This Week's Picks! Sing Along with Kristin Chenoweth, Have a Sleepover with Amanda Seyfried & More

Hey you, mixing sinus medication with your iced coffee. We know allergy season is holding you hostage, but you can’t have pollen and his pernicious pals prick your plans. No way! We have Lena Hall and Lauren Worsham rocking out, a Grand Hotel reunion concert and debuts and premieres galore. Forget about blowing your nose. Open your eyes for this week’s picks!


Have a Second Stage Sleepover
Begins May 19 at the Tony Kiser Theatre
That master chronicler of modern-day relationships, Neil LaBute, returns to the stage with The Way We Get By. If that doesn’t get you excited, perhaps this will: Thomas Sadoski (a LaBute veteran) and Amanda Seyfried play Beth and Doug, who wake up after a one-night stand having to deal with “love, lust, and the whole damn thing.” Expect crackling dialogue and exquisite performances from the two talented headliners. Click for tickets!


Take Two Hit Musicals Home
In stores and online May 19
If you like to collect cast albums, today is like Christmas combined with your birthday added on to the first day of summer. An updated version of Fun Home and an all-new On the Twentieth Century—two Tony-nominated gems—are released today. So grab a hairbrush, call some friends, and get ready to put on a show. Or you can just listen to them quietly on the subway. It’s totally your call.


Assume the Position at Permission
Begins May 20 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
Married couples frequently take inspiration from other married couples. Typically, it involves things like easy dinner ideas and Netflix recommendations. In Robert Askins’ drama Permission, Eric (Justin Bartha) and Cynthia (Elizabeth Reaser) decide to follow their friends’ lead and make Christian Domestic Discipline the basis of their marriage. This kind of marital overhaul—think a new moral code and role-playing—doesn’t come without consequences. You should see what they are. Click for tickets!


Celebrate Spring Break, Broadway-Style
May 21 at the Diamond Horseshoe
“Spring break” is a phrase that conjures memories involving warm beer, wife beaters, and regret. In New York, it’s a much different (and far better) story. Broadway the Hardway’s Spring Break Festival features performances from two stars’ kick-ass bands—Lena Hall’s the Deafening and Lauren Worsham’s Sky-Pony—at a terrific indoor venue. And if you want to get into trouble, go for it. Tomorrow is Friday. The week is basically over. Click for tickets!


Check in to the Grand Hotel
May 24 at 54 Below
Cancel your Sunday plans of worrying about Monday! 54 Below hosts a 25th anniversary concert for Grand Hotel, the classic Broadway musical. The best part about 54 Sings Grand Hotel is the talent involved. Tony winner Liliane Montevecchi and Tony nominees Karen Akers, Tim Jerome and Walter Willison—all original cast members—have reserved a room, so to speak. You should too. Two shows only: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Click for tickets!