Today’s Highlights:
Red Bull Theater & Fiasco Theater’s The Knight of the Burning Pestle, by Francis Beaumont, directed by Noah Brody & Emily Young, featuring Jessie Austrian, Royer Bockus, Tina Chilip, Paul L. Coffey, Devin E. Haqq, Teresa Avia Lim, Darius Pierce, Ben Steinfeld, Paco Tolson, and Tatiana Wechsler, begins previews at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre.
Make Them Hear You benefit concert, honoring Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Falherty, directed by Jason Danieley, featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell, Liz Callaway, Quentin Early Darrington, Lea Salonga, AJ Shively, Christy Altomare, Shereen Ahmed, Hannah Elless, and Jason Danieley, at 7 PM at Off-Broadway’s Classic Stage Company.
The 38th annual Bistro Awards gala, honoring Ann Morrison, Melissa Errico, Ann Talman, Ronny Whyte, Danny Bacher, Danny Bolero, Tim Connell, Brandon James Gwinn, Beverley Church Hogan, Therese Lee, Scott F. Mason, Ann Morrison, Josephine Sanges, Daryl Sherman, Twanda, and Mark Winkler, at NYC’s Gotham Comedy Club.
The Skivvies Farewell Tour concert, starring Nick Cearley & Lauren Molina, with special guests Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Krysta Rodriguez, at 7 PM at NYC’s Chelsea Table + Stage.
Broadway Barbara LIVE! Off Broadway, starring Barbara Dixon, closes at Off-Broadway’s SoHo Playhouse.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz: Boys and Girls Together, by Jim Bernhard:
Fill in the missing words in these titles with either “Girls” or “Boys”
1. Jersey ____, musical by Bob Gaudio, Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, and Bob Crewe
2. Follow the ____, musical by Dan Shapiro, Milton Pascal, Philip Chang, Guy Bolton, and Eddie Davis
3. Kiss the ____ Good-bye, play by Clare Boothe Luce
4. Minnie’s ____, musical by Larry Grossman, Arthur Marx, Robert Fishe, and Hal Hackady
5. Jerry’s ____, musical by Jerry Herman
6. Too Many ____, musical by George Marion Jr., Richard Rodgers, and Lorenz Hart
7. Something for the ____, musical by Herbert and Dorothy Fields and Cole Porter
8. All the ____ Came Out to Play, play by Richard T. Johnson and Daniel Hollywood
9. Mean ____, musical by Jeff Richmond, Tina Fey, and Neil Benjamin
10. The History____, play by Alan Bennett
Scroll down for the answers…
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The Entertainment Community Fund has announced its 2023 Gala, to take place Mon. May 1 at 6 PM at the New York Marriott Marquis.
Glorya Kaufman, Alana Mayo, Tom Kirdahy, and Tyler Perry.
TBA.
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Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Theatre Company has announced its 2023-24 season. Creative teams and casting TBA.
Murder on the Orient Express (Sept. 22 – Oct. 7), newly adapted by Ken Ludwig.
The Rocky Horror Show (Oct. 20-31).
Christmas in Connecticut (Dec. 1-16), a new musical adaptation
Native Gardens (Jan. 12-27, 2024), by Karen Zacarias. The Count of Monte Cristo in in 2016 (Feb. 23 – Mar. 9), by Frank Wildhorn & Don Black. The Lehman Trilogy (Mar. 29 – Apr. 13) Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (May 10-25)**********************
10 Al Hirschfeld drawings will be featured in Heritage Auctions’ Illustration Art Signature Auction on Tues. Apr. 25, which includes more than 400 lots.
Hirschfeld drawings include:
Musical Comedy or Musical Serious? (1957)
Marlene Deitrich portrait (1967)
Click here for more information.
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Goodspeed Musicals will present its 60th Anniversary Gala & Auction on Mon. June 12 at 5:30 PM. The festivities include a cocktail party, dinner & live auction, an online silent auction, and live entertainment.
