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The family musical Finn at Kennedy Center
before Trump (or his minions) pulled the plug.
Credit: Teresa Wood |
Atlantic Theater Company has announced its 2026-27 season schedule which includes world premieres by Lucas Hnath (
Dana H., A Doll's House, Part 2), Clare Barron (
You Got Older), Jackie Sibblies Drury (
Fairview), and Mona Pirnot (
I Assume You Know David Greenspan). The company is currently presenting Bubba Weiler's
The Saviors. Their fall season opens with Pirnot's
I Became We (Oct. 16--Nov. 15) with music by Jack D. Coen and lyrics by Pirnot and Coen. This is a one-person monologue performed by a 30-person choir.
Atlantic will also present children's theater with Finn, a family musical whose Kennedy Center tour was cancelled when Trump took over the venue, supposedly because it promoted tolerance of those who are different from you. (Dec. 12-Jan. 31 at Atlantic Theater Stage 2).
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Deirdre O'Connell in Dana H.
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Next is Clare Barron's
Too Bad for Her (Jan. 9-Feb. 14) about a 30-year affair. Anne Kauffman (
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window) directs. Lucas Hnath's
Old Actress follows (March 18--April 25) reuniting him with his
Dana H. star Deirdre O'Connell and director Les Waters. O'Connell won a Tony Award for playing a version of Hnath's mother. The play is described as a meta-threatrical experience about learning lines for a show.
The final attraction will be Push from Pulitzer Prize winner Jackie Sibblies Drury (May 27-July 3) with direction from Justin Peck and choreography by Peck and Patricia Degado, about the American premiere of a Russian defecting dancer and the American choreographer creating a piece for him. Set in 1976, it sounds a bit like it could be modeled on Mikhail Baryshnikov and Twyla Tharp.
