Today’s Highlights:
Corruption, by J.T. Roger, directed by Barlett Sher, featuring Dylan Baker, John Behlmann, Saffron Burrows, Anthony Cochrane, Adam Dannheisser, Sanjit De Silva, K. Todd Freeman, Eleanor Handley, Robyn Kerr, Sepideh Moafi, Seth Numrich, Michael Siberry, and Toby Stephens, opens at Off-Broadway’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre.
A Perfect Place, by Martin M. Zuckerman, directed by Hersh Ellis & Susan Kohn Green, featuring Ephie Aardema, Iris Bahr, Yair Ben-Dor, Donald Corren, Talia Sulla, and Max Wolkowitz, with Max Katz and Rebecca Salzhauer, opens at Off-Broadway’s Theatre at St. Clements.
Theater Communications Group‘s 2024 TCG Gala: Our Stories, featuring performances by PigPen Theatre Company, Nichelle Lewis, Judine Somerville, Tracee Beazer, Jaqualine Arnold, and Aisha Jackson, at 7 PM at NYC’s Edison Ballroom.
The Trip to Bountiful reading, directed by Michael Wilson, featuring Leon Addison Brown, Kimberly Gilbert, Hero Marguerite, and Nancy Robinette, at 7 PM at CT’s Westport Country Playhouse.
Broadway Backwards, the annual Broadway Cares benefit concert, directed & choreographed by Robert Bartley, featuring Shoshana Bean, Julie Benko, Jonathan Bennett, Todd Buonopane, Tituss Burgess, Norbert Leo Butz, Len Cariou, Bradley Dean, Darius de Haas, Robin de Jesús, Jordan Fisher, Joshua Henry, Arielle Jacobs, Casey Likes, John McGinty, Shoba Narayan, Alex Newell, Courtney Reed, Jelani Remy, Lillias White, Constance Wu, Tony Yazbeck and Chip Zien, the Inspirational Voices… and more, at 8 PM at Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre.
Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age concert, at 7:30 PM at NYC’s Studio 54 (also Mar. 25).
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GRACE NOTES Quiz: No, No, A Thousand Times No, by Jim Bernhard.
Provide the missing word in these titles of plays and musicals that start with “No.”
| 1. No ____, play by Jean-Paul Sartre | A. Blondes |
| 2. No ____ for Sergeants, play by Ira Levin | B. Exit |
| 3. No, No, ____, musical by Vincent Youmans, Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel, and Irving Caesar | C. Land |
| 4. No Time for ____, play by S. N. Behrman | D. Place |
| 5. No ____, musical revue by Rudolf Friml, J.P. McEvoy, James Barton, et a | E. Time |
| 6. No More ____, play by Otto Harbach | F. Comedy |
| 7. No More ____, play by Ernst Toller and W. H. Auden | G. Nanette |
| 8. No Man’s ____, play by Harold Pinter | H. Name |
| 9. No ____, play by Augustin Daly | I. Peace |
| 10. No ____ to Be Somebody, play by Charles Gordone | J. Foolin’ |
Scroll down for the answers…
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2024 Oscar Award winners. Click here for the complete list.
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Jake Heggie & Terrence McNally’s Dead Man Walking will air Fri. Mar. 15 at 9 PM on PBS (check local listings).
Joyce DiDonato (Sister Helen Prejean), Ryan McKinny, and Susan Graham.
Video: Preview
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The world premiere of Itamar Moses’ The Ally has been extended again, now through Apr. 7, at Off-Broadway’s Public Theater, directed by Lila Neugebauer.
Josh Radnor (Asaf), Cherise Boothe (Nakia), Elijah Jones (Baron), Michael Khalid Karadsheh (Farid), Joy Osmanski (Gwen), Ben Rosenfield (Reuven), and Madeline Weinstein (Rachel).
A college professor is thrown into conflict as a liberal, husband, academic, American, atheist, and Jewish person when he’s asked to sign a social justice manifesto.
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The Lehman Trilogy will run Mar. 29 – Apr. 13 at Utah’s Pioneer Theatre Company, directed byKaren Azenberg.
Seth Andrew Bridges (Mayer Lehman), William Connell (Emmanuel Lehman), and Jeff Talbott (Henry Lehman).
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North Hollywood’s Road Theatre Company will present two world premiere plays in rep, both at the NoHo Senior Arts Colony.
High Maintenance (Apr. 9 – May 19, opening Apr. 12), by Peter Ritt, directed by Stan Zimmerman, featuring Tommy Dickie (Thesbot Prime), Kris Frost (Alan), Alex Ingram (Samm), Ivy Khan (Laura), Merrick McCartha (Gus), Christian Prentice (Roger), and Tamiyka White (Vera). A recently disgraced actor makes her comeback in a production of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House – opposite a robot that could bring about the end of the acting profession. The play raises questions about the relationship between art and AI, and how the status quo can turn both against each other, but really. it’s just funny. After all, when a robot built to act is “the product of theatre and big tech,” an ego is inevitable.
