(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- George Street Playhouse (GSP) is partnering with the League of Live Stream Theater (LOLST) to broadcast its acclaimed production of My Lord, What a Night during the final weekend of performances (May 15-17, 2026).
Written by Deborah Brevoort (Blue Moon Over Memphis) and directed by Sheldon Epps (Play On!), My Lord, What a Night has a limited engagement through Sunday May 17, 2026, at George Street Playhouse (11 Livingston Avenue) in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The play is about a remarkable friendship and a night that changed history.
Princeton, 1937. When world-famous contralto Marian Anderson is turned away from a hotel because of her race, she finds an unexpected host in Albert Einstein. What begins as a simple act of hospitality grows into a unique friendship between two brilliant minds—one that will resonate through history.
Based on true events, My Lord, What a Night offers an intimate look at the meeting of these two icons and the events that ignited Anderson’s legendary performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Streamed performances will be Friday May 15 at 2:00pm, Saturday May 16 at 7:30pm, and Sunday May 17 at 2:00pm. Streaming tickets are $39 and include 24-hour on-demand replay following each performance. Streaming tickets are available at lolst.org/whatanight.
The cast includes Rashidra Scott (Sunset Boulevard, Company) as Marian Anderson, Anthony Cochrane (“The Good Fight”) as Albert Einstein, Mitch Greenberg (November 4) as Albert Flexner and Gayle Samuels (Chiaroscuro) as Mary Church Terrell.
Said Edgar Herrera, George Street Playhouse Executive Director, "GSP has made My Lord, What a Night the most accessible production in our history through six Choose Your Price performances, Spanish open captioned performances, and now with this streaming opportunity. We're delighted audiences anywhere can experience our extraordinary production and its timely message, especially those who may not otherwise be able to attend."
George Street Playhouse has previously partnered with the League of Live Stream Theater (LOLST) on its productions of Gene & Gilda and The Club. While those productions were broadcast live, My Lord, What a Night has been previously captured live and will stream concurrently with live performance times.
My Lord, What a Night features scenic design by Megan Rahm (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), costume design by Karen Perry (Lackawanna Blues), lighting design by Jeff Croiter and Katy Atwell (Broadway Backwards 2025), sound design by John Gromada (Fallen Angels) and projection design by John Narun (Bughouse). Casting is by McCorkle Casting. Samantha Flint (GSP’s Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big Jersey Christmas Show) is Production Stage Manager.
For more than 50 years, George Street Playhouse has produced groundbreaking new works, inspiring productions of the classics, and hit Broadway plays and musicals that speak to the heart and mind, with an unwavering commitment to producing new work. As New Brunswick’s first producing theatre, George Street Playhouse became the cornerstone of the revitalization of the City’s arts and cultural landscape. For over 50 years the organization has a rich history of producing nationally renowned theatre.
Under the leadership of Artistic Director David Saint (1997-2025) the Playhouse filled a unique theatre and arts education role in the city, state, and greater metropolitan region. George Street Playhouse appointed Edgar Herrera from Managing Director to Executive Director in January 2025.
Beginning with the 2019-20 Season, George Street Playhouse moved to the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center in downtown New Brunswick. Featuring two state-of-the-art theatres—The Arthur Laurents Theater with 253 seats and The Elizabeth Ross Johnson Theater which seats 465—and myriad amenities, the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center marks a new era in the esteemed history of George Street Playhouse. Founded by Eric Krebs, George Street Playhouse, originally located in an abandoned supermarket on the corner of George and Albany Streets, was the first professional theatre in New Brunswick. In 1984, the Playhouse moved to a renovated YMCA on Livingston Avenue, and in 2017 took temporary residence in the former Agricultural Museum at Rutgers University during construction of its new home.
The Playhouse has been well represented by numerous productions both on and off-Broadway. In 2018, George Street Playhouse was represented on Broadway with Gettin’ the Band Back Together which premiered on the Playhouse mainstage in 2013. American Son, produced by George Street Playhouse in 2017, opened on Broadway in 2018 starring Kerry Washington and Stephen Pasquale, and was seen on Netflix. Other productions include the Outer Critics’ Circle Best Musical Award-winner The Toxic Avenger. In 2015, It Shoulda Been You opened on Broadway and Joe DiPietro’s Clever Little Lies opened off-Broadway. Both shows received their premieres at the Playhouse. Other productions include the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League Award-nominated production of The Spitfire Grill; and the Broadway hit and Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Proof by David Auburn, which was developed at the Playhouse during the 1999 Next Stage Series of new plays.
George Street Playhouse programming is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund.