Jennifer Holliday
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Samuel Clemens: Tales of Mark Twain, written, directed & performed by Joe Baer, will run May 6 – June 25 at the Actors Temple Theatre.
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Read: Michael Crawford’s tribute to The Phantom of the Opera.
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Video: Paramount+ has released Episode 1 of “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies
Marisa Davila (Jane), Cheyenne Isabel Wells (Olivia), Ari Notartomaso (Cynthia), Tricia Fukuhara (Nancy), Shanel Bailey (Hazel), Madison Thompson (Susan), Johnathan Nieves (Richie), Jason Schmidt (Buddy), Maxwell Whittington-Cooper (Wally) and Jackie Hoffman (Asst. Principal McGee_.
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Boston’s Huntington Theatre has announced its 2023-24 season:
Prayer for the French Republic (Sept. 7 – Oct. 8), by Joshua Harmon, directed by Loretta Greco. 
It’s 2016 Paris and the Salomon family has made a warm and wonderful home there since the 1940s. But when their won comes home beaten up because he was wearing a yarmulke, they are forced to question their safety and sense of belonging in the city they love.
Fat Ham (Sept. 22 – Oct. 22), by James Ijames, directed by Stevie Walker-Webb.
The Band’s Visit (Nov. 10 – Dec. 10), by David Yazbek & Itamar Moses, directed by Paul Daigneault, with choreography by Daniel Pelzig, and music direction by José Delgado.
The Heart Seller (Nov. 21 – Dec. 23), by Lloyd Suh, directed by May Adrales.
Jane and Luna run into each other in the grocery store on Thanksgiving in 1973 and find they have much in common: each are recent Asian immigrants, a bit homesick and lonely with hardworking absentee husbands, and adjusting to a new country filled with new opportunities.
Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight (Jan. 20 – Mar. 3, 2024), written & directed by John Kolvenbach. You’ve tried everything. Yoga. Acupuncture. Therapy. You floated in salt water in the pitch black dark. You juiced, you cleansed, you journaled, you cut, you volunteered. You at only “Rinds” for 3 days and nights. You reached out, you looked within. You have tried. And yet her you are.
John Proctor is the Villain (Feb. 8 – Mar. 10), by Kimberly Belflower, directed by Margot Bordelon. At a rural high school in Georgia, a group of lively teens explore The Crucible while navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. With a contemporary lens on the classic play, the young women begin to discover their power and agency, finding a way to hold both the classic text and their community to account — with a profound sense of rage, authenticity, and hope.
Toni Stone (May 17 – June 16), by Lydia R. Diamond.
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CA’s Coachella Valley Rep has announced its 2023 concert series:
Melissa Errico (May 4)
Allan H. Green (May 11)
Steve Ross (May 18)
Alix Kory & Teri Ralston (June 8)
Glenn Rosenblum (June 15)
Christiane Noll (June 22)
Miguel Bernal (July 13)
. Maximo Marcuso (July 20)
Christia Mantzke (July 27)
Glen Rosenblum (Aug. 3)
Lisa Vroman (Aub. 10)
Mark Evans (Aug. 13)
Molly Coyne, Trevor Craft & Eileen Doan (Aug. 24)
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Jeanine Tesori & David Lindsay Abaire’s Kimberly Akimbo will launch a national tour in Sept. 2024.
Casting, tour dates, and additional information TBA.
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Boston’s Lyric Stage Company has announced its 2023-24 season. Casting and creative teams TBA.
Assassins (Sept. 15 – Oct. 22)
The Game’s Afoot: Holmes for the Holidays (Nov. 10 – Dec. 17), by Ken Ludwig. A laugh-out-loud comedy mystery.
Trouble in Mind (Jan. 12 – Feb. 4, 2024), by Alice Childress. A Black actress makes her 1955 Broadway debut in a backstage story.
Thirst (Feb. 23 – Mar. 17), by Ronán Noone. Two Irish immigrant women search for love, serenity, and a place to call “home.”
The Drowsy Chaperone (Apr. 5 – May 12).
