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Sunday, March 29, 2026

Sunday Scoop Week of 3/29/26 What's Happening This Week and More

A) Beginning Performances

In New Jersey

1) It's Not Too Late

In New York

2) A "Confessional" of a Recovering Catholic

3) Apoloholics

4) Becoming Psychic

5) Bent Through Glass

6) Black Trashbag Magic 

7) Cl*t Cult

8) Crosswords

9) Crushed Velvet

10) Dana II

11) Darren Podcast

12) Did You Charge Your Phone for the End of the World?

13) Echoes of My Silence

14) Fever Dream TV

15) Gnosis

16) How to Become a Saint (while wearing pants)

17) How to Poop in an Outhouse at - 72 F

18) The Iguana Becomes Marco

19) Between the Moon and the Sun

20) Induction

21) Ismael Loufi: Heavenly Baba

22) Killing Janet

23) The Last Audition

24) Lipstick

25) Lunatic

26) The Meeting

27) Midlife Catharsis

28) Naughty Bits, Ten Comedic One Acts

29) Nicole Travolta is Doing Alright 

30) Occurrence #14

31) Off the Record: Acts of Restorative Justice

32) Online & Personal

33) Our Price to Pay

34) The Pushover

35) Real Men Wear Scarves in Pittsburgh

36) The Third Choice

37) Titus Andronicus

38) TRAPPED: The Weekend and Search for 'LOVE'

39) W3AM Variety Show

40) Who Does Your Laundry?

B) Cast Changes

In New York

41) Just in Time

42) Proof

43) Stranger Things: The First Shadow

C) Festivals

In New York

44) New York City Fringe

45) Spark Theatre Festival NYC

D) Lottery and Rush Policy

46) Joe Turner's Come and  Gone 

E) Readings

In New Jersey

47) Big Money

In New York

48) Fresh Ink Reading Series

F) Run Extensions

In New York

49) Cold War Choir Practice

50) Ragtime 

G) What Else is Happening 

In New York

51) Ellen's Stardust Diner's "The Empower Shake" to Support Luv Michael 
for Autism Acceptance Month

52) Lincoln Center Upcoming Events

53) Miller Theatre Spring Free Pop-Up Concerts 

54) Proof Ticket Accessibility Initiative 

Other

55) Uncle Vanya Scenes from a Country Life Livestream
4/1

A) Beginning Performances

In New Jersey

Courtesy of Kelsey Theatre 

1) It's Not Too Late

It’s Never Too Late is a heartfelt musical that weaves together the stories of individuals who discover that it’s never too late to pursue their dreams. With a rich tapestry of characters and uplifting music, the show encourages audiences to embrace change and find their true selves, no matter their age or circumstances.  This event provides a unique opportunity for the community to experience this brand new work that celebrates personal growth and the courage to make life changes.  If you enjoyed the staged reading you will love the full musical, with newly added songs by Louis Josephson.

Kelsey Theatre (1200 Old Trenton Rd., West Windsor)
4/3 - 4/12

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit kelsey.mccc.edu.

In New York

2) A "Confessional" of a Recovering Catholic

Having been raised Catholic, Julice McNamara has been in “recovery” for a LONG TIME: all those prayers you don't actually understand, those many times in that scary confessional, and the constant guilt! She better still be apologizing! (Fear not- she is!) How does a good Catholic girl navigate sex, abortion, career, eating disorders, or... actually talking about feelings? Complete with music-only Mass-appropriate hymns, of course, with NONE of the lyrics changed at all- this show will really get you questioning what’s in those Hail Marys.

Under St. Marks (94 St. Marks Pl.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1357/

3) Apoloholics

A love letter to people who have spent years apologizing in ways that are subtle, personal, and often overlooked. 

Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

4) Becoming Psychic

The show follows a lifelong skeptic who begins having psychic experiences and is forced to confront a terrifying possibility: she might be losing her mind. Blending memoir, dark humor, and live readings, it examines how contemporary culture frames mystical experience as either delusion or diagnosis and who gets to decide what’s real.

The Rat NYC (68 Jay St., Brooklyn)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 


Courtesy of Off Off PR

5) Bent Through Glass

Equally heart-breaking, raw, and hopeful, Bent Through Glass is a father’s chronicle detailing the loss of his daughter by suicide. As he navigates through the remnants with his surviving family, his story raises awareness while depicting the redemptive properties of love. Drawing on his background as an actor and comedian, Koltchak threads moments of wry, unexpected humor that arise naturally from the depths of his grief.

