Images have been released from the sixth episode of FX’s limited series Fosse/Verdon. The episode, titled “All I Care About Is Love,” sees director/choreographer Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell) pulled between multiple projects, while he and his muse, Gwen Verdon (Michelle Williams), begin rehearsals for the original production of Chicago. The episode features the return of Bianca Marroquín as Chita Rivera.
“All I Care About Is Love” will air on FX May 14.
Flip through images from the upcoming episode below:
Production Photos: Fosse/Verdon Ep 6 ‘All I Care About Is Love’
Performances begin May 12 at Atlantic Theater Company for the world premiere of The Secret Life of Bees, the musical adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd’s bestselling novel. Set against the backdrop of 1960s South Carolina, the story follows the journey of Rosaleen, a Black caregiver who is beaten and jailed for asserting her right to vote, and the young Lily, a restless teenager haunted by her mother’s death.
The Secret Life of Bees features a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, music by Duncan Sheik, and lyrics by Susan Birkenhead. Sam Gold directs the Off-Broadway production, which will officially open June 13.
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The cast is led by Tony nominee Saycon Sengbloh (Eclipsed, Hair) as Rosaleen and Elizabeth Teeter (The Audience, The Crucible) as Lily.
The principal cast also includes Tony winner LaChanze (The Color Purple), Eisa Davis (Kings), and Anastacia McCleskey (Waitress)—as the Boatwight beekeeping sisters—along with Tony nominee Manoel Felciano (Sweeney Todd) as T-Ray and Brett Gray (On My Block) as Zach.
Rounding out the cast are Jai’Len Christine Li Josey, Romelda Teron Benjamin, Joe Cassidy, Vita E. Cleveland, Matt DeAngelis, and Nathaniel Stampley.
The Secret Life of Bees features choreography by Chris Walker, scenic design by Mimi Lien, costume design by Dede Ayite, lighting design by Jane Cox, sound design by Dan Moses Schreier, puppets by AchesonWalsh Studios, musical direction by Jason Hart, music contraction by Antoine Silverman, orchestrations by Sheik and John Clancy, incidental music orchestrations by Sheik, hair and makeup design by Cookie Jordan, fight direction by UnkleDave’s Fight House, dialects by Dawn-Elin Fraser, and casting by Telsey + Company, Patrick Goodwin, CSA.
A workshop production of The Secret Life of Bees was presented by New York Stage and Film & Vassar in 2017.
Photos: First Rehearsal for Off-Broadway’s The Secret Life of Bees
An industry reading of the Broadway-aimed Mrs. Doubtfire musical will take place May 16 and 17. The cast will include Tony nominees Rob McClure (Broadway’s current Beetlejuice) and Kate Baldwin (Hello, Dolly!), as well as stage and screen favorite Mario Cantone, Playbill has learned.
As previously reported, the musical will feature a book by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick, with the latter penning the score with brother Wayne Kirkpatrick (the trio previously collaborated on the musical comedy Something Rotten!). Jerry Zaks will direct.
Rounding out the company are Michael James Scott (currently playing the Genie—another Robin Williams role—in Broadway’s Aladdin), Dear Evan Hansen‘s Mallory Bechtel, Cameron Adams, Peter Bartlett, Tracee Beazer, Catherine Brunell, Nick Rashad Burroughs, Kaleigh Cronin, Charity Angél Dawson, Mark Evans, Jake Ryan Flynn, David Hibbard, Aaron Kaburick, Avery Sell, Brian Shepard, Pearl Sun, Ryan VanDenBoom, and Aléna Watters.
Kevin McCollum produces alongside Bob Cohen of Fox Stage Productions; no word yet on an official premiere of the show, inspired by 1993 comedy.
See Adam Pascal, Rob McClure, and Josh Grisetti in the National Tour of Something Rotten!
On Monday, May 6th, Feinstein’s54 Below celebrated the 2018-2019season’s amazing and landmark Broadway debuts for the second yeawith Another Opening, Another Debut
Three productions—each currently on Broadway and Tony-nominated—have been named recipients of the 84th annual New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards.
The organization awarded Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman Best Play, with Best Musical going to David Yazbek and Robert Horn’s Tootsie and Best American Play to Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me. The three productions will be celebrated in a private reception May 13.
Additionally, the organization voted to present special citations to Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre and Page 73, as well as the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s Yiddish-language Fiddler on the Roof, currently running at Stage 42 in a commercial transfer.
Founded in 1935, The New York Drama Critics’ Circle comprises 19 drama critics from daily newspapers, magazines, wire services, and websites based in the New York metropolitan area. Adam Feldman, theatre critic and editor for Time Out New York, serves as president, with Joe Dziemianowicz as vice president; Zachary Stewart is treasurer.
Members also include David Cote, Michael Feingold, David Finkle, Jeremy Gerard, Sara Holdren, Charles Isherwood, Christopher Kelly, David Rooney, Frank Scheck, Barbara Schuler, Helen Shaw, David Sheward, Marilyn Stasio, Terry Teachout, Elisabeth Vincentelli and Matt Windman.
Emeritus members include Melissa Rose Bernardo, Robert Feldberg, Elysa Gardner, Brian Scott Lipton, Jesse Oxfeld, John Simon, Michael Sommers, Steven Suskin, Linda Winer, and Richard Zoglin.
The original Broadway production of Damn Yankees opened at the 46th Street Theatre on May 5, 1955. The Golden Age musical, starring Gwen Verdon and Stephen Douglass, would go on to be nominated for 10 Tony Awards, winning 8 including Best Musical and Best Actress in a musical for Verdon. The production, directed by George Abbott, played for 1,019 performances before closing October 12, 1957.
With music and lyrics by Jerry Ross and Richard Adler and a book by Abbott and Douglass Wallop, Damn Yankees tells the story of a middle-aged man who sells his soul to the devil to become a baseball player to help his beloved Washington Senators beat the Yankees in the World Series. But despite the devil’s best attempts—including bringing on the sexy Lola—to keep him under his sway, the man ultimately wants to return to his wife.
Flip through photos of the production below:
Photos: Look Back at the Original Production of Damn Yankees on Broadway
Tonight, the audience at Pretty Woman got a special treat when composer Bryan Adams hit the stage for a surprise performance to celebrate the musical’s 300th show on Broadway Check it out below
