Joanna Rush/United Solo Festival – Antony and Cleopatra/The Acting Co – Caitlin Cook/SoHo Playhouse – Stalker/New World Stages – J2Spotlight Musical Theater 2024 Season – Jordans/Public Theater
Stalker, which combines street magic, stunning illusions, physical mentalism, and an ending that will soon be the talk of the town brings Swedish duo Peter Brynolf & Jonas Ljung who famously stumped Penn & Teller on the first season of their TV show, “Fool Us.” Now, Penn & Teller make their theatrical producing debut with Stalker. The production is directed by “Eurovision” mastermind Edward Af Sillén and co-produced by Lifeline Entertainment (Lasse Karlsson/Michael Henriksson). Lighting design for Stalker is by Jamie Roderick (Midnight at the Never Get). Sound design is by Drew Levy (A Strange Loop, Oklahoma!). Stalker opens Monday, April 1 Off-Broadway at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). Previews begin March 18.
Joanna Rush, an ex-Rockette and interfaith minister born within days of Joe Biden, rips through the lies and disillusionment of our time with a glee and depth only experience can bring. Join us on Saturday March 16th at 7:00pm for No Malarkey! a Solo Performance written and performed by Joanna Rush, directed by Tony nominee Lynne Taylor-Corbett. This rollicking battle cry for democracy makes its NYC stage debut as part of United Solo Festival at Theatre Row. 410 West 42nd St.
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Directed by ARIN ARBUS Produced in association with The Acting Company, March 25 @ 7:30 pm The Lucille Lortel Theatre | 121 Christopher Street. In this classic Jacobean tragedy of love and duty, Mark Antony is fresh from victory in battle over the assassins of Julius Caesar and now rules the Roman Empire in triumvirate with Octavius Caesar and Lepidus. Featuring Isabel Arraiza, Shirine Babb, Jimonn Cole, Dakin Matthews, Nicole Ari Parker, Tom Pecinka, Matthew Rauch, Derek Smith, John Douglas Thompson, and more. Tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/2722/production/1186360
After a sold-out off-Broadway debut run in 2023, musical comedian Caitlin Cook is bringing her hit show back to Soho Playhouse in March and April of 2024. The Writing on the Stall is a one-woman bathroom graffiti musical and a New York Times critic’s pick, directed by A.J. Holmes (The Book of Mormon, Kimberly Akimbo, StarKid Productions). Confessional, immersive, and uproariously funny, this one-of-a-kind show—literally set in a dive bar bathroom—transforms graffiti scrawled all over the bathroom stalls into the lyrics of Caitlin’s original songs and the trail markers along the journey she takes us upon. Soho Playhouse show dates, all at 9:00pm: Show dates – all at 9:00pm: March 27, 28, 29, 30, April 3, 4, 5, 6, April 10, 11, 12, 13. www.thecaitlincook.com
The J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company (Jim Jimirro, Executive Producer/Co-Founder; Robert W. Schneider, Artistic Director/Co-Founder) has revealed the production teams for its 2024 season.Do Re Mi with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, book by Garson Kanin, will be directed by Ovation Award-winning director Robert W. Schneider with musical direction by Miles Plant and choreography by Andrew Winans and run April 19 – 28.
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s Lucky Stiff, which will run May 3rd through the 12th, will also be directed by Schneider and music directed by Plant, with choreography by Gerry McIntyre. In addition to those teams, each of the In The Spotlight cabaret programs will be directed by Charles Kirsch (Backstage Babble) with musical direction by Michael Lavine. www.J2Spotlightnyc.com
A funny, wildly imaginative new play by The Public’s Emerging Writers Group alumnus Ife Olujobi, JORDANS is a piercing exploration of assimilation, racial capitalism, success, and survival. It is directed by Obie Award winner Whitney White about the true cost of “diversity” in the workplace. April 11 thru May 5. www.publictheater.org
