JC Lee's new play To My Girls officially opened Off-Broadway at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theater April 12, and the reviews are in. The production is scheduled to continue through April 24.
Bryan Batt (Mad Men, Jeffrey), Jay Armstrong Johnson (On the Town, The Phantom of the Opera), Carman Lacivita (Marvin's Room, Cyrano de Bergerac), Maulik Pancholy (30 Rock, It's Only a Play), Noah J. Ricketts (Frozen, Beautiful), and Britton Smith (Be More Chill, Shuffle Along) star in the work about a group of gay men enjoying a post-pandemic vacation in sunny Palm Springs who, after the drinks start pouring, discover some hard truths about a changed world.
Read the reviews below.
New York Stage Review (Jesse Oxfeld)
New York Theater (Jonathan Mandell)
New York Theatre Guide (Diep Tran)
Playbill will continue to update this article as reviews are published.
A Strange Loop and Be More Chill director Stephen Brackett helms the production, leading a creative team that includes scenic designer Arnulfo Maldonado, costume designer Sarafina Bush, lighting designer Jen Schriever, and sound designer Sinan Refik Zafar. Movement is by Patrick McCollum, and casting is by The Telsey Office. Brian Bogin serves as production stage manager, with Kalen Sierra Hughes as stage manager.
Rounding out the company are understudies Hunter Bryant, Vin Knight, Carol Mazhuvancheril, and Benjamin Pelteson.
To My Girls is a Donna and Ben M. Rosen commission, and the production is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Second Stage's 2021-2022 season kicked off last year with Rajiv Joseph's Letters of Suresh Off-Broadway and Lynn Nottage's Clyde's on Broadway. Their revival of Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out, the first Broadway return for the 2003 Tony winner, opened April 4 at the Hayes with a cast led by Patrick J. Adams, Jesse Williams, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson. A Broadway transfer of Stephen Adly Guirgis' Between Riverside and Crazy will begin at the Hayes in the fall.
Jay Armstrong Johnson, Britton Smith, Carman Lacivita, and Maulik Pancholy in To My Girls
Maulik Pancholy and Jay Armstrong Johnson in To My Girls
Maulik Pancholy and Noah J. Ricketts in To My Girls
Bryan Batt and Jay Armstrong Johnson in To My Girls
Jay Armstrong Johnson, Maulik Pancholy, and Britton Smith in To My Girls
Bryan Batt, Noah J. Ricketts, and Maulik Pancholy in To My Girls
Britton Smith and Jay Armstrong Johnson in To My Girls
Britton Smith, Jay Armstrong Johnson, and Maulik Pancholy in To My Girls
Jay Armstrong Johnson, Britton Smith, and Maulik Pancholy in To My Girls
Jay Armstrong Johnson and Maulik Pancholy in To My Girls
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