Today’s Highlights:
* Show (+ Tell!): Roadside (Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt), FREE reunion & discussion, featuring James Morgan, Charles Wright, lyricist/librettist Tom Jones, director David Glenn Armstrong, and cast members Jennifer Allen, Janine DiVita, James Hindman, Julie Johnson, Dan C. Levine, Ed Watts, Nick Wyman, and more TBA, streams at 7 PM ET at Off-Broadway’s York Theatre.
* “Keen After Hours” FREE discussion, with special guest Kathleen Chalfant, streams at 6:30 PM ET here.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz: A.K.A. by Jim Bernhard
Match these real names of theatre folks with their stage names:
| 1. William Henry Pratt | A. Sir Henry Irving |
| 2. Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironov | B. Sir Elton John |
| 3. Bernice Frankel | C. Shirley Booth |
| 4. Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blythe | D. Mrs. Patrick Campbell |
| 5. Rosa Dolores Alverio | E. Maurice Barrymore |
| 6. Beatrice Stella Tanner | F. Bea Arthur |
| 7. Marjory Ford | G. Fannie Flagg |
| 8. Patricia Neal | H. Dame Helen Mirren |
| 9. John Broadribb | I. Boris Karloff |
| 10. Reginald Kenneth Dwight | J. Rita Moreno |
Scroll down for the answers…
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Video: “Stars in the House,” offering a “Gaggle of Glindas,” with Laura Bell Bundy, Kara Lindsay, Eric Mackey, Patti Murin, and Katie Rose Clarke.
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Tim Dolan’s virtual journey through Broadway ruins will take place Tues. Nov. 24 at 8 PM ET. 
here, which includes a downloadable map to follow Dolan’s virtual footsteps as he brings participants around town.
Nestled among the 41 Broadway theaters in Times Square are some remnants— and in some cases, full theaters—hiding in plain sight. Join Dolan as he explores these Broadway ruins and tells the stories of their forgotten past. Combining his storytelling skills as an actor and his love for Broadway history.
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Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play, directed by Rosalind Ayres, is now available for purchase here, and also includes a Zoom interview with the playwright, as well as a digital program to bring the theatrical experience to your home.
Liza Weil, Josh Stamberg, Ellis Greer, and Mark Jude Sullivan.
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The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus’ (At) Home for the Holidays will stream Thurs. Dec. 24 at 5 PM PT,
Laura Benanti, Bianca Del Rio, Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, the San Francisco Philharmonic, and more.
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LA’s Fountain Theatre‘s The Gaze series, Episode 1, The Gaze… No Homo, written & created by Larry Powell, is now available for streaming.
Eugene Byrd, Yvette Carson, TC Carson, Miranda Cryer, Freckle Greene, Sharon Lawrence, Devere Rogers, and Galen Williams.
A young black queer artists navigates the rehearsal process at a very white American theater festival.
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Producers Fran & Barry Weissler are selling their 18.4-acre estate in Waccabuc, NY for $13.2 million.
The estate features a 4-bedroom main residence and a 4-bedroom guest house, with an outdoor amphitheater/sculpture by artist Beverly Pepper, where the Weisslers have hosted private performances by many stars. In addition, there is also a pool, cabana rooms, tennis court and a wooded walking path.
Video: Take a private tour of the estate.
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Video: Highlights from An Evening With Patti LuPone And Mandy Patinkin (2011), a funny, passionate, intimate and unique musical love story told entirely through a masterful selection of some of the greatest songs ever written for the stage. (8:17)
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“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” returns Jan. 25 on NBC.
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San Francisco’s 5th Avenue Theatre (link TBA) presents Tidtaya Sinutoke & Isabella Dawis’ new musical radio play, Half the Sky, during its 2020-21 digital season (dates TBA), directed by Desdemona Chiang, with music direction by Robert Frost.
Shannon Tyo (Aurelie), Diana Huey (Eve), Kendyl Ito (Dawa), Klea Blackhurst (Liz), Christine Toy Johnson (Mae), Jama Nanthakumar (Rod), and James Seol (Jerry).
A year after her sister’s death, Aurelie sets out to fulfill her childhood dream of climbing Mount Everest. She joins an international group of mountaineers, let by a teenage Sherpa. As Aurelie embarks on her path to the top of the world, memories of her Thai American past and the unresolved rift between herself and her sister begin to surface.
