Six Welcomes New Queens – Fat Ham to Broadway – Migguel Angello Joe’ s Pub – Romesh at The Town Hall
The Town Hall (www.thetownhall.org) has announced a special evening of comedy with multi award-winning comedian Romesh Ranganathan on January 28 at 8:00PM at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street). The evening is part of The Town Hall’s Crossing The Pond Comedy Festival. Fresh off his Netflix special, The Cynic (which dropped November 29), Romesh returns to New York for this show after a sell-out run at SoHo Playhouse in 2020.
The Tony Award®-winning hit musical SIX by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, welcomes new Queens beginning December 5, 2022, to Broadway’s Lena Horne Theatre (256 W 47th St, NYC). The new cast of SIX stars Hailee Kaleem Wright as Catherine of Aragon, Leandra Ellis-Gaston as Anne Boleyn, Bella Coppola as Jane Seymour, Nasia Thomas as Anna of Cleves, Zoe Jensen as Katherine Howard, and Taylor Iman Jones as Catherine Parr. The cast also includes Marilyn Caserta, Kristina Leopold, Aubrey Matalon, and continuing cast members Ayla Ciccone-Burton and Holli’ Conway, as Alternates. www.SixonBroadway.com
Migguel Anggelo is a Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, multidisciplinary performing artist and countertenor, dancer, actor and painter. His work explores the intersections of his queer, Latino and immigrant identities using music, physical theater, dance, text and costume. As a theater creator, he has been awarded residencies to develop new works at MASS MoCA, the Kimmel Center, the Miami Light Project and beyond. LatinXoxo – January 12, 15 and 17 at Under the Radar Festival 2023 at Joe’s Pub with musical direction by Jaime Lozano. www.publictheater.org
The Public Theater and National Black Theatre critically acclaimed co-production of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy Fat Ham by James Ijames* will make its Broadway premiere in 2023. The Public’s Associate Artistic Director and Resident Director Saheem Ali*returns to direct the complete original Off-Broadway cast, including Nikki Crawford* as “Tedra,” Chris Herbie Holland* as “Tio,” Billy Eugene Jones as “Rev” and “Pap,” Adrianna Mitchell* as “Opal,” Calvin Leon Smith* as “Larry,” Marcel Spears* as “Juicy,” and Benja Kay Thomas as “Rabby.” Fat Ham begins performances on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, and officially opens on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd Street) on Broadway for a strictly limited 14-week engagement through Sunday, August 6, 2023. www.FatHamBroadway.com
