Openings and Previews
Annie
Kings Theatre
A holiday engagement of the perennially sunny musical. Martin Charnin, who wrote the lyrics, directs for the nineteenth time. Dec. 16-20.
The Changeling
Lucille Lortel
Red Bull Theatre stages Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s Jacobean tragedy, directed by Jesse Berger and featuring Manoel Felciano, Sara Topham, and Christian Coulson. In previews.
Fiddler on the Roof
Broadway Theatre
Danny Burstein plays Tevye, the shtetl patriarch, in Bartlett Sher's revival of the 1964 musical, based on the stories of Sholem Aleichem. In previews. Opens Dec. 20.
How Alfo Learned to Love
59E59
In Vincent Amelio’s play, directed by Daisy Walker, a man will lose his family’s Italian bakery to his married sister unless he finds true love. Previews begin Dec. 16. Opens Dec. 20.
Mother Courage and Her Children
Classic Stage Company
Tonya Pinkins plays the indefatigable war profiteer in Brian Kulick's production of the Brecht play, featuring music by Duncan Sheik. In previews.
Noises Off
American Airlines Theatre
The Roundabout revives Michael Frayn’s backstage farce from 1982, with a cast including Andrea Martin, Tracee Chimo, Campbell Scott, Jeremy Shamos, and Megan Hilty. Jeremy Herrin directs. Previews begin Dec. 17.
Our Mother's Brief Affair
Samuel J. Friedman
Lynne Meadow directs Richard Greenberg’s play for Manhattan Theatre Club, starring Linda Lavin as an ailing mother who reveals a shocking secret to her children. In previews.
Sancho: An Act of Remembrance
BAM Fisher
At the Next Wave Festival, the Royal Shakespeare Company actor Paterson Joseph portrays Charles Ignatius Sancho, the first African-British man to cast a vote. Dec. 16-20.