Openings and Previews
Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory") stars in a play by David Javerbaum, in which God answers some of life's eternal questions. Joe Mantello directs. In previews.
Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, set in a small-town movie theatre, returns for a downtown run. Sam Gold directs the original cast, Alex Hanna, Louisa Krause, Matthew Maher, and Aaron Clifton Moten. In previews.
The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek
Pershing Square Signature Center
Athol Fugard wrote and directs this play, about a black farm laborer in apartheid-era South Africa who has painted an entire garden on rocks. In previews. Opens May 11.
MCC Theatre presents a comedy by Robert Askins (“Hand to God”), directed by Alex Timbers, in which a married couple (Justin Bartha and Elizabeth Reaser) take up Christian Domestic Discipline, a.k.a. "spanking for Jesus." In previews.
Pershing Square Signature Center
The New Group presents a play written by and starring Jesse Eisenberg, about an angry grad-school dropout who tries to destroy the impending marriage of his grade-school crush. Scott Elliott directs. In previews.
Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski star in a new play by Neil LaBute, directed by Leigh Silverman, about a pair of wedding guests who spend the night together. In previews. Opens May 19.
Encores! concludes its season with this musical adaptation of “Zorba the Greek,” from 1968, with a book by Joseph Stein and a bouzouki score by John Kander and Fred Ebb. John Turturro plays the title role, with Santino Fontana as Niko and Marin Mazzie leading the Greek chorus. May 6-10.
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