(PHOTO: Joan Marcus) By Karen Stahl Jeremy O. Harris’ Slave Play, an explosive play taking a close examination at race and sex through the lens of power and humor, will begin previews at the Golden Theatre on Sept. 10, with an opening night set for Oct. 6. The limited engagement will run for 17 weeks in the theatre most recently inhabited by Hillary and Clinton. Playwright Harris is the sixth black writer to have a new play on Broadway in the past 10 years. “To see that this play, Slave Play, that interrogates the traumas Americans have inherited from the … Continue reading Limited engagement of SLAVE PLAY to hit Broadway at the Golden Theatre in September

(PHOTO: Isaac Powell headshot, courtesy of DKC O&M) By Karen Stahl Something’s coming, something good! Complete casting for the Broadway revival of West Side Story, set to open in February 2020, came out Wednesday. The casting announcement features 23 Broadway debuts among a star-studded cast of Broadway favorites. The production will feature new choreography by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, marking the first production in the United States that strays from Jerome Robbins’ original choreography. The cast includes Shereen Pimentel as Maria, Isaac Powell as Tony, Yesenia Ayala as Anita, Amar Ramasar as Bernardo, Ben Cook as Riff, Ahmad Simmons as Diesel, Danny Wolohan as Officer Krupke, Jacob Guzman as Chino, Kevin Csolak as A-Rab, Matthew Johnson (debut) as … Continue reading 23 Broadway debuts in WEST SIDE STORY revival among Broadway veterans Isaac Powell, Yesenia Ayala and more

(PHOTO: Deen van Meer) By Karen Stahl Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, featuring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon, set its final performance for Sunday, July 28, 2019. The show opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on May 30, 2019, as the first Broadway production of the 2019-20 season. At the time of closing, the production will have played 26 preview performances and 70 regular performances. “We are all very proud of the word that Audra, Michael, Arin (Arbus), Terrence, Claire (Warden) and the rest of the company have done to bring this new Broadway production to life,” producers … Continue reading BREAKING: Terrence McNally’s FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE closing in July

(PHOTO: Burn This Broadway) By Karen Stahl The three-time Tony-nominated revival of Lanford Wilson’s Burn This jumps into its final week of performances at the Hudson Theatre to conclude its limited engagement on July 14. The revival, which stars Adam Driver (Man and Boy), Keri Russell, David Furr (Noises Off, The Importance of Being Earnest) and Brandon Uranowitz (The Band’s Visit, Falsettos) under the direction of Michael Mayer, opened April 16, 2019. Set in 1980s downtown New York, the Burn This tells the story of a mysterious death and its aftermath through the lens of restaurant owner Pale, played by … Continue reading Broadway’s BURN THIS to close July 14 after limited engagement

(PHOTO: Matthew Murphy) By Karen Stahl London, welcome to our world! The iconic musical based on the hit movie is hopping across the pond for a 2020 opening on London’s West End and will feature the addition of Roy Orbison and Bill Dees’ hit song “Oh, Pretty Woman” during the curtain call. The opening date coincides with the previously announced first national tour, which is set to open October 2020 at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. And the first international production in Hamburg, Germany, which opens Sept. 29, 2019, received lead casting today. German theatre stars … Continue reading PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL announces London production, German casting, new song