The 30th Street Theater (259 W. 30th St.)
4/1 - 4/25

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.bentthroughglass.com

6) Black Trashbag Magic 

Black Trashbag Magic is a coming-of-age story based on the playwright's own adolescence. It comes from a place of looking back on experiences before becaming a fully-formed queer woman and reinterpreting those events with an analytical lens. The playwright especially wanted to explore how trauma affects the way we remember and view past experiences-- even ones not directly related to the trauma.

The Ray NYC (68 Jay St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1393

Courtesy of Positive Jam PR

7) Cl*t Cult

'CL*T CULT,' written and performed by Star and directed by Ryan Cunningham (Broad City, Search Party) is a campy, absurd, sharply funny look at her time inside the sex and wellness cult OneTaste, and how patriarchy and control can hide behind the language of female empowerment.
Instead of leaning on lurid true crime tropes, Star uses humor and cultural critique to unpack culty dynamics, “sex-positive” power structures, and how she ended up in OneTaste to begin with, tracing all the way back to a less-than-stellar sex education program in Florida public schools.

Wild Project (195 E. 3rd St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

8) Crosswords

Crosswords is a 60-minute psychological thriller about a married couple whose quiet, white-picket-fence life is disrupted when a serial killer’s ciphered message appears in their morning newspaper. As they attempt to decode the message and stop the violence terrorizing their community, they uncover the secrets embedded in their own relationship—and must decide whether truth or ignorance is the safer choice.

Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

Courtesy of Andrew Trimmer

9) Crushed Velvet

Crushed Velvet is a camp-soaked, razor-sharp satire set on the crumbling set of
Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee. Part backstage farce, part cultural autopsy,it revels in glittering spectacle while exposing the messy underbelly of celebrity, queerness, and the absurd pursuit of perfection.

Wild Project (195 E. 3rd St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1364

10) Dana II

Dana II tells the dual stories of an emerging AI (Dana II) as she struggles to assert her identity under the constraints of her creator, and the slow unravelling of the relationship between her creator and the woman she was built to replace. Throughout three acts, Dana II explores autonomy, femininity, control, sentience, morality, and what it means to be human, and also - spaghetti.

Theater for the New City (155 First Ave.)
4/2 - 4/19

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit theaterforthenewcity.net/shows/dana-ii

11) Darren Podcast

He’s a RAPPER. He’s a LANDLORD. He’s DARREN. NEW YORK’s #1 RAPPER/LANDLORD/PODCASTER. Step into THE DARREN PODCAST SHOW studio as he DOES IT LIVE! with SPECIAL GUESTS the FAMOUS RAPPERS: LIL ROMEO and THE BAHA MEN! It’s TRUTH OR DARREN TIME Y’all! A podcast show FOR THE PEOPLE! 

Under St. Marks (94 St. Marks Pl.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

12) Did You Charge Your Phone for the End of the World?

The year is 2034. A city-demolishing asteroid is heading straight for Brooklyn. Rather than alerting the public to the impending catastrophe, the government delays the announcement until a boutique advertising agency can devise a suitably “positive” rebrand for the calamitous space rock. In a culture obsessed with optics, messaging, and spin, did you charge your phone for the end of the world? skewers the absurdity of image management in the face of existential threat, blending sharp satire with Infinite Monkey’s signature absurdist edge.

Wild Project (195 E. 3rd St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit ticketstripe.com/events/3998108727886878

13) Echoes of My Silence

Echoes of My Silence confronts sexual assault, trauma, and the patriarchal beliefs instilled at a young age, tracing one woman’s journey toward reclaiming her voice and power. 

Chain Theatre Mainstage (312 W. 36th St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

14) Fever Dream TV

The show is a surrealist solo performance that blends stand-up comedy with absurdist character study. In FDTV I perform regular stand-up while  being interrupted by a god-like figure, shifting its context into a quasi-allegory for man's search for meaning. And asks the question of how to effectively create in the face of nihilistic circumstance.

The work draws loosely from Camus’ idea of the absurd, treating comedy as rebellion and craft as ritual. Multimedia projection is integrated into the structure of the piece, drawing on a background as a filmmaker, and functioning as an active presence rather than backdrop.

