30 Plays and Musicals We Can't Wait to See This Fall
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30 Plays and Musicals We Can't Wait to See This Fall
"James Earl Jones Theatre Bess Wohl's examination of the failures and successes of the women's movement by way of reimagining her mother's 1970s consciousness-raising scene, the best new play of the past season, transfers to Broadway. Venue: New York City Center Taylor Trensch, a recent Tony nominee for Floyd Collins, stars in this brief-run revival of a cult dark musical comedy by Legally Blonde 's Laurence O'Keefe based on a tabloid sensation about a supposed monster child found in a cave. Directed by Alex Timbers."
"Second Stage Theater Talene Monahon traverses Armenian American history in a play that covers 1920s immigrants and, a century later, their reality-TV and influencer descendants. Laurie Metcalf plays an aunt forging a bond with her estranged nephew in a new play from The Whale 'sSamuel D. Hunter in a production that marks the return of the controversial producer Scott Rudin."
Multiple New York productions offer a mix of new works, revivals, and adaptations across major venues. Richard Nelson writes and directs a history of the first Ukrainian production of Macbeth at the Public Theater. Bess Wohl's reimagined 1970s consciousness-raising scene, examining the women's movement's failures and successes, transfers to the James Earl Jones Theatre on Broadway. Taylor Trensch stars in a brief revival at New York City Center of a cult dark musical comedy by Laurence O'Keefe, directed by Alex Timbers. Talene Monahon traces Armenian American history at Second Stage Theater. Laurie Metcalf appears in a new Samuel D. Hunter play that marks Scott Rudin's return. Jordan Harrison's speculative family drama receives a Broadway run, and Lucas Hnath's new adaptation of Molière plays at New York Theatre Workshop, directed by Sarah Benson.
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