Maxamoo’s March Hot List
Maxamoo’s Hot List, a preview of what’s hot beyond Broadway in New York City theater this March.
Appropriate, an explosive play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is set to have its New York premiere at the Signature Theatre. It hit our early buzz radar from multiple directions and is at the top of our “to see” list. More info.
Red Velvet at St. Ann’s Warehouse, featuring Adrian Lester, is based on the true story Ira Aldridge – a young, black, American actor – who took over the role of Othello at London’s Theatre Royal in 1833. More info.
The Pig, or Vaclav Havel’s Hunt for a Pig is billed as a “theatrical-musical-technological-gastronomic extravaganza” at 3 Legged Dog. More info.
Steven Boyer reprises his award-winning role in Hand to God, featuring a rowdy hand-puppet stirring up a Christian Puppet Ministry in Cypress, Texas. More info.
In Antony & Cleopatra at The Public Theater, MacArthur Genius Tarell Alvin McCraney transports this Shakespeare classic to 18th century Haiti. More info.
The Happiest Song Plays Last at Second Stage is the follow-up by Quiara Alegría Hudes to her Pulitzer Prize winning play Water by the Spoonful. More Info.
A dark comedy about love and relationships by British playwright Bryony Lavery, Stockholmis having its New York premiere at 59E59 Theaters. More info.
This revival of The 3-Penny Opera at Atlantic Theater is directed by Martha Clarke and features F. Murray Abraham and Laura Osnes. More info.
Sky-Pony, the theatrical rock band fronted by Lauren Worsham (currently appearing in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder) will be at Mercury Lounge on March 16th. We’ll be there and hope you will too. More info.