Founder Rosie O’Donnell, and Founding Artistic and Executive Director Lori Klinger announce that Rosie’s Theater Kids will honor writer, director and producer Charles Randolph-Wright at this year’s Passing It On Gala, an evening of performances celebrating 21 years of mentorship. The gala will be directed by Artistic Director Lisa Danser with music direction by Associate Artistic Director Steven Jamail and will take place Monday, April 15, 2024 beginning at 6:30 pm with a performance and honoree presentation at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues) followed by a dinner hosted by Judy Gold (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) and a performances by Orfeh (Legally Blonde), Nita Whitaker (Trouble In Mind), Jerusha Cavazos (The Prom) and Teal Wicks (The Cher Show). https://rosiestheaterkids.org/gala2024/
Manhattan Theatre Club will present its annual Spring Gala on Monday, May 20 at Cipriani 42nd Street (110 East 42nd Street). The Gala will feature to-be-announced performances by the casts of many of the most acclaimed musicals on Broadway. Tickets can be purchased online at manhattantheatreclub.com/events/spring-gala-2024 or by calling (212)-399-3000 ext. 4147.
Producers of Gerard Alessandrini’s Forbidden Broadway on Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song announced that the show will begin previews on July 15 and open on August 5 at the Hayes Theatre (240 West 44th Street) and that ticket sales begin tomorrow for the limited run through November 1.Cast to be announced. ForbiddenBroadwayonBroadway.com
Manhattan Theatre Club announces three productions for the upcoming 2024-2025 season at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) and New York City Center – Stage I (131 West 55th Street).
At the Friedman Theatre, MTC will produce the Broadway premiere of Eureka Day, written by Jonathan Spector and directed by Anna D. Shapiro and in the spring will bring in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends withmusic & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim,devised by Cameron Mackintosh with choreography by Stephen Mear and starringBernadette PetersandLea Salonga.
Off-Broadway at New York City Center – Stage I, MTC will produce the world premiere of Vladimir, written by Erika Sheffer (Russian Transport) and directed by Daniel Sullivan. www.manhattantheatreclub.com
Pittsburgh Public Theater and American Theatre magazine announced today a groundbreaking investment in arts journalism and the next generation of theater critics with Critical Insight, a new generative arts journalism fellowship that brings the best in the field to early-career and aspiring critics through mentorship, professional insight, arts experiences, and an immersive regional theater retreat. The inaugural program will include speakers and mentors such as Peter Marks, Sara Holdren, Helen Shaw, Naveen Kumar, Charles McNulty, Brittani Samuel and many more. Applications to the inaugural cohort are available now at PPT.org/Insight and close July 15.
