Springtime looks especially promising on Broadway, especially with revivals of “Sweeney Todd,” “Camelot,” and “Parade” and the 1977 Scorsese film “New York, New York” as a new musical with additional songs by Lynne. reconstruction of Manuel Miranda.
For the time being, below are 10 Off-Broadway shows in January and February that are worth seeing. (This doesn’t include public theaters running under the radar festivals of experimental, multidisciplinary shows.)
without you – Anthony Rapp, who originated the role of Mark in “Rent”, performs a one-man play/cabaret based on his 2006 memoir of the same name in which Rapp revisits the rehearsal process of “Rent” and the loss of his mother does. Breast Cancer. In preview at the feet of the new world, withoutyoumusical.com,
gossip —Colin Quinn, whose recent one-man comedy has explored the Red State-Blue State divide, the New York Melting Pot and even world history, now based on his interactions with friends, family the notion of a “persona” Let’s try to separate. and strangers. In previews at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, colinquinnshow.com,
endgame – Samuel Beckett’s enigmatic and apocalyptic 1957 tragicomedy receives a new production led by master clown Bill Irwin and acclaimed classical actor John Douglas Thompson. Performances begin on 25 January at the Irish Repertory Theatre. www.irisrep.org,
the wanderers – Katie Holmes takes the lead in Anna Ziegler’s new drama about a newly married Orthodox Jewish couple, a secular Jew who is a celebrated novelist and a movie star. Performances begin January 16 at the Laura Pels Theatre, www.roundabouttheatre.org,
Cornelia Street – Norbert Leo Butz tries to save a West Village restaurant from extinction in a new musical, starring Mark Eitzel (lead singer of American Music Club) and a book by Simon Stephens (“The Curious Incident”). Performances begin on January 20 at Atlantic Stage 2, atlantictheater.org,
Sign in Sidney Brustein’s window – While there is no doubt that “A Raisin in the Sun” is one of the greatest American plays, Lorraine Hansberry’s other plays are rarely performed. Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan will lead the first major New York revival of Hansberry’s 1964 play about friends in 1960s Greenwich Village. Performances begin February 4 at the BAM Harvey Theatre. bam.org,
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show – Jonathan Rockefeller’s kid-friendly, hour-long puppet show brings to life four famous children’s books by illustrator Eric Carle, including “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and “Brown Bear, Brown Bear.” Performances will begin on February 10 at the DR2 Theatre, the hungry caterpillarshow dot com,
the harder They Come — Suzanne-Lori Parks, whose Pulitzer-winning drama “Topdog/Underdog” recently received a Broadway revival, now provides the book for a musical adaptation of the 1972 Jamaican crime film that will also feature Jimmy Webb’s hit songs. Performances at the Public Theater begin on February 16, publictheater.org,
The Coast Starlight — Keith Bunin, whose plays were regularly produced at Playwrights Horizons, returns with a compassionate new work that portrays passengers on a long-distance train from Los Angeles to Seattle. Performances begin February 16 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, lct.org,
forest – After a sold-out run in 2018, this acclaimed English drama about a temporary, sparsely-resourced refugee camp in Calais, France, which functioned as a self-governing society (but was eventually demolished by the government) tha) will get a repeat engagement. Performances begin February 18 at St. Ann’s Warehouse, stanswarehouse.org,
