EUREKA DAY Previews

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/24/24 at 12:00am

One school, too many principles.

The new comedy Eureka Day, by Jonathan Spector, begins Broadway previews tomorrow night (November 25). The Main Stem staging — following separate Off-Broadway and London productions in 2019 and 2022 — stars Amber Gray, Jessica Hecht, Bill Irwin, Thomas Middleditch, and Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz; Anna D. Shapiro directs. Eureka Day officially opens on December 16 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre and concludes its limited run on January 19.

“Wildly relevant and bitingly funny, Jonathan Spector’s play comes to Manhattan Theatre Club in an all-new production following an acclaimed London run. Eureka Day is a private California elementary school with a Board of Directors that values inclusion above all else — that is, until an outbreak of the mumps forces everyone in the community to reconsider the school’s liberal vaccine policy. As cases rise, the board realizes with horror that they’ve got to do what they swore they never would: make a choice that won’t please absolutely everybody.”

Who’s bringing a backpack?

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 11/24/24 at 11:24am

This was well reviewed downtown. Critics pick and a lot of 4 or 5 star reviews.
Did anyone see that (different) production?

[Falsettolands]

Posted: 11/24/24 at 3:29pm

I've seen a production of this (and worked on another) and am excited to be in attendance tomorrow. My thoughts will have inherent bias as I'm a big fan of this play. Hope it lives up to what I know the show to be!