Today’s Highlights:
The Last Five Years, directed by Jason Michael Webb, featuring Nasia Thomas and Nicholas Edwards, begins streaming here.
Passing Through (recorded live in 2019), by Brett Ryback & Eric Ulloa, directed by Igor Golden, featuring Max Chernin (Andrew), Garrett Long (Andrew’s Mom), Celeste Rose (Karie), and Jennifer Leigh Warren (Emma/Professor), with Joan Almedilla, Reed Armstrong, Ryan Duncan, Linedy Genao, Charles Gray, and Mary Jo Mecca, begins streaming on demand at Goodspeed Musicals.
The 31st Annual Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre awards ceremony livestreams at 7 PM ET here.
If It Only Even Runs a Minute Celebrates The Underappreciated Musicals of Hal Prince concert, featuring George Abud, Mana Allen, Rita Gardner, Linda Lavin, Charlotte Maltby, Richard Maltby Jr., Lauren Marcus, Howard McGillin, Will Roland, Billy Stritch, and Jim Walton…….. and ( Ken Billington, Jenn Colella, Eddie Cooper, Lilli Cooper, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Richard Kind, Erik Liberman, Bryonha Marie Parham, Emma Stratton, and Brandon Uranowitz, streams at 7 & 9:30 PM ET here.
The Bridges of Madison County discussion (in support of The Actors Fund), featuring Kelli O’Hara, Steven Pasquale, Hunter Foster, Caitlin Kinnunen, Derek Klena, Jason Robert Brown, Marsha Norman, and Bartlett Sher, livestreams for FREE at 8 PM ET here.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz: Whatcha Macallit? By Jim Bernhard
Straighten out these roundabout ways of stating the titles of plays and musicals:
1. Twisted Wellies
2. Clapping
3. When the Weather is Fair, the View is Infinite
4. Is That Music in Three-Quarter Time That My Ear Detect?
5. Call A Halt to This Planet – It Is My Wish to Disembark
6. Confounded Pinstripers
7. Well-Bred Males Like the Fair-Haired Best
8. The Instrument Ensemble’s Social Call
9. Refrain From Imbibing the Dihydrogen Monoxide
10. Lost of Activity Concerning Zilch.
Scroll down for the answers…
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Video: Stars in the House,– the Return of SNIB!, with Kristin Chenoweth, Andrew Lippa, and surprise guests. (1:25:22)
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The 2021 Oscar Awards nominations have been announced.
Click here for the complete list.
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A Re: Emerge season of productions, all written by up-and-coming playwrights and supported by Arts Council England, will be filmed and broadcast on dates TBA. 
here.
Walden, by Amy Berryman, directed by Ian Rickson, starring Gemma Arterton. 
The play focuses on the relationship between a Nasa botanist, her sister and a climate activist.
J’Ouvert, by Yasmin Joseph, directed by Rebekah Murrell, will star Gabrielle Brooks & Sapphire Joy. Set during the Notting Hill carnival, where 2 friends navigate the joys of dangers of your black womanhood in 21st-century Britain.
Anna X, by Joseph Charlton, directed by Daniel Raggett, and starring Emma Corrin. Inspired by the Sorokin case, the play delves into the all-consuming lies we tell the world about ourselves over social media.
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Syracuse Stage will present its Cold Read Festival of New Plays Mar. 23-28. Each festival event takes patrons through a different stage of a play’s development process from the writer’s imagination to the stage.
Click here for the complete schedule of events.
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Video: “I’m Still Here,” adapted by Thomas Ellenson, in honor of Broadway being closed for one year, featuring Joel Grey, Harvey Fierstein, Ali Stroker, Jessie Mueller, Michael Cerveris, Beth Malone, Alex Brightman, Christopher J. Hanke, Raymond J. Lee, Jose Llana, Michael Mastro, Lance Roberts), Michael James Scott, Emily Skeggs, Elizabeth Stanley, Anna Uzele, and Raena White.
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LA’s Center Theatre Group has announced its current & upcoming digital projects:
King Lear (Stratford Festival production), directed by Antoni Cimolino. Watch here.
The Gaze… No Homo, by Larry Powell. The play follows the experiences of a Black queer artist during a rehearsal process at a very white American Theatre festival and examines the process of building culturally specific and queer works of color in historically white spaces. Watch here.
Not a Moment, but a Movement: “Crowndation; I Will Not Lie to David,” by Angelica Chéri. A one-woman show following 29-year-old Fatima Seed. Now the same age as her mother when she died of breast cancer, Fatima battles her inner-contradictions, yanked in multiple directions by her faith, her sexuality, her purpose, and her family. Watch here.
The Red Shoes, choreographed & directed by Matthew Bourne, which will stream Mar. 29-21. Watch here.
