It's a pretty, pretty, pretty good WEEK AHEAD!
Saturday, February 28
PREVIEWS� Following a stint as love interest to in , Olivier nominee takes on famous jazz singer in her one-woman show, Josephine and I, directed by Tony nominee . Officially opens March 10. (Public Theatre, 425 Lafayette St. .)
Sunday, March 1
LAST CHANCEâ†� 's 2013 Pulitzer Prize winner follows a successful Muslim-American lawyer (, ) and his artist wife () hosting a dinner party in their posh Upper East Side apartment. Polite dinner conversation with their guests ( and ) turns to talk of politics and race, which soon sends the group down a volatile and violent road. (Lyceum Theatre, 149 W. 45th St., btwn. 6th & 7th Aves. Click for °ëµºÌåÓý Club discount tickets.)
³Ò°¿â†� , , and more lend their talents to Bushel & A Peck, a one-night-only benefit concert in honor of Jack Navin, a two-year-old boy who tragically died in a 2013 New Jersey fire. (7 PM, 54 Below, 254 W. 54th St., btwn. Broadway & 8th Ave. .)
Monday, March 2
³Ò°¿â†� Frequent co-stars (and real-life couple) and come together for a one-night-only staged reading of John Marston's The Dutch Courtesan. This classic work from Shakespeare's contemporary tells the story of two men-about-town and their relationship to the courtesan of the title. (7:30 PM, Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher St. .) Tuesday, March 3
°Â´¡°Õ°ä±áâ†� and Fat Pig's Tony-nominated scribe Neil LaBute debuts a new comedy "Billy & Billie" on DirecTV. Adam Brody and play the titular pair who fall in love despite many obstacles â€� one being that they just happen to be stepsiblings. LaBute writes, produces and directs the series. Watch an exclusive clip . (8 PM, DirecTV's Audience Network. .)
Wednesday, March 4
PREVIEWS� The latest Disney animated movie musical turned live-action stage musical is The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Disney's main tunesmith Alan Menken teamed up with 's Stephen Schwartz to musicalize the famous novel about deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo () and his quest for love and acceptance. Officially opens March 15. (, 22 Brookside Drive, Millburn, NJ. .)
Thursday, March 5
OPENINGâ†� Larry David has made a lot of something from "nothing." Now, the funnyman behind the show about nothing, "Seinfeld," and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," comes to Broadway starring in his own play . The comedy has David's character sitting shiva with a house full of nuts played by , , , and . Read °ëµºÌåÓý.com's interview with David, about the creation of the play, . (Cort Theatre, 138 W. 48th St., btwn. 6th & 7th Aves. .)
Friday, March 6
LAST CHANCE� Jessie Mueller takes her final bow in the role that made her a Tony winner: Carole King in the bio tuner Beautiful. The jukebox musical � chock-a-block with tunes from King's catalog as well as pals , and � follows King's rise from scrappy teen songstress to genuine hit maker behind tunes like "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "Up On the Roof" and "You've Got a Friend." , who made her Broadway debut playing Mary Magdalene in the 2012 revival, succeeds Mueller as King March 7. (Stephen Sondheim Theatre, 124 W. 43rd St., btwn. 6th & 7th Aves. .)
