The first shows of the New York theater season actually opened months ago — one has already closed — but now’s the time theatergoers pay attention. So here is my
Broadway 2016-2017 Preview Guide
(Below see the list of complete casts of several of the shows, which were announced right before Labor Day.)
and my
and — in order to include Off-Off Broadway — my list of September openings.
Try your hand at the August 2016 New York theater Quiz
Week in New York Theater Reviews
Week in New York Theater News
Complete casts announced for:
Les Liaisons Dangereuse. the play opens October 30th.
Janet McTeer as La Marquise de Merteuil, Liev Schreiber as Le Vicomte de Valmont, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Madame de Tourvel, Raffi Barsoumian as Le Chevalier Danceny, Ora Jones as Madame de Volanges, Elena Kampouris as Cécile Volanges, Katrina Cunningham as Émilie, Josh Salt as Azolan, Joy Franz as Victoire, David Patterson as Major-domo, Laura Sudduth as Julie and Mary Beth Peil as Madame de Rosemonde.
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. The musical opens November 14th.
Denée Benton as Natasha, Josh Groban as Pierre, Brittain Ashford as Sonya, Gelsey Bell as Princess Mary, Nicholas Belton as Bolkonsy and Andrey, Nick Choksi as Dolokhov
Amber Gray as Helene, Grace McLean as Marya D, Paul Pinto as Balaga, Lucas Steele as Anatole, Sumayya Ali, Courtney Bassett, Josh Canfield, Ken Clark, Erica Dorfler, Lulu Fall,
Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Nick Gaswirth, Billy Joe Kiessling, Azudi Onyejekwe,Pearl Rhein,
Heath Saunders, Katrina Yaukey,Lauren Zakrin
A Bronx Tale. The musical opens December 1.
Richard H. Blake as Lorenzo, Nick Cordero as Sonny, Ariana DeBose as Jane, Lucia Giannetta
as Rosina, Bradley Gibson as Tyrone, Bobby Conte Thornton as Calogero, Gilbert L. Bailey II, Joe Barbara, Michael Barra, Jonathan Brody, Ted Brunetti, Brittany Conigatti, Kaleigh Cronin, Trista Dollison, David Michael Garry, Rory Max Kaplan, Dominic Nolfi, Christiani Pitts, Paul Salvatoriello, Joseph J. Simeone, Joey Sorge, Cary Tedder, Kirstin Tucker. Swings: Michelle Aravena, Gerald Caesar, Charlie Marcus, Wonu Ogunfowora and Keith White
A stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge is in the works. Don’t know where or when
The New York Times is killing regional arts coverage
…and tomorrow, an apology from @WellsFargo for denigrating the legitimate dreams of young artists everywhere?
— Benj Pasek (@benjpasek) September 3, 2016
What the…??? Totally shameful campaign. Boo on @WellsFargo for this.
— Anthony Rapp (@albinokid) September 3, 2016
Apparently @WellsFargo doesn’t think that an actor or a ballerina require any work at all! Shame
— Cynthia Erivo (@CynthiaEriVo) September 3, 2016
YOU GUYS!! APPARENTLY “TOMORROW” WILL HAVE NO ARTISTS IN IT JUST A SHIT TON OF BOTANISTS AND ENGINEERS!
— Laura Benanti (@LauraBenanti) September 3, 2016
Dear @WellsFargo Moving my mortgage to a bank that respects the artform and career that paid you for years #nojoke
— Michael Cerveris (@cerveris) September 3, 2016
We offer our sincere apology for the initial ads promoting our Sept. 17 Teen Financial Education Day. pic.twitter.com/1QgFupxN3j
— Wells Fargo (@WellsFargo) September 3, 2016
(A far cry from:
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin’ down the street,
Oh please let it be for me!
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin’ down the street,
` from The Wells Fargo Wagon in The Music Man)
Closed:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, after two years
Les Miserables, after two and a half years
Closing next Sunday: Fun Home
Fringe Encore Series, presenting once again in September and October the most popular shows from the Fringe festivals in New York and Edinburgh.
Fringe NYC Overall Excellence Awards
A.R.T./NEW YORK has created two affordable, state-of-the-art performance spaces located at 502 West 53rd Street, designed by architect Toshiko Mori, and chosen 21 nonprofit companies for the inaugural 2017-18 season: Amas Musical Theatre, Broken Box Mime Theater, Buran Theatre, The Civilians, Dramatic Question Theatre, Houses on the Moon Theater Company, Ma-Yi Theater Company, The Movement Theatre Company, NAATCO, New Georges, New York City Children’s Theater, New York Neo-Futurists, One Year Lease Theater Company, Pioneers Go East Collective, Pipeline Theatre Company, The Play Company, Project Y Theatre Company, Prospect Theater Company, Target Margin Theater, Theater Breaking Through Barriers and Transport Group Theatre Company.
Eight ways to get tickets to Hamilton (three of them cheaply)
2 1/2-minute video excerpt of My Fair Lady, from Australia,directed by Julie Andrews, who’s interviewed https://t.co/FeAcwwPGT7
— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) September 2, 2016
