Women powering theatre

Sarna Lapine, the director, brings the same critically acclaimed touch from her recent Broadway revivals to Pulitzer Prize-winner Wendy Wasserstein's sharp political comedy. Tony-nominated Montego Glover leads as a woman whose rise to national power is undone when a single personal misstep ignites a public scandal. A piercing look at America's double standard for ambitious women.

Jane Cox, the immaculate lighting designer for this production, carrying the prestige of her 2024 Tony Award win for her masterful work on Appropriate. Her editorial eye for atmosphere and shadow—refined through recent acclaimed designs for Macbeth and The Color Purple—brings a thrilling, electrifying glow to this cult classic revival.

LaChanze is executive producing further cementing her transition from a Tony-winning stage icon to one of Broadway’s most formidable "power producers." Having won Tony Awards for producing both The Outsiders and Kimberly Akimbo, her editorial leadership ensures this tribute to the legendary Cuban collective is as culturally resonant as it is commercially spectacular.

Sheryl Kaller (director), AnnMarie Milazzo (music and lyrics), and Pamela Gray (book) anchor this Off-Broadway musical, with Tony nominations between Kaller and Milazzo and Gray adapting her own 1999 screenplay. Their collaboration puts a Brooklyn housewife's Summer of '69 awakening at a Catskills bungalow colony in the hands of three women shaping the story from page to stage, with Woodstock down the road and the country on the brink of a cultural shift.

Lucy Moss reigns as the co-director and co-writer of this production, infusing the stage with the same pop-fueled brilliance that made her the youngest woman ever nominated for a Tony for directing. Her sharp, satirical wit reimagines historical figures as modern icons, creating a high-energy manifesto on reclamation and sisterhood.

Rachel Chavkin (director), Anaïs Mitchell (writer), and Jessica Paz (sound designer) representing a historic trio of Tony Award winners. Their collective genius fuels this mythic underworld, blending Mitchell’s soulful folk-opera with an immersive, award-winning sonic and visual landscape that has redefined the modern musical.

Diane Paulus, the director, is bringing the same Tony-winning visionary energy she used to revolutionize Broadway hits like Waitress and Pippin. Her direction masterfully redefines a classic through a bold, immersive lens, inviting the audience to step directly into a haunting world of mystery and music.

Sonia Friedman, the executive producer, holds her title as the most powerful woman in theater with over 60 Tony Awards to her name. Her editorial Midas touch is the engine behind this massive expansion of the Stranger Things universe, proving her unparalleled ability to turn global phenomena into breathtaking, high-stakes theatrical events.

Jen Schriever, lighting designer, brings the same Tony-nominated brilliance she displayed in the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Strange Loop and the recent revival of Glengarry Glen Ross. Her expert manipulation of shadow and atmospheric glow creates a high-stakes visual language that is essential for grounding this supernatural world in raw, modern intensity.

Two of the writers reshaping musical theater share a bill. Veronica Mansour, a Richard Rodgers and Fred Ebb Award winner, joins Cole Porter Award winner Kira Stone for an evening of original songs and new-musical material. It is a spotlight on the women writing the next generation of the form, heartfelt, funny, and unafraid to stake a claim to where theater goes next.