Today’s Highlights:
Relax … let go….. let fly
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One Thing and Another by Jim Bernhard
Provide the missing word in these show titles.
| 1. Arms and the ____, play by George Bernard Shaw | A. Honey |
| 2. Death and the ____, play by Ariel Dorfman | B. Soldiers |
| 3. Diversions and____, play by John Gay | C. Fiddle |
| 4. Lunatics and ____, play by Sidney Kingsley | D. Delights |
| 5. Man and ____, play by Augustin Daly | E. Substance |
| 6. Milk and ____, musica by Don Appell and Jerry Herman | F. Man |
| 7. Shadow and____, play by Paul Vincent Carroll | G. Lovers |
| 8. Song and ____, musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black | H. Maiden |
| 9. Sons and ____, play by Irwin Shaw | I. Wife |
| 10. The Cat and the ____, musical by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach | J. Dance |
Scroll down for the answers…
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The 80th annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony will take place Tues. June 2 at 2 PM at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre.
John Lithgow will receive the JohnWillis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.
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54 Sings Dames at Sea: 60th Anniversary Concert will take place Tues. June 9 at 7 PM at NYC’s 54 Below, with music direction by Michael Lavine.
Loni Ackerman, Kerstin Anderson, Paula Leggett Chase, Joyce Chittick, Britney Coleman, Christopher deProphetis. Stephen DeRosa, Nadia Duncan, Rick Faugno, Jeff Gorti, Ruth Gottschall, Olivia Elease Hardy, Roe Hartrampf, Jay Aubrey Jones, Karen Mason, Ashley Morton, Kurt Peterson, Alexander Rios, A.J. Shively, Alexandra Socha, Megan Styrna, and Allyson Tucker.
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The Point of Pinecones readings, written & directed by Dennis Hensley, will run Sundays June 7 – 14 – & 21 at the Actors Company/TheOther Space Theater. (916 N. Formosa Ave.).
Felix Pire, Sebastian Dino, Jaimie Fauth, Nadya Ginsburg, Barbara Deutsch, and Dulce Valencia.
Auggie July is 60 and has never quite figured out success, sex, or how he ended up here. As financial pressures mount, two wildly different men upend his world — a sexually free younger neighbor and a ridiculously successful old rival. In a condo complex where pinecones fall like fate, Auggie confronts desire, regret, and the possibility that maybe it’s not too late to go after what he wants.
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The Hollywood Fringe Festival, will run June 11-28, offering more than 2,150 performances, at various LA locations.
Click here for the complete schedule of events.
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NYC’s Free Shakespeare in the Park will present Romeo & Juliet. Currently in previews, the production will open June 11 and continue through June 28 at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater, directed by Saheem Ali.
Ra’Mya Latiah Aikens (Juliet), Sergio Mauritz Ang (Friar John/Ensemble), Daniel Bravo Hernández (Romeo), Andrés Nicolás Chaves (Ensemble), Rachel Crowl (Apothecary/Ensemble), Reece dos Santos (Balthasar), Caleb Joshua Eberhardt (Mercutio), Jacquernst F. Filias (Ensemble), Glenn Fleshler (Lord Capulet), Francis Jue (Friar Laurence), Ariyan Kassam (Tybalt), LaChanze (Lady Capulet), Martin K. Lewis (Paris), Zack Lopez Roa (Benvolio), Gilda Mercado (Ensemble), Tina Muñoz Pandya (Ensemble), Deirdre O’Connell (Nurse), Jason Manuel Olazábal (Lord Montague), Jessica Pimentel (Escalus), Fedra Ramírez Olivares (Ensemble), Piper Runge (Ensemble), Miles Segura (Ensemble), Mariand Torres (Lady Montague), and Marlon Xavier (Ensemble).
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Amas Musical Theatre will will present developmental readings of Steve Young & Stuart Ross’ Industrial Strength: A New Musical You Were Never Suposed to See, directed by Stuary Ross, on June 8 & 9 (both at 6 PM) at Off Broadway’s Ripley Grier Studios. 
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Darius De Haas, Nicolas King, Jenny Lee Stern, and Steve Young.
Steve Young, leads you into the forgotten world of the Industrial Musical — the secret love child of Broadway and Big Business. Intended only for corporate insiders, these lost songs are by some of Broadway’s best and brightest. Now they’ve been rescued, for better, for worse — for you!
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Coco Blignaut & Edison Park’s The Real Lady Macbeth will run June 4-28 (opening June 12) at the Actors Company Let Live Theatre (916 N. Formosa Avenue), directed by Sofia Streisand.
Coco Blignaut, Edison Park., Eve Sigall, and Savannah Schakett.
The play sserts that the true, historical Lady Macbeth is more complex and far more interesting. Born of royal blood, she is powerful Druid queen with skills of prophecy and divination based on ancient Celtic pagan traditions (It’s the 11th Century; Christianity hasn’t yet completely replaced the old ways). Lady Macbeth’s motivations are direct: to protect her husband, her child, and her ancestral lands, Fife and Moray, from those who would do them harm. Her story will end far differently than in Shakespeare’s fiction.
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DC’s Signature Theater will present Broadway in the Park 2026 Sat. June 20 at 8 PM at VA’s Wolftrap, directed by Matthew Gardiner.
Tituss Burgess and Heather Headley, with Alex De Bard, Kevin McAllister, Crystal Mosser, Jake Odmark, Nova Y. Payton, Sarah Anne Sillers, and Tobias A. Young.
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Singularities and Safety Pins, written & performed by Carmella Riley, will run June 13 (at 7:30 PM) & 20 (at 3 PM) at Burbank’s Colony Theatre, directed by Jennifer Green.
The piece explores grief, loss, and the challenges of motherhood by having the protagonist use s ix of humor and science to navigate the painful memories of her mother’s battle with cancer.
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Answers: One Thing and Another
1-F. Arms and the Man, play by George Bernard Shaw
2-H. Death and the Maiden, play by Ariel Dorfman
3-D. Diversions and Delights, play by John Gay
4-G. Lunatics and Lovers, play by Sidney Kingsley
5-I. Man and Wife, play by Augustin Daly
6-A. Milk and Honey, musica by Don Appell and Jerry Herman
7-E. Shadow and Substance, play by Paul Vincent Carroll
8-J. Song and Dance, musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black
9-B. Sons and Soldiers, play by Irwin Shaw
10-C. The Cat and the Fiddle, musical by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach