Today’s Highlights:
The Acting Company‘s A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes: Or The Gospel of Tartuffe benefit concert reading, by Marcus Gardley, directed by Ian Belknap, featuring Denise Burse, Jimonn Cole, Leland Fowler, JD Mollison, Adrienne C. Moore, Chelsea Lee Williams, and C. Kelly Wright, with music performed by Broadway Inspirational Voices, at 7 PM ET at NYC’s Florence Gould Hall.
Jessica Vosk in concert, directed by Warren Carlyle, at 8 PM ET at Carnegie Hall.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz: Where Ya’ From? by Jim Bernhard
Which of these characters arrives on the scene from which locales?
| 1. Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street | A. St. Paul, Minnesota |
| 2. Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside in Mame | B. New York City |
| 3. Anna Christopherson in New Girl in Town | C. Sweetriver |
| 4. Marius in Fanny | D. Verona |
| 5. Leona Samish in Do I Hear a Waltz? | E. Syracuse |
| 6. Lizzie Curry in 110 in the Shade | F. India |
| 7. Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady | G. Laurel, Mississippi |
| 8. Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew | H. Allentown |
| 9. Blanche Du Bois in A Streetcar Named Desire | I. At sea |
| 10. Egeon in The Comedy of Errors | J. Peckerwood |
Scroll down for the answers…
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The 50th annual Theater Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater induction ceremony will take place Mon. Nov. 15 at Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre.
Inductees: Anna Deavere Smith, Leslie Uggams, Victor Garber, Alan Menken, Bob Crowley, and (posthumously) Gerald Freedman.
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Adrienne Kennedy’s Ohio State Murders will return to Broadway on a date TBA, directed by Kenny Leon.
Audra McDonald, and more TBA.
An unusual look at the destructiveness of racism in the United Stages. When Suzanne, a fictional Black writer, returns to Ohio State University to talk about the violence in her writing, a dark mystery unravels.
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Complete casting has been announced for V (formerly Eve Ensler), Justin Tranter & Caroline Pennell’s concert presentations of Wild: A Musical Becoming, to run Dec. 5 – Jan. 2, 2022 at Cambridge’s A.R.T., directed by Diane Paulus, with choreography by Chanel DaSilva.
Idina Menzel (Bea), YDE (Sofia), Javier Muñoz (Mr. Custom), Brittany Campbell Oak), Deborah S. Craig Mrs. Maybe), Josh Lamon (Mr. Rail), Kingsley Leggs (Mayor Maybe), Paravi Das (Forte), Luke Ferrari (Possible), and Michael Williams (Bicker Rail).
The environmentalism-themed story follows a family as they grapple over the future of their family farm.
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Laguna Playhouse has announced its Holiday Season 2021:
The Skivvies – Say It Ain’t Snow (Dec. 6-7, starring Lauren Molina & Nick Cearley, with celebrity special guests (TBA).
Merry Christmas Darling: Carpenters’ Christmas (Dec. 13-15), starring Michelle Berting Brett.
Sister’s Christmas Catechism (Dec. 20-21), written by & starring Vicki Quade & Maripat Donovan. It’s “CSI: Bethlehem” in this holiday mystery extravaganza, as Sister takes on the mystery that has intrigued historians throughout the ages – whatever happened to the Magi’s gold? (“W know that Mary used the frankincense and myrrh as a sort of potpourri – they were in a barn after all”).
Rita Rudner’s Happy Vaccinated New Year’s Eve! (Dec. 31), with special guests Jason Feddy and Molly Bergman.
Folk Legacy Trio (Jan. 1-2, 2022).
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Write Act Rep‘s radio play adaptation of Willard Manus’ A Journal of the Plague Year will run Nov. 13 – Dec. 19 at North Hollywood’s Brickhouse Theatre, directed by Daniel E. Keough.
Charles Anteby, Shelly Desai, Dean Ghaffari, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, and Gale Madyun.
H.F. is a businessman who has chosen to remain while multiples flee the plague-ridden city. He re-enacts the terror of a helpless people caught in a tragedy they could not comprehend, with the weak preying on the dying, the strong administering to the sick, the wastrels partying in the bars and pavilions, the scientists battling the quacks and doubters.
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Video: Liz Callaway, Norm Lewis, and more tribute Maltby & Shire at the York Theatre’s Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala.
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Betsy Wolfe: The Holiday Show will take place Sat. Dec. 4 at 7 PM ET at NYC’s Green Room.
Andrew Rannells, and more TBA.
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Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that Alley Mills has replaced Judith Ivey in Paul Osborn’s Morning’s at Seven at Off-Broadway’s Theatre at St. Clements, directed by Dan Wackerman. Ivey departed last week due to a leg injury.
The rest of the cast includes Dan Lauria, Lindsay Crouse, Alma Cuervo, Patty McCormack, Tony Roberts, John Rubinstein, Keri Safran, and Jonathan Spivey.
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The “2021 Macys Day Parade” will air Thurs. Nov. 25 on NBC, from 9 AM – Noon in all time zones. Click here for more information.
