DAEL ORLANDERSMITH In Stoop Stories, Pulitzer Prize nominee and Obie Award-winning Dael Orlandersmith transforms herself into characters from the New York neighborhoods of her youth, capturing the diverse voices and rhythms of urban street life. Her characters include, among others, a rocker-turned-junkie, an impressionable young poetess and an elderly Jewish immigrant who recalls the night many years before when he was sitting at a favorite neighbor bar and a down-on-her-luck Billie Holiday sat down next to him. West Coast premiere.

Kirk Douglas Theatre. July 7th – 11th.

THE GLASS MENAGERIE One of the greatest American plays finds new light in this critically lauded re-imagining of the classic story of a fragile family hanging its hopes on the arrival of a “gentleman caller.” Two-time Tony Award®-winner Judith Ivey features in director Gordon Edelstein’s sparkling new production that makes this Menagerie as fresh and vital and sadly magical as its original 1944 debut. Mark Taper Forum. September 1st – October 17th.

LEAP OF FAITH Based on the movie with Steve Martin, Leap of Faith boasts a brand new score from 8-time Oscar winner Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast) and a Broadway-bound production directed and choreographed by Tony Award®-winner Rob Ashford, helmer of the recent Taper favorite, Parade.

Ahmanson Theatre. September 5th – October 17th.

Randy Newman’s HARPS AND ANGELS The music and lyrics of one of America’s most beloved songwriters, will be featured in the world premiere of Randy Newman’s Harps and Angels, which has music and lyrics by Randy Newman, and is conceived by Jack Viertel. Randy Newman’s witty, complex, bittersweet and often satirical songbook is at the heart of this new work, in which the personal and the socio-political entwine creating a compelling, honest and humorous commentary on what it is like to be born, grow up, fall in love, and live and die in America. Mark Taper Forum. November 10th – December 19th.