OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS
Please call the phone number listed with the theatre for timetables and ticket information.
THE BRIDGE PROJECT’S RICHARD III
The Bridge Project, co-presenting with the Old Vic, BAM, and Neal Street, presents the Shakespeare play, directed by Sam Mendes, with Kevin Spacey in the title role. Previews begin Jan. 10. (BAM’s Harvey Theatre, 651 Fulton St., Brooklyn. 718-636-4100.)
COIL FESTIVAL
The seventh annual festival presented by Performance Space 122 includes works by Young Jean Lee, the TEAM, and Temporary Distortion. For a complete schedule, visit ps122.org. Opens Jan. 5. (Various locations.)
THE GERSHWINS’ PORGY AND BESS
Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, and David Alan Grier star in the musical by George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, about the denizens of Catfish Row in Charleston, South Carolina, in the nineteen-twenties. With a revised, shortened book by Suzan-Lori Parks. Diane Paulus directs. In previews. (Richard Rodgers, 226 W. 46th St. 800-745-3000.)
HOW THE WORLD BEGAN
Women’s Project presents a new play by Catherine Trieschmann, about a Manhattan biology teacher who moves to Kansas, where she encounters opposition to evolutionary theory. Daniella Topol directs. In previews. Opens Jan. 8. (Peter Jay Sharp, 416 W. 42nd St. 212-279-4200.)
OUTSIDE PEOPLE
Evan Cabnet directs this play by Zayd Dohrn, set in Beijing, in which an American man falls in love with a young Chinese woman and must navigate the cultural differences that affect their relationship. Presented by the Vineyard and Naked Angels. In previews. Opens Jan. 10. (Vineyard, 108 E. 15th St. 212-353-0303.)
THE PHILANDERER
The Pearl presents this play by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Gus Kaikkonen. Previews begin Jan. 10. (City Center Stage II, 131 W. 55th St. 212-581-1212.)
THE ROAD TO MECCA
Roundabout Theatre Company presents the 1987 play by Athol Fugard, set in South Africa, in which an elderly woman becomes a sculptor following the death of her husband, and a local pastor fights to move her to a retirement home. Rosemary Harris, Carla Gugino, and Jim Dale star; Gordon Edelstein directs. In previews. (American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd St. 212-719-1300.)
UNDER THE RADAR
The annual festival of new works by up-and-comers from across the globe. Opens Jan. 4. (Public, 425 Lafayette St. 212-967-7555.)