Today’s Highlights:
* Red Bull Theatre‘s Kenne FREE livestream benefit reading, by Anchuli Felicia King, directed by Ethan McSweeny, featuring Grantham Coleman, Paul Gross, Carol Halstead, John Harrell, Chris Johnston, Sam Lilja, Amelia Pedlow, Sam Saint Ours, Sarah Suzuki, and Sara Topham, takes place at 7:30 PM ET.
* Gilead audio recording, by Marilynne Robinson, starring Ethan Hawke, streams at 8 AM ET (yes, that’s 8 AM ET) at NYC’s 92Y (and available through Oct. 29).
* Jennifer Holliday’s 60th Birthday Concert streams at 8 PM ET here.
* Jim Caruso’s Cast Party variety show, with special guests Lynn Taylor-Corbett, Shaun Taylor-Corbet, James Richardson, Zach Day, Ben Cameron, Eric Jordan Young, and Connor Simpson, streams at 8 PM ET here.
* Mint Theater Company‘s FREE filmed version of Conflict, by Miles Malleson, directed by Jenn Thompson, featuring Jeremy Beck, Henry Clarke, Graeme Malcolm, James Prendergast, Jessie Shelton, Jasmin Walker, and Amelia White, streams through Nov. 1.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz: They Call It Home by Jim Bernhard
Match these named residences with characters in plays and musicals who live there:
| 1. Peckerwood | A. Anne Shirley |
| 2. Belle Reve | B. Rebecca de Winter |
| 3. Hampton Court | C. Mary Lennox |
| 4. Belmont | D. Claude and Doris |
| 5. Thornfield Hall | E. Blanche du Bois |
| 6. Manderley | F. Portia |
| 7. Upson Downs | G. Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside |
| 8. Green Gables | H. Jane Eyre |
| 9. Monte Cristo Cottage | I. Henry VIII |
| 10. Misselthwaite Manor | J. The Tyrone family |
Scroll down for the answers…
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Video: “Stars in the House,” a celebration of the 2020 Tony Award nominations, with special guests James Monroe Iglehart, Tom Kitt, Robyn Hurder, Bess Wohl, and Tom Kirdahy. (1:07:39)
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David Carpenter, Kevin Hammons, Caroline Prugh & Jacob Thompson’s “All About Evil,” performance #2, a murder mystery for you to solve, will take place Fri. Oct. 23 at 8 PM ET here, directed by David Carpenter
Samantha Blain, Kim Morgan Dean, Michael Indeglio, Tricia Matthews, Michael Pilato, and Olivia White.
Play a detective as you interview suspects in real-time to find the killer, all the while taking in a nostalgic tour around the haunts of the Golden Age. Behind every great diva is a humble assistant, but when Broadway’s brightest star goes missing, her timid helper steps onto the Broadway stage and knocks the audience dead. Unfortunately, someone has done the same with the missing star. And now it’s up to you to solve the case and catch the killer before the press gets wind of the scandal.
Note: Audiences will use a web-based software called Gamiotics (not an app), designed by Dave Keane, which allows for real-time interactin during the course of the show, using smartphones as they watch the performance unfold on Zoom.
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LA’s Center Theatre Group has announced its new Digital Stage offer, offering productions, staged readings, radio play, audio-based experiences, film screenings, and more.
While the events have been streaming for quite awhile, CTG has now offered FREE access to all Digital Stage+ events for only $10/month!
Access CTG’s exciting first Digital Stage+ productions, such as Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake and Kristina Wong for Public Office, and so much more.
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Off-Broadway’s York Theatre presents Broadway’s Great American Songbook, hosted by Michael Feinstein and directed by Barry Kleinbort, which will take place Wednesdays Nov. 4 – Dec. 16, with encore performances on Thurs. afternoons at 2:30PM ET, Fridays at 7 & 10 PM ET, and Saturdays at 2:30PM & 7:00PM ET. The series will conclude with a York Holiday Gala on Mon. Dec. 21 at 7 PM ET.
Ben Vereen, Lillias White, George Abud, Klea Blackhurst, Robert Creighton, Karen Mason, Lee Roy Reams, Alton Fitzgerald White, with special guest appearances by Jeremy Benton, Richard Kind, Kylie Kuioka, and more TBA.
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Highlights from Encore’s Zorba (2015)
Video: Preview
Video: “Life Is,” with Marin Mazzie
Video: In rehearsal
Video: “I am Free,” with John Turturro
Video: “Goodbye Cannavaro,” with John Turturro and Zoë Wanamaker
Video: “No Boom Boom,” with Zoë Wanamaker
Video: “Happy Birthday,” with Zoë Wanamaker
Video: “Why Can’t I Speak”/”That’s a Beginning.” with Santino Fontana and Elizabeth A. Davis.
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Wiesenthal, written by & starring Tom Dugan, directed by Jenny Sullivan, will stream Oct. 20-27 at Beverly Hills’ The Wallis.
The riveting true story of Simon Wiesenthal, the “Jewish James Bond.” A Holocaust survivor who devoted his life to bringing more than 1,100 Nazi war criminals to justice, Wiesenthal was an intelligent, funny, flawed and noble universal hero.