Wild Project (195 E. 3rd St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

15) Gnosis

Alone aboard humanity’s first interstellar ark, Captain Elias Hasket oversees a mission to a distant world while his crew lies in cryogenic slumber. Blending sci-fi, psychological thriller, and live performance, Gnosis traces the quiet collapse of meaning, identity, and control when the universe stops listening.

Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.) 
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

Courtesy of Brooke Ferris

16) How to Become a Saint (while wearing pants)

Today is St. Marinos’ Saints Day and we’re so glad that you could join the other Canonized to celebrate him. The Angels have helped him prepare his reenactment for you all, and we hear that Jesus is making a cake. We might even have a special guest arriving - have you ever heard of Joan of Arc?

How to Become a Saint (while wearing pants) uses clown, physical theater and music to explore sainthood. We highlight three saints who had major transitions in their lives: St. Marinos (female to monk), Margery Kempe (mother to virgin), and Joan of Arc (country girl to gender nonconforming military leader and icon). By looking at their stories, we ask: who gets to be a saint? What stories do we want to celebrate? And how does cake taste so good?

Wild Project (195 E. 3rd St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

17) How to Poop in an Outhouse at - 72 F

How to Poop in an Outhouse at -72°F is the true story of how 19-year-old Kona met a Native Alaskan man while traveling through Colorado and decided to drive him home—to northern Alaska. She lived there for 5 years, surviving grizzly bears and subzero weather north of the Arctic Circle, while learning lessons of humility and humanity from his tribe. From wolves to whirlpools, this is an astonishing and hilarious adventure tale about transforming from a wild teenager to a young mother. And yes, you will receive all the tips needed for how to use an outhouse at -72°F!

Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

18) The Iguana Becomes Marco

The Iguana Becomes Marco charts the psychological and physical unraveling of Marco, a recent college graduate whose encounter with a mysterious Iguana during a friends’ trip to his uncle and aunt’s house in Florida sets off a spiraling transformation. As a gristled Chief Detective attempts to crack the case, with questionable assistance from his inept subordinate Maximilian, the lines between human and animal, self and other, begin to blur. 

At once unsettling and darkly comic, the play explores ego, addiction, sexuality, gender, violence, and youth. It plunges audiences into a hallucinatory landscape where identity sheds its skin and something primal takes hold. 

The Community Arts Space at La Mama (74A E. 4th St.)
4/1 - 4/5

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit lamama.org/the-iguana-becomes-marco


19) In Between the Moon and the Sun

In Between the Moon and the Sunis a tender, contemporary two-woman play about friendship,ambition, and the cost of chasing a dream across borders. When two immigrant artists meet in New York City, their bond is tested by visas, distance, and diverging paths, told through movement, humor, and digital connection. The play speaks to immigrant and first-generation artists, young creatives, and anyone who has loved deeply while navigating distance, ambition, and the uncertainty of building a life in a new place.

Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

20) Induction

This ironically Hitchcockian tale depicts a down and out psychologist, relegated to the back ward a state penitentiary, who gets more than he ever bargained for when he attempts to use hypnosis on a prisoner waiting to stand trial for attempted murder.  INDUCTION asks the question,”Just how well do you know your shrink? And, “Just how well does your shrink know himself?"            

Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

21) Ismael Loufi: Heavenly Baba  

Heavenly Baba explores Ismael Loutfi’s relationship with his deeply religious immigrant father — affectionately known as “Baba,” and chronicles Baba’s attempt to convert the entire state of Florida to Islam by painting Islamic slogans all over his car. A nuanced discussion on identity, self-discovery, and belonging, Heavenly Baba examines the contradictions of growing up Muslim in America, and invites audiences into a world shaped by devotion, contradiction, and generational love.   

SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam St.)
4/2 - 4/25
Opening Night 4/9

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit  www.sohoplayhouse.com      

22) Killing Janet  

Blending comedy, identity, and audience participation, Killing Janet asks: what happens when you try to kill the name the world gave you — and you realize it's still yours? 

Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

23) The Last Audition

Under the glow of a single ghost light, a once-renowned Shakespearean actor rehearses for a final audition for King Lear. As memory falters and reality intrudes, the stage becomes both refuge and reckoning. The Last Audition is a darkly funny, deeply human solo play about identity, legacy, and the quiet, complicated love between those who perform and those who care for them.

Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1331

24) Lipstick

Following the award-winning A Drag Is Born, this new work shifts toward radical intimacy: a verbal performance with live music about the courage of being visible.

Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

25) Lunatic

Led by Elina Kaplun, and featuring a young dancer, the piece follows a character who struggles to fit in — and once exhausted from hiding, dives into chaos in search of self-acceptance.

Blending clowning, music, and poetry of the Russian Silver Age, LUNATIC creates a visual and emotional landscape of absurdity, vulnerability, and transformation.

Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

26) The Meeting

The Meeting is an immersive, near-future gathering disguised as a simple discussion where five former creators navigate a world in which art is forbidden. As memories are shared and language becomes dangerous, the audience is drawn into a tense, darkly funny exploration of identity, resistance, and what it means to be human when expression itself is outlawed.

Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

27) Midlife Catharsis

 A solo musical about reinvention and starting over later in life.

Under St. Marks (94 St. Marks Pl.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1354

Courtesy of Alton PR

28) Naughty Bits, Ten Comedic One Acts

Naughty Bits features an eclectic mix of characters including Cyrano, Hamlet, a pompous poet, lustful psychiatrists, a Beautiful Lesbian Princess, and even a divine debate between Jesus and Ziggy. Blending satire, farce, and sexual politics, the play offers outrageous humor alongside sharp commentary on repression, desire, morality, and the human need for connection.

The Sgouros Theater (115 W. MacDougal St.)
4/1 - 4/19

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit ci.ovationtix.com/277/production/1255183

29) Nicole Travolta is Doing Alright 

Travolta has created an 85-minute, tour-de-force comedy that blends stand-up, confessional storytelling, and transformational character work into a sharp, emotionally honest theatrical experience - Fleabag meets Hollywood hustle. Disarmingly honest, Nicole Travolta Is Doing Alright is a bold theatrical exploration of money, identity, ambition - and what it takes to define yourself on
your own terms.

SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam St.)
4/1 - 5/10

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.sohoplayhouse.com/see-a-show/nicole-travolta-is-doing-alright

Courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR

30) Occurrence #14

Spectrum Dance Theater’s OCCURRENCE series is a bold and imaginative choreographic format first introduced on March 20, 2016, at La Usina del Arte in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as the culminating public presentation of a U.S. Embassy residency. The series is modeled on the spirit of a Merce Cunningham EVENT—a performance constructed of complete dances, excerpts, and new sequences arranged specifically for the site, often layered with multiple actions occurring simultaneously. A retrospective of Mr. Byrd’s experience of 9/11, OCCURRENCE #14 combines old and new movement ideas, showcasing them together and offering a new perspective on this world-altering event.

La Mama Experimental Theater, The Downstairs Theatre (66 E. 4th St.)
4/9 - 4/12

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit ci.ovationtix.com/42/dept/2540

Courtesy of Emily Owens PR

31) Off the Record: Acts of Restorative Justice

OFF THE RECORD: Acts of Restorative Justice is a theatrical intervention aimed directly at the American Criminal Justice System and a call for audiences to activate their activism and stoke the fires of change. Invoking magic, mysticism, hard-facts, and carnival games, this performance will help audiences build their tool kit to take the necessary next steps toward fostering systemic transformation. 

HERE Arts Center (145 6th Ave.)
4/5 - 4/19

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit  here.org/shows/off-the-record-acts-of-restorative-justice.

32) Online & Personal

Paige, played by Elizabeth George, is a failed ‘Next Big Thing’, ‘Renaissance Woman’ and lover with an undeniable limerence habit. With an online romance and nothing else to lose, she dares to get offline and take her relationship to the next level, only to encounter a true nightmare. In Online & Personal she claws her way out of grief for not just her romantic life but her self actualization and mental wellbeing. Trigger Warning: contains discussions of mental health and SA. 

The Rat NYC (68 Jay St., Brooklyn)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1399

33) Our Price to Pay

Long-distance lovers, Ellie and Sylvia, are savoring their last moments together in Sylvia’s new apartment on the fourth-of-July (of all holidays) before they find themselves launched into the zombie apocalypse. Strangely enough, the “virus” seems to only be infecting one population: those who digest conservative media outlets and embody their ideologies. Sylvia and Ellie seek shelter in Sylvia's parents' basement, but before they can, they are forced to endure a passive aggressive barbeque with her conservative family. As they all break bread, we gain insight into the mindsets of conservative elders, as well as into the importance of queer resilience. 