Singularities or the Computers of Venus (Apr. 22 – June 2, opening Apr. 26), written & directed by Laura Stribling, featuring Blaire Chandler (Julia), Avery Clyde (Caroline), Susan Diol (Maria), Kate Huffman (Lena), Noelle Mercer (Elizabeth, and Krishna Smitha (Sophia). The stars? The past? The future? Our own limits? Set in three different time periods, , looks at the lives of women astronomers in three different time periods as they grapple with light, love and the infinite.
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John Lloyd Young will return to NYC’s Cafe Carlyle May 14-18, with music direction by Steve Marzullo.
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The New Group has announced complete casting for its upcoming Off-Broadway run of Laura Winters‘ All of Me. Previews begin April 23 at The Pershing Square Signature Center, with an official opening set for May 14. Ashley Brooke Monroe is at the helm.
As previously reported, the cast features Madison Ferris (The Glass Menagerie) and Danny J. Gomez (NCIS: Hawai’i). Joining them are Lily Mae Harrington (The Glee Project), Florencia Lozano (One Life to Live), Brian Morabito (The Panic of ‘29), and Kyra Sedgwick
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LA Opera will present La Traviata Apr. 6-27 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, conducted by James Conlon.
Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Violetta), Liparit Avetisyan (Alfredo,) and Kihun Yoon (Father).
Violetta Valéry is the queen of Parisian nightlife for now, but she knows that life in the fast lane can’t last forever. The arrival of a fresh-faced suitor offers her an unexpected taste of true love, until society’s disapproval threatens to tear them apart.
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LA’s Women’s Theatre Festival will present Intersection: a Day of Workshops and Panels on Sat. Mar. 23 from 10 AM – 6 PM at North Hollywood’s Lankershim Arts Center.
The event will offer a day of workshops and panels tailored to empower and enhance the careers of solo performers in particular, and an informative event to benefit all performers. Click the link above for a list of all event.
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Distinguished Concerts International will present Total Vocal with Deke Sharon on Sun. Mar. 24 at 2 PM at Carnegie Hall, conducted by Sharon.
Kaila Mullady, Major Attaway, T3, and Concert Singers International.
The family-friendly program will bring a new a-capella twist to a wide range of pop favorites, including: “Any Way You Want It” (Steve Perry, Neal Schon) … “Beautiful Day” (U2); “All of Me “(John Legend) … “Nobody Like U (Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell) … “Fly Like an Eagle” (Steve Miller) … “The Chain” (Fleetwood Mac) … “Rocky Mountain High” (John Denver, Mike Taylor) … “Crash Into Me” (Dave Matthews) … “Human Nature” (Steve Porcaro, John Bettis) … “Into the Unknown” (from “Frozen 2” (Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez) … Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder), and more.
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42nd Street Moon‘s Falsettos will continue through Mar. 17 at San Francisco’s Gateway Theatre, directed by Dennis Lickteig.
Gary Brintz (Mendel), Will Biammona (Marvin), Cindy Goldfield (Charlotte), Ariela Morgenstern (Trina), Samuel Prince (Whizzer), and Madelyn Simon & Monica Yuval Weissberg (alternating as Jason).
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Daniel Radcliffe, Johnathan Groff & Lindsay Mendez will discuss Broadway’s Merrily We Roll Along with Josh Horowitz on Thurs. Mar. 28 at 3 PM at NYC’s 92NY.
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Video: Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Busy Phillips, and Paula Pell perform a medley from season 3 of Girls5Eva on Netflix.
The series follows a ‘90s girl group reuniting for a second chance at stardom.
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Josh Radnor and playwright Itamar Moses will discuss The Ally with Jessica Shaw on Mon. Mar. 18 at 7:30 PM at NYC’s 92NY.
The play focuses on a college professor who confronts his conflicted allegiances as a progressive, an American, an atheist, and a Jew.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz answers: No, No, A Thousand Times No
1-B. No Exit, play by Jean-Paul Sartre
2-E. No Time for Sergeants, play by Ira Levin
3-G. No, No, Nanette, musical by Vincent Youmans, Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel, and Irving Caesar
4-F. No Time for Comedy, play by S. N. Behrman
5-J. No Foolin’, musical revue by Rudolf Friml, J. P. McEvoy, James Barton, et al
6-A. No More Blondes, play by Otto Harbach
7-I. No More Peace, play by Ernst Toller and W. H. Auden
8-C. No Man’s Land, play by Harold Pinter
9-H. No Name, play by Augustin Daly
10-D. No Place to Be Somebody, play by Charles Gordone