Today’s Highlights:
Like Winnie, a fundraiser for NYC’s Ali Forney Center, directed & choreographed by Michael McCrary, Catriona Rubenis-Stevens, featuring a cast Jay Armstrong Johnson (Winnie Sanderson), Allison Godleski (Sara Sanderson), Sydnie Roy (Sara Sanserson), and many more (too long to list here), at 8 PM at Webster Hall.
Alice, a staged reading of a new play by Kitty Felde, directed by Brittany Rolfs, featuring Melanie MacQueen and Daniel Leslie, at 7 PM Beverly Hills’ Theatre Forty (241 S. Moreno Dr).
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Bells and Whistles by Jim Bernhard
Complete these show titles.
| 1. Bell, Book, and ____, play by John van Druten | A Anyone |
| 2. ____ and Whistle, play by Milton Herbert Gropper | B. Silver |
| 3. ____ Can Whistle, musical by Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim | C. Wedding |
| 4. Bells Are ____, musical by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Jule Styne | D. Candle |
| 5. No ____ Bells for Her, play by Theodore Kremer | E. Ringing |
| 6. First One ____, Whistle, play by Oliver Hailey | F. Wind |
| 7. The Belle of ____, play by William Luce | G. Amherst |
| 8. The ____ Bell, play by Gerhart Hauptmann | H. Asleep |
| 9. The ____ Whistle, play by Robert E. McEnroe | I. Sunken |
| 10. Whistle Down the ____, musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman, et al | J. Sing |
Scroll down for the answers…
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Awards 
are now open for the 2026 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards, celebrating the best in local theatre in more than 100 cities. Our local editors have set the categories — now it’s your turn to nominate the productions, performers, and theatres that stood out where you live.
How to nominate: Find your city here, then nominate your favorites in every category. Nominations are reader-submitted and open through Oct. 31.
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All My Sons has been extended through Oct. 25 at Boston’s Lyric Stage, directed by Scott Edmiston.
Bill Mootos (Joe Keller), Laura Marie Duncan (Kate Keller), Mark Souza (Chris Keller), Ann Ceever (Josephine Morshiri Elwood), Quinton Kappel (Geroge Deever), Allison Beauregard (Sue Bayliss), Chris Heuisler (Dr. Jim Bayliss), Cara Clough (Lidia Lubey), Eric mcGowan Frank Lubey), and Julian Hirshfield (Bert).
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The Pelicot Trial, by Milo Rau & Servane Dècle, will take place Mon. Nov. 30 at 6 PM (for one night only) at London’s Young Vic, directed by Milo Rau.
Adjoa Andoh, Nicole Ansari-Cox, Lorraine Ashbourne, Leo Bill, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Alfred Enoch, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Rosie Jones, Kadiff Kirwan, Rosie O’Donnell, Tamzin Outhwaite, Jordan Stephens, Juliet Stevenson, Samuel West, Olivia Williams, and many more.
As a sociological study it shows that in a typical Western European city – the small town of Mazan in the south of France – perfectly ordinary men from all social classes and age groups are capable of perhaps the most extreme crime: the repeated rape of an unconscious woman. “Shame has to change sides.” Through these words and her decision to make her trial public, Gisèle Pelicot has become a symbol of resilience and the fight against sexual violence.
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American Sound Takes Flight – from Aaron Copland to Paul Simon, will run Oct. 23 -24 at LA’s at The Wallis, with music direction by Rachael Worby.
Brandon Victor Dixon, and Liv Redpath.
Copland uncovered a new American sound, one that celebrated the people. This movement gave birth to trailblazing artists – everyone from Leonard Bernstein to Paul Sion to Rhiannon Giddens, and beyond.
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Operation Mincemeat has been extended for for the 11th time, now through Apr. 25, 2027 Broadway’s Golden Theatre., directed by Robert Hastie.
Julia Knitel, Branon Conreras, Jessi Kirtley, Jeff Kready, Amanda Jill Robinson, and others not reported.
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Answers: Bells and Whistles by Jim Bernhard
1-D. Bell, Book, and Candle, play by John van Druten
2-J. Sing and Whistle, play by Milton Herbert Gropper
3-A. Anyone Can Whistle, musical by Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim
4-E. Bells Are Ringing, musical by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Jule Styne
5-C. No Wedding Bells for Her, play by Theodore Kremer
6-H. First One Asleep, Whistle, play by Oliver Hailey
7-G. The Belle of Amherst, play by William Luce
8-I. The Sunken Bell, play by Gerhart Hauptmann
9-B. The Silver Whistle, play by Robert E. McEnroe
10-F. Whistle Down the Wind, musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman, et al