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Top New Horror Books in February 2020

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

Type: Novel Publisher: Balzer + Bray Release date: 2/4/20

Den of Geek says: Justina Ireland’s Dread Nation was one of the most-talked-about YA debuts of 2018, and for good reason! The story of Black zombie hunters in an alternate Reconstruction-era America is already one of the best premises of all time, and Ireland more than follows through on the promise of kickass, sociopolitically cathartic potential—with Dread Nation, and now with Deathless Divide. (We love this one so much, it’s also on our Top New YA Books of February 2020 list.)

Publisher’s summary: The sequel to the New York Times bestselling epic Dread Nation is an unforgettable journey of revenge and salvation across a divided America.

After the fall of Summerland, Jane McKeene hoped her life would get simpler: Get out of town, stay alive, and head west to California to find her mother.

But nothing is easy when you’re a girl trained in putting down the restless dead, and a devastating loss on the road to a protected village called Nicodemus has Jane questioning everything she thought she knew about surviving in 1880s America.

What’s more, this safe haven is not what it appears—as Jane discovers when she sees familiar faces from Summerland amid this new society. Caught between mysteries and lies, the undead, and her own inner demons, Jane soon finds herself on a dark path of blood and violence that threatens to consume her.

But she won’t be in it alone.

Katherine Deveraux never expected to be allied with Jane McKeene. But after the hell she has endured, she knows friends are hard to come by—and that Jane needs her too, whether Jane wants to admit it or not.

Watching Jane’s back, however, is more than she bargained for, and when they both reach a breaking point, it’s up to Katherine to keep hope alive—even as she begins to fear that there is no happily-ever-after for girls like her.

Buy Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland on Amazon.

The Boatman’s Daughter by Andy Davidson

Type: Novel Publisher: MCD x FSG Release date: 2/11/20

Den of Geek says: If it’s good enough for Paul Tremblay, it’s good enough for us! We love a good atmospheric horror read, and The Boatman’s Daughter sounds like it has more atmosphere in one page than most books do in their entirety.

Publisher’s summary: A “lush nightmare” (Paul Tremblay) of a supernatural thriller about a young woman facing down ancient forces in the depths of the bayou.

Ever since her father was killed when she was just a child, Miranda Crabtree has kept her head down and her eyes up, ferrying contraband for a mad preacher and his declining band of followers to make ends meet and to protect an old witch and a secret child from harm.

But dark forces are at work in the bayou, both human and supernatural, conspiring to disrupt the rhythms of Miranda’s peculiar and precarious life. And when the preacher makes an unthinkable demand, it sets Miranda on a desperate, dangerous path, forcing her to consider what she is willing to sacrifice to keep her loved ones safe.

With the heady mythmaking of Neil Gaiman and the heartrending pacing of Joe Hill, Andy Davidson spins a thrilling tale of love and duty, of loss and discovery. The Boatman’s Daughter is a gorgeous, horrifying novel, a journey into the dark corners of human nature, drawing our worst fears and temptations out into the light.

Read The Boatman’s Daughter by Andy Davidson on Amazon.

The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

Type: Novel Publisher: Berkley Release date: 2/18/20

Den of Geek says: Who doesn’t love a good creepy motel story? From the author who brought us The Broken Girls, comes another female-driven foray into horror mystery. If you’ve been digging Nancy Drew or love Sharp Objects, there’s more where that came from.

Publisher’s summary: Something hasn’t been right at the roadside Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why in this chilling new novel from the USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls.

Upstate New York, 1982. Viv Delaney wants to move to New York City, and to help pay for it she takes a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel in Fell, New York. But something isnʼt right at the motel, something haunting and scary.

Upstate New York, 2017. Carly Kirk has never been able to let go of the story of her aunt Viv, who mysteriously disappeared from the Sun Down before she was born. She decides to move to Fell and visit the motel, where she quickly learns that nothing has changed since 1982. And she soon finds herself ensnared in the same mysteries that claimed her aunt.

