Bright Star, the bluegrass-infused musical from Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, will embark on a national tour, beginning with an engagement at Los Angeles鈥� Ahmanson Theatre.
Bright Star, the bluegrass-infused musical from Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, will embark on a national tour, beginning with an engagement at Los Angeles鈥� Ahmanson Theatre.
As previously announced, Carmen Cusack鈥攚ho made her Broadway debut in the show and subsequently earned a Tony nomination for her star turn鈥攚ill headline the L.A. engagement, which is presented by Center Theatre Group and runs October 11鈥揘ovember 19. She will return to the role of Alice Murphy once more at the Curran Theater in San Francisco, November 28鈥揇ecember 17.
The show will go on to play venues in Texas, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and more.While the full company for the Los Angeles bow has been announced, including myriad names from the Broadway premiere, casting for the remainder of the tour will be announced at a later date.
Take a look at the current itinerary below. Additional dates will be added in the coming months.
Los Angeles, California (Ahmanson Theatre)
October 11鈥揘ovember 19
San Francisco, California (Curran Theater)
November 28鈥揇ecember 17
Salt Lake City, Utah (Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre)
January 12鈥�27, 2018
Houston, Texas (Theatre Under the Stars)
March 13鈥�25
Worcester, Massachusetts (The Hanover Theatre)
April 12鈥�15
Raleigh, North Carolina (Duke Energy Center)
April 17鈥�22
New Haven, Connecticut (Shubert Theatre)
April 26鈥�29
Dallas Texas (Winspear Opera House)
June 12鈥�24
Charlotte, North Carolina (Belk Theater)
June 26鈥揓uly
The show, directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Josh Rhodes, travels through 1920s and 1940s North Carolina as magazine editor Alice Murphy tells her story of love, loss, and resilience. In addition to nods for Best Musical and Cusack鈥檚 performance, the Broadway production earned Tony nominations for Martin and Brickell鈥檚 score, Martin鈥檚 book, and August Eriksmoen's folksy orchestrations.
Martin will also be represented on the stage this season with the Broadway premiere of his play Meteor Shower. The comedy, beginning November 1 at the Booth Theatre, will star Amy Schumer, Keegan-Michael Key, Laura Benanti, and Alan Tudyk.
The production presents the complete, unabridged text of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire with no props or set.
The Off-Broadway company will host the production in fall 2026.
The Paris Opera Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, and more will appear at the historic New York venue.
Fans flocked to the Nederlander Theatre for once last chance to see Tony winner Idina Menzel in the musical she co-created with director Tina Landau.
Since 1948, 75 shows have taken home the title鈥攃an you guess them all?
& Juliet star Betsy Wolfe will lead the Off-Broadway musical about Miracle Mop inventor and businesswoman Joy Mangano.
Stage, Screen and Everything In Between will feature songs from Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, Miss Saigon, Mulan, and more.
Bijan Sheibani and Tarell Alvin McCraney are co-directing McCraney's play, with the production marking its 20th anniversary.
2025 Tony nominee and Olivier winner Jak Malone sings the song from the West End transfer, currently up for Best Musical.
Blocking belongs
on the stage,
not on websites.
Our website is made possible by
displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by
whitelisting playbill.com with your ad blocker.
Thank you!
