NEW YORK Riker Brothers THEATRE Robert Ascroft Diego Uchitel [ A super starry stage: Clockwise from top left, Blythe Danner, Dulé Hill, Daniel Craig, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jeff Goldblum, Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad, Billy Crystal, Patrick Stewart, a theatregoer’s guide Mary-Louise Parker and Ethan Hawke ] Let the good times roll! New York stages are launching a season of first-tier classics and stunning new shows boasting Tony, Oscar, and Emmy winners from both sides of the pond! By Griffin Miller broadway * Prior Tony Award Winner + Prior Tony Award Nominee >Broadway Debut 700 Sundays *Billy Crystal Crystal brings his autobiographi- The Glass *Cherry Jones The highly praised American Rep- Previews 11/5; cal masterpiece full circle, re- Menagerie + Celia ertory Theater mounting of Wil- Opens 3/7; turning to Broadway for its final Previews 9/5; Keenan-Bolger liams’ iconic memory play has Thru 1/5 engagement. Last call, people! Opens 9/26; >Zachary Quinto arrived on Broadway—original Thru 1/5 Brian J. Smith “dream team” cast in tow. Reviv- als of this caliber are rare, and this After Midnight Fantasia Grammy winner Wynton Marsa- window of opportunity will only be Previews 10/18; Dulé Hill lis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center open for 17 weeks. Opens 11/3 All-Stars resurrect and redefine Harlem’s swing era nightclub Macbeth >Anne-Marie Duff An increasingly familiar and in- scene and Duke Ellington’s mu- Previews 10/24; +Malcolm Gets trepid NY stage presence, Hawke sical legacy. Welcome to the Opens 11/21 *John Glover reunites with director Jack O’Brien new Jazz Age. +Ethan Hawke (The Coast of Utopia) for Shake- +Brian d’Arcy speare’s darkly compelling tragedy. Betrayal Daniel Craig Mike Nichols directs Oscar James Previews 10/1; >Rafe Spall winner Weisz and real-life hus- +Daniel Sunjata Opens 10/27; >Rachel Weisz band/007 du jour Craig in this A Night With Davies has channeled rock legend Thru 1/5 big-buzz revival of Pinter’s Oliv- Janis Joplin > Mary Bridget Joplin on the other side of the At- ier-winning drama. Previews 9/20; Davies lantic to impressive reviews. Now Opens 10/10 it’s Broadway’s turn. Idyllic casting along with direc- Big Fish *Norbert Leo Butz No Man’s Land/ *Billy Crudup Leaving their Professor X and tion and choreography by multi- Previews 9/5; +Kate Baldwin Waiting for *Shuler Hensley Magneto personae to Comic Con Tony winner Susan Stroman Opens 10/6 +Brad Oscar Godot *Ian McKellen fans, acting greats McKellen and (The Producers) make this first +Bobby Steggert Previews 10-26; +Patrick Stewart Stewart are flexing their Broadway musical of the fall season— Opens 11/24; muscles in repertory (Pinter and based on both the novel and Thru 2/1 Beckett, no less), with Crudup and the 2003 Tim Burton film—very Hensley as their plus-two. Awe- tantalizing. some. A Gentleman’s *Jefferson Mays A ferociously madcap musical Richard III/ +Sam Barnett British import report: Shake- Guide to Love Bryce Pinkham farce with Mays taking on a gal- Twelfth Night >Stephen Fry speare’s Globe makes its Broad- and Murder lery of eccentrics that Pinkham is Previews 10/15; *Mark Rylance way debut-times-two with an Previews 10/22; determined to “eliminate.” Opens 11/10; all-male troupe led by two-time Opens 11/17 Thru 2/1 Tony winner Mark Rylance as 58 both the ruthless Richard III and 59 love-struck Olivia in Twelfth Night. 2013 Fall Edition Romeo & Juliet >Orlando Bloom With Shakespeare’s text intact, A Time To Kill Sebastian Arcelus It’s finally time for a courtroom In previews; +Jayne Houdyshell this groundbreaking Romeo & Previews 9/28; Patrick Page bestseller by John Grisham to Opens 9/19; +Joe Morton Juliet has a modern-day back- Opens 10/20 *Tonya Pinkins go theatrical (as opposed to cin- Thru 11/24 +Condola Rashad drop allowing leads Bloom and >Fred Thompson ematic). Making the maiden cross- Rashad to navigate their char- > John Douglas over is this racially charged drama acters’ mutual passion against a Thompson pitting a young idealistic lawyer seemingly timeless ethnic gulf. against a heavyweight D.A. The Snow * Mary-Louise WWI looms over this new fam- The Winslow +Michael Cumpsty Recast with several Roundabout Geese Parker ily drama starring Parker and di- Boy + Mary Elizabeth veteran artists, this new version of Previews 10/1; rected by Daniel Sullivan; both Previews 9/20; Mastrantonio Terrence Rattigan’s play about un- Opens 10/24; won Tonys while collaborating Opens 10/17; Alessandro Nivola conditional parental love originated Thru 2/15 on Proof. Thru 12/1) +Roger Rees at London’s Old Vic Theatre Com- pany earlier this year. Off broadway Commons of *Blythe Danner A Madoff-like