Today’s Highlights:
* Haley at Therapy FREE benefit concert presentation, by Josh Canfield, featuring Lilli Cooper, Denée Benton, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Grace McLean, and James Scully, with Audrey Cardwell, Lulu Fall, Rebecca Faulkenberry, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Liz Vice, Melissa Weyn, and Lauren Zakrin, streams T 8 PM ET here (and will remain on demand thereafter).
* Cell, short play by Cassandra Medley, starring Tonya Pinkins, Condola Rashad, and Melanie Nicholls-King, streams for FREE here.
* p r i s m, by Ellen Reid & Roxie Perkins, directed by James Darrah, featuring Rebecca Jo Loeb and Anna Schubert, concludes FREE streaming at LA Opera.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz – All About Ann…by Jim Bernhard
Match these Anns, Annes, and Annas with the shows they are in:
| 1. Anne Boleyn | A. Toys in the Attic |
| 2. Ann Rutledge | B. The Crucible |
| 3. Anne Egerman | C. The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| 4. Anne Dindon | D. La Cage aux Folles |
| 5. Anne Catherick | E. Second Best Bed |
| 6. Anne Page | F. Abe Lincoln in Illinois |
| 7. Ann Putnam | G. The Woman in White |
| 8. Anne Whitefield | H. Anne of the Thousand Days |
| 9. Anna Berniers | I. A Little Night Music |
| 10. Anne Hathaway Shakespeare | J. Man and Superman |
Scroll down for the answers…
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Video: Stars in the House, a “Scandal” reunion, with special guests Tony Goldwyn, Bellamy Young, Scott Foley, Jeff Perry, Katie Lowes, Guillermo Díaz, Josh Malina, Kate Burton, and Dan Bucatinsky. (1:26:14)
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Off-Broadway’s Labrynth Theatre presents it Barn Series 2021, to run Feb. 22-28. Link and additional information TBA.
New plays by Elizabeth Canavan, Dominic Colon, David Deblinger & Ben Snyder, Chris mcGarry, Joey Palenstina, Kristina Poe, and LAB Intensive 2021.
Casting TBA.
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Off-Broadway’s New York Theatre Workshop has announced additional performers and presenters for the NYTW 2021 Annual Gala, celebrating the musical Rent, which will stream Tues. Mar. 2 at 8 PM ET (and remain available through Mar. 6).
Previously announced performers: Gilles Chiasson, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rodney Hicks, Idina Menzel, Aido Nakasone, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Byron Utley, Kristen Lee Kelly, Jesse L. Martin, and Fredi Walker-Browne.
Original cast members from productions around the world: Jordan Fisher, Josh Grisetti, Brennin Hunt, Amber Iman, Amy Spanger, Taylor Trensch, Mike Wartella, and many more, including a composition by Pasek & Paul.
Additional performers: Sebastian Arcelus, Annaleigh Ashford, Martha Banta, Adam Chanler-Berat, Linda Chapman, Nicholas Christopher, Paul Clay, Wilson Cruz, Brandon Victor Dixon, Wendy Ettinger, Stephen Graham, Sebastian Arcelus, Annaleigh Ashford, Martha Banta, Adam Chanler-Berat, Linda Chapman, Nicholas Christopher, Paul Clay, Wilson Cruz, Brandon Victor Dixon, Wendy Ettinger, Stephan Graham, Michael Greif, Janet Harckham, Jeremy O. Harris, Neil Patrick Harris, Victoria Leacock Hoffman, Joe Iconis, Christopher Jackson, Mariko Kojima, Julie Larson, Tamika Lawrence, The Lazours, Telly Leung, Kamilah Marshall, Kevin McCollum, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Annaïs Mitchell, Shakina Nayfack, James C. Nicola, Eva Noblezada, Dael Orlandersmith, Ben Platt, Billy Porter, Councilmember Carlina Rivera, Jai Rodriguez, Jeffrey Seller, Rona Siddiqui, Leigh Silverman, Ali Stroker, Ephraim Sykes, Bernie Telsey, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Traci Thoms, Ivo van Hove, Tom Viola, Tim Weil, Angela Wendt, and Marlies Yearby.
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The HBO Max 4-part docuseries “Allen v. Farrow” will be released Feb. 21.
The series, which examines the decades-long story behind the sexual abuse allegations against Woody Allen involving his daughter Dylan, has pieced together home movies, court documents, police evidence and never-before heard audio tapes.
The series features exclusive, in-depth interviews with Mia Farrow, Dylan Faoor, and Ronan Farrow, as well as family friend Carly Simon, prosecutor Frank Maco, relatives, investigators, experts and other eyewitnesses. The film also takes a deeper look at Allen’s body of work as a filmmaker and examines how such public revelations about an artist can re-shape evaluations of their artistic
In addition to taking an closer look at Farrow and Allen’s personal and professional relationship, having made 13 films together, the series also takes a deeper look at Allen’s body of work as a filmmaker and examines how such public revelations about an artist can re-shape evaluations of their artistic work.
