Today’s Highlights:
Here There Are Blueberries, conceived & directed by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich, featuring Scott Barrow, Michelle Beck, Michael Cerveris, Kathleen Chanfant, Delia Cunningham, Brandon Flynn, Montego Glover, and Conrad Ricamora, opens at Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
To Kill a Mockingbird, directed by Stephen Hamilton, featuring Kendra Foster McBride (Scout Finch), Ryan Schaeffer (Jem Finch), Matthew Schiavoni (Dill Harris), and J.Stephen Brantley (Atticus Finch), with Judah Josiah Alexander Fabre as Tom Robinson, Erin Margaret Pettigrew as Calpurnia, Hope Hamilton as Mayella Ewell, Mitchell Cetuk as Bob Ewell, Matthew Conlon as Judge Taylor, Joe Pallister as Sheriff Heck Tate, Michael Santora as Horace Gilmer and Dr. Reynolds, and Kirk Koczanowski as Mr. Cunningham, Link Deas, and Boo Radley, opens at Long Island’s Bay Street Theatre.
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The Water’s Fine, by Jim Bernhard
Provide the missing words in these show titles about water.
| 1. You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s ____, play collection by Robert Anderson | A. Carrier |
| 2. The Water _____, play by David Mamet | B. Elephants |
| 3. Water for ____, musical by Rick Elice and the PigPen Theatre Co. | C. Running |
| 4. A ____ of Water, play by Eugene Scribe | D. Glass |
| 5. Through ____ and Water, play by Charles A. Taylor | E. Side |
| 6. The Water ____, musical by Alexander Olshanetzky and Jacob Prager | F. Engine |
| 7. ____ Waters, play by Augustus Thomas | G. Salt |
| 8. ____ Water, play by Dan Jarrett | H. Drink |
| 9. Don’t____ the Water, play by Woody Allen | I. Still |
| 10. A Little Water on the ____, play by William Collier and Grant Stewart | J. Fire |
Scroll down for the answers.
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Reviews for Wanted at Broadway’s James Earl Jones Theatre:
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The Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala will take place Mon. Nov. 16 at 6 PM at NYC’s Edison Ballroom, directed by Stephen Nachamie.
Kelli O’Hara and Charles Wright.
Preston Truman Boyd, Matt Caplan, Scott Ellis, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Judy Kaye, Robert Lenzi, Elena Shaddow, Noah Weisberg, and Anna Zavelson, joining Brian d’Arcy James, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Arian Moayed, James Naughton, and Patrick Wilson.
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That Tap Dance Show will run Nov. 28 – Jan. 3, 2027 (opening Dec. 10) at Theater 555, directed and choreographed by Warren Curtis.
Emma Butensky, Warren Curtis, Hudson James Esch, Shelby Kaufman, Mary Luyster, Adante Power and Tamii Sakurai.
A percussive journey through time from the villages of West Africa to the Streets of New York City. In the villages of West Africa, history, folklore and ancestral lineage were contained in the rhythms of the Djembe drum. This rich musical culture crossed the Atlantic to the plantations of the American South, where enslaved African people continued to preserve their identity through the rhythms of their homeland. When the Negro Act of 1740 was passed in the colonial province of South Carolina, it became illegal for enslaved people to own drums. People began dancing in a percussive way, beating out rhythms on the ground with their feet. This developed into Patting Juba, a rhythmic call and response performed in a circle. Even today tap dancers will stand in a circle and “trade fours,” a continuation of this tradition nearly 300 years later. And so tap dancing has continued to be a vehicle by which to speak truth. Groove along with us as our feet speak the beat!
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North Hollywood’s El Portal Theatre Celebrates 100 Years will take place Sat Nov. 28 at 7 PM, directed by Jason Graae. 
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Jason Alexander, Frank Ferrante, Jason Graae, Sam Harris, Heather Lee, Beth Malone, Lesli Margherita, Gabriel Navarra, Faith Prince, Jenna Lea Rosen and Natalie Wachen, with special appearances by Aunt Chippie, Ed Begley, Jr., Fritz Coleman, Ruta Lee, Jo Anne Worley, and more.
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Masterworks Theater Company will present That Tap Dance Show Nov. 28 – Jan. 3, 2027 at Theater 555, directed by Warren Curtis.
Emma Butensky, Warren Curtis, Hudson James Esch, Shelby Kaufman, Mary Luyster, Adante Power and Tamii Sakurai.
In the villages of West Africa, history, folklore and ancestral lineage were contained in the rhythms of the Djembe drum. This rich musical culture crossed the Atlantic to the plantations of the American South, where enslaved African people continued to preserve their identity through the rhythms of their homeland.
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Jamie deRoy & Friends will take place Mon. Nov. 23 at 7 PM at LA’s Catlina Jazz Club, in support of the Entertainment Community Fund.
Special Guests: D.C. Anderson, Michelel Balan, Charles Busch, Katie Finneran, and violinist Arron Weinstein.
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Answers: The Water’s Fine, by Jim Bernhard
1-C. You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running, play collection by Robert Anderson
2-F. The Water Engine, play by David Mamet
3–B. Water for Elephants, musical by Rick Elice and the PigPen Theatre Co.
4-D. A Glass of Water, play by Eugene Scribe
5-J. Through Fire and Water, play by Charles A. Taylor
6–A. The Water Carrier, musical by Alexander Olshanetzky and Jacob Prager
7-I. Still Waters, play by Augustus Thomas
8-G. Salt Water, play by Dan Jarrett
9-H. Don’t Drink the Water, play by Woody Allen
10–E. A Little Water on the Side, play by William Collier and Grant Stewart