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Elliott Gould and Kathleen Chalfant Oscar nominee and Broadway alum Elliott Gould has joined the cast of We Have to Hurry, set to premiere May 1 on Broadway on Demand. As previously announced, the live stream performance of Dorothy Lyman’s play also stars Kathleen Chalfant and Jeanne Lauren Smith. Patricia Vanstone directs the play, which follows a pair of mature people forced to commune from across a balcony due to new isolation protocols. When Gil notices the secret lov...

The Color Purple) will lead the cast of Broadway at the Drive-Ins The Blues Brothers, set to open Mary 27 with performances every Friday and Saturday evening through June 26 at Radial Park at Halletts Point in Queens. The "cinemersive" experience will feature live performers and musicians performing in sync with an outdoor, drive-in screening of the 1980 film. Directed by Kristine Bendul and Waldemar Quinones-Villanueva, The Blues Brothers will feature Dawson as Mrs. Murphy, Burroughs as Reve...

Amy Hill and Midori Francis An all–Asian American cast will star in NAATCO’s benefit reading of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, including Amy Hill as the Stage Manager, Midori Francis Iwama as Emily Webb, and Yumi Iwama as Mrs. Webb. The digital presentation will stream May 19 at 8 PM ET. Rounding out the cast are Cindy Cheung, Kassandra Cordova, Autumn Domingo, Connor Domingo, Ron Domingo, John D. Haggerty, Paul Juhn, Peter Kim, Glenn Kubota, Clara Haru Mulligan, O...

The musical, about two New Yorkers who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, features Cathy telling her story backwards, while Jamie tells his story chronologically; the two characters only interact once—at their wedding—in the middle of the show. The creative team includes Tony winner Jason Michael Webb, who directs and musically directs the production, with costume design by Siene Zoë Allen, production design by Adam Honoré, makeup by Tina Scariano, associate...

By Talaura Harms, Dan Meyer Apr 13, 2021 Candis C. Jones and Erika Dickerson-Despenza Joseph Marzullo/WENN The Public Theater presents the world premiere of Erika Dickerson-Despenzas audio play Shadow/land April 13 as part of its spring digital theatre season. The play is available for free, on-demand streaming at Public Play Now as well as on all podcast platforms. Playwright Erika Dickerson-Despenza is the Publics 2019-2020 Tow Foundation playwright-in-re...

Ephraim Birney and Maggie Bofill in The Sound Inside Pedro Bermudez Broadway may be closed, but virtual theatregoers are about to get as close as possible to seeing a current Tony-nominated play. TheatreWorks Hartford will present an on-demand streaming production of The Sound Inside April 11–30, starring Maggie Bofill and Ephraim Birney. Written by Adam Rapp, The Sound Inside follows Yale creative writing professor Bella Baird and her brilliant-but-g...

Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley are returning to the world of live internet theatre with their deep dive into the world of reality TV—and America’s obsession with them. This American Wife, first seen at New York Theatre Workshop’s Next Door series in 2018, will stream May 20–June 6. Presented by FourthWall Theatrical, in association with Fake Friends and Jeremy O. Harris, the latest iteration is a multi-camera, live-stream...

Marjan Neshat, Sanaz Toossi, and G.T. Upchuch Joseph Marzullo/WENN The Williamstown Theatre Festival Audible season continues with Sanaz Toossi’s Wish You Were Here April 1. The audio play is directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch. Wish You Were Here follows Nazanin and her friends as they reach adulthood. As they prepare for a wedding, outside their living room the Iranian Revolution simmers and threatens to alter the course of their lives. The work stars N...

King Read on for more theatre news you may have missed in todays headlines. Billy Porter Delivers the 2021 LGBTQ State of the Union Tony Award winner Billy Porter returned for the third year to deliver Logo networks 2021 LGBTQ State of the Union address. "Our union remains strong," he says in a speech that highlights the issues impacting the LGBTQIA+ community. Porter reviews a challenging 2020, marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and a record number of violent transgender deaths. "Honey, it is bl...

One hardback was a bad idea. Two? Preposterous.   Last October, the night before I left for my first overnight bike trip, I examined all the articles spread before me on the floor and glanced at my list of nearly 100 items, including clothing, camping gear, emergency supplies and food for five days. I looked at the shiny red bags charged with carrying everything. I thought of the hardcore cyclists who drill holes in their toothbrushes to lighten their load and reminded myself - for the umpt...