Concluding July 2
Little Shop of Horrors (Off-Broadway at New York City Center). The New York City Center Encores! Off-Center production of the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical Little Shop of Horrors features as Audrey and as Seymour alongside Taran Killam as Orin, Eddie Cooper as the Voice of Audrey II and as Mushnik. The Urchins are portrayed by (Chiffon), (Crystal) and (Ronnette). Little Shop of Horrors, according to City Center, is a "sci-fi musical about Seymour Krelborn (Jake Gyllenhaal), a hapless florist shop worker who pursues a doomed romance with his ditzy, lovable co-worker Audrey (Ellen Greene) by acquiring an R&B-singing plant (Eddie Cooper) that feeds on human blood." Visit .
Concluding July 5
(Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre). Wolf Hall, Parts 1 and 2 (the London productions of Wolf Hall and its sequel Bring Up the Bodies, based on the Hilary Mantel history novels about the bloody reign of Henry VIII) features the entire original London cast. adapted the double-bill for the stage, and directed. Original London stars (Thomas Cromwell), (Anne Boleyn) and (King Henry VIII) repeated their performances in the Broadway production alongside fellow RSC members. The plays premiered at Stratford-upon-Avon's Swan Theatre in January 2014 and transferred to the West End's Aldwych last May. The two plays tell the compelling story of Thomas Cromwell's rise from blacksmith鈥檚 boy to Henry VIII鈥檚 chief fixer and deliverer of the King鈥檚 chosen bedfellows. Visit .
The Tempest (Off-Broadway at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park). The Tempest, starring , marks his 13th Shakespearean role at . Helmed by Tony nominee , Waterston (who stars as Prospero) is joined by (Caliban); Francesca Carpanini (Miranda); (Boatswain, Spirit); (Trinculo); (Sebastian); (Iris); (Ceres); (Stephano); Charles Parnell (Alonso); (Ariel); Rodney Richardson (Ferdinand); (Juno); (Antonio); Sam Waterston (Prospero); and Bernard White (Gonzalo). The non-equity ensemble includes Jordan Barrow, Chloe Fox, Roshara Francis, Thomas Gibbons, Hitt, Brandon Kalm, Rico Lebron, Tim Nicolai and Matthew Oaks. First staged at the Delacorte in its inaugural year 1962, The Tempest is Shakespeare鈥檚 classic tale of young love and old enemies. Prospero is exiled to a fantastical island where he unleashes a churning storm to shipwreck the traitor brother who stole his throne and settle the score once and for all. His quest for revenge is upended, however, by newfound love. Visit ShakespeareInThePark.org.