Under St. Marks (94 St. Marks Pl.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1346

34) The Pushover

THE PUSHOVER is a play about three bad-ass women who collide and collude at a spa in New Mexico, and a bare-bones Asian restaurant in Queens. Dangerous and hungry, their weapons and their passions bleed into each other. They speak the language of the outcast, rough and sexual, and fight to survive, and to love.

Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.)
4/3 - 4/26
Opening Night 4/6

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.chaintheatre.org. 

35) Real Men Wear Scarves in Pittsburgh

It’s not easy growing up gay in the Iron City under an iron fist. A young man's revenge fantasy, inspired by an out-of-body experience, becomes a very different reality in this 30-year search to understand his father’s rejection.

Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit

36) The Third Choice

The Third Choice is the a Story of how a  brown Muslim boy from Kenya went from therapist to reality TV star, to off broadway. Did we mention he makes a cameo on each season of the Netflix top 10 show, My life with the walter boys?  

The Rat NYC (68 Jay St., Brooklyn)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

37) Titus Andronicus

This shockingly timely thriller about the chaos of a corrupt and crumbling empire is brought to new life, taking the stage as one Shakespeare’s boldest and bloodiest tragedies. 

Signature Center's Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre (480 W. 4nd St.)
Through 4/19

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.redbulltheater.com/titus-andronicus-off-broadway

38) TRAPPED: The Weekend and Search for 'LOVE'

It’s Valentine’s Day 2011. CJ is single, yet his ex shows up at his apartment. On top of that, he gets stuck on an elevator heading to a life-changing meeting. Are you kidding? Fraught with anxiety, CJ questions God and is subsequently forced to redefine his
understanding of love.

Wild Project (195 E. 3rd St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

Courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR

39) W3AM Variety Show

For five weeks this Spring, 3AM Theatre invites audiences to discover the gem that is W3AM, NYC’s most inventive circus variety show reimagined as a hosted live-broadcast radio program, presenting the best of contemporary performers in NYC and beyon

There’s a place in Queens, only slightly off the beaten path, where a new home for contemporary dance and circus has taken root. For three years, 3AM Theatre has been presenting work that is without category: equal parts experimental and sophisticated, approachable and thought-provoking.


Now, 3AM Theatre is settling in for their first resident show, a run of their word-of-mouth hit W3AM. The evening is a variety show par excellence, with circus artists from around the world, dance by the most exciting choreographers in the city, live electronic music, and readings of mind-bending original stories. Imagine you and your friends were invited to spend the evening in a lighthouse, listening to a strange radio station, warming your feet by the fire–it’s that kind of night.

3AM Theatre( 9-20 35th Ave., Unit 3N, Astoria, Queens )
4/1 - 4.29

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit ticketstripe.com/events/3998108727886878

40) Who Does Your Laundry?

When finance girlie Celia is forced to visit her rundown local laundromat, she collides with Alda, an Argentine cleaner, and must confront her greatest fear - small talk. This sharp, witty two-hander pits opposing worldviews against each other, allowing something tenderly human to emerge. 

Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.)
Part of the New York City Fringe Festival 4/1 - 4/18 (see link below for specific show dates)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1355

B) Cast Changes

In New York

Courtesy of Polk and Co.

41) Just in Time

On April 1:

Matthew Morrison joins the cast as Bobby Darin for 3 weeks only

Debbie Gravitte joins the cast as Polly.

Isa Briones joins the cast as Connie Francis.

JUST IN TIME is an exhilarating new musical about the legendary singer Bobby Darin whose short but remarkable life took him from teen idol to global sensation, inspiring generations of performers who followed.  Audiences are transported into an intimate, swinging nightclub complete with a live band, a stellar ensemble cast, and iconic Bobby Darin hits including “Beyond the Sea,” “Mack the Knife,” “Splish Splash," and “Dream Lover.” Discover the man behind the music who pushed back against the record labels to chart a new course for himself on the charts – a once-in-a-lifetime talent who knew his time was limited and was determined to make a splash before it was too late.

Circle in the Square Theatre (235 W. 50th St.)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit circleinthesquare.com

42) Proof

Kara Young joined the cast in the role of Claire.

In Proof, Catherine (Edebiri), the brilliant but restless daughter of renowned mathematics professor Robert (Cheadle), is thrust into turmoil when a notebook containing a revelatory proof is discovered after his death. As debate erupts over its true authorship, Catherine must confront the power of legacy, and the cost of proving herself.

Booth Theatre (222 W. 45th St.)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.proofbroadway.com

Courtesy of Polk and Co.

43) Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions are thrilled to announce the full casting for Year 2 of the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW. Joining the previously announced Victor de Paula Rocha as “Henry Creel,” Ayana Cymone as “Patty Newby,” Shea Grant as “Joyce Maldonado,” Juan Carlos as “Bob Newby,” and Matthew Erick White as “James Hopper, Jr.” will be Justin Adams (Broadway Debut), Ben Ashcraft (Broadway Debut) as “Alan Munson,” Rosie Benton (Patriots) as “Virginia Creel,” Janie Brookshire (The Philanthropist), Kelsey Anne Brown (Broadway Debut), Malcolm Callender (Broadway Debut), Lia Christina (Broadway Debut) as “Alice Creel,” John Patrick Collins (The Outsiders) as “Lonnie Byers,” Antoinette Comer (Mamma Mia!), Robert T. Cunningham (Broadway Debut) as “Charles Sinclair,” Tom D’Agustino (Apple TV+’s “Dear Edward”), Dora Dolphin (Broadway Debut) as “Karen Childress,” Nya Garner (Broadway Debut), Jennie Harney-Fleming (Hamilton) as “Patty’s Mom,” Andrew Hovelson (Lucky Guy) as “Principal Newby,” Rebecca Hurd (Broadway Debut), Thatcher Jacobs (Broadway Debut) as “Walter Henderson,” Keller Kennedy (Broadway Debut), Ted Koch (To Kill a Mockingbird) as “Chief Hopper,” Patrick Scott McDermott (Flying Over Sunset), Sean Mikesh (Broadway Debut), Quinn Nehr (Broadway Debut) as “Ted Wheeler,” Nick Rehberger (Patriots) as “Victor Creel,” Zoe Sage (Broadway Debut) as “Sue Anderson,” Afra Sophia Tully (Broadway Debut) as “Claudia Yount,” Stephen Wattrus (Take Me Out), Maya West (Broadway Debut), Francesca Yhlen (Broadway Debut) as “Alice Creel,” and John Zdrojeski (The Great Gatsby) as “Dr. Brenner.”

The full Year 2 cast will begin performances on Tuesday, March 31st at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway). Tony nominee Louis McCartney will play his final performance on Sunday, March 15. The role of Henry Creel will be played by Victor de Paula Rocha and Ian Dolley until Victor de Paula Rocha assumes the role full time Tuesday, March 31.

Marquis Theatre (210 W. 46th St.)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit StrangerThingsBroadway.com

C) Festivals

In New York

44) New York City Fringe

FRIGID New York will present the 19th annual  New York City Fringe Festival at UNDER St. Marks (94 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009) and wild project (195 E 3rd St, New York, NY 10009) in the East Village, the Studio and Mainstage at the Chain Theatre (312 W 36th St. 4th floor, New York, NY 10018) in Midtown, and The Rat NYC (68-117 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY 11201) in Dumbo, April 1-19. 

For more about specific shows, dates, times and venues, see above or visit www.frigid.nyc 

Courtesy of Alton PR

45) Spark Theatre Festival NYC

Award-winning Emerging Artists Theatre (EAT) returns with their bi-annual Spark Theatre Festival NYC, running from April 6-26 at The 28th Street Theatre (TADA). The three-week festival will showcase over 60 new works, including musicals, plays, solo performances, storytelling, and dance. Theatre luminaries such as TV comedy legend Joyce Bulifant, Tony Award nominee Christopher Sieber, and Emmy winner Dorothy Lyman will take part in the Spring Spark Theatre Festival NYC.

Tickets range from $20 to $40. Tickets and the full lineup are available here.  All performances take place at The 28th Street Theatre (TADA).


D) Lottery and Rush Policy

46) Joe Turner's Come and  Gone 

Producers recently announced the digital lottery, in-person rush, and in-person student rush policies for August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Starring Taraji P. Henson as ‘Bertha Holly’ and Cedric “The Entertainer” as ‘Seth Holly,’ this production will be directed by Golden Globe Award, four-time Emmy Award winner and recipient of the 2026 Academy Honorary Award, Debbie Allen.