Yellow Face (May 21 – June 23), by David Henry Hwang. An Asian-American playwright and activist gets tangled in a complicated and humorous web of lies as he struggles to win back his integrity.
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A Little Night Music will run Apr. 25 – May 28 (opening Apr. 30) at Pasadena Playhouse, directed by David Lee, with choreography by Mark Esposito, and music supervision by Darryl Archibald.
Merle Dandridge (Desirée Armfeldt), Michael Hayden (Fredrick Egerman), Jodi Long (Madame Armfeldt), Sarah Uriarte Berry (Countess Charlotte Malcolm), Chase Del Rey (Henrik Egerman), Makara Gamble (Frederika Armfeldt), Adam James King (Frid), Ruby Lewis (Petra), Ryan Silverman (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm), Kaley Ann Voorhees (Anne Egerman), Georgia Belmont (Mrs. Nordstrom), Jared Bybee (Mr. Lindquist), Kimberly Dawson (Mrs. Segerstrom), Oriana Falla (Mrs. Anderssen), Arnold Geis (Mr. Erlanson), Brandon Borkowsky (Bertrand), Mikaela Celeste (Osa), and Danny Cron (Ingmar), Audrey Williams (Mala), with Christianna Rowader.
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Red Bull Theater‘s Titus Andronicus will take place Sun. Apr. 23 at 7:30 PM at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre, directed by Jesse Berger. An on-demand streaming option will be available Apr. 24-30.
Patrick Page (Titus Andonicus), Elizabeth Marvel (Tamora), and Dion Johnstone (Aaron the Moor), with Teagle F. Bougere, Jason C. Brown, Juliana Canfeld, Zachary Fine, Jason Butler Harner, Maurice Jones, Howard Overshown, and Socorro Santiago.
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Goodspeed‘s 2023 season has been announced at the Terris Theatre:
Here You Are Come Again (), by Bruce Vilanch, Gabriel Barre & Tricia Paoluccio, directed & choreographed by Barre. The story of a diehard fan whose imaginary version of Dolly Parton gets him through a trying time.
Private Jones (Oct. 13 – Nov. 5), written & directed by Marshall Pailet, with choreography by Misha Shields, and music direction by Madeline Benson. A deaf soldier in WWI displays remarkable skill as a sniper while hiding his profound hearing loss.
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Norm Lewis: Moonlighting will take place Mon. June 12 at 8:30 PM at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club.
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Gingold Theatrical Group presents its Shakespeare Sonnet Soiree 2023 on Sun. Apr. 23 at 6 PM ET. Sign up on the link above.
Bryan Batt, Nick Cearley, Robert Cuccioli, Tyne Daly, George Dvorsky, Ann Harada, Loren Molina, Kerry O’Malley, Christine Pedi, Laila Robins, Michael McCorry Rose, Stephen Schwartz, Thom Sesma, Steven Skybell, Michael Starobin, Renée Taylor, Mary Testa, and more…
Share anything Shakespeare. Must be derived from the Bard (no original, written in the style of, or inspired by). 3-minute performance limit. It’s a party, not a fundraiser!
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GRACE NOTES Quiz answers: Boys and Girls Together
1. Jersey Boys, musical by Bob Gaudio, Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, and Bob Crewe
2. Follow the Girls, musical by Dan Shapiro, Milton Pascal, Philip Chang, Guy Bolton, and Eddie Davis
3. Kiss the Boys Good-bye, play by Clare Boothe Luce
4. Minnie’s Boys, musical by Larry Grossman, Arthur Marx, Robert Fishe, and Hal Hackady
5. Jerry’s Girls, musical by Jerry Herman
6. Too Many Girls, musical by George Marion Jr., Richard Rodgers, and Lorenz Hart
7. Something for the Boys, musical by Herbert and Dorothy Fields and Cole Porter
8. All the Girls Came Out to Play, play by Richard T. Johnson and Daniel Hollywood
9. Mean Girls, musical by Jeff Richmond, Tina Fey, and Neil Benjamin
10. The History Boys, play by Alan Bennett