SoHo Playhouse’s U.S. premiere of Epidermis Circus, The Weirdest Puppet Show You’ve Ever Seen!, co-created and performed by Ingrid Hansen (Puppeteer for Jim Henson Company’s Fraggle Rock and Sesame Workshop’s Helpsters), co-created and directed by Britt Small (Premiere director of the Gen-Z cult-hit musical Ride the Cyclone), with costumes by JIMBO The Drag Clown (WINNER of RuPaul’s Drag Race) and produced by SNAFU Society of Unexpected Spectacles. Epidermis Circus runs Off-Broadway March 20 – 24 in a limited engagement at SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam St) in NYC. For more info go to https://www.sohoplayhouse.com/upcoming-events/epidermis-circus
Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST), The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Latinx Playwrights Circle, and Boundless Theatre Company present LAS BORINQUEÑAS by Nelson Diaz-Marcano and directed by Rebecca Aparicio. LAS BORINQUEÑAS will run April 3 to April 28, with a press opening on April 11. The cast features Nicole Betancourt, Hanna Cheek, Helen Coxe, Guadalís Del Carmen, Maricelis Galanes, Maribel Martinez, Paul Niebanck, Ashley Marie Ortiz, and Mike Smith Rivera. www.Latinxplaywrights.com
Preview performances begin Saturday, March 16 at 8pm for the Broadway premiere of The Outsiders, the new musical based on the seminal novel by S.E. Hinton & Francis Ford Coppola’s landmark motion picture. Opening night Thursday, April 11, 2024 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street). A limited number of seats for The Outsiders will be available via Digital Lottery and in person Rush. Telecharge Lottery + Rush gives theater lovers a way to get low-price tickets! Telecharge Digital Lottery: Entries for The Outsiders digital lottery open at 12 AM one day before the performance. Winners are drawn that same day at 10am and 3pm. Winners may buy up to 2 tickets at $49 each. Visit https://rush.telecharge.com/ to enter. www.outsidersmusical.com
Axis Theatre Company presents a new staging of William Shakespeare’s most painful comedy, Twelfth Night. Directed by Axis Theatre’s founder and Artistic Director Randall Sharp, this streamlined production is adapted by playwright and dramaturg Marc Palmieri and features original music by Paul Carbonara performed live. Previews for Twelfth Night begin on April 24 at Axis Theatre (1 Sheridan Square, Manhattan), with a press opening set for April 27, for a limited run through May 25, 2024. Tickets are now on sale at www.axiscompany.org.
The original music of Sanctuary: A New Musical will be presented at 54Below on April 14th, 2024 at 9:30pm. – a new musical introduceing the world to the sound of SANCTUARY. This world premiere showcases music from the original script by Connor Wentworth with songs written by Sarah Katherine Lawless, Sage Jepson, Taylor Thomas, Anastasia Lallos, and Josephine Glass, under the music direction, orchestration, and arrangements of Eli Schildkraut. Produced by Lily Chrones, Cory Mack, and Connor Wentworth, this event is a testament to the transformative power of music and the collective brilliance of its creators. SANCTUARY is an ambitious adaptation of Greek mythology, reinventing and redefining the stories we were told to believe. www.54Below.org
Laura Benanti and Linda Benanti will appear at 54 Below May 2 thru 6 at 7 pm in “Mothers Know Best”. www.54Below.org
Second Stage Theater announces the cast of Alexis Scheer’s Breaking the Story, directed by Jo Bonney. Performances begin off-Broadway at the Tony Kiser Theater on May 15 ahead of a June 4 opening. The company features Tala Ashe (English), Tony nominee Geneva Carr (CBS’ Bull), Julie Halston (Hairspray, Gypsy), Louis Ozawa (Amazon’s Jack Ryan), Gabrielle Policano (Baby Girl), Matthew Saldívar (Bernhardt/Hamlet, Peter and the Starcatcher) and Maggie Siff (Showtime’s Billions). www.2st.com
Broadway star and jazz great Ann Hampton Callaway returns to 54 Below on August 21-24 at 7pm. Tickets can be purchased at 54below.org/AHCBeauty.
