Today’s Highlights:
* PIAF… Her Story… her Songs musical event, by Raquel Bitton, in support of The Actors Fund, begins FREE streaming at 7:30 PM ET here (and available through Feb. 18).
* G.O.A.T. audio play, by Ngozi Anyanwu, directed by Whitney White, featuring April Matthis, Denise Manning, and Anyanwu (with a cameo by Bobby Moreno), streams for FREE here.
* Sorry Wrong Number virtual benefit broadcast, by Lucille Fletcher, directed by Jonathan Silverstein, featuring Marsha Mason, Heidi Armbruster, Chuck Cooper, Jasminn Johnson, and Matt Saldivar, with live Foley effects by Nick Abeel, livestreams at 7 PM ET at Off-Broadway’s Keen Company.
* Laura Osnes in concert, part of the Seth Concert Series, re-airs at 3 PM ET here.
* “The History of Sketch Comedy” audible conversation, with Keegan-Michael Key and John Oliver, streams at 7:30 PM ET at NYC’s 92Y.
* La Bohème FREE opera (2008 production), featuring Angela Gheorghiu, Ainhoa Arteta, Ramón Vargas, Ludovic Tézier, and Oren Gradus, conducted by Nicola Luisotti, streams at 8 PM ET at the Metropolitan Opera.
* “Voice of Freedom” documentary about the life of singer Marian Anderson, who became a Civil Rights icon, narrated by Renée Elise Goldsberry, streams at 9 PM on PBS (check local listings).
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GRACE NOTES Quiz – Middle Men and Women by Jim Bernhard
Identify these theatre figures from their middle names:
1. Nelson – actor and director
2. Earl – actor
3. Barrymore – actor and singer
4. Stokes – actor and singer
5. Russell – orchestrator
6. Booth – playwright and ambassador
7. Everett – actor
8. Diamond – actor and film director
9. Jessica – actor and producer
10. Ogden – actor and conductor
Scroll down for the answers…
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Video: Stars in the House benefit, offering Harmony 2021: Big Apple Performing Arts Fundraising Gala, in support of New York Gay Men’s Chorus, Youth Pride, and Tonewall, featuring Ann Harada, Frenchie Davis, Nick Adams and Cyndi Lauper. (1:37:32)
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Audio: Carrie Hope Fletcher performs “I Know I Have a Heart,” from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella.
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Play-Per-View has announced its next 3 readings:
* The Typists (1963), by Murray Schisgal, directed by Austin Pendleton featuring Annette O’Toole and Michael McKean, premieres on Feb. 26 at 7 PM ET. Proceeds go to the Williamstown Theatre Festiva. 
The one-act chronicles the developing romance between new co-workers—a married man and his unmarried supervisor.
* “Enlisted” reading of the season one episode “Prank War,” streams on Mar. 6, featuring Geoff Stults, Chris Lowell, Parker Young, Keith David, and Angelique Cabral.
* “Playing House” reading of the Playdate” episode, featuring Geoff Stults, Chris Lowell, Parker Young, Keith David, and Angelique Cabral. Proceed will got to Feeding America.
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A Little New Music‘s The Spotlight Series will stream the music of composer/lyricist Anna K. Jacobs on Tues. Feb. 16 at 7 PM PT, co-hosted by Luke H. Klipp & Kila Packett.
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Paramount Pictures will develop a remake of The King and I.”
Timeline, casting, and additional information is TBA.
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Romeo & Juliet will continue streaming through Feb. 17 in London here, directed by Nick Evans.
Sam Tutty (Romeo), Emily Redpath (Juliet), Derek Jacobi (Narrator), Brandon Bassir (Mercutio), Daniel Bowerbank (Benvolio), Jonny Labey (Paris), Sylvester Akinrolabu (Tybalt), Helen Anker (Capulet), Marc Ozall (Montague), Lucy Tregear (Nurse), Vinta Morgan (Friar), Jessica Murrain (Prince), Timmy Driscoll (Sam), Tats Nyazika (Gregory), Iskandar Eton (Abe), and Ollie Tennant (Balthasar).
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Video: Ethel Merman, in honor of her passing on this date in 1984, performs “Anything Goes.”
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Theater Resources Unlimited is accepting submissions for its 2021 TRU Voices New Plays reading Series now through Feb. 26. The reading series is planned for June 2021. TRU will pay for developmental readings of two or three new plays.
Click here for submission guidelines and additional information.
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James Anthony Tyler’s Talkin’ To This Chick Sippin’ Magic Potion is now available to stream through Feb. 26 at TheaterWorks Hartford, directed by Awoye Timpo.
Mateo Ferro (Rubén Zorrilla, Jr.), Miriam A. Hyman (Shelba Bathson), Sheria Irving (Jornay Nelson), Jules Latimer (Tiffary Nelson), and Darius McCall (Steve Nelson).
Jornay is a professional cuddler who learns her new client Ruben needs more than her touch. Through Ruben, Jornay also learns that she must do what she can to repair her relationship with Tiffany, her 17-year-old daughter. Old wounds are reopened when Jornay attempts to get a ticket to Tiffany’s high school graduation. The play explores love, resentment, and the journey to becoming the best version of oneself.
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Joey Contrereas’ new musical film, “In Pieces,” an adaptation of the musical of the same name, has announced casting. The limited online release date is Apr. 23, in support of the LGBT Foundation.
Kyle Birch, Amy Di Bartolomeo, Hiba Elchikhe, Jordan Luke Gage, Ross Harmon, Beccy Lane, Danielle Steers, and Luke Street, along with Erin Bell, Millie Cranston, Jack Dargan, Megan Cerys Holland, Rhianna Richards, and Jason Leigh Winter.
The musical examines the unpredictable journey of romantic lives.
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“Marilyn Michaels: Let There Be Night” is now available on CD here.
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LA Opera has announced Tyshawn Sorey & Nadia Hallgren’s digital short, Death in three acts, to premiere Fr. Feb. 19 at 11 AM PT,
Tyshawn Sorey and Amanda Lynn Bottoms.
While entitled “Death,” the piece is focused on hope, and crafts a journey that guides your through the minds and work of two stellar Black artists.
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Andrew Norlen and Matthew Murphy are collaborating on a new coffee table book, “When the Lights Are Bright Again.”
Submissions are open through Mar. 31.
Artists are invited to submit a “Letter-to-Self” chronicling this moment in theatre history.
The book will be self-published and available on Amazon, with 90 % of profits from the sale of each book benefiting The Actors Fund.
Click here for additional information and submission guideline. .\
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Video: “Tribute to Ann Reinking,” featuring Ashley Bachner, Andrew Boyle, Linda Bowen, Mark Burrell, Tina Cannon, LaMae Caparas, Laura Haney, Aaron Felske, Juliet Fischer, Peter King-Yuen, Jessica Lea Patty, Deb Leamy, Marla McReynolds, Andrea Mislan, Kathryn Mowat Murphy, Noa Neve, Josef Pescetto, Mark C. Reis, Deon Ridley, Leslie Stevens, Estell Tomasovic Shaw, Chryssie Whitehead, and Courtney Young. (7:15)
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Robert Allman’s “B Is For Broadway” will be released Oct. 12. 
here. A portion of the proceeds will go the The Actors Fund.
Ethel Merman, Jennifer Holliday, Kristin Chenoweth, Billy Porter, Lin-Manuel Mirand, and Joel Grey.
Let’s start at the very beginning: A is for Auditions, B is for Backstage, C is for Choreographers, and so on. From Auditions to Zeigfeld, grab a ticket to this smash-hit, rhythmic alphabet book featuring your favorite performers, creators, songs, and shows from the Broadway stage. Allman and Emmerich exude enthusiasm for the theatre through witty couplets and vibrant caricatures, respectively. Off the page, they’re just as obsessed.
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Dustin Lance Black’s “Rustin” is currently in development for Netflix, directed by George C. Wolfe. Casting, release date, and additional information TBA.
Bayard Rustin was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama in 2013.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz – Middle Men and Women
1. Charles Nelson Reilly
2. James Earl Jones (or his father, Robert Earl Jones)
3. Ethel Barrymore Colt
4. Brian Stokes Mitchell
5. Robert Russell Bennett
6. Clare Boothe Luce
7. Edward Everett Horton
8. Lou Diamond Phillips
9. Sarah Jessica Parker
10. David Ogden Stiers