Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Critics Review “American Utopia” on Broadway, Broadway Stars Join “Aretha” Biopic, and “HSM: TM: TS” Picks Up Season 2 Renewal
1) Reviews are in for David Byrne’s “American Utopia” on Broadway
2) This Week’s Theatrical Schedule
Monday, October 21
Opening: “Power Strip” Off-Broadway from LCT3
https://www.lct.org/shows/power-strip/
Opening: “Only Human” Off-Broadway
http://www.onlyhumanmusical.com/
Previews: “Doctor Ride’s American Beach House” Off-Broadway from Ars Nova
https://arsnovanyc.com/Dr-Rides-American-Beach-House
Tuesday, October 22
Opening: “Bella Bella” Off-Broadway from Manhattan Theatre Club
Opening: “Is this a Room” Off-Broadway from the Vineyard Theatre
Previews: “Fires in the Mirror” Off-Broadway from Signature Theatre
https://www.signaturetheatre.org/shows-and-events/Productions/2019-2020/Fires-in-the-Mirror.aspx
Previews: “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf” Off-Broadway from the Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/1920/for-colored-girls/
Wednesday, October 23
Opening: “Scotland, PA” Off-Broadway from Roundabout Theatre Company
https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/get-tickets/2019-2020-season/scotland-pa/
Opening: “Molly Sweeney” Off-Broadway from the Keen Company
http://www.keencompany.org/molly
Thursday, October 24
Opening: “Fear” Off-Broadway
Friday, October 25
Previews: “Broadbend, Arkansas” Off-Broadway from Transport Group
Sunday, October 27
Opening: “The Michaels” Off-Broadway from the Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/1920/the-michaels/
Closing: “Fern Hill” Off-Broadway
https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/fern-hill/
Closing: “Almost Famous” at The Old Globe
Closing: “Chasing Rainbows” at Paper Mill Playhouse
https://papermill.org/show/chasing-rainbows/
Closing: “Georgia Mertching is Dead” Off-Broadway
https://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/20192020/2019/10/2/georgia-mertching-is-dead
3) In Other News
Broadway Stars Join Aretha Franklin Biopic
Stephanie J. Block, Brian d’Arcy James, More Join Return of “The Courtroom”
Krystal Joy Brown to Take Over as Eliza in “Hamilton”
Disney+ Renews “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” Ahead of Season 1 Premierehttps://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Disney-Renews-HIGH-SCHOOL-MUSICAL-THE-MUSICAL-THE-SERIES-Ahead-of-Its-Debut-20191018