Openings and Previews
The Belle of Amherst
Westside
Joely Richardson stars in a one-woman play, by William Luce, about the poet Emily Dickinson, drawn from her poems, letters, and diaries. In previews.
Billy and Ray
Vineyard
Garry Marshall directs the New York première of a comedy by Mike Bencivenga, about Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler and the difficult time they had while adapting “Double Indemnity” for film. Starring Vincent Kartheiser (“Mad Men”) and Larry Pine. In previews.
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Claire Tow
LCT3 presents a new play by Kimber Lee, about a black seventeen-year-old boy who is killed, leaving his family to grieve and to deal with his senseless death. Sheldon Best stars; Patricia McGregor directs. In previews.
Disgraced
Lyceum
The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Ayad Akhtar—in which an American Muslim lawyer and his wife have a dinner party that turns divisive—transfers to Broadway, after an Off Broadway run last year. Kimberly Senior directs; Hari Dhillon, Gretchen Mol, and Josh Radnor star. In previews.
The Fortress of Solitude
Public
Itamar Moses wrote the book for this musical, based on the novel by Jonathan Lethem, a coming-of-age story about two young men growing up in Brooklyn in the seventies who are obsessed with superheroes. Michael Friedman wrote the music and lyrics; Daniel Aukin conceived and directs. In previews.
Generations
SoHo Rep
Debbie Tucker Green wrote this play, presented by SoHo Rep and the Play Company, in which three generations cook together, sharing stories about their lives in a South African township. Food from Madiba Restaurant will be served. Leah C. Gardiner directs. In previews. Opens Oct. 12.
Lips Together, Teeth Apart
Second Stage
Tracee Chimo stars in Terrence McNally's 1991 comedy, in which two heterosexual couples spending a holiday together in a gay area of Fire Island discover that they have wildly different opinions and politics. Peter DuBois directs. In previews.
Not I, Footfalls, Rockaby
BAM's Harvey Theatre
Lisa Dwan performs three one-woman plays by Samuel Beckett, in a Royal Court Theatre and Lisa Dwan production. Walter Asmus directs. Oct. 7-12.
The Oldest Boy
Mitzi E. Newhouse
Sarah Ruhl wrote this play, in which the toddler son of an American woman and a Tibetan man is picked as the reincarnation of a high Buddhist teacher. Rebecca Taichman directs. The cast includes Celia Keenan-Bolger. Previews begin Oct. 9.
The Real Thing
American Airlines Theatre
Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal make their Broadway débuts, alongside Cynthia Nixon, in this 1982 play by Tom Stoppard, about a love triangle involving a playwright, his wife, and his leading lady. Sam Gold directs. In previews.
Shakespeare's Sonnets
BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House
Robert Wilson directs this adaptation of twenty-five sonnets by Shakespeare, with music by Rufus Wainwright. In German and English, with English titles, and presented by the Berliner Ensemble. Oct. 7-12.
The Tempest
Ellen Stewart
La Mama opens its season with the Shakespeare play, directed by Karin Coonrod, with music and lyrics by Elizabeth Swados. In previews. Opens Oct. 9.