This Week’s Picks! Meet the Angry Inch’s New Member, Duet with Jessie Mueller & Get to Know The King and I

Hey, you, sweating over your taxes—it’s going to be OK. The IRS is totally cool with listing Broadway t-shirts as a business expense and claiming the cast of Les Miz as your dependents. Forget the numbers and fine print. Fun beckons, including an interactive afternoon with Jessie Mueller, a Wedding Singer reunion concert, and Peter Sarsgaard’s stab at Hamlet. Time for this week’s picks!


See Peter Sarsgaard Tackle Hamlet
Opens April 13 at the Classic Stage Company
Shakespeare’s plays endure is they give great actors a chance to shine. Such as Peter Sarsgaard, who stars as Hamlet in Austin Pendleton’s contemporary rendition, which runs through May 10. Sarsgaard is renowned for his intensity (see the films Boys Don’t Cry and Shattered Glass) and the supporting cast—featuring Stephen Spinella, Penelope Allen, and Harris Yulin—is sublime. Go, get thee to Hamlet, go! Click for tickets!


Rock on with a New Yitzhak
Begins April 14 at the Belasco Theatre
Lena Hall—and her packer—has left Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The upside is that her departure gives another actress a chance to rock out with her, well, you know. That would be the talented Rebecca Naomi Jones. Aside from having recently delivered a memorable, go-for-broke performance in Big Love, Jones worked with director Michael Mayer in another rock musical, American Idiot. Perhaps you’ve heard of it? Click for tickets!


Dance with The King and I, Etc., Etc.
Opens April 16 at Vivian Beaumont Theatre
Recently, there has been a rise in musical revivals featuring great duos: Comden and Green, Lerner and Loewe... Of course, Rodgers and Hammerstein have to get into the act—to which we say, “awesomesauce.” No matter your choice of lame exclamation, we can’t wait to see Kelli O’Hara, she of the five Tony Award nominations, and Ken Watanabe, film actor extraordinaire, enchant us in The King and I. Click for tickets!


Sing Along with Jessie Mueller
April 18 at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium
Leaving your seat to join a Broadway production is, at best, a faux pas. Not at the Carnegie Hall Family Concert: Take the Stage with Broadway Stars. Join Tony winner Jessie Mueller (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) as she and other Great White Way performers lead a sing-along to Broadway hits. Yes, your family can sing in Carnegie Hall—without the authorities being called. Click for tickets!


Renew Your Vows at 54 Below
April 19 at 54 Below
Rather than spend Sunday night worrying about how you’re going to endure Monday, why don’t you try something fun? We have a great option. No, not laying out your clothes for the next day. 54 Below is hosting a Wedding Singer reunion concert featuring original cast members, including Constantine Maroulis, Amy Spanger, and Felicia Finley. Don’t worry about sleep. That’s what the break room is for. Click for tickets!