Today’s Highlights:
Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole, by Coleman Domingo & Patricia McGregor, directed by Gregor, featuring Dulé Hill (Cole), Daniel J. Watts (Sammy Davis, Jr.) andKrystal Joy Brown, with Kathy Fitzgerald, Christopher Ryan Grant, Ruby Lewis, Elliott Mattox, Kenita Miller, and Walter Russell III, opens at Off-Broadway’s New York Theatre Workshop.
Millions, by Bob Martin & Adam Guettel’, directed by Bartlett Sher, featuring Steven Pasquale (Ron), Ruthie Ann Miles, Shuler Hensley (The Thief), Keenan Barrett (Damian), Yair Keydar, (Anthony), Leigh Ellen Jones (Maureen), Ruthie Ann Miles (Dorothy), Jackson Arthur (Andrew), Johan Harmon (Mr. Roth), Cameraon McCrae (Philip), Adrienne Ocfemia (Madison), Brad Raymond (St. Peter), Robert Stanton (Mr. Miller/S.t Francis), Carla R. Stewart (St. Clare/Guidance couselor), and Billy Harrigan (earl), with Morgan Crumbly; Claire Davy; Kate Fahrner; Ann Sanders; Wyatt Wilkerson, and Gabriel Zenone, with Hunter Brown and Noelle McIntyr, opens at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre.
Manhattan Theatre Club‘s Spring Gala 2025, hosted by Bernadette Peters, directed by Richard Maltby, Jr., featuring Jake Jyllenhaal, Sumitomo & Bernadette Peters, at 7 PM at NYC’s Cipriani.
Lincoln Center Theater‘s Ruby Jubilee Gala, directed by Jason Danieley, featuring Roger Bart, Stephanie J. Block, Jason Robert Brown, Victoria Clark, Jordan Donica, Katie Finneran, Stephen Flaherty, Michael John LaChiusa, Marc Kudisch, Nathan Lane, Norm Lewis, Andrea Martin, Kelli O’Hara, Andrew Rannells, Anthony Rosenthal, Tally Sessions, Ted Sperling, Tracie Thoms, Leslie Uggams, Brandon Uranowitz, Betsy Wolfe,and more, at 6:30 PM at Broadway’s Vivian Beaumont Theater.
LaByrinth Theater Company‘s Celebrity Charades 2025 benefit, featuring Chris Rock, Kristen Wiig, Julia Roberts, Billy Crudup, Edie Falco, Edward Norton, Paul Rudd, Cynthia Rowley, Julianna Margulies, Chris Rock, Kristen Wiig, Julia Roberts, Billy Crudup, Edie Falco, Edward Norton, Paul Rudd, Cynthia Rowley, Julianna Margulies, and many more, at 6:30 PM at NYC’s Edison Ballroom.
The Town Hall Spring Shout Benefit Concert, honoring Lin-Manuel Miranda, featuring Jasmine Cephas Jones, Nicholas Christopher, Jordan Fisher, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Mandy Gonzalez, Julia Harriman, Chris Jackson, Phillipa Soo, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Aneesa Folds, Arthur Lewis, Kaila Mullady, Chris “Shockwave” Sullivan, Anthony Veneziale, Alex Lacamoire, Chris Jackson, Eliseo Roman, Janet Dacal, Mandy Gonzalez, Olga Merediz, Priscilla Lopez, and Robin De Jesús, Eisa Davis, Amber Gray, Aneesa Folds, Gizel Jiménez, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Julia Harriman, Kenita Miller, Phillipa Soo, and Sasha Hutchings, at 7 PM at NYC’s Town Hall.
The 2025 Chita Rivera Awards, honoring Ben vereen and Stephen Schwartz, presented at NYC’s NYC’s NYU Skirball Center.
