FROM NEW YORK, YOU DON’T GET A DIVORCE To Receive One-Night Musical Presentation At Laurie Beechman Theatre

A musical presentation of From New York, You Don’t Get A Divorce will be performed for one night only on Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. The presentation marks the show’s return to Manhattan following multiple engagements and workshops in Hudson, New York.

The musical features a new book by Matt Giroveanu and songs by Lou Craft and Frank Sanchez. The story follows Jamie and Charlie, a longtime married couple from the Upper West Side, as Jamie confronts a turning point during her birthday brunch at Barney Greengrass, weighing long-simmering ambitions against the comfort and constraints of a shared life in Manhattan.

The cast for the evening will feature Julie Feltman (The People’s Improv Theater, Blue Hill Troupe) and Giroveanu (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Boardwalk Empire, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel). The performance will include a full band led by Sanchez on piano, with Al Vetere on percussion and Phoebe Rosenblum on bass.

The musical’s songs draw on Craft’s poetry previously published in The New York Times and explore relationships, aging, and New York City life through humor and character-driven storytelling.

“It has been such a fun adventure with this creative team,” says book writer and actor Matt Giroveanu, who has been with this show since its inception.

“Lou and I are native New Yorkers, and this show feels very quintessential New York. That’s been our goal. We’ve spent many a day in Barney Greengrass for, you know, research and development.”

“The songs celebrate and excoriate NYC, the people, the subways, the restaurants, the infinite because ofs and in spite ofs that explain why I am still in love with the city,” says lyricist and poet Lou Craft.

“Frank's ebullient and poignant music, Matt's funny and touching book and performance, Julie's pipes, perspicacity and performance as well make these three the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria of the voyage.”