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Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller. National Theatre At Home

Antony and Cleopatra with Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo . National Theatre Live

Jessica Sherr in Bette Davis Aint for Sissies

Samuel H. Levine (formerly of The Inheritance) as Tybalt in a snazzy Romeo and Juliet

Broadway performer Nik Walker, author of the new play, This Ends Tonight

Leslie Uggams to star in Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, in Plays in the House

Below is the calendar of “theater openings” for May, 2020, which offers a promising mix of filmed stage productions, starry readings, live original dramas, and what I’m calling Netathons — oversized theatrical events by established artists in support of a good cause.

Putting this calendar together required a few adjustments – as has everything else in the seven weeks since the shutdown of theater buildings in New York – but there is plenty of theater this month (as long as you define theater more broadly than you might have in February.) Most (not all) of the shows have very short runs, often just once.. Most (not all) are free, but all would appreciate a donation.

Since many companies/series/platforms scramble to plan even a week in advance these days, I’ll have to update this preview guide periodically – I hope with your help. If you have an online theater opening in May that’s not listed here, please e-mail me a title, a description and a link to details, with the subject “Show to Add to May” to my e-mail address, which you can find at the very top left corner of this page or here on my About page

Here are some of the most reliable series:

Metropolitan Opera National Theatre at Home Play Perview Plays in the House, Stars in the House’s twice weekly matinees The Shows Must Go On from Andrew Lloyd Webber 24 Hour Plays’ Viral Monologues

For details about these and other ongoing series, check out my post Where To Get Your Theater Fix Online

Click on the links to get more information.

May 1

Never in New York Festival

A new month-long festival on WNET All Arts, with a different show every night at 10 p.m. The dates that follow on my calendar here will only list festival offerings that are explicitly theater (as opposed to opera or film or even documentaries about theater)

Frankenstein National Theatre At Home By Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, alternating in the roles of Dr. Frankenstein and his creature. Online through May 8th.

Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors

Broadway Podcast Network A new comedy send-up of Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel, in four installments, the first released tonight.

Felt Sad, Posted a Frog and other streams of global quarantine Cherry Artista Collective Six playwrights from around the world collaborate on a single work of live-streamed performance. Available online through May 9th. Tickets on a sliding scale starting at $15.

Rinse, Repeat Play Perview In this play by Domenica Feraud, Rachel comes home after a four-month fight for her life. One night only, live, $5 to $50.

Romeo and Juliet Acting for a Cause David Corenswet (The Politician) and Margaret Qualley (Fosse/Verdon) in the title roles with a cast that includes Samuel H. Levine (who was terrific as two different characters in The Inheritance) Skylar Astin (Pitch Perfect), Brandon Flynn (13 Reasons Why), and Michael Gandolfini (son of guess who; clue: soon to star in the Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark).

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May 2

The Misanthrope Moliere in the Park The Moliere play that was going to be staged in Prospect Park is now going on line, through May 6. Cabin fever is setting in! Today, cantankerous bachelor Alceste has decided he must put an end to hypocrisy as a whole AND win the heart of Celimene, the most adept gossip of them all.

May 4

Crying on Television Play Perview A “platonic romcom” by R. Eric Thomas about the escalating hijinks that occur after a chance meeting in the elevator of an apartment building, between Mackenzie, a video editor, and Ellison whom she recognizes from a reality dating show 10 years earlier. One night only, live, $5 to $50.

The Witch of Edmonton Red Bull Theater

In this adaptation of a Jacobean play, a witch, a fool, a young man, his two wives, an angry mob, and one very devilish dog intersect. A one-time, live reading.

Love, Loss and What I Wore

92nd Street Y Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron’s play filmed in 2017 at the Y. Online through May 25. $10

May 5

End Meeting for All Forced Entertainment A fragmentary online work in three short episodes, each taking the form of a Zoom meeting.

