Today’s Highlights:
MCC Theater‘s Miscast26 benefit concert, honoring Roy Furman, Jill Furman, and Jose Useche, featuring Nicholas Christopher, Darren Criss, Jane Krakowski, Caissie Levy, Lea Michele, ruthie Ann Miles, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tramell Tillman, Sam Tutty, and Jessica Vosk, at 6 PM at NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom.
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Team Players by Jim Bernhard
Provide the missing NFL football player in these show titles.
| 1. A ____ for Me, play by John Osborne | A. Lion |
| 2. Urban ____, musical by Aaron Latham and Philip Oesterman | B. Patriot |
| 3. Take a ____ Step, play by Louis Peterson | C. Falcon |
| 4. The ____ Has Two Heads, play by Jean Cocteau | D. Saint |
| 5. Einstein and the Polar ____, play by Tom Griffin | E. Cowboy |
| 6. Androcles and the ____, play by George Bernard Shaw | F. Buccaneer |
| 7. The Red ____, play by Lillian Trimble Bradley and George Broadhurst | G. Eagle |
| 8. The ____ of Bleecker Street, play with music by Gian-Carlo Menotti | H. Jaguar |
| 9. See the____, play by N. Richard Nash | I. Giant |
| 10. The ____, play by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings | J. Bear |
Scroll down for the answers…
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Reviews for Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre.
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Reviews for Lost Boys: A New Musical at Broadway’s Palace Theatre:
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Finding Dorothy Parker, written & directed by Douglas Carter Beane, continues through June 20 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
Veanne Cox, Ann Harada, Jackie Hoffman, and Anika Larsen.
The play celebrates the sharp wit, poetry, and stories of the famous 1920’s literary figure.
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Houston’s Tutt’s Lights Up 2026 Tutts Gala will take place Friday, Nov. 6 at The Post Oak Hotel.
Demetra & Franklin D.R. Jones, Jr.
Megan Hilty.
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Twisted, by Chris DiGiovanni, directed by Marc Antonio Pritchett, continues through May 3 at LA’s Theatre West, directed by Marc Antonio Pritchet.
Crystal Yvonne Jackson, Isaiah Frazilus, and Monty Renfrow.
As Scilla begins the journey to uncover the truth of the tragic events that took place to her son on his college campus, the path she’s on not only leads to changes in her life and worldview, but ultimately changes in her relationship with her son, which may turn out to be the biggest tragedy of all.
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Birthright, by Jonathan Spector, will run June 5 – July 12 (opening June 24) at MCC Theatre, directed by Teddy Bergman.
Hale Appleman, Molly Bernard, Eli Gelb, Abbi Jacobson, Liz Larsen, Nate Mann, and Zoë Winters.
As these friends grow up and the world around them shifts in seismic ways, they find themselves confronting essential questions: How do we carry the weight of history? How do we define who we are, and who we want to be? And what happens when the narratives we inherit no longer fit the lives we’re living?
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The 6th Annual Broadway in the Park Concert will take place Sat. June 20 at 8 PM at VA’s Wolf Trap, with music direction by Jon Kalbfleisch.
Tituss Burgess and Heather Headley.
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Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is still in discussions with theatre owners for a space large enough to house the Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 Gypsy of the Year competition. Stay tuned for further updates.
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Theatre West will present Southern Fried Funeral, by Dietz Osborne & Nate Eppler, May 2 – 10 at Pasadena’s Ahiah Center (150 N. El Molino Ave), directed by Kerr Lordygan.
Ted Burke, Angie Dunlap, Kevin DeLoughry, Michael Di Rosa, Mark Hillard, Jane Ho, Kate Landro, Laura Manasewich, Lori McKenna, Robert Polachek, and Andy Stetkevich.
Dewey Frye is dead. He was a much-loved individual in his small Mississippi town. His sudden demise in embarrassing circumstances leaves the rest of the family to pick up the pieces of the clan’s unfinished business- if they don’t kill each other first. Funerals bring out the worst, the best, and the funniest in people, and the Fryes are no exception. Grieving widow Dorothy is surrounded by loving if neurotic family and friends—except for her snake-in-the-grass brother-in-law Dub, who plans to seize her home and evict her. There may be two individuals who will come to Dorothy’s aid—and they’re the people she’d least expect. Can they save the day?
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LA’s A Noise Within has announced its 2026-2027 season:
Casting & creative teams TBA.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Aug. 23 – Sept. 20), by August Wilson, directed by Gregg T. Daniel.
Come From Away (Oct. 4 – Nov. 1)
A Christmas Carol (Nov. 28 – Dec. 3)
As You Like It (Feb. 13 – Mar. 7, 2027)
Great Expectations (Mar. 27 -Apr. 18)
Trouble in Mind (May 8-30), by Alice Childress
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NYC’s Public Theater has announced its Free Summer 2026 season:
Casting TBA.
Kick Off event (May 30 from Noon – 5 PM),
Romeo & Juliet (begins May 22), directed by Saheem Ali.
As You Like It (begins June 4), directed by Emma Rosa Wen
The Winter’s Tale (begins July 25), directed by Daniel Sullivan
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The Magic Flute will run May 30 – June 21 at LA Opera (at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion), conducted by James Conlon.
Kyle Miller (Papageno), Aigul Khismatullina (Queen of the Night), and Kwangchul Youn (Sarastro).
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Answers: Team Players by Jim Bernhard
1-B. A Patriot for Me, play by John Osborne
2-E. Urban Cowboy, musical by Aaron Latham and Philip Oesterman
3-I. Take a Giant Step, play by Louis Peterson
4-G. The Eagle Has Two Heads, play by Jean Cocteau
5-J. Einstein and the Polar Bear, play by Tom Griffin
6-A. Androcles and the Lion, play by George Bernard Shaw
7-C. The Red Falcon, play by Lillian Trimble Bradley and George Broadhurst
8-D. The Saint of Bleecker Street, play with music by Gian-Carlo Menotti
9-H. See the Jaguar, play by N. Richard Nash
10-F. The Buccaneer, play by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings