The award-winning Island Metropolis Stage launches its 15th anniversary season with a campy homage to everybody’s favourite drama queen, Joan Crawford, within the theater firm’s revival of the hit world premiere of Michael Leeds’ Who Killed Joan Crawford? The present runs October 1st by October twenty fifth, with tickets on sale now.
“Once we did the unique world premiere (which I used to be in), it was simply actually a hoot,” stated Andy Rogow, inventive director of Island Metropolis Stage. “I keep in mind the primary time we noticed one another in our attire, and we simply burst out laughing. It is a nice time to revive the present as a result of all of us want an excellent, foolish, laugh-out-loud present proper now!”
The present is each written and directed by Michael Leeds, who started his profession acting on Broadway beneath the path of such luminaries as Gower Champion, Ron Subject, and Martin Scorsese earlier than transferring into directing, choreographing, and writing. As a author/director, Leeds is probably greatest recognized for writing and directing Swinging On A Star on Broadway, which acquired a Tony Award nomination for Finest Musical.
“The thought for Who Killed Joan Crawford? began with simply the title. I cherished the fast-paced wit of writers like James Kirkwood, Christopher Durang, and Paul Rudnick, and I used to be a giant fan of Agatha Christie; I had learn all of her books after I was a child. And eventually, I used to be in “the biz” and had homosexual pals “of a sure age” like myself, who, at occasions, I wished to kill,” stated Leeds. “The ending truly modified 3 times in rehearsal for the unique manufacturing 10 years in the past. I believe the one we settled on is mostly a shock and never something the viewers will count on!”
Island Metropolis Stage’s 2026 revival manufacturing of Who Killed Joan Crawford? stars Michael Coppola (Harvey Goldberg), Luke Di Liddo (David Hoch), Christopher Dreeson (Stewart Fry), Jay Eisler (Trick Roberts), Bruce Linser (Gene Harlowe) and Stephen Trovillion (Leo Lawrence).
Particular person present tickets begin at $50. A Mimosa Sunday efficiency sponsored by Neil Blackwell will happen on October 11. A Ladies’s Evening on the Theater with a pre-show reception will happen on October 23. The present runs for 90 minutes with no intermission.
For extra data and to buy tickets, go to islandcitystage.org, name (954) 928-9800, or electronic mail [email protected]. Comply with Island Metropolis Stage on Fb at fb.com/IslandCityStage and on Instagram at @islandcitystage.
