Today’s Highlights:
* Red Bull Theater‘s The Revenger’s Tragedy FREE reading, adapted & directed by Jesse Berger, featuring Jason C. Brown, Denis Butkus, Saudia Davis, Ryan Farley, Claire Lautier, Paul Niebanck, Petronia Paley, Naomi Peters, Matthew Rauch, Russell Salmon, Yaegel Welch, Cecil Baldwin, Geraint Wyn Davies, Ryan Garbayo, Anthony Michael Martinez, Howard Overshown, Derek Smith, and Chauncy Thomas, streams at 7:30 PM ET.
* Jim Caruso’s Cast Party variety show, streams at 8 PM ET here.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz: Double or Nothing by Jim Bernhard
Fill in the missing word that will result in titles of two musicals or plays:
| 1. The Family ____ in Vienna | A. Dinner |
| 2. There Shall Be No ____ Must Fall | B. Song |
| 3. he Long Christmas ____ at Eight | C. Reunion |
| 4. A Slight Case of ____ at the Howard Johnson’s | D. Room |
| 5. Angel ____ Scene | E. Night |
| 6. Torch ____ of Norway | F. Waltz |
| 7. A Little Night ____ in the Air | G. Murder |
| 8. A Gift of____ and the Conways | H. Music |
| 9. The West Side ____ of the Stork | G. Time |
| 10. Veronica’s _____ Service | H. Street |
Scroll down for the answers…
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The Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction, in support of BC/EFA, will take place Sun. Sept. 20 at 5 PM ET here.
* A live and silent auction and an online store for theatre collectibles. In addition, one-on-ones (replacing the autograph table and photo booth) with Broadway favorites will be held online (with 100+ items available), with a lineup announced next week.
* Meet & Greets with Jonathan Groff, Bernadette Peters, Ben Platt, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, and John Benjamin Hickey.
* A virtual walk in the woods with Alan Cumming
* Opening night & party tickets to The Music Man and Plaza Suite
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Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of “The Prom” will premiere Dec. 11 on Netflix.
Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington, Ariana DeBose, and more.
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The Pulitzer Prize Board has announced new eligibility rulings for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Recognizing work for the 2020 calendar year, the new rules will also include full-length dramatic works that had scheduled productions postponed or canceled, as well as shows that premiered virtually or outside. Works that were able to open before theatres shuttered the country in March 2020 will remain eligible. Click here for eligibility requirements.
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MCC Theater’s MisCast Gala is now available through Sept. 17 on YouTube. It’s quite wonderful.
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Video: VA’s Signature Theatre has released Episode 4 of The Signature Show, a free biweekly half-hour digital experience featuring performances by acclaimed artists, interviews, celebration of new musical voices and memories of Signature’s past and a glimpse into its future, directed by Matthew Gardiner. (25:18)
Timothy Douglas, Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, Danny Gardner, Michael John LaChiusa, Katie Mariko Murray, Tracy Lynn Olivera, Awa Sal Secka, and Holly Twyford.
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Theatre for One, which brings together one actor and one audience member for a one-of-a-kind intimate theatrical experience, has been extended through Oct. 29. The eight world-premiere microplays that are part of Theatre for One: Here We Are are all written, directed, and designed by black, indigenous, and women of color, and performed by BIPOC artists. 
here.
* Thank You For Coming, by Stacy Rose, directed by Candis C. Jones, starring Patrice Bell.
* What Are The Things I Need To Remember, by Lynn Nottage, directed by Tiffany Nichole Green, starring Eisa Davis.
* Pandemic Fight, by Carmelita Tropicana, directed by Rebecca Martinez, starring Zuleyman Guevara.
* Here We Are, by Nikkole Salter, directed by Tamilla Woodard, starring Russell G. Jones.
* Thank You Letter, by Jaclyn Backhaus, directed by Candis C. Jones, starring Mahira Kakkar.
* Before America Was America, by DeLanna Studi, directed by Tamilla Woodard, starring Shyla Lefner.
* whiterly negotiations, by Lydia R. Diamond, directed by Tiffany Nichole Green, starring Nikkole Salter.
* Vote!, written by & starring Regina Taylor, directed by Taylor Reynolds.
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Richard Forman’s “Plays for the Public” has been released in paperback.
Order here.
* The Gods Are Pounding My Head (AKA Lumberjack Messiah), a tightly orchestrated hallucinogenic visual effect, offering bruising slaptick and intense, cryptic lines.
* Idiot Savant, a perplexing, scary, and intellectual message for those weary of causality and paychology.
* Old-Fashioned Prostitutes, which turns these head-scratching classic, head-scratching concerns into phantasmagorical vaudevilles in which all the world’s a stage that keeps changing shape on you.
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Article: Judy Kaye reveals details about the upcoming filming of Broadway’s Diana.
