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Christopher Jackson, Seth Stewart, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Robin de Jesus
in In The Heights

sing the musical numbers and play all
the parts, using baseball caps to dif-
ferentiate between the characters.
Jewish actor Darren Goldstein plays
Doug.
At the Actors Playhouse, 100 Seventh
Ave. S. (212) 239-6200.

LIMITED RUN

110 In The Shade
In this musical revival set in 1930s
Texas during a heat wave, charming
conman and rainmaker Starbuck
comes to town promising a downpour
and meets Lizzie Curry (Tony winner
Audra McDonald), who is on the way
to spinsterhood. But the rainmaker
changes Lizzie's life forever.
Sound design is by for-
mer Detroiter Dan Moses
Schreier.
Through July 15, at
Studio 54, 254 W 54th St.
(212) 719-1300.

and President Richard Nixon (Frank
Langella), this play re-creates what
went on behind the scenes as well as
in front of the camera.
Jewish cast member Stephen Kunken
plays author-writer Jim Reston; he has
appeared in many Jewish themed plays,
including A Dybbuk and Home of the
Brave.
Through Aug. 19, at the Bernard B.
Jacobs Theatre, 242 W 45th St. (212)
239-6200.

Love Musik
Telling the story of the 25-year
romance between the intellectual
Jewish German composer Kurt Weill
(the son of a cantor) and the non-
Jewish Viennese
actress Lotte Lenya,
this musical's scenes
travel from Berlin and
Paris to Broadway and
Hollywood.
Jewish playwright
Alfred Uhry (Driving
Miss Daisy) wrote
10 Million Miles
the musical's libretto
In this show featuring the
based on a book of the
music and lyrics of record-
couple's correspon-
ing artist Patty Griffin,
dence, with Jewish
Duane and Molly take a
director Hal Prince
road trip in a pick-up truck
Tony-nominated Frank
helming the produc-
from Florida to New York.
Langella in Frost/Nixon
tion. The music is
In the cast is Mare
Weill's — from songs
Winningham, who con-
he wrote during his all too brief life
verted to Judaism in 2003. Directed by
(he died at 50).
Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening).

Through July 1, at the Linda Gross
Theater, 336 W 20th St. (212) 279-4200.

Through June 17, at the Biltmore
Theatre, 261 W 47th St. (212) 239-6200.

Deuce
In a new drama by Terrence McNally
(Ragtime), Angela Lansbury and
Marian Seldes star as retired doubles
tennis players who are reunited at a
championship match.
Seldes' Jewish father was a cultural
critic and author.
Through mid-August, at the Music
Box Theatre, 239 W 45th St. (212) 239-
6200.

WORTH A MENTION

Frost/Nixon
Recounting the famous television
interview between British talk-show
host David Frost (Michael Sheen)

The National Yiddish Theater
Folksbiene presents Laugh: Doctor's
Orders on Wednesday, June 13. This
gala benefit, celebrating Jewish humor
and music, features actor Fyvush
Finkel, Larry Sanders Show writer
Carol Leifer, Judy Gold (25 Questions
for a Jewish Mother), the cast of
Forbidden Broadway and many more.
The evening entertainment includes
musical numbers, scenes from shows
and stand-up comedy.
At Town Hall, 123 W 43rd St. (212)
213-2120. LII!

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