Gong Lum’s Legacy – Waves Across Time – Alexandra Silber (I Wish) – Garden of Alla – Brian Stokes Mitchell – Labyrnith Theatre Co – Earth Day at Carnegie Hall
Woodie King Jr.’s New Federal Theatre (2021 Tony Award Honoree for Excellence in Theatre) in association with The Peccadillo Theater Company will present the World Premiere of Gong Lum’s Legacy by Charles L. White (2021 Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative winner; semifinalist in the 2019 Blue Ink Playwriting Award Competition), directed by Elizabeth Van Dyke (The Talk at EST; Great Men of Gospel at NFT) with Associate Director Dan Wackerman (Artistic Director of the Obie, Lucille Lortel, and Drama Desk Award-winning Peccadillo Theater Company), March 24-April 24 at Theatre @ St. Clements (423 West 46th Street New York, NY 10036). The cast includes Anthony Goss, Alinca Hamilton, DeShawn White, Eric Yang, Henry Yuk. Gong Lum’s Legacy is about a Chinese Immigrant in the Jim Crow South who meets and falls in love with a Black woman. Tickets: Advance purchase at www.instantseats.com/events/NewFederal. www.thepeccadillo.com
Marking the 50th anniversary of the return of Okinawa to Japan following the U.S.’s post-WWII occupation, a group of the islands’ most exquisite dancers will perform a diverse program of Okinawan traditional performing arts accompanied by live music. Presented by Japan Society, this live, in-person program Waves Across Time: Traditional Dance and Music of Okinawa will have two performances only, March 18 & March 19 at 7:30pm, at Japan Society (333 East 47th Street NYC). Tickets at www.japansociety.org or call the Box Office at 212-715-1258. Versatile artists selected by the award-winning young artistic director of the National Theatre Okinawa, Michihiko Kakazu, will perform highlights chosen by Kakazu from the traditional repertoires of kumiodori and zo odori.
Feinstein’s/54 Below, Broadway’s Supper Club, will again present I Wish: The Roles That Could Have Beenon March 27, 2022, at 9:45pm. Everyone has dreams that we fear will pass us by. For actors those come in the shape and form of roles—whether they’re grown up and become too old for that child star turn, to the soprano never being considered for the baritone lead, everyone has a song in their heart that they’ll likely never get to see come to fruition with a crowd and in lights. The March 2022 edition will again be hosted by Alexandra Silber and will feature Jewelle Blackman (Hadestown), Ben Davis (The Sound of Music, Dear Evan Hansen), James Harkness (Ain’t Too Proud, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Roe Hartrampf (Diana, Netflix’s “Emily in Paris”), Lauren Marcus (Be More Chill), Mauricio Martínez (On Your Feet!), Alexis Michelle (“RuPaul’s Drag Race,” TLC’s “Dragnificent!”), Presley Ryan (Beetlejuice) and Adam B. Shapiro (Fiddler On The Roof). Music director Drew Wutke, produced by Jen Sandler. www.54Below.com
Garden of Alla a live speakeasy of music from Tin Pan Alley March 30 @ 8 pm at The Cutting Room (44 East 32 St. NYC) starring Romy Nordlinger and featuring Laura Fay Lewis, Charles Roth, Andrew Poretz, David Giardino, Michael Schoffel and E. Graham Clarke. www.gardenofalla.com www.thecuttingroomnyc.com
Brian Stokes Mitchell joins Seth Rudetsky at the Town Hall ( 123 W. 43 St. NYC) on April 4 @ 8 pm www.thetownhall.org
Labyrinth Theater Company presents the Barn Series April 5 thru 10 @ 7pm at 59e59 Theaters. See show listings & make reservations at https://www.59e59.org/barn-series/
The Indie Collaborative’s Earth Day Performance (in 3 Acts), April 25 at 8 pm at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, features Irving Berlin’s great grandson Benjamin Lerner, MJ’s Ryan VanDenBoom, and the “Odd Potato” playwright Eileen Sherman and Jerome Brooks star of (the Off Broadway) stage, screen, television, and music and artists from pop, classical, jazz and Americana music. The performance features artists from theatre, pop music, classical, jazz, and Americana. It’s about birth, making mistakes, and getting back to basics with wisdom. This group is creating something new while giving performance work to talented artists from all genres. www.carnegiehall.org
