Have a spectacular holiday weekend.
GRACE NOTES will return Tuesday, July 6.
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Holiday Highlights:
Friday, July 2
Bandstand, starring Cory Cott and Laura Osnes, begins streaming at Broadway OnDemand.
Fitting Out, a festival of new short plays, begins FREE streaming at 5 PM PT at LA’s Theatre West.
SongLabs: Space Dogs, written & performed by Van Hughes and Nick Blaemire, concludes FREE streaming at Off-Broadway’s MCC Theater.
Saturday, July 3
Our New York Renaissance! A Celebration in Song concert, featuring Matthew & John Drinkwater, Brian Charles Rooney, Gabrielle Stravelli, and more, closes at 54 Below.
Sunday, July 4
Lincoln Center Theater‘s Marys Seacole (2019 production), by Jacki Sibblies Drury, directed by Lileana Blaine-Cruz, featuring Gabby Beans, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Marceline Hugot, Karen Kandel, Ismenia Mendes, and Lucy Taylor, concludes FREE streaming at Broadway on Demand.
It’s Only a Play filmed production, by Terrence McNally, directed by Kevin Cahoon, featuring Andy Grotelueschen, Julie Halston, Christine Toy Johnson, Triney Sandoval, Zach Shaffer, and Greg Cuellar, concludes streaming at NJ’s George Street Playhouse.
Bennet & Babs: The Songs of Tony Bennett and Barbra Streisand outdoor concert, featuring Joe Cassidy & Jackie Burns, closes at CT’s Goodspeed Musicals.
A Zoom with a View, a program of original 15-minute plays, in support of The Actors Fund, featuring Stephen Bradbury, Marylouise Burke, Veanne Cox, Amelia Fowler, Holly Hepp-Galvan, Jason Guy, Brian Hargrove, Alvin Ing, Melissa Hurst, Jon Krupp, Darrie Lawrence, April Matthis, Jed Peterson, Amanda Salazr, Deborah Savadge, Pearl Sun, and Laura Woyasz. concludes FREE streaming here.
Master Harold and Boys, by Athol Fugard, directed by Gilbert McCauley, featuring Nick Apostolina (Hally), L. Peter Callender (Sam), and Phumzile Sojola (Willie), concludes on-demand streaming at Syracuse Stage.
David Engel, Larry Raben & Bets Malone benefit concert concludes streaming at Musical Theatre West.
Fitting Out, a festival of new short plays, concludes FREE streaming at LA’s Theatre West.
Monday, July 5
Bandstand, starring Cory Cott and Laura Osnes, concludes streaming on Broadway OnDemand.
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– 2021-22 Season
Pass Over (previews Aug. 4, opens Sept. 12 at the August Wilson Theatre), by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu, directed by Danya Taymor, featuring Jon Michael Hill, Namir Smallwood, and Gabriel Ebert.
Chicken and Biscuits (previews Sept. 3, opens Oct. 10 at Circle in the Square), by Douglas Lyons, directed by Zhailon Levingston, starring Norm Lewis and Michael Urie.
Lackawanna Blues (previews Sept. 14, opens Sept. 28 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre), by Ruben-Santiago Hudson & Bill Simms, Jr., starring Ruben Ruben-Santiago Hudson.
David Byrne’s American Utopia (begins Sept. 7 at the St. James Theatre), return engagement concert.
Thoughts of a Colored Man (previews Oct. 1, opens Oct. 31 at the Golden Theatre), by Keenan Scott II, directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, featuring Dyllón Burnside, Keith David, Forrest McClendon, Luke James, Bryan Terell Clar, Da’Vinchi, and Tristan “Mack” Wilds.
Freestyle Love Supreme (previews Oct. 7, opens Oct. 19 at the Booth Theatre), directed by Thomas Kail, featuring Andrew Bancroft a.k.a. Jelly Donut, Tarik Davis a.k.a. Tardis Hardaway, Aneesa Folds a.k.a. Young Nees, Arthur Lewis a.k.a. Arthur the Geniuses, Kaila Mullady a.k.a. Kaiser Rözé, Chris Sullivan a.k.a. Shockwave, and Anthony Veneziale a.k.a. Two-Touch.
Caroline, Or Change (previews Oct. 8, opens Oct. 27 at Studio 54), by Tony Kushner & Jeanine Tesori, directed by Michael Longhurst. Casting TBA.