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Video: The Broadway and North American Tour casts of Come From Away perform “Prayer” from the musical.
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Jay Paul Deratany’s “Foster Boy” will premiere Fri. Sept. 25 at ET here.
Matthew Modine, Shane Paul McGhie, Louis Gossett Jr, Amy Brenneman, Evan Handler, and Jay Paul Deratany.
A pulse-pounding cinematic legal drama that activates reform against corruption in foster care. Michael Trainer is a lawyer at the center of a triacl in which a for-profit foster care agency is accused of putting a known sex offender into the same foster home as his young client Jamal, with catastrophic results, Michael a successful litigator with a long career protecting corporate interests, at first wants nothing to do with Jamal’s case until a Judge forces him to accept it. The film brings to light the dark corners of the foster care system and hopes to start a national dialogue concerning the state of the system.
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Nimax Theatres will open all 6 West End theatres in sequence from Oct. 22, with social distancing under COVID-19 Secure government guidelines:
* The Play That Goes Wrong (Oct. 18, Duchess Theatre)
* This is Going to Hurt (Oct. 22 – Nov. 8, Apollo Theatre), written & performed Adamy Kay (an ex-HNS doctor).
* Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Nov. 11, Apollo Theatre)
* Magic Goes Wrong (Nov. 15, Vaudeville Theatre)
* Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will return once social distancing has ended and the theatre can play to full capacity (Palace Theatre, anticipated Feb. 21, 2021).
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A centennial celebration of Noël Coward’s A Marvelous Party, in support of The Actors Fund (in the US) and Acting for Others (in the UK), will stream Sun. Sept. 20 at 2:30 PM ET (link available later this week).
Judi Dench, Cush Jumbo, Giles Terera, Kate Burton, Stephen Fry, Montego Glover, Derek Jacobi, Josh James, Robert Lindsay, Kristine Nielsen, Bebe Neuwirth, Julian Ovenden, Patricia Routledge, Kate Royal, Emma Thompson, Indira Varma, and Lia Williams.
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To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, “Jaime Lozano & Familia: Songs by an Immigrant” will be released Oct. 2 (link TBA), with liner noted by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The album features collaborations with Alex Lacmoire, Mandy Conzalez, and Mauricio Martínez.
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A live production of Christopher Dimond & Michael Kooman’s Romantics Anonymous will stream Sept. 22-26 at 9 PM BST/4 PM ET)/3 PM CT/1 PM (PT) London’s Old Vic, directed by Emma Rice.
Marc Antolin (Jean-René), Carly Bawden (Angélique), Me’sha Bryan (Suzanne/Mimi), Harry Hepple (Ludo/Remi), Laura Jane Matthewson (Young Woman), Sandra Marvin (Magda/Brigitte/Dr. Maxim), Philip Cox (Father/Pierre/Receptionist), Gareth Snook (Mercier/Mumbler/Marini), and Omari Douglas (Salesman/Fred).
Angélique is so timid she faints when people look at her, and Jean-René is so awkward he relies on self-help tapes to relive embarrassing sweating. When Angelique takes a job in his struggling chocolate factory, they find each other and the courage to be happy.
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Video: Liz Callaway sings “Moon River”
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DC’s Arena Stage will stream “The 51st State” on Thurs. Sept. 17 at 7 PM ET.
Featured playwrights: Dane Figueroa Edidi, Farah Lawal Harris, Caleen Sinnett Jennings, Teshonne Nicole Powell, Otis Cortez Ramsey-Zöe, Gregory Keng Strasser, Deb Sivigny, Mary Hall Surface, Aria Vela, and Karen Zacarías.
The hyper local 60-min. film created by Washing, D.C. artists through the voices of the murder of George Floyd and the quest for creating the 51st state and sovereignty in Washington, D.C. From a first-time protester to a fourth-generation Washingtonian political scientist, to arts, an attorney, people of faith, and a retired couple moved to take part in the movement despite COVID-19 risks, these diverse perspectives and real-life stories are vividly told and transformed into affecting narratives by 10 local playwrights.
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Video: Ashley Fuller sings “A Woman Unsurpassed,” from the new musical Amelia: A Musical Tale of Bravery and Mystery.
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GRACE NOTES Quiz answers:
1-C. The Family Reunion, Reunion in Vienna
2-E. There Shall Be No Night, Night Must Fall
3-A. The Long Christmas Dinner, Dinner at Eight
4-G. A Slight Case of Murder, Murder at the Howard Johnson’s
5-J. Angel Street, Street Scene
6-B. Torch Song, Song of Norway
7-E. A Little Night Music, Music in the Air
8-I. A Gift of Time, Time and the Conways
9-F. The West Side Waltz, Waltz of the Stork
10-D. Veronica’s Room, Room Service