The casts of SIX, Moulin Rouge!, Wicked, a sneak preview of NBC’s “Annie Live!,” and the Radio City Rockettes.
aespa, Jimmie Allen, Jon Batiste, Josh Dela Cruz (Blue’s Clues & You! host), Kristin Chenoweth, Darren Criss, Jordan Fisher, Foreigner, the cast of Peacock’s “Girl5eva” (Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell, and Busy Philips), Andy Grammer, Mickey Guyton, Chris Lane, Camille Schrier (Miss America 2020), the cast and Muppets of “Sesame Street,” Nelly, Kim Petras, Kelly Rowland, Rob Thomas, Carrie Underwood, Tai Verdes, Zoe Wees, Tauren Wells…. and Santa Claus.
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LA TheatreWorks has announced its 2021-22 season of live audio plays.
Paradise, by Laura Maria Censabella (available now), directed by Anna Lyse Erikson, featuring Medalion Rahimi and Jeff Marlow. A Yemini-American high school student in the Bronx undertakes an ambitious research project with the help of her reluctant science teacher. Their experiment proves a stunning success, but a controversy from the teacher’s past could undermine his brightest students future.
Frankinland (Available Dec. 14), by Lloyd Suh, directed by Anna Lyse Erikson, featuring Gregory Harrison and Larry Powell. A comic romp through the American Revolution, with a spotlight on the relationship between William Franklin and his wildly egomaniacal father Ben. As Ben Franklin plants the seeds of a new republic, King George III appoints William Royal Governor of New Jersey – a change in affairs that creates a family rift of revolutionary proportions.
Pipeline (Feb. 4-6, 2022), by Dominique Morriseau, with director and cast TBA. A dedicated teacher at an inner-city school is desperate to give her only son opportunities that her own public high school students will never have.
Twelfth Night (Mar. 11-13), directed by TBA. Casting TBA.
The Sun Also Rises (Apr. 22-24), by Ernest Hemingway, newly adapted by Kate McAll, Casting TBA. A group of friends decamp from 1920’s Paris for the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona. Jake is in love with the artistic director Bret Ashley, but Bret’s wandering eye lands on a younger matador.
One Upon a Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia (May 20-22), by Josh Azouz, directed by TBA. Casting TBA.. In a Vichy prison camp, Victor is guarded by his neighbor Youssef. Yousef tries to help his friend with incurring the wrath of his Nazi officers, but a shared secret might tear them apart.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (June 24-26), by Tom Stoppard, directed by TBA. Casting TBA.
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A Grand Night for Singing: A Celebration of Rodgers & Hammerstein continues through Nov. 28 at CT’s Goodspeed Opera House, directed by Rob Ruggiero.
Jasmine Forsberg, Mauricio Martínez, Jesse Nager, Mamie Parris, and Diane Phelan, with Kathryn Boswell and Kevin Schuering.
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LA’s East West Players has announced its 2022 season — Here. Us. Now.
Assassins (opens Feb. 17), directed by Shehal Desai, with music direction by Marc Macalintal, and choreography by Jasmine Rafael & Preston Mui, featuring Geddy Watanabe (Charles Guiteau), Joan Almedilla (Sara Jane Moore), Adam Kaokept (The Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald, and more TBA.
Interstate (opens June 2), by Melissa Li & Kit Yan, directed by Jesca Prudencio.
An Asian-American pop-rock poetry musical that follows Dash, a transgender spoken word performer who becomes internet-famous along with his best friend, Adrian, a lesbian singer-songwriter.
The Great Jheri Curl Debate (opens Sept. 15), by Inda Craig-Galván. Veralynn Jacson knows hair, she knows her neighborhood, and she also know that the invention of the Jheri Curl marks the end of the world. When she takes a job in Mr. Kim’s Korean-owned Black beauty supply store and the posters start talking to her. Veralyn might finally come to know her true calling.
The Brothers Paranormal (opens Nov. 17), by Prince Gomolvilas, directed by Jeff Liu. Two Thai brothers launch a business to investigate paranormal activities. When they investigate the home of an African-American couple, who have been displaced be Hurricane Katrina, their notions of reality, fantasy, and sanity class against the shocking truth. The play highlights how present-day humanity deals with grief and the beauty of compassion that is reveled even in our darkest hours.
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Complete casting has been announced for Bonnie and Clyde in Concert, to run Jan. 17-18, 2022 at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, directed by Nick Winston,
Jeremy Jordan (Clyde), Frances Mayli McCann (Bonnie), George Maguire (Buck), Natalie McQueen (Blanche), Trevor Dion Nicholas (Preacher), and Liam Tamne (Ted), Casey Al-Shagsy (Stella), Simon Anthony (Cop/Bud/Archie/Deputy Johnson), Gillian Bevan (Cummie Barrow/Eleanor), Eloise Davies (Trish), Adrian Grove (Henry Barrow), Debbie Kurup (Governor Miriam Ferguson), Matthew Malthouse (Bob Alcorn), Jeremy Secomb (Judge/Sheriff Schmid), Russell Wilcox (Captain Frank Hamer), and Julie Yammanee (Emma Parker).
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GRACE NOTES Quiz answers: Where Ya’ From?
1-H. Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street – Allentown
2-J. Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside in Mame – Peckerwood
3-A. Anna Christopherson in New Girl in Town – St. Paul, Minnesota
4-I. Marius in Fanny – At sea
5-B. Leona Samish in Do I Hear a Waltz? – New York City
6-C. Lizzie Curry in 110 in the Shade – Sweetriver
7-F. Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady – India
8-D. Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew – Verona
9-G. Blanche Du Bois in A Streetcar Named Desire – Laurel, Mississippi
10-E. Egeon in The Comedy of Errors – Syracuse