The Boy Who Listened to Paintings/TFTNC – The Christine Jorgensen Show/Mark Nadler /59e59 Theaters – Teeth/Playwrights Horizons – The Ally/Public Theater – An Enemy of the People/Circle in the Square
Teeth – a dark musical comedy conjuring the legend of one girl whose sexual curse is also her salvation. Written by Mitchell Lichtenstein, with book and music by Anna K. Jacobs, book and lyrics by Michael R. Jackson, choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly and directed by Sarah Benson. Starts February 21 at www.PlaywrightsHorizons.org
The Boy Who Listened To Paintings is a new musical theater work based on the memoir of the same name by the late visual artist and poet Dean Kostos (1954 – 2022), an extensively published, award-winning poet. The story of a young, sensitive visual artist growing up in the 1960s in a highly dysfunctional family. Bullied to the point of suicide, he contends with his budding gay sexuality, a flirtation with hard drugs and other confusing exigencies of life. Feb. 1 thru 18 at www.TheaterfortheNewCity.net 155 First Ave, NYC.
The Christine Jorgensen Show with Mark Nadler and Jesse James Keitel will play at 59E59Theaters February 8 thru March 3. Written by Donald Steven Olson, it’s directed by Michael Barakiva and Zoe Adams. Tickets: www.59e59.org
Tony Award-winning playwright Itamar Moses (The Band’s Visit) returns to The Public with the world premiere of THE ALLY, a fierce drama that gives voice to some of the most contentious and important questions of our time. Lila Neugebauer directed and Josh RaRadnor stars Feb. 15 thru Mar. 10 www.publictheater.org
An Enemy of the People, starring Emmy, Golden Globe & SAG Award-winner Jeremy Strong (“Succession,” Armageddon Time), Emmy & SAG Award winner Michael Imperioli (“The White Lotus,” “The Sopranos”) and critically acclaimed film and television star Victoria Pedretti (“The Haunting of Bly Manor,” “You”) will be joined by Katie Broad, Bill Buell , Caleb Eberhardt, Matthew August Jeffers, David Patrick Kelly, David Mattar Merten, Max Roll, Thomas Jay Ryan and Alan Trong in this new Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen’s thunderous masterwork, AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. This new adaptation by Tony Award Nominee Amy Herzog will be directed by Tony Award Winner Sam Goldfor a strictly limited 16-week engagement playing Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre (235 West 50th Street) beginning performances Tuesday, February 27, 2024, and officially opening Monday, March 18, 2024. www.anenemyofthepeopleplay.com
News Item:
BBC World Service announced today the cast for the global premiere of U.Me: The Complete Musical to be released on February 21, 2024. Stephen Fry will be the special guest narrator, with Anoushka Lucas and Martin Sarreal returning as leading roles Rose and Ryo. Cat Simmons and Kamilla Fernandes will be joining the cast as Anya and Jade, Rose’s mum and sister, respectively. Trailer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h464k6
Lola Tung will make her Broadway debut as ‘Eurydice’ in the Tony® and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, Hadestown. Tung will begin performances on February 9, 2024 through March 17, 2024 at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 W 48th Street).
