Jim Bernhard
1-E. The Iceman Cometh, play by Eugene O’Neill
2-I. The Confidential Clerk, play by T. S. Eliot
3-B. The Walrus and the Carpenter, play by A. N. Langley
4.-J The Good Doctor, play by Neil Simon
5-H. See My Lawyer, play by Max Marcin
6-G. Death of a Salesman, play by Arthur Miller
7-C. The Merchant of Yonkers, play by Thornton Wilder
8-F. The Chocolate Soldier, musical by Oscar Strauss et al
9-A. Digbey’s Secretary, play by William Gillette
10-D. Artist Descending a Staircase, play by Tom Stoppard