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Stephen Schwartz & Philip LaZebnik’s The Prince of Egypt will return July 1 at the Dominion Theatre, directed by Scott Schwartz.
Luke Brady (Moses), Liam Tamne (Ramses), Christine Allado (Tzipporah), and Alexia Khadime (Miriam), with Joe Dixon, Debbie Kurup, Mercedesz Csampai, Adam Pearce, Tanisha Spring, and Silas Wyatt-Barke, and many more.
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New trailers for the “In the Heights” film:
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“Fauci: Virus Hunter” will stream Tues. Mar. 16 at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT here.
The film provides an in-depth look at Dr. Anthony Fauci’s life story and career. Shedding light on many battles fought, challenges overcome, and significant discoveries made during his esteemed career.
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Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes will stream Mar. 19-21 (at various times). 
($10) here.
Ashley Shaw (Victoria), Adam Cooper (Boris Lermontov), Dominic North (Julian Craster), Michela Meazza (Irina Boronskaya), Liam Mower (Ivan Bolelawsky), and Glenn Graham (Grischa Ljubov).
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Video: The Bridges of Madison County discussion (in support of The Actors Fund), featuring Kelli O’Hara, Steven Pasquale, Hunter Foster, Caitlin Kinnunen, Derek Klena, Jason Robert Brown, Marsha Norman, and Bartlett Sher.
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“A Star is Born” on HBO
“Annie” on Hulu, Sling, Starz, Amazon Premium
“Cats” on HBO Max
“Chicago” on Hulu
“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” on Hulu, Sling, Starz, Amazon Premium
“Easter Parade” on Hulu, Sling
“Enchanted,” on Disney+
“Fiddler on the Roof,” on Netflix
“Funny Face,” on Amazon Prime
“Funny Girl,” on Amazon Prime
“Grease,” on Sling, Amazon Premium
“The Greatest Showman,” on Disney+
“Guys and Dolls,” on Amazon Prime, YouTube
“Hairspray,” on HBO Max
“Hello, Dolly!,” on Disney+
“High School Musical,” on Disney+
“Into the Woods,” on Disney+
“La La Land,” on Hulu
“The Last Five Years,” on YouTube
“Les Miserables,” on Netflix
“Little Shop of Horrors” on HBO Max
“Mamma Mia!,” on Hulu, Sling, Amazon Premium, Showtime, Cinemax
“Mary Poppins” on Disney+
“Moulin Rouge,” on Amazon Prime
“Newsies,” on Disney+
“The Nightmare Before Christmas” on Disney+
“The Phantom of the Opera” on YouTube
“R&H’s Cinderella” on Disney+
“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” on Hulu, Slin
“Singin’ in the Rain,” on HBO Max
“The Sound of Music,” on Disney+
“Sweeney Todd,” on Amazon Prime
“West Side Story,” on Hulu
“White Christmas,” on Netflix
“Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” (original), on Hulu
“The Wiz,” on Hulu, Sling, Amazon Premium
“The Wizard of Oz,” on HBO Max
“Xanadu,” on Hulu, Amazon Prime
“Yentl,” on Pluto TV
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Video: “Rob McClure: Coming Attractions” – Conductor Cam, Season 2, Episode 1 (scroll down).
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TDF will present Becca Yuré’s Little B’s Big Idea on Sun. March 21 at 1 PM ET, directed by Sharon Halley, with music direction by Phil Hall. Advance registration is required here.
Trisha Turiano, Debra Walton, and Weston Chandler Long.
Join Little B and friends as they explore some of the challenges we’re navigating during the pandemic, like missing friends, remote learning, and big feelings. Little B aims to ease these experiences through interactive songs, art, and her greatest idea yet, so viewers can discover ways not just to survive, but thrive!
This event is free and suitable for all ages—we encourage the whole family to participate. Advance registration is required. bit.tdf.org/bigidea While the show was created for TDF’s Autism Friendly Performances community, everyone is welcome!
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Jagged Little Pill won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
Click here for the complete list of Grammy winners.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz answers: Whatcha Macallit?
1. Twisted Wellies – Kinky Boots
2. Clapping – Applause
3. When the Weather is Fair, the View is Infinite – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
4. Is That Music in Three-Quarter Time That My Ears Detect? – Do I Hear A Waltz?
5. Call A Halt to This Planet—It Is My Wish to Disembark – Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
6. Confounded Pinstripers – Damn Yankees
7. Well-Bred Males Like the Fair-Haired Best – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
8. The Instrumental Ensemble’s Social Call – The Band’s Visit
9. Refrain From Imbibing the Dihydrogen Monoxide – Don’t Drink the Water
10. Lots of Activity Concerning Zilch – Much Ado About Nothing