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Highlights from Broadway’s On the Twentieth Century (2015), directed by Scott Ellis, starring Kristin Chenoweth, Peter Gallagher, Andy Karl, Mark Linn-Baker, Michael McGrath, and Mary Louise Wilson.
Video: “Veronique”
Video: Performance at the 2015 Tony Awards
Video: Montage
Video: “Mine,” with Peter Gallagher and Andy Karl
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RIP: Actress Doreen Montalvo died at the age of 56 after suffering a stroke earlier this month.
Doreen appeared on Broadway in In The Heights (as the “Bolero Singer), as well as in On Your Feet. Off-Broadway and tour credits include Giant, Flashdance, In The Heights, On Your Feet, and more.
Most recently Doreen appeared in Mrs. Doubtfire (as Janet Lundy), a role she originated in the pre-Broadway production in Seattle.
TV and film credits include “Smash,” All My Children, “One Life to Live,” “Law & Order,” “The Good Wife,” and “Elementary.”
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Off-Broadway’s York Theatre Company presents Broadway’s Great American Songbook, concert series Nov. 4 – Dec. 19, hosted by Michael Feinstein, and directed by Barry Kleinbort.
Nov. 4-7: Alton Fitzgerald White, with music directed by Doyle Newmyer
Nov. 11-14: Lee Roy Reams, with music direction by Alex Rybeck
Nov. 18-21: Karen Mason, with music direction by Alex Rybeck
Nov. 25-28: George Aubd, with music direction by Paul Lincoln
Dec. 2-5: Ben Vereen and Klea Blackhurst, with music direction by Gary Adler & Deniz Cordell
Dec. 9-12: Robert Creighton, with special guest Richard Kind, and music direction
by Alex Rybeck
Dec. 16-19: Lillias White, with music direction by Mathis Picard
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Broadway Dreams Foundation‘s First Virtual Gala and Auction 2020 will take place Sat. Dec. 5 at 7 PM ET, hosted by Christopher J. Handke
Tituss Burgess and Mike Cassling
Casting TBA.
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LA’s Center Theatre Group has announced a reading series of The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro, directed by Laurie Woolery. All readings will remain on demand through Jan. 202, 2021.
Nov. 5 (5 PM PT): Electricidad
Nov. 13 (5 PM PT): Oedipus El Rey
Nov. 20 (5 PM PT): Mojada
Esperanza America, Sal Lopez, Sandra Marquez, Alma Martinez, Catalina Maynard, Sarita Ocón, Gabriela Ortega, Rose Portillo, Geoff Rivas, and Eddie Ruiz.
In the days following the murder of her father by her mother, Electricidad is committed to vengeance. To get it, she’ll need her brother, Orestes, to return from Las Vegas and help her finish the job. The play investigates violence, loss, and redemption through the lens of this age-old tragedy.
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Video: The original Hamilton cast performs “Be In the Room Where It Happens and VOTE.“
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Audio: Rebecca Luker and Matthew Scott sing Jerome Kern & P.G. Wodehouse’s “The Enchanted Train,” with music direction, Joseph Thalken.
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Video: A benefit concert version of John McDaniel & Scott Logsdon’s Sticks & Stones, in support of BC/BFA and the Born This Way Foundation, starring Joshua Colley (David), Javier Muñoz (Jesse), George Salazar (King Saul), Audra McDonald (Nizevet), and Mykal Kilgore (The Prophet Samuel). The concert will be available until Tues. Oct. 20 at 8 PM ET. (1:03:31)
The musical adapts the Biblical story of David and his triumph over Goliath to address the issue of teen bullying.
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Video: Hello Gorgeous: Funny Folx in Concert (and no, that’s not a typo), will be available through Tues. Oct. 20, directed by Samantha Joy Pearlman, with music direction by Emily Cohn The fundraiser celebrates the music of Fanny Brice while supporting International Sanctuary, a nonprofit that empowers girls and women escaping human trafficking in growing community centers across the globe.
L Morgan Lee, Lauren Boyd, Deonte Warren, Tara Tagliaferro, Aneesa Folds, Violet Tinnirello, Alicia Owsley Charles, Michelle Beth Herman, MiMi Scardulla, and Samantha Joy Pearlman.
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Frozen parodies about the pandemic, medical school, “Star Wars,” and more…
Video: “For the First Time in Forever”
Video: “Will You Let Me Use the Restroom?”
Video: “Where is My Phone” & “Into the Unknown”
Video: “Let ’em Burn”
Video: “Do You Want To”
Video: “Let it Flow”
Video: “Do You Want to Build a Meth Lab”
Video: “I Don’t Know”
Video: “Do You Want to Be My Boyfriend”
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GRACE NOTES Quiz answers: They Call It Home
1-G. Peckerwood – Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside (Mame/Auntie Mame)
2-E. Belle Reve – Blanche du Bois (A Streetcar Named Desire)
3-I. Hampton Court – Henry VIII (A Man for All Seasons)
4-F. Belmont – Portia (The Merchant of Venice)
5-H. Thornfield Hall – Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre)
6-B. Manderley – Rebecca de Winter (Rebecca)
7-D. Upson Downs – Claude and Doris (Upson) (Mame/Auntie Mame)
8-A. Green Gables – Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables)
9-J. Monte Cristo Cottage – The Tyrone Famil (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)
10-C. Misselthwaite Manor – Mary Lennox (The Secret Garden)