May 6

Tiny Beautiful Things Plays in the House A reading of the play by Nia Vardalos. (My review of it Off-Broadway) To view, go to Stars in the House YouTube channel at 2 p.m. One-time live only. (does not stay up on site)

The Homebound Project

This first edition of original plays to raise funds for No Kid Hungry was created with the prompt “home” and features: Christopher Abbott in a work by Lucy Thurber, Utkarsh Ambudkar in a work by Qui Nguyen, Glenn Davis in a work by Ren Dara Santiago, William Jackson Harper in work by Max Posner, Jessica Hecht in a work by Sarah Ruhl, Marin Ireland in a work by Eliza Clark, Alison Pill in a work by C.A. Johnson, Elizabeth Rodriguez in a work by Rajiv Joseph, Thomas Sadoski in a work by Martyna Majok Amanda Seyfried in a work by Catya McMullen. It will be up through May 10th.

Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies

Jessica Sherr stars in a livestream of her solo show about one of Hollywood’s greatest stars on the night of the 1939 Oscars, when someone who always wants to win…. loses

Emma Streaming Musicals Paul Gordon’s musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel. a ‘free encore presentation and cast party.”

May 7

This Ends Tonight Broadway performer Nik Walker (Hamilton, Ain’t Too Proud) has written a play starring some of his colleagues, including James Monroe Iglehart, Alysha Deslorieux and Michael Luwoye, to tell the story of a Missouri lawman who travels to Boston to settle the score with his long-time criminal nemesis. But when plans go awry, the mismatched pair must work together to escape the frenzied city. Reservations for this one-time only play on Zoom at 3 p.m. can be made via e-mail to [email protected].

Antony and Cleopatra National Theatre Live Directed by Simon Godwin, this production of Shakespeare’s play stars Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo as the fated lovers. Through May 14.

May 8

How To Load a Musket Play Per View Drawing on a series of interviews begun by playwright Talene Monahon in 2015, the play weaves together verbatim conversations with Revolutionary and Civil War re-enactors. Live, one-time only. $5-$50

May 9

Blithe Spirit Plays in the House A reading of Noel Coward’s play starring Leslie Uggams. To view, go to Stars in the House YouTube channel at 2 p.m. One-time live only. (does not stay up on site)

May 11

Bitter Fruit Never in NY Festival, 10 p.m. Theater director Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry asked her students to use short stories about the Indo-Pakistan Partition by classic Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto, to create a play that explores religious and gender-based violence through the lens of everyday interactions.

May 12

Naked Voices Never in NY Festival A 21st century adaptation of stories by Saadat Hasan Manto, a Pakinstani writer known for tales of marginalized people’s struggles during the 1947 Indo-Pakistan Partition.

May 15

FIM Never in NY Festival The title means “end”in Portuguese, and the four parts of Felipe Hirsch’s 2019 play dramatize the end of borders, the end of art, the end of nobility and the end of history. Staged in São Paulo, it describes the relationship between art, money and politics in contemporary Latin America

May 17

I And You Plays in the House Jr. A reading of the play by Lauren Gunderson, starring Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen). Q&A with the playwright after. Debut of “Plays in the House Jr.” -Readings of plays for young people performed by young people!

May 22

Lower East Side Festival of the Arts Theatre for the New City The longtime annual street festival goes online, with more than 100 performing arts organizations, independent artists, poets, puppeteers and film makers, through May 24.

Marry Harry Streaming Musicals Boy meets girl on a block in the East Village,in this romantic musical comedy, which ran Off-Broadway in 2017 with much the same cast.. $4.99 to rent $19.99 to buy.

May 26

Alarme Never in New York Festival The script of this play is based on fragments of letters between Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. Greek director Theodoros Terzopoulos emphasizes the conflict of power between the two queens, and how closely their hate resembled love.

May 27

Trojan Women Never in New York Festival Euripedes’ tragedy about women in the aftermath of war was filmed at the Ancient Theatre of Delphi by Theodoros Terzopoulos, and performed by artists from Syria, Israel, Cyprus, Bosnia and Greece.

May 2020 Calendar of Theater Openings: What’s Streaming This Month Below is the calendar of “theater openings” for May, 2020, which offers a promising mix of filmed stage productions, starry readings, live original dramas, and what I'm calling Netathons -- oversized theatrical events by established artists in support of a good cause.

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