Today’s Highlights:
* Katie Roche (2013 filmed production), by Teresa Deevy, directed by Jonathan Bank, featuring Margaret Daly, Patrick Fitzgerald, Jon Fletcher, David Friedlander, Jamie Jackson, John O’Creagh, Wrenn Schmidt, and Fiana Toibin, begins FREE streaming at Off-Broadway’s Mint Theatre.
* Exploring King Lear FREE conversation, with André de Shields and Nathan Winkelstein, streams at 7:30 PM ET at Off-Broadway’s Red Bull Theater.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz: Underlying Material, by Jim Bernhard
Match these musicals with the authors of the plays upon which they were based. For extra credit, name the play:
| 1. Carousel | A. N. Richard Nash |
| 2. Hello, Dolly! | B. Lynn Riggs |
| 3. She Loves Me | C. George Bernard Shaw |
| 4. Cabaret | D. Sidney Howard |
| 5. The Most Happy Fella | E. Ferenc Molnar |
| 6. Spring Awakening | F. Miklos Laszlo |
| 7. Oklahoma! | G. Franz Wedekind |
| 8. 110 in the Shade | H. Eugene O’Neill |
| 9. Take Me Along | I. Thornton Wilder |
| 10. The Chocolate Soldier | J. John Van Druten |
Scroll down for the answers…
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Tony Award voting will take place Mar. 1-15.
The date of the ceremony is still TBA.
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Video: Stars in the House, with A Pedi Party, with guest host Christine Pedi, and special guests Bryan Batt, Brad Oscar, Jason Graae, Gerry McIntyre, and Michael West. (1:20:04)
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Video: Stars in the House, presents Villain: DeBlanks, with guest host Brenda Braxton, and special guests Carly Hughes, Patti Murin, Colin Donnell, Barrett Foa, Lesli Margherita, and Frank DeCaro. (1:33:02)
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New York Theatre Barn continues its New Work Series, offering excerpts & conversation with all episodes streaming at 7 PM ET:
February 3:
* The Lesson, by Avi Amon, Nolan Doran & Ty Defoe, featuring Milo Alosi, Bradley Dean, and Heath Saunders. 
A fantastical re-imagining of a chance to encounter between a revolutionary Beethoven and a more-established Mozart, whose worlds — and hearts — collide in Vienna in 1787,
* Nothing to See Here (Feb. 3), by Bryan Blaskie & Laurie Hochman, featuring Jonathan Christopher and Forest VanDyke. In the summer of 1925, the struggling town of Dayton, Tennessee, hosted a trial that claimed national headlines and divided the country: the Scopes Monkey Trial, the first major anti-Evolution court case. The is the story of Frank Robinson, the man who built the trial as a publicity stunt for his town, and May Robinson, his wife who longs to save her family from falling apart in a seemingly Godless town.
February 17:
* House Rules, by Daniel Mertzlufft & Kate Leonard, featuring Max Antonio Gonzalez, Michelle Beth Herman, and Mertzlufft. Jacob Hunt is a forensics-obsessed teenager living with autism in modern-day Vermont. With the help of his devoted mother and oft-overlooked younger brother, Jacob relies on strict routines to navigate daily life as smoothly as possible. the family is thrown into chaos, however, when Jacob’s beloved social skills tutor is found dead and Jacob is suspect number one.
* Little Miss Perfect, by Joriah Kwame & Lauren Gunderson, featuring Savannah Fisher and Kwame. Coming of age is even harder when you’re also coming out. Noelle’s world turns upside down when she develops feelings for Malaya, the foreign exchange student being hosted by her conservative family. As class president, she must also confront her privilege and compliance when her high school refuses to take steps in being more inclusive. Noelle struggles to decide whether she will be true to herself and an ally to her peers, of is she will settle with simple being Little Miss Perfect.
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Hartford Stage has announced its 2021 Gala will stream Sat. Apr. 10 at 8 PM ET.
The Bacon Brothers (Michael & Kevin)
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The world premiere of Before Fiddler – Live From Florence, starring Hershey Felder as Sholem Aleichem, will stream Feb. 7 (at 5 PM PT) – Feb. 14 at CA’s Rubicon Theatre.
Before Fiddler on the Roof, the was Sholem Aleichem and his beloved character “Tevye the Milkman,” Befor the popular songs “Tradition,” “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Matchmaker,” and more, there was music of the old world — a music that imitated talking, laughing, weeping, and singing: where musicians didn’t just make music, they spoke in song through Klezmer.
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A new audio edition of Mark Jenkins’ Playing Burton, is now available on Audible.