Amas Musical Theatre‘s Lone Star Love, or, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas concert presentation, by John L. Haber & Jack Herrick, directed by Randy Skinner, featuring Gary Bristol, Clay Buckner, Stacia Fernandez, Harriet D. Foy, Chris Frank, Stacey Harris, Jack Herrick, John Jellison, Lauren Kennedy, David Longworth, Drew McVety, Ollie Oshay, Kilty Reidy, Nick Sullivan,, Julie Tolivar, Brandon Williams, Dana Zihlman Harshawans, Miguel Angel Vazquez, and Jay O. Sanders, Gary Bristol, Clay Buckner, Stacia Fernandez, Harriet D. Foy, Chris Frank, Stacey Harris, Jack Herrick, John Jellison, Lauren Kennedy, David Longworth, Drew McVety, Ollie Oshay, Kilty Reidy, Nick Sullivan,, Julie Tolivar, Brandon Williams, Dana Zihlman Harshawans, Miguel Angel Vazquez, and Jay O. Sanders, at 6:45 PM at Off-Broadway’s Theatre 555.
Steve Ross Love songs – Old and New concert, at 7 PM at NY’s Birdland.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz
How Well Do You Know Broadway Songs About Summer?
Click here for the Quiz.
Note: Jim Bernhard’s fabulous GRACE NOTES quizzes will return soon…
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On Sat. June 7, CNN will broadcast the Broadway production of Good Night and Good Luck for free at 7 PM ET. This will be the second-to-last performance.
George Clooney (Edward R. Murrow).
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We’re Not Your Cup of Tea: We’re Here to Entertain You, will take place Sun. June 1 at 2:30 & 7:30 at LA’s Theatre West, directed by Marcel Licera.
Asian Heritage, AAPI artists will perform in a variety of acts from storytelling, songs, and dance — to astound and entertain you!
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CA’s Ceritos Center has announced its 2025-26 Concert Season.
Click the link above for the complete season.
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Mohammed Ali Ojarigi’s Greenwood 1964 will run June 6-20 (opening June 7) at Greenway Court Theatre, directed by Iona Morris Jackson.
Lodric C. Collins (Harry Belafonte,) Newton Mayenge ( Sidney Poitier), and Joy
DeMichelle (Fannie Lou Hamer).
A gripping and resonant theatrical experience that thrusts audiences into the heart of the Civil Rights Movement during the pivotal summer of 1964. Set against the backdrop of Mississippi’s charged racial landscape, the play follows cultural icons Sidney Poitier and
Harry Belafonte as they risk everything to uplift grassroots voices in the fight for voting rights.
They race to stay one step ahead of the Klan, as they head towards a rendezvous with activist
Fannie Lou Hamer. Their journey becomes a powerful testament to courage, solidarity, and the
relentless pursuit of justice. More than a historical reenactment, Greenwood 1964 strikes a chord with today’s struggles, drawing urgent parallels between past and present. At its soul, it’s a call to action, a stirring reminder that progress demands unity, empathy, and the unwavering will to create a more inclusive America.
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Jimmy Maize and The Pro-Voice Project will present One Body: Dispatches From Idaho on Mon. June 2 at 7 PM at Off-Broadway’s Theater 555. The event is co-conceived by Jen Jackson Quintano & Eric Krebs.
The new documentary play from Jimmy Maize and The Pro-Voice Project features the true stories of people on the frontlines of reproductive rights. The new play will offer an intimate exploration of the real-world repercussions wrought by abortion bans in deeply conservative states. Constructed from interviews with women, doctors, politicians, and activists on the vanguard of America’s reproductive rights battles, this work weaves narratives of pain, resilience, and hope into a cautionary tale of a bellwether state—and what it foreshadows for us all. Follow the “lone abortion activist in North Idaho,” as she seeks to break through partisan echo chambers by harnessing the power, nuance, and complexity of telling one’s own story.
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In celebration of Asian Heritage, AAPI artists will present We’re Not Your Cup of Tea, a variety show on Sun. June 1 at 2:30 & 7:30 PM at LA’s Theater West, directed by Marcel Licera. Casting TBA.
AAPI artists perform in a variety of acts from storytelling, song, and dance.
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LA’s Blank Theatre will present it 33rd annual Young Playwrights Festival July 10 – Aug. 3 at the Skylight Theatre.
Professional actors and directors present 12 winning plays by young playwrights from across the nation. Three different plays will presented each week.