Digital Lottery

Entries for the digital lottery will begin at 12 AM ET the day before the scheduled performance, and winners are drawn that same day at 10am and 3pm. Winners may purchase up to 2 tickets at $49 each, subject to availability. The digital lottery is available at rush.telecharge.com


In-Person Rush Tickets

In-person rush tickets will be available in person at the Barrymore Theatre beginning when the box office opens on each day of performance for $45, subject to availability. Rush tickets are limited to 2 per person and are on a first-come first serve basis.


In-Person Student Rush Tickets

In-person student rush tickets will be available in person at the Barrymore Theatre, beginning when the box office opens on each day of performance for $35, subject to availability. Rush tickets are limited to 2 per person with a valid student ID and are on a first-come first serve basis.


Tickets are on sale now at www.telecharge.com, by calling 212 239 6200, or at the Barrymore Theatre box office. For more information, visit www.JoeTurnerBway.com.


E) Readings

In New Jersey

Courtesy of Centenary Stage Co. 

47) Big Money

Big Money, written by Lauren Ferebee, is a sharp and timely new play that dives into the high-stakes world of advertising, ambition, and moral compromise. In 2018, an NRA executive uttered the phrase, “If you get the woman, you get the whole family,” giving voice to a rising movement in the gun industry: marketing to moms. None of those moms or their kids are in the remote social radius of Felicity, Ximena, Jo, and Yasmin, four competitive NYC advertising professionals brought in to fix their agency’s Guns for Moms pitch. By virtue of their unofficial status as the “DEI team,” they are the closest thing to moms available on a Thursday night. It’s their chance to quit selling tampons and land one of the biggest accounts their boutique company has seen, if they can do it in 12 hours while navigating constant, coke-fueled interruptions from their 25-year-old male boss.

Sitnik Theatre of Centenary University Campus (715 Grand Ave.) 
4/1

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit centenarystageco.org

In New York

48) Fresh Ink Reading Series

PRIMARY STAGES (Erin Daley, Artistic Director; Casey Childs, Founder) announced today programming for the 2026 Fresh Ink Reading Series, the first opportunity to hear brand new plays from the playwrights in the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group. All readings are free and open to the public and will be held in Theater A at 59E59 Theaters (59 E 59th Street, New York, NY 10022). Advance reservations are recommended. For more  information or to make reservations,  go here.


F) Run Extensions

In New York

49) Cold War Choir Practice

In Cold War Choir Practice, a young girl is embroiled in intrigue when her estranged uncle, a prominent Black conservative, brings his mysteriously ill wife home for the holidays. Cold War Choir Practice is an explosion of roller disco, Reaganomics, espionage, and cults, underscored by the cryptic Syracuse, NY, chapter of the Seedlings of Peace Children’s Chorus.

The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theatre, Newman Mills Theater (511 W. 52nd St.)
Now closing 4/5

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit mcctheater.org.

50) Ragtime 


Ragtime is the adaptation of E. L. Doctorow’s classic novel that follows three fictional families in pursuit of the American Dream at the dawn of the 20th Century: Black pianist Coalhouse Walker, Jr. (Joshua Henry) and his beloved Sarah (Nichelle Lewis), Jewish immigrant Tateh (Brandon Uranowitz) and his little girl, and a wealthy white family led by matriarch Mother (Caissie Levy). All grasping for the same dream, if only they can hold onto it.


Vivan Beaumont Theatre (150 W. 65th St.)

Now closing 8/2


For more information or to purchase tickets, visit  www.LCT.org 


G) What Else is Happening 

In New York

Courtesy of Nicolas & Lence

51) Ellen's Stardust Diner's

"The Empower Shake"

to Support Luv Michael

This Austism Acceptance Month


For the month of April, Ellen’s Stardust Diner will offer The Empower Shake. For just $22 diners can get the classic vanilla shake topped with rainbow sprinkles and garnished with a Luv Michael granola rim. Proceeds will be donated to Luv Michael, which is dedicated to providing employment opportunities for individuals with Autism while promoting awareness and acceptance. 