Mrs. Doubtfire (resumes previews Oct. 21, opens Oct. 27 at the Sondheim Theatre), by Wayne Kirkpatric, Karey Kirpatrick & John O’Farrell, directed by Jerry Zaks, starring Rob McClure.
Trouble in Mind (previews Oct. 29, opens Nov. 18 at the American Airlines Theatre), by Alice Childress, directed by Charles Randolph-Wright. Casting TBA.
Diana (resumes previews Nov. 12, opens Nov. 17 at the Longacre Theatre), by David Bryan & Joe DiPietro, directed by Christopher Ashley, starring Jeanna de Waal, Roe Hartrampf, Erin Davie, and Judy Kaye.
Clyde’s (previews Nov. 3, opens Nov. 22 at the Helen Hayes Theatre), by Lynn Nottage, directed by Kate Whoriskey. Casting TBA.
Flying Over Sunset (previews Nov. 4, opens Dec. 6 at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre), by James Lapine, Tom Kitt & Michael Korie, directed by Lapine, starring Carmen Cusack, Harry Hadden-Paton, and Tony Yazbek.
MJ (previews Dec. 6, opens Feb. 1, 2022 at the Neil Simon Theatre), by Lynn Nottage, directed by Christopher Wheeldon, starring Myles Frost.
Company (previews resume Dec. 20, opens Jan. 9 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre), directed by Marianne Elliott, starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone.
The Music Man (previews Dec. 20, opens Feb. 10 at the Winter Garden Theatre), directed by Jerry Zaks, starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster.
Skeleton Crew (previews Dec. 1, opens Jan. 12 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, starring Phylicia Rashad.
A Christmas Carol (previews 2021 with dates TBA at a theatre TBA), by Jack Thorne, directed by Matthew Warchus.
Plaza Suite (previews Feb. 22, opens Mar. 28, 2022 at the Hudson Theatre), by Neil Simon, directed by John Benjamin Hickey, starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Birthday Candles (previews Mar. 18, opens Apr. 10 at the American Airlines Theatre, by Noah Haidle, directed by Vivienne Benesch, starring Debra Messing.
Take Me Out (previews Mar. 22, opens Apr. 4 at the Helen Hayes Theatre), by Richard Greenberg, directed by Scott Ellis.
The Minutes (previews March – date TBA – opens Apr. 7 at Studio 54), by Tracy Letts, directed by Anna D. Shapiro.
Paradise Square (previews Feb. 22, opens Mar. 20 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre), by Jason Howland & Nathan Tysen, with Masi Asare, Larry Kirwin, Christina Anderson, Marcus Gardley, Craig Lucas, and Larry Kirwan, directed by Moisés Kaufman, featuring Joaquina Kalukango, Chilina Kennedy, John Dossett, Sidney DuPont, A.J. Shively, Nathaniel Stampley, Gabrielle McClinton, Jacob Fishell, and Keven Dennis.
How I Learned to Drive (previews Mar. 29, opens Apr. 19 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, by Paula Vogel, directed by Mark Brokaw, starring Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse.
American Buffalo (previews Mar. 22, opens Apr. 14 at Circle in the Square – link TBA), by David Mamet, directed by Neil Pepe, starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell, and Darren Criss.
The Who’s Tommy (opening 2021 – dates TBA at a theatre TBA), by Pete Townshend, John Entwistle & Keith Moon, directed Des McAnuff. Link TBA.
Glengarry Glen Ross (2022 – dates & theatre TBA), by David Mamet, directed by Amy Morton. Link TBA.
Sing Street (preview & opening dates TBA, at a theatre TBA), by Enda Walsh, Gary Clark & John Carney, directed by Rebecca Taichman. Website.
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Twenty limited-edition Al Hirschfeld prints continues to be auctioned online through July 15 here, in support of BC/EFA & the Al Hirschfeld Foundation). The prints are signed by iconic stage and screen stars (see below) featured in the image.
Celebrities included: Kevin Bacon, Betty Buckley, Cher, Richard Gere, Joel Grey, Mark Hamill, Nathan Lane, Jessica Lange, John Malkovich, Steve Martin, Reba McEntire, Donna McKechnie, Sir Ian McKellen, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Stephen Sondheim, Sir Patrick Stewart, Leslie Uggams, and Sam Waterston.
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“Summoning Sylvia,” written & directed by Alex Wyse & Wesley Taylor, recently wrapped filming, and will be released on a date TBA.
Michael Urie, Veanne Cox, Frankie Grande, Noah Ricketts, and Troy Iwata, with Travis Coles, Nicholas Logan, Sean Grandillo, and Camden Garcia.
