Roundabout reunites writer Joshua Harmon and director Daniel Aukin (the team behind Bad Jews and Admissions) for Skintight, a scorching examination of beauty, youth and sex. Reeling from her ex-husband’s engagement to a much younger woman, Jodi Isaac (Idina Menzel) turns to her famous fashion-designer dad for support. Instead, she finds him wrapped up in his West Village townhouse with Trey. Who’s 20. And not necessarily gay. But probably an adult film star. At least, according to Jodi’s son. Who’s also 20. And definitely gay. Skintight assays the nature of love, the power of attraction, and the ways in which a superficial culture persists in teaching its children that all that matters is what’s on the inside.

Joshua Harmon’s Skintight will begin performances on May 31, 2018 and open officially on June 21, 2018. This is a limited engagement Off-Broadway.

Skintight is recommended for audiences over 14 years of age.

For some of us theatergoers, actress-singer Idina Menzel can do no wrong. From Rent to Wicked to Frozen, and even TV’s Glee, she has thrilled viewers with her vocal and acting skills. Now starring in Joshua Harmon’s latest play, Skintight, she portrays Jodi Isaac, a middle-aged lawyer whose philandering ex-husband is remarrying, this time to a young woman in her early 20s. Jodi flees California and comes to NY, hoping for emotional support from her father, Elliot Isaac, a clothing manufacturer-designer.  It’s the eve of his 70th birthday and he only has thoughts of Trey, his live-in boyfriend. Trey (an incredibly buff Will Brittain) is only 20 and from a totally different world from Elliot.  However, the designer is besotted. Jodi is jealous and desperate for attention, so she is rude to Trey and this lends the play some of its humor. Even more upsetting is when Ben, her 20-year-old son, arrives and is attracted to Trey.  Jodi is more distressed at her father’s lack of attention than at his relationship.  She’s been wounded by her husband’s infidelity and his attraction to a much younger woman and now sees her father reacting the same way.  She wants sympathy and support, but Ellio …Read more