Things are getting steamy at the Union Square Theatre! Murder Ballad, starring Caissie Levy, Rebecca Naomi Jones and Tony nominees Will Swenson and John Ellison Conlee, begins performances on May 7. Directed by Trip Cullman, the Manhattan Theatre Club production will open officially on May 22, and is scheduled to play a nine-week limited engagement.

Murder Ballad was conceived by ...

The new off-Broadway drama Nikolai and the Others will officially open at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre on May 6. Written by Richard Nelson with direction by David Cromer, the play began preview performances on April 4.

Set in Westport, CT in the spring of 1948, Nikolai and the Others tells the story of a close-knit group of Russian emigres ...

Performances of Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, starring Christopher Lloyd begin at off-Broadway’s Classic Stage Company on May 3. Opening night is set for May 30. Brian Kulick directs the production.

The Caucasian Chalk Circle tells the tale of a young servant girl named Grusha who, after a military coup in a small town in the princedom ...

Swedish recording star Peter Joback is bringing the Music of the Night to Broadway beginning April 29, as he takes on the title role in The Phantom of the Opera. Joback will remain with the production through August 24—Phantom vet Hugh Panaro will return to the title role on August 26.

Now in its 26th year at the Majestic ...

The new off-Broadway comedy Love Therapy, starring two-time Tony Award nominee Alison Fraser, opens on April 29 at off-Broadway’s DR2 Theatre.

Penned by Wendy Beckett and directed by Evan Bergman, Love Therapy tells the story of a genuine and caring young therapist who gets caught in her own web when a client turns the tables on her and intimacy ...

Pippin has found its corner of the sky on Broadway, starring Matthew James Thomas and Patina Miller in the first-ever revival of Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson’s hit musical. In a new, reimagined production directed by Diane Paulus, Pippin opens April 25 at the Music Box Theatre.

In addition to Thomas in the title role and Miller as ...

An actor from the big city teams up with two small-town farmers in The Drawer Boy, opening April 24 at off-Broadway’s SoHo Playhouse. The production stars Alex Fast, Brad Fryman and William Laney. Directed by Alexander Dinelaris and written by Michael Healey, The Drawer Boy will play a limited engagement through June 16.

Set in 1972, The Drawer Boy ...

Bette Midler takes her Broadway bow on April 24 as John Logan’s I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers officially opens at the Booth Theatre. Directed by Tony winner Joe Mantello, this one-woman show plays a limited engagement through June 30.

I’ll Eat You Last focuses on the life of famed Hollywood “super-agent” Sue Mengers ...

Robin Amos Kahn and Gary Richards’ new off-Broadway play Scrambled Eggs begins performances at The Beckett Theatre on April 23. Featuring direction by Matthew Penn, the comedy will officially open on April 27.

Scrambled Eggs humorously depicts the journey of Karen Hoffman as she attempts to find purpose and meaning while trying to create a perfect life. In her hectic ...

The Trip to Bountiful is bringing a taste of small-town Texas to Broadway, starring Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad and Tom Wopat. Michael Wilson directs the first Broadway revival of Horton Foote’s drama in 60 years. The Trip to Bountiful opens officially on April 23 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.

The Trip to Bountiful features ...