Matthew Rhys
The play explores the life and career of Richard Burton, from his impoverished youth in South Wales to his love affair with Elizabeth Taylor to his public battle with alcoholism.
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Read Reuben Santiago-Hudson’s screenplay of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” here (scroll down).
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& 
A Little New Music presents an evening devoted to composer/lyricist Rob Rokicki on Tues. Feb. 2 at 7 PM PT here, co-hosted by Luke H. Klipp & Kila Packett.
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Video: Garrett Botts performs a monologue from The Cherry Orchard.
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Tony Bennett has revealed that he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Bennett, now 94, was officially diagnosed in 2016.
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Jujamcyn Theaters and SeatGeek have announced a marquee multi-year partnership that will bring the next generation of ticketing technology to Broadway. Attendees at Jujamcyn’s five theaters will enjoy a streamlined ticket-buying experience for some of Broadway’s top shows.
* A reimagined experience will allow ticket buyers to easily browse shows, compare listings through SeatGeek’s proprietary technology, and find a ticket within their exact specifications.
* Once tickets have been purchased, patrons will have customized best-in-class mobile tickets for each particular show, allowing guests to order concessions, purchase an upgraded experience, or read more details about the show directly from their ticket.
Jujamcyn Theatres: St. James Theatre, Al Hirschfeld Theatre, August Wilson Theatre, Eugene O’Neill Theatre, and the Walter Kerr Theatre.
Jujamcyn Theater productions: Hadestown, The Book of Mormon, and Moulin Rouge!
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Off-Broadway’s Keen Company presents Lucille Fletcher’s Sorry, Wrong Number, to stream Mon. Feb. 15 at 7 PM ET, directed by Jonathan Silverstein. The event will also include a surprise pre-show, and an exclusive talkback with the cast after the show.
Marsha Mason, Heidi Armbruster, Chuck Cooper, Jasminn Johnson, and Matt Saldivar, with live Foley effects by Nick Abeel.
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Emily Goodson & Kevin James Thornton’s Lights on the Radio Tower will stream Mar. 5-25 here, directed by Gabriel Barre.
Carrie Manolakos and Max Sangerman.
The story of Molly and Jesse, a brother and sister who, after 18 years apart, reunite at their decaying childhood home following the death of their father. The estranged rock duo’s competing recollections of their childhood, their last night together, and their final gig force them to face the painful truth of their past.
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Love Noël: The Songs and Letters of Noël Coward will stream Feb. 3, 4 & 20 here, written & devised by Barry Day, directed by Charlotte Moore.
Steve Ross and KT Sullivan
Through Coward’s songs, stories, and personal letters, Steve and KT summon up timeless memories of an era that may be gone, but is never to be forgotten.
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Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet will stream Feb. 18-21.
$10 here.
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The film adaptation of “Dear Evan Hansen” will be released in movie theaters on Sept. 24.
Ben Platt (Evan Hansen), Julianne Moore (Heidi), Amy Adams (Cynthia Murphy), Danny Pino (Larry Murphy), Amandla Stenberg (Alana Beck), Coltan Ryan (Connor Murphy), and Nik Dodani (Jared Kleinman), with DeMarius Copes, Gerald Caesar, and Liz Kate.
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Video: “CBS Sunday Morning” piece on “The Improbable Life of Mike Nichols.” (9:43)
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MasterVoices presents the 2nd chapter of a 4-part virtual rollout of Adam Guettel’s Myths and Hymns, to begin streaming Feb. 24 at 6:30 PM ET.
Anthony Roth Costanza, Doug Fitch, Anne Kauffman, and Ted Sperling.
Shoshana Bean, Daniel Breaker, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Michael McElroy, Ailyn Pérez, and John Lithgow.
Inspired by Green myths and a 19th-Century Presbyterian hymnal, the 1998 cycle is a kaleidoscopic collection of musical genres as it explores the nature of faith and longing in a secular world.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz answers: Underlying Material
1-E. Carousel – Ferenc Molnar (Liliom)
2-I. Hello, Dolly! – Thornton Wilder (The Matchmaker)
3-F. She Loves Me – Miklos Laszlo (Parfumerie)
4-J. Cabaret – John Van Druten (I Am A Camera)
5-D. The Most Happy Fella – Sidney Howard (They Knew What They Wanted)
6-G. Spring Awakening – Franz Wedekind (Spring Awakening – Frühlings Erwachen)
7-B. Oklahoma! – Lynn Riggs (Green Grow the Lilacs)
8-A. 110 in the Shade – N. Richard Nash (The Rainmaker)
9-H. Take Me Along – Eugene O’Neill (Ah, Wilderness!)
10-C. The Chocolate Soldier – George Bernard Shaw (Arms and the Man)