Today’s Highlights:
Red Bull Theater‘s reading of Moliere’s The Misanthrope, adapted by Martin Crimp, directed by Marc Vietor, featuring Graham Campbell, Juliana Canfield, Gregory Connors, Julie Halston, David Pittu, Peter Sarsgaard, and Robert Sella, at 7:30 PM at Off-Broadway’s Florence Gould Theatre (55 E. 59th St.).
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GRACE NOTES 
Hollywood Goes to Broadway by Jim Bernhard.
Match these movie stars with the Broadway shows in which they appeared:
| 1. Nicole Kidman | A. McNeal (2024) |
| 2. Daniel Craig | B. The Glass Menagerie (2017) |
| 3. George Clooney | C. The Iceman Cometh (2018) |
| 4. Robert Downey Jr. | D. Betrayal (2013) |
| 5. Jake Gyllenhaal | E. Three Days of Rain (2006) |
| 6. Denzel Washington | F. The House of Blue Leaves (1987 and 2011) |
| 7. Julia Roberts | G. The Roommate (2024) |
| 8. Sally Field | H. The Blue Room (1998) |
| 9. Ben Stiller | I. Good Night and Good Luck (2025) |
| 10. Mia Farrow | J. Othello (2025) |
Scroll down for the answers…
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Jason Alexander’s 23rd Annual Celebrity Poker Tournament will take place Sun. Mar. 23 at LA’s Skirball Center. $160 buy-in includes buffet lunch and commemorative card guard. Proceeds benefit WeSPARK Cancer Support Center.
Registration begins at 11:30 AM. Cards in air at 1 PM.
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Lyrics & Lyricists will present Louder Than Words: Creators of Suffs, A Strange Loop & Others will run will run Mar. 1-3 at NYC’s 92 NY, directed by James Nicola.
(Mar. 1): Michael R. Jackson, Anna K. Jacobs, and Grace McLean ….. (Mar. 2): Zoe Sarnak, and Julian Hornik, (March 2); and Shaina Taub and Daniel and Patrick Lazour… and Mar. 3: Adam KantorL Morgan Lee, DeMone Seraphin, Rotana Tarabzouni, andKeaton Whittaker.
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L.A. Opera has announced its 2025-26 season:
West Side Story (Sept. 20 – Oct. 8)
The Phantom of the Opera (Oct. 30-31)
Hildegard (Nov. 5-9)
La Bohème (Nov. 22 – Dec. 14)
Ben Bliss in Recital (Dec. 7)
Juan Diego in Recital (Feb. 10, 2026)
Patti LuPone in Concert (Feb. 21)
Akhnaten (Feb. 28 – Mar. 22)
Nadine Sierra in Recital (Mar. 21)
Falstaff (Apt. 18 – May 10)
James Conlon Concert (Apr. 24)
Les Talens Lyriques (May 24)
The Magic Flute (May 30 – June 21)
Renée Fleming in Recital (June 13)
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Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West will present readings of of Into the Woods Mar. 28 – Apr. 13 (opening Mar. 29), directed by Kari Hayter, with music direction by Anthony Zediker, and choreography by Christine Negherbon.
TBA.
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Steve Yockey’s Sleeping Giant continues through Mar. 2 at North Hollywood’s Road Theatre Company, directed by Ann Hearn Tobolowsky.
Jackie Misaye (The Naif), Eric Patrick Harper (The Raconteur), Justin Lawrence Barnes (The Messenger), and Andrea Flowers (The Convert).
When a firework-filled marriage proposal goes awry, the explosions wake up something very old that has been sleeping in the nearby lake for thousands of years. What follows are intimate, darkly comic, and sometimes startling vignettes about the lengths people go to when they desperately want to believe in something.
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Mr. Cumming, Felix Hagan, Ms. Hodgson & Ms. Roberts’ Operation Mincemeat, currently in previews, will open Mar. 20 at the Golden Theatre, directed by Robert Hastie.
David Cumming, Claire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson, Jak Malone, and Zoë Roberts
It’s 1943, and the Allied Forces are on the ropes. Luckily, they’ve got a trick up their sleeve. Well, not up their sleeve, per se, but rather inside the pocket of a stolen corpse. Equal parts farce, thriller, and Ian Fleming-style spy caper (with an assist from Mr. Fleming himself), Operation Mincemeat tells the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII.
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The world premiere of ShaWanna Renee Rivon’s Old Black & White Hollywood will run Feb. 28 – Mar. 23 at North Hollywood’s Loft Ensemble, directed by Bree Pavey & Cassandra Carmona.
Bita Arefnia, Shannon Estabrook, Harry Fakoura, Brianne Ingram, Robert Jolly, Christopher Leon, Brieyonna Monét, Ignacio Navarro, Sarah Nilsen, Ravyne Payne, Quan’Darius, Kyle Wallen, and Tasia Williams.
Hollywood, 1954. Black comedienne Doris Jean is performing at an after-hours club and catches the eye of producer Samuel Stahr. His TV show featuring a former radio star is floundering; Doris Jean may be just what The Eva Rose Show needs. Doris refuses to play a maid but is cast as one anyway. The two women connect and make a delightful comedy duo until they are each invited to audition for the lead in a blockbuster film. Talent may not be enough to make it in old black & white Hollywood.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz Answers: Hollywood Goes to Broadway
1-H. Nicole Kidman – The Blue Room (1998)
2-D. Daniel Craig – Betrayal (2013)
3-I. George Clooney – Good Night and Good Luck (2025)
4-A. Robert Downey Jr. – McNeal (2024)
5-J. Jake Gyllenhaal – Othello (2025)
6-C. Denzel Washington – The Iceman Cometh (2018)
7-E. Julia Roberts – Three Days of Rain (2006)
8-B. Sally Field The Glass Menagerie (2017)
9-F. Ben Stiller – The House of Blue Leaves (1987 and 2011)
10-G. Mia Farrow – The Roommate (2024)