scandal is the cat- Little Miss +Stephanie J. Block From Tony-winning collaborators Pensacola Sarah Jessica alyst for Amanda Peet’s cagey Sunshine +Will Swenson James Lapine and William Finn Previews 10/22; Parker take on family members’ mo- Opens 10/15; +Rory O’Malley comes a zany new musical based Opens 11/21 tives in the aftermath. Thru 12/8 on the 2007 Oscar-nominated film about an off-kilter family’s 800-mile Domesticated +Robin de Jesús Marriage, gender, politics, scan- road trip to a junior beauty pageant. Previews 10/10; Jeff Goldblum dal… headline fodder spun into Opens 11/4; +Laurie Metcalf theatrical gold by Pulitzer Prize/ The Old Friends *Betty Buckley A posthumous world premiere Thru 1/5 +Mary Beth Peil Tony-winning playwright Bruce Thru 9/29 +Veanne Cox by Signature Legacy Playwright Norris and a hand-picked com- +Hallie Foote Horton Foote, featuring several pany of theatrical thorough- +Lois Smith legendary actresses—including breds. Smith, who amassed kudos and awards for her work in the 2005 The Jacksonian Ed Harris The NYC debut of Pulitzer Off-Broadway revival of his The Opens 10/25; Glenne Headly Prize-winning playwright Beth Trip to Bountiful. Thru 12/14 Amy Madigan Henley’s latest begins its Off- Bill Pullman Broadway run courtesy of the Romeo and +William Hurt No, you’re not seeing double, but New Group; starring four Hol- Juliet T.R. Knight you are in the company of a sec- lywood notables, including Har- Previews 9/27; Elizabeth Olsen ond pair of “star-crossed lovers.” ris and Madigan, set to toast Opens 10/16; + Daphne Comparisons to its current Broad- 30 years of marriage during the Thru 11/3 Rubin-Vega way counterpart are inevitable, but show’s run. there’s imagination and star power to spare in this CSC edition. Also on Off-Broadway’s Fall Radar… The Film Society - Playwright Jon Robin Baitz’s (Other Desert Cities) 1989 play about a South African schoolteacher’s efforts to keep a film club politics-free stars Tony nominee Euan Morton (Taboo) and Brokeback Mountain’s Roberta Maxwell. (keencompany.org; 9/10 thru 10/26). Julius Caesar - Riding the cutting edge as usual, London’s Donmar Warehouse has brought its explosive female-prison depiction of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar to St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. This U.S. premiere stars Tony nominee Harriet Walker (Mary Stuart) as Brutus. (stannswarehouse.org; 10/3 thru 11/13). Natural Affection - Tony nominee Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent’s Detective Eames) and John Pankow, a regular on Showtime’s Episodes, star in this tension-filled family drama. (tactnyc.org; 9/17 thru 10/26) Small Engine Repair - MCC’s guy-centric comedy thriller arrives stocked with hot, young up-and-comers: playwright/actor John Pollono; Keegan Allen (Pretty Little Liars); James Badge Dale (Iron Man 3); and James Ransone (The Wire) (mcctheater.org; 10/30 thru 12/8) Women or Nothing - Oscar winner Ethan Coen’s latest stage creation stars Halley Feiffer, Scandal’s Susan Pourfar and Tony nominee Deborah Rush. (atlantictheater.org; thru 10/6) 58 59 2013 Fall Edition Going Public NEW YORK Let’s just say the Public Theater is privy to some extensive momentum mojo this fall in terms of productions and performers. Visit publictheater.org for more info. 9/5 thru 10/3: Writer/performer Mike Daisey is back with his new show, All the Faces of the Moon, a narrative epic that evolves over the course of the month to become “the largest story ever attempted in the American theatre.” THEATRE 9/10 thru 10/6: Elevator Repair Service, the company that lavished audiences with their production of GATZ last year, are back with ARGUENDO, the group’s take on a 1991 Supreme Court case centering on exotic dancing and a public-nudity ban. 10/1 thru 11/3: Fun Home, a new musical based on Alison Bechdel’s autobiographical graphic novel with book and lyrics by Lisa Kron and music by Jeanine Tesori (Caroline, or Change). 10/7 thru 11/10: Grasses of a Thousand Colors is a new play by Wallace Shawn performed by Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Emily McDonnell and Jennifer Tilly. 10/18 thru 11/24: Brecht’s classic The Good Person of Szechwan is reconfigured for the 21st century by the Foundry Theatre, with Taylor Mac in the title role. 10/22 thru 12/15: Richard Nelson’s Scenes from Life in the Country is the fourth and final work in his series of Apple Family Plays – all of which will be running in repertory with Scenes…. The cast for all the plays includes Maryann Plunkett, Jay O. Sanders, Laila Robins, Jon DeVries, Stephen Kunken and Sally Murphy. 2013’S Top Tony-Winning Musicals: Why you should move mountains to see them Michael J. Lutch J.