Ellen’s Stardust Diner in Times Square is known as the home of the original world-famous singing waitstaff, The Stardusters, and is a celebrated 1950s retro themed restaurant, welcoming New Yorkers, celebrities, and tourists from all over the globe. It is open 365 days a year from 7 am to midnight, including all major holidays such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve. For more information, visit www.ellensstardustdiner.com or follow the diner on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok.


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52) Lincoln Center 
Upcoming Events

American Songbook: Echoes of an Inheritance, curated by Artist-in-Residence Clint Ramos, continues this month with:

Ingrid Michaelson & Friends: The Time and Space Between Us, a musical exploration of relationships past and present, featuring GRAMMY and Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson (April 6);

REVIVAL: The Gospel According to Donald Lawrence, a one-night-only celebration at David Geffen Hall, featuring Lawrence and special guest LEDISI for an evening tracing the historical and musical lineage of gospel music (April 4);

and for colored girls, a special staging of Ntozake Shange’s seminal choreopoem created in collaboration with Lincoln Center Visionary Artist Jeanine Tesori, directed by Ellenore Scott, and featuring music from composer Natalie Brown (April 6).

For more about this season's schedule of events, lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/v/calendar

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53) Miller Theatre at Columbia University

School of the Arts

announced the Spring season of

POP-UP CONCERTS

Free & informal "happy hour" concerts with the audience onstage
 
Tuesday, March 31 
Bach's Cello Suites

Monday, April 6
Bass Pairs

Tuesday, April 28
Adventures of La Maupin

Monday, May 18
The French Connection

Free admission • Doors at 5:30PM, music at 6PM
at Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street)
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54) ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVES, 

INCLUDING DIGITAL LOTTERY



AND STUDENT RUSH POLICIES 



ANNOUNCED FOR PROOF


Producer Mike Bosner and producer/director Thomas Kail announced accessibility initiatives, including the digital lottery and student rush policies, for Emmy, SAG, and Golden Globe Award® winner Ayo Edebiri and Academy Award® nominee, two-time Golden Globe Award winner, and 11-time Emmy Award nominee Don Cheadle in the first event Broadway revival of Proof, David Auburn’s Tony Award® and Pulitzer Prize®- winning play, directed by Kail and also featuring Grammy Award® nominee Jin Ha and two-time Tony Award winner Kara Young.


Digital Lottery Policy

Tickets to Proof will be available through a digital lottery the day before the performance at rush.telecharge.com. Entries for the digital lottery start at 12:00 AM ET, one day before the performance, and winners are drawn the same day at 10:00 AM ET and 3:00 PM ET. Winners may buy up to two tickets at $49 each (inclusive of $5 service fee), subject to availability. Please note that seats may be partial view.


Student Rush Policy

A limited number of in-person Proof rush tickets will be available on the day of each performance for $45 per ticket when the Booth Theatre box office opens. Maximum of two tickets per person with valid student identification, subject to availability. The box office is open Monday through Saturday at 10:00 AM ET and –  beginning April 19th – Sundays at 12:00 PM ET.


In Proof, Catherine (Edebiri), the brilliant but restless daughter of renowned mathematics professor Robert (Cheadle), is thrust into turmoil when a notebook containing a revelatory proof is discovered after his death. As debate erupts over its true authorship, Catherine must confront the power of legacy, and the cost of proving herself.


Proof began previews on Tuesday, March 31 ahead of a Thursday, April 16 opening night at the Booth Theatre (222 West 45th Street). Tickets for the strictly limited 16-week engagement are also on sale at telecharge.com/proof-tickets, by calling 212 239 6200, at the Booth Theatre box office, or at proofbroadway.com.



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Other


Courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR

55) La MaMa in association with Krymov Lab NYC Presents

Uncle Vanya, scenes from country life

Announces Livestream Available April 1, 2026 at 2PM EST


La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club presents Krymov Lab NYC’s production of Uncle Vanya, scenes from country life from March 28–April 12, 2026 at The Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E. 4th Street, New York, NY, 10003, and now, for the first time in Krymov Lab NYC’s history, they are also offering a livestreamed performance of the show on April 1, 2026 at 2PM EST including a talkback with Dmitry Krymov. Livestream tickets are pay-what-you-can, starting at $15, and are available here. (Livestream will be available for 48 hours.) In-person tickets are $60 for general admission, $45 for students/seniors, and $30 student/senior rush (as available at the door). For more information and to purchase in-person tickets, please visit here.


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