Today’s Highlights:
Care, by Alexander Zeldin, directed by Zeldin, featuring Linda Bassett, Rosie Cavaliero, Hayley Carmichael, Richard Durden), Aoife Gaston, Llewella Gideon, William Lawlor, Ethan Mahony and Charlie Web, opens at London’s Young Vic.
Bubbling Brown Sugar benefit concert, by Loften Mitchell & Rosetta LeNoire, with music direction by Barnell White. featuring special guest Carla Hall, with Darlesia Cearcy, Darius de Haas, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Mel Johnson, Jr., Nicolas King, Doremshia Sumbry-Edwards, Anthony Wayne, Lillias White and Brittany Nicole Williams, at 6 PM at NYC’s Rosie’s Place at Penthouse 45 (432 W. 45th St.).
4 Musical Tenors & Friends: Best of Broadway concert, featuring Michael Bragagnolo, Jan Kriz, Pavel Vitek, and Marian Vojtko, with special guests Daniel Assetta, Heather Makalani, and Rachel Zatcof, at 7:30 PM at Carnegie Hall.
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Life in the Theatre by Jim Bernhard
Match these songs about life with their shows:
| 1. “Where is the Life That Late I Led?” | A Show Boat |
| 2. “To Life” | B Hair |
| 3. “It’s the Hard Knock Life” | C. Spamalot |
| 4. “The Love of My Life” | D. Fiddler on the Roof |
| 5. “The Glamorous Life” | E. Les Misérables |
| 6. “Always Look On the Bright Side of Life” | F. Kiss Me, Kate |
| 7. “Life Upon the Wicked Stage” | G. Brigadoon |
| 8. “It’s a Fine Life” | H. Annie |
| 9. “In My Life” | I. Oliver! |
| 10. “I Got Life” | J. A Little Night Music |
Scroll down for the answers…
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MCC Theater’s MISCAST26 will stream for FREE here on Tues. May 12 at 7 PM ET.
Alex Brightman, LJ Benet, Ali Louis Bourzgui, Sara Chase, Nicholas Christopher, Darren Criss, Nikki M. James, Jane Krakowski, Caissie Levy, Lea Michele, Ruthie Ann Miles, Marla Mindelle, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Javier Muñoz, Leslie Odom Jr., Christiani Pitts, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Emma Sofia, Shaina Taub, Tramell Tillman, Sam Tutty, Brandon Uranowitz, Jessica Vosk, and more.
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Lustily Ever After: The Musical, by Stephanie Bentley, will run June 9-23 (opening June 15) at Hollywood’s Broadwater BlackBox Theatre (6322 Santa Monica Blvd.), directed by Jenni Barber.
Stephanie Bentley, Alex Ellis, Katie Lee, Grace Lord, Suzy Nakamura and Tristan Turner.
Beautiful Riley leads an ordinary life, working in a bookstore. After an early heartbreak, she’s sworn off men, bonding with her best friend Kim and her little kitten.Things are about to change when Riley is seduced by the most handsome, most accomplished, wealthiest man in the world, Tristan. After Tristan apparently abandons her, Riley enters a mystical portal in a glowing book and finds herself called upon to heroically rescue a fantasy realm from the clutches of an evil queen.Will Riley ever be reunited with her true love? Will she find her way back to her kitten and her bestie? Will she earn her happily-ever-after?
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NYC’s 92NY will offer 92 NY on Broadway: Giant Performance on Wed. May 20 at 7:30 PM at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre, followed by a conversation with John Lithgow, Aya Cash, and Mark Rosenblatt.
Click the link above for additional information.
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NYC’s 92nd Street Y will present Lyrics & Lyricists Jr., a family celebration of Broadway musicals, inspired by NYC’s celebrated American Songbook series, will run May 16-17, (both at 1:30 PM), directed by Megan Doyle.
Performers and additional information TBA.
The event will be with charm-filled performances of songs kids know and love from musicals including Annie, Wicked, Cats, and others, with our wonderful cast highlighting what makes these songs such classics. The show then becomes interactive, with kids in the audience taking on the role of junior theater critics! They write down (or even draw) and hand in their thoughts about each of the next songs they’ll hear — all new songs by next-generation songwriters, written for new musicals in the making. As if it’s opening night of a brand-new show, the kids capture and share their impressions, as the very first audience to hear the new songs performed.
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A Bright New Boise, by Samuel D. Hunter, will run May 14-17 at the Hudson Theaters, directed by Jack Fleischer.
J.R. Russell , Lizzy McGroder, Jordan Oz, Christine Castanon, and Ryan Price.
Will, a disgraced evangelical who moves to Boise to reconnect with his adopted teenage son, Alex, while working at a Hobby Lobby. Set in a bleak breakroom, the play explores faith, grief, and connection as Will’s dark past threatens the lives of his coworkers.
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Lyrics & Lyricists Jr: An All New Revue of Classic & Emerging Musical Theater Songs will run May 16 & 17 at 1:30 PM at NYC’s 92Y.
After many presentations, with kids in the audience taking on the role of junior theater critics, the show then becomes interactive. They will be prompted to write (or even draw) and hand in their thoughts about each of the next songs they’ll hear – original pieces by next-generation songwriters, written for new musicals in the making. As if it’s opening night of a brand-new show, the kids capture and share their impressions, as the very first audience to hear the new songs performed. Imagine hearing “Tomorrow” from Annie before anyone else. Make a date with the young Broadway lover in your life, and join us for this fun and engaging production.
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Broadway’s Suffs is now available to stream for free here.
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The national tour of Beauty and the Beast will run Aug. 12 – Nov. 6 at the Pantages Theatre, directed by Matt West.
Kyra Belle Johnson (Belle), Fergie L. Philippe (Beast), Stephen Mark Lukas (Gaston), Danny Gardner (Lumiere), Kathy Voytko (Mrs. Potts), Javier Iagancio (Cogsworth), Harry Francis (Le Fou), Kevin Ligon (Maurice), Holly Ann Butley (Madame de la Grande Bouche), Cameron Monroe Thomas (Babette), and Beatrice Goddard Beggs & Levi Blaise Coleman (Chip), with Vinny Andaloro, Benjamin Cheng, Spencer Dean, Julian Marcus De Guzman, Michael Dikegoros, Masumi Iwai, Darrell T. Joe, Emily Larger, Lena Matthews, Caleb McArthur, Sam Rose Pearson, Melaina Rairamo, Ellen Roberts, Grace Marie Rusnica, Ben Sears, Michael Seltzer, Jasmine Pearl Villaroel, and Kate Wesler.
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Dick Scanlan’s Every Kind of Light: The Love and Lyrics of Alan & Maryilyn Bergman will run June 6-8 at NYC’s 92Y.
Ann Hampton Callaway and Billy Stritch.
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Answers: Life in the Theatre by Jim Bernhard
1-F. “Where is the Life That Late I Led?” – Kiss Me, Kate
2-D. “To Life” – Fiddler on the Roof
3-H. “It’s the Hard Knock Life”- Annie
4-G. “The Love of My Life” – Brigadoon
5-J. “The Glamorous Life” – A Little Night Music
6-C. “Always Look On the Bright Side of Life” – Spamalot
7-A. “Life Upon the Wicked Stage” – Show Boat
8-I. “It’s a Fine Life” – Oliver!
9-E. “In My Life” – Les Misérables
10-B. “I Got Life” – Hair