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Off-Broadway’s Classic Stage Company has announced its final Classic Conversation of 2020, with Faith Prince, to stream Thurs. Dec. 3 at 6 PM ET.
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Broadway’s Great American Songbook, hosted by Michael Feinstein, and starring George Abud, will stream Wed. Nov. 25 at 7 PM ET at Off-Broadway’s York Theatre (and available through Nov. 28), directed by Barry Kleinbort, with music direction by Paul Lincoln.
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Videos: Nine Adam Pascal videos
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“The Fifth Annual Broadway Bee” will stream Thurs. Dec. 10 at 7 PM ET, in support of Broadway Bound Kids arts education, hosted by Rebecca Feldman and Jay Reiss. 
here.
Michael Park, Seth Rudetsky, Paige Davis, Patrick Page,
A hilarious adult spelling bee featuring cast members from 10 hit Broadway shows. Once the Bee begins, ten Broadway teams will pull out all the stops to get their words right and complete hilarious challenges. The more funds each team raises before and during the event, the more lifelines or “cheats” they earn to help them win the coveted Bee trophy.
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Video: Lauren Patten performs “God is a Woman”
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Undertaking Christmas, written & performed by Joel B. New, will stream Sat. Dec. 9 at 8 PM ET, narrated by Carolyn Mignini (Mrs. Claus), with music direction by Gillian Berkowitz. here.
A new musical comedy homage to the Hallmark Channel movie genre about a gay man who returns to his Midwestern roost and unearths love in the most unlikely of places.
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“See,” a limited series about the civil rights and voting activist Fannie Lou Hamer is now in development for ABC, starring Alfre Woodard. A release date, casting and additional information TBA.
Born and raised in Mississippi, Hamer came from a family of sharecroppers. She began helping her family in the fields at age six, and left school after the 6th grace to work full-time. As an adult, Hamer helped spearhead the 1962 Freedom Summer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. She was arrested on trumped up charges in 1963 and put in jail, where she was badly beaten incurred permanent kidney damage. Hammer made headline when she spoke as the representative of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the 1964 Democratic Convention. Arguing that the Democrats should recognize her party instead of Mississippi’s segregated Democratic Party, Hamer recounted the acts of violence she witnessed while participating in the civil rights movement. She died in 1977.
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Video: Wicked cast members Jon Robert Hall and Tiffany Rae Malari get engaged on Nov. 7 in “On the Way” proposal music video.
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Ute Lemper: Rendezvous With Marlene will stream Wed. Nov. 25 at 8 PM ET and Sat. Dec. 5 at 2 PM ET here.
A magical fusion of theatre and cinema, and gorgeous music that will take you on an intense journey.
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Off-Broadway’s MCC Theater (link TBA) will present a streamed benefit performance of Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play on Sun. Dec. 13 at 3 PM ET, directed by Kamilah Forbes. The presentation will be followed by a discussion.
Cynthia Erivo, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Wunmi Mosaku, Ashleigh Murray, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Storm Reid, Amber Riley, and Lyric Ross.
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Highlights from Encore’s Grand Hotel (2018), featuring Natascia Diaz, John Dossett, Irina Dvorovenko, James Snyder, and Brandon Uranowitz.
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The Fifth Annual Broadway Bee will take place Thurs. Dec. 10 at 7 PM here, in support of Broadway Bound Kids.
Michael Park, Seth Rudetsky, Sarah Hutchings, Paige Davis, Jessie Hooker-Bailey, Kim Exum, Patric Page, Susie Carroll, Afra Hines, and Lee Aaron Rosen.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz answers: A.K.A.
1-I. William Henry Pratt – Boris Karloff
2-H. Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironov – Dame Helen Mirren
3-F. Bernice Frankel – Bea Arthur
4-E. Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blythe – Maurice Barrymore
5-J. Rosa Dolores Alverio – Rita Moreno
6-D. Beatrice Stella Tanner – Mrs. Patrick Campbell
7-C. Marjory Ford – Shirley Booth
8-G. Patricia Neal – Fannie Flagg
9-A. John Broadribb – Sir Henry Irving
10-B. Reginald Kenneth Dwight – Sir Elton John