Fall theatre season12/15/2023 ![]() The Pulitzer-shortlisted playwright Rajiv Joseph examines the way letters can fold and unfold a relationship, even across vast psychic distances. He’ll be back in December directing Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew. The hardest-working man on Broadway, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, starts the year with his 20-year-old solo show about growing up in the ’50s and the powerful woman who raised him. One of the most experimental of New York’s weird tiny spaces, the Brick in Williamsburg throws itself into frenetic programming with this 15-night festival of split bills showcasing the deep fringe of performance. The penetrating social dramatist Martyna Majok won a 2018 Pulitzer for her play Cost of Living, so right before the shutdown, breaths were bated for this drama about the nightmare of being an American Dreamer. ![]() Opened in 2016 and closed in January 2020, Waitress returns for a second serving with its composer, Sara Bareilles, in the lead and other past favorites (like Tony-nominated Christopher Fitzgerald) back in their bittersweeter-than-pie parts. Here are the shows we think will have the biggest blast radius. Now that it’s safe-ish to return, the theater season this fall contains a number of explosions-in-waiting - pieces we’ve been looking forward to for ages - and new works that have used that time to rewire the form. Live, in-person theater has been keeping its powder dry for the last 18 months, premiering works online or simply staying silent. Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos: Brinkhoff-Moegenburg, Liz Lauren, Jeremy Daniel and Emilio Mardid-Kuser.
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