by Sandi Durell
INTAR THEATER’s MicroTeatro Festival will be performed on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen starting on June 17, 2021.
MicroTEATRO refers to a collection of small format plays surrounding the same themes (or not) presented at the same time for a rotating audience. In this version of MicroTEATRO, INTAR is collaborating with local businesses in their Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood (between 9and 10 Avenues from 51 St to 53 St). These locations will serve not only as an inspiration for the playwrights, but also as the setting for their short 10-minute plays. The Plays are limited to up to 3 actors and presented to small audiences of 4 in conjunction with space/Covid restrictions. Locations for the performances will be: Sonny’s 10th Avenue Meat Market, LeNoble Lumber Co., Police Athletic League, Inc. William J. Duncan Center, Epstein’s Paint Center, Housing Conservation Coordinators and The 52nd Street Projects. www.intarttheatre.org
Broadway’s Best Shows musical extravaganza “Show of Titles” will premiere on Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 7pm ET and be available for four days only, featuring many of your favorite songs from musicals including Anything Goes, The Sound of Music, Camelot, and so many more, with proceeds to benefit The Actors Fund. See performances by a plethora of stars including Annaleigh Ashford, Stephanie J. Block, Len Cariou, Glenn Close, Darren Criss, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Rob McClure, Jessie Mueller and many many others.
Hartford Stage will return to live performance beginning October 14 after being shuttered for nearly a year and a half, with an “optimistic” season of classics – – Ah, Wilderness!, It’s a Wonderful Life, Lost in Yonkers, the new play-with-percussion Dishwasher Dreams and the issue-laden comedy Angry, Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous. Omitted is A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas, a seasonal staple at Hartford Stage for over 20 years, due to safety and budgetary concerns. The play has a large cast of children and parents who are involved backstage. www.hartfordstage.org
Lines in the Dust,by Pulitzer Prize-nominated and Obie Award-winning playwright Nikkole Salter (In the Continuum, Carnaval). Streaming on demand July 8 through August 8 at NewNormalRep.org Awoye Timpo (The Loophole at The Public Theater) directs a cast including Jeffrey Bean (Amadeus on Broadway), Melissa Joyner (Maids Door off-Broadway, the FX Original Series “Mrs. America”), and Lisa Rosetta Strum (She Gon’ Learn at the Emerging Artist Theatre Festival at TADA!, and United Solo Festival on Theatre Row).
Across the pond, West End venue the Playhouse Theatre is to be transformed into an in-the-round space to host the forthcoming production of Cabaret starring Eddie Redmayne, with owner Ambassador Theatre Group promising the move will enable it to host other “unique productions” in the future
