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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, Olivia Oguma, Trevor Salter, Jon Norman Schneider, Alok Tewari, CJ Uy, Izaac Wang, and Rita Wolf. Mi...

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 direction by Christina Franklin, and associate music direction by Cynthia Meng. The stage manager ...

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-Despenza's 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 Public's 2019-2020 Tow Foundation playwright-in-residence and a Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award and Lilly Award recipient. She recently won the 20...

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-guarded student Christopher Dunn. When Bella faces a challenge she cannot tackle alone, she allies he...

The Kennedy Center Announces Plans for 50th Anniversary Season The nation's cultutral center has announced preliminary plans for its milestone 50th Anniversary season, including new play, opera, orchestra, and dance commissions; new works for artists-in-residence; and celebratory reflection events and productions. Among the new opera commissions will be a work from Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang, premiering a series of new short works in March 2022 at the Washington National Opera. New plays have been commissioned from Ike Holter, Hansol Jung with composer/lyricist Brian Quijada, Pulitzer Pr...