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Chess the Musical (a semi-staged concert production) will tour Australia Apr. – June, 2021, with stops in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, and Brisbane, directed by Tyran Parke, with music direction by David Piper, and choreography by Freya List. Click here to learn more.
Natalie Bassingthwaighte (Florence Vassy), Paulini (Svetlana Servievskya), Rob Mills (Walter de Courcey), Alexander Lewis (Anatoly Sergievsky), Mark Furze (Frederick Trumper), Eddie Muliaumaseali’i (Alexander Molokov), and Brittanie Shipway (The Arbiter).
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An Evening Conversation with Blair Underwood will stream Fri. Feb. 19 at 6 PM PT here.
Underwood will discuss the current and future state of the Theatre, the impact of the pandemic on the performing arts, and the response of the arts to the recent global uprising in support of racial and social justice, followed by a Q&A with the audience.
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Hannie Rayson’s Ex-tinc-tion is now available for audio streaming at LA Theatre Works, directed by Martin Jarvis.
Seamus Dever, Sarah Drew, Darren Richardson, and Joanne Whalley.
A zoologist in Australia gets funding to save an endangered species from the very company that threatens its existence. Will this deal with the devil allow her to save the species, or will it destroy her entire life’s work?
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Angelica Chéri’s solo play, Crowndation: I will Not Lie to David, with music by Jessica Lá Rel and visual art aby Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, is available for on-demand streaming at LA’s Center Theatre Group, directed by Cezar Williams.
Sheria Irving.
A one-woman show following 29-year-old Fatima Seed. Now the same age as her mother when she did of breast cancer, Fatima battles her inner-contradictions, yanked in multiple directions by her faith, her sexuality, her purpose, and a secret she discovers about her father, all in pursuit of becoming whole before her time runs out.
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MARRIAGE… The Ups and Downs in Song will stream Feb. 12-15 (all at 7 PM ET) at Off-Broadway’s York Theatre, with music direction by Gerry Dieffenbach.
Jay Nickerson and Diane Love.
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Video: (2012) “An Evening with Christopher Plummer” (1:04:15)
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Alvin Ailey’s Revelations is now available for FREE streaming at Lincoln Center.
The soulful piece, which premiered in 1960, draws on African-American spirituals, gospel songs, and holy blues, and play homage to African-American culture heritage, which Ailey considered one of American’s richest treasures — “sometimes sorrowful, sometime jubilant, but always hopeful.
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Ricky Allan & Kieran Lynn’s Treason, filmed at London’s Cadogan Hall, will livestream here Mar. 12-14, directed by Hannah Chissick.
Lucie Jones, Oliver Tompsett, Daniel Boys, Waylon Jacobs, Bradley Jaden, Emmanuel Kojo, Rebecca LaChance, Cedric Neal, and Sharon Rose.
The musical follows the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 in which Guy Fawkes and his anarchist supporters tried to blow up the U.K. Halls of Parliament.
A fully staged production is currently in development for the 2021–22 season.
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Marriage, The Ups and Downs… In Song: A Cabaret Valentine , in support of The Floor Recovery Fund, will stream on demand Feb. 12-15 at Off-Broadway’s York Theatre, with Gerry Dieffenbach on the piano.
Diane Love and Jay Nickerson.
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Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet will stream Feb. 18-21 at LA’s Center Theatre Group.
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Kemp Powers’ Christa McAuliffe’s Eyes Were Blue is now available for streaming at LA’s Center Theatre Group, , directed by Jennifer Chang.
Giovanni Adams, Jovan Adepo, Amaia Arana, Lorena Martinez, Connor Paolo, Adam J. Smith, Cory Michael Smiith, Larry Bates, and Justin Lawrence Barnes.
Bernard and Steven Gentry are twins who have lived starkly different lives. The big reason? One is plagued by racism because of his dark sin while the other passes as white. Steven spent his childhood trying to fit in and is now a successful attorney. Bernard was a star student who dreamt of space, but his current prospects are a bout as dismal as the Challenger Space Shuttle, that once inspired him. Spanning their 80s New York City childhood to a Minnesota courtroom in 2006, the play is a haunting meditation on race and privilege in America.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz answers – All About Ann:
1-H. Anne Boleyn – Anne of the Thousand Days
2-F. Ann Rutledge – Abe Lincoln in Illinois
3-I. Anne Egerman – A Little Night Music
4-D. Anne Dindon – La Cage aux Folles
5-G. Anne Catherick – The Woman in White
6-C. Anne Page – The Merry Wives of Windsor
7-B. Ann Putnam – The Crucible
8-J. Anne Whitefield – Man and Superman
9-A. Anna Berniers – Toys in the Attic
10-E. Anne Hathaway Shakespeare – Second Best Bed