Dr. Arthur Benjamin (Photo: Russ Rowland) That Math Show by Deb Miller on July 17, 2026 If you number among the people who find that math can be challenging for anyone of any age or gender identity, the new production of That Math Show will make you see the subject in a whole new light….
Sophie Rossman, Kayta Thomas, Renée-Nicole Powell, Amalia Yoo (Photo: Maria Baranova) Dad Don’t Read This By Deirdre Donovan on July 14, 2026 Adolescence is often remembered as a time of awkward transitions, but Eliya Smith’s Dad Don’t Read This, sensitively directed by Chloe Claudel, captures something even more elusive: the uncertainty of discovering who one…
Now in a limitedengagement at the Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC), the new musical Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo was inspired by the obscure story of the real-life 17th-century Sicilian apothecary and proto-feminist anti-hero Giulia Tofana.
The company of A Walk on the Moon (Photo: Joan Marcus) A Walk on the Moon by Deb Miller on June 29, 2026 The summer of ’69 was a momentous time for America, from the tragedies of Chappaquiddick and the ongoing war in Vietnam, to the Gay Rights Movement, Woodstock, and the space race, with…
Jonathan Judge-Russo, Lauren Lolo Pritchard, and Stephen Michael Spencer (Photo: Jeremy Daniel) Music City: A New Musical (2026 remounting) By Julia Polinsky Bedlam’s Music Ciyt: A New Musical, a country-music jukebox musical featuring the songs of zillion-selling songwriter JT Harding, is as warm-hearted and feel-good as a Hallmark Christmas movie. Originally presented at the West…
Billy Porter and the Ensemble (Photo: Joan Marcus) La Cage aux Folles at Encores! By Julia Polinsky on June 27, 2026 Directed by Robert O’Hara, this all-Black revival of La Cage is an Encores! production, so you know the drill: a little under-rehearsed (and who can cavil at that with less than 2 weeks to…
Billie Andersson, Juan Pablo Toro, Evan Olson, Scarlett Strasberg (Photo: Amy Goossens) Uncle Vanya by Deb Miller on June 19, 2026 Shakespeare Downtown is now inviting everyone for its 10th anniversary season of free outdoor summer performances of the classics. This year’s offering, at Battery Park’s historic Castle Clinton National Monument, is a limited engagement of Chekhov’s…
Austin Lightning Carrothers, Cecily Lyn Benjamin (Photo: Pavan Carter) Building the Wall By Marc Miller on June 12, 2026 Political theater doesn’t get much more political than Building the Wall, Robert Schenkkan’s 2017 two-hander now in timely revival at Urban Stages. Schenkkan, author of the Pulitzer-winning The Kentucky Cycle and other notable plays, many of…
Stephen Spinella, Jeorge Bennett Watson (Photo: Maria Baranova) Jerome By Julia Polinsky on June 8, 2026 A heartbreakingly excellent performance from Stephen Spinella and heavily timely subject matter infuse Jerome, John J. Caswell, Jr.’s new play now at Playwrights Horizons. It’s June; Pride Month is here, and LGBTQ-forward theater is everywhere. But Jerome can’t seem…
Louise Beresford, Luke Barton, Eddy Payne. (Photo: Harry Elletson) David Copperfield By Fern Siegel on June 7, 2026 It’s no mean trick to take a Charles Dickens’ novel and distill it to its essence. But that’s the genius of the Guildford Shakespeare Company, which is presenting David Copperfield as part of 59E59’s Brits Off Broadway…