Hoagy Carmichael’s Stardust Road is a new musical journey that tells the story of six friends and the one man who brought them together. The friends weave a story of camaraderie and shifting relationships through four decades in America: the early years of ragtime, jazz and blues; the romance of New York in the 1930’s; the tumultuous and uncertain years of the World War II era; and the post-war Golden Age of Hollywood. "The excellent six-person band, beautifully amplified by Julian Evans’s crisp sound design, is certainly good for it; their smooth transitions set a crucial, continuous pace."—Juan Ramirez, The New York Times. Photo: Carol Rosegg
The Mint presents the American Premiere of The Rat Trap by Noël Coward, written when he was 18. This remarkably mature drama tells the story of a newlywed couple looking towards a bright future together, two promising writers vowing to support and love each other through the challenges of creative and professional endeavor. Things go even worse than you might imagine. Theatermania's Zachary Stewart notes: "[The Rat Trap] is a sterling example of why this company remains an essential part of New York's theatre scene, extending our understanding of theatre history while providing audiences with literate, sophisticated entertainment."
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Bernard Shaw’s taut romantic comedy is reset from London 1894 to uptown NYC in 1929. Written as a response to Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, this short but pithy play races along in ever-surprising ways. The Reverend James Morell and his wife Candida live a comfortable life until the young poet, Marchbanks, is taken into their home and challenges everything they’d built their lives upon. This comedy is one of Shaw’s most popular and entertaining plays, which then went on to inspire Anderson’s Tea and Sympathy. “The real star of the show may be Lindsay Genevieve Fuori’s set, which packs Morell’s office with piles of books, papers, paintings, children’s toys, records and other bric-a-brac, establishing an atmosphere of comfortable chaos.”— Carey Purcell, Time Out New York. Photo: Carol Rosegg
Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood is an all-singing, all-dancing celebration of the most famous songs that Irving Berlin composed for the silver screen. Six spectacular performers showcase these classic songs and tell the stories behind the man who made the music that made the movies dance. Four-time Tony nominee Randy Skinner directs and choreographs an evening featuring an array of classic Berlin tunes from such films as Top Hat, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Holiday Inn, Easter Parade, and White Christmas. David Barbour of Lighting & Sound America writes: “James Morgan's set design provides an Art Deco bandstand for the five-person musical ensemble along with plenty of room for the cast to cut loose.” Photo: Carol Rosegg
This immersive experience in the NYC flagship CAMP store invites kids and their adults into an adventure with Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Goofy, and Donald Duck. It's up to you to help save Mickey's birthday party after Goofy...goofs it up. "Navigating through the space, you'll get to interact with fun slides, toys and the precious Disney aura that will have you feeling nostalgic and all cozy inside simultaneously." —Anna Rahmanan, Time Out New York
An epic new play by Daniel K. Isaac directed by Ralph B. Peña, and commissioned by Ma-Yi Theater Company, Once Upon a (korean) Time traces the journey of a Korean family from World War II, to the Korean war, to the riots in Los Angeles. Told with great humor, irreverence, and elements of magic, Once Upon a (korean) Time uses traditional Korean fables to examine the thorny legacies of war and trauma. Alexis Soloski of The New York Times notes the “evocative lighting from Oliver Wason, flexible projections from Yee Eun Nam, and Phuong Nguyen’s judicious costumes.” Photo: Richard Termine
American Opera Project's Letters That You Will Not Get: Women's Voices from the Great War, is composed by Kirsten Volness with a libretto by Kate Holland and Susan Werbe. Letters gives voice to American, British, European, Asian, African and Caribbean women affected by the Great War through a series of vignettes that share their responses to the war—from enthusiasm to resignation; support to opposition; the war’s beginning to its end. Combining powerful contemporary music with excerpts from women’s writings on both sides of the conflict, it tells the story of World War I as experienced by the women who lived through it.