Larry and his three best friends Nico, Reggie, and Kevin, kidnap the bachelor – along with his future brother-in-law – for a weekend getaway at a haunted house. When the group performs a séance to summon the ghost of a woman who murdered her song long ago, a night of chaos begins.
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The Karens, world premiere by Peter Gray, directed by Michael Alvarez, will stream Aug. 13-27, with performances every night at 5 PM PT and matinee performances Saturdays & Sundays at 12 PM PT at the Muse Collective.
Morgan Dnaielle Day, Felcia Santiago, and Lauren Sage Browning.
A group of former high school mean girls set out to right the world, one Karen at a time. In high school, being a Karen meant prestige, style, and popularity. Now, a different sort of “Karen” has gone viral: neurotic, entitled women demanding more than their fair share. To save the good Karen name, three former mean girls are ready to reconnect for their most important mission yet: Holding “The Privileged White Women of America” to task.
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The Illusionists: Direct from Broadway will run July 20-25 at Kansas City Starlight.
This mind-blowing spectacular features jaw-dropping stunts, awe-inspiring illusions, and a charismatic cast.
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New Normal Rep will presents Nikkole Salter’s Lines in the Dust, to stream July 8 – Aug. 8, directed by Awoye Timpo.
Jeffrey Bean, Melissa Joyner, and Lisa Rosetta Strum.
The story of the lengths a mother will go through to ensure a better future for her daughter, and explores the issue of separate and unequal schooling. Denitra, a mother and Newark resident seeks to send her daughter to a better school in Millburn, which seems like a risk worth taking, but may end up requiring a bigger sacrifice than she could have imagined.
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Four Quartets, adapted, directed by & starring Ralph Fiennes will run Nov. 18 – Dec. 18 at Harold Pinter Theatre.
The piece is considered a highlight of Eliot’s career as a poet, presenting four interwoven meditations on the nature of time, faith, and the quest for spiritual enlightenment. It was written mostly during Word War II when the closure of playhouses during the Blitz interrupted Eliot’s work in the theatre. The four pieces reflect survival in a national crisis.
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Lloyd Khaner’s No One Cries for the Blacksmith will stream Sun. July 11 at 3 PM ET at Off-Broadway’s Theater Resources Unlimited, directed by Tonya Pinkins.
Chuck Cooper and Robert Cuccioli.
The play follows a hope-filled NYC cab driver and his confident marketing executive passenger on the best, the worst, and possibly the last day of their lives.
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Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Ike Holter’s I Hate It Here, to stream July 15-18, directed by Lili-Anne Brown.
Patrick Agada (Ace/Thomas), Jayson Brooks (Peter/Rah/Walsh), Sydney Charles Ashwana (Mrs. Marcy/Tanya), Behzad Debu (Manny/Worker/Ted), Kirsten Fitzgerald(Maya/Lisa/April),and Gabriel Ruiz (Martin/Alex/Frank).
There’s one thing Americans can agree on: it’s that 2020 was not the best year to begin a new decade. The play asks who we are in a world on the brink of explosion.
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A “mega-concert” is being planed (tentatively set for Aug. 21) in Central Park to celebrate the re-opening of New York City. The majority of tickets are expected to be free, with limited VIP seating.
Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Jennifer Hudson, and many more TBA.
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An abridged version of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder will stream July 15-22 on Broadway On Demand, directed by Alan Muraoka, with music direction by Steven Cuevas, and hosted by Lea Salonga. 
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(All Asian): Cindy Cheung, Karl Josef Co, Ali Ewoldt, Diane Phelan, Thom Sesma.
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“For Colored Girls” 2010 film, premieres July 8 on HBO Max, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Loretta Devine, Kerry Washington, Janet Jackson, Thandie Newton, Jurnee Smollett, Kimberly Elise, and Macy Gray.
“Gossip Girl” re-boot premieres July 8 on HBO Max, narrated by Kristen Bell in the title role, with Tavi Gevenson, Jason Gotay, Adam Chanler-Berat, Laura Benanti, Donna Murphy, and Jeremy O. Harris.
“Black Widow” premieres July 9 on Disney+, starring Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, and Rachel Weisz
“Schmigadoon” begins streaming July 16 on Apple+, featuring Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Jane Krakowski, Ariana DeBose, and Aaron Tveit.
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Erika Henningsen and Kyle Selig, who originated the roles of Cady Heron and Aaron Samuels in Broadway’s Mean Girls, are now engaged. No word yet on a wedding date.