Today’s Highlights:
She Loves Me, directed by Robert Hastie, featuring Alex Young (Amalia Balash), David Thaxton (Georg Nowack), Marc Elliott (Ladislav Sipos), Andy Coxon (Steven Kodaly), Kaisa Hammarlund (Ilona Ritter), Karle Seth (Zoltan Maraczek), Lewis Cornay (Arpad Laszlo), and Adele Anderson (Head Waiter), with Zac Adlam, Michael Anderson, Kamau Davis, Lawrence Guntert, Samantha Hull, Exme Laudat, and Gleanne Purcell-Brown, opens at London’s Crucible Theatre.
Bay Street Theater‘s production of Becoming Dr. Ruth, by Mark St. Germain, directed by Scott Schwartz, starring Tovah Feldshuh, opens at NYC’s Museum of Jewish Heritage (Edmund J. Safra Hall).
Norm Lewis (There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays) concert, directed by Richard Jay-Alexander, opens at NYC’s 54 Below.
Heidi Kettenring Sings Karen Carpenter concert opens at CT’s Goodspeed Musicals.
Kathleen Turner: Finding My Voice solo show, directed by Andy Gale, at 8 PM ET at NYC’s Town Hall.
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Broadway shows that have recently canceled performances due to Covid-19 breakouts:
* Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Lyric Theatre.
* Ain’t Too Proud at the Imperial Theatre.
* Freestyle Love Supreme at the Booth Theatre.
* Mrs. Doubtfire at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
* Tina—The Tina Turner Musical at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre.
* Hamilton at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
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J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company has announced its 2022 season at Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row. Casting TBA.
A Class Act (Feb. 10-20), by Linda Kline, Lonny Price, and Edward Kleban, directed by Robert W. Schneider, with choreography by Skizzo Arnedillo.
A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (Feb. 24 – Mar. 6), by Frank Lazarus & Dick Vosburgh, directed by Deidre Goodwin.
The Baker’s Wife (Mar. 10-20), by Stephen Schwartz & Joseph Stein, directed by Robert W. Schneider, with choreography by Caitlin Belcik.
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Complete casting has been announced for Jersey Boys, to run Feb. 15-20 at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, directed by Des Mcanuff.
Eric Chambliss (Bob Gaudio), Matt Faucher (Nick Massi), Devon Goffman (Tommy DeVito), and Jon Hacker (Frankie Vallie), with Justin Albinder, Amy Coelho, Kenneth Quinney Francoeur, Samantha Marisol Gershman, Katie Goffman, Antonio King, Connor Lyon, Kevin Patrick Martin, Sean McGee, Hamilton Moore, Alec Michael Ryan and Bruno Vida.
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Page 73 presents the world premiere of John J. Caswell, Jr.’s Man Cave Mar. 1 – Apr. 2 at the Connelly Theatre, directed by Taylor Reynolds.
Casting TBA.
In the jump-scare horror genre, the play examines white supremacy and patriarchy. The story centers on a group of Mexican-American women in Sedona, Arizona, who convert the luxurious basement man cave of a Republican congressman into their own spiritual war room and protective sanctuary from the violence of men, both real and supernatural.
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Complete casting has been announced for The Lehman Trilogy, by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power, to run Mar. 3 – Apr. 10 (opening Mar. 6) at the Ahmanson Theatre, directed by Sam Mendes. 
The play runs 3 hours & 15 min.
Simon Russell Beale (Henry Lehman), Adam Godley (Mayer Lehman), and Howard W. Overshown (Emanuel Lehman).
On a cold September morning in 1844, a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside, dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is soon joined by his two brothers, and an American epic begins. 163 years later, the firm they establish spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, and triggers the largest financial crisis in history.
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An invitation-only industry reading of Ari Afsar & Lauren M. Gunderson’s We Won’t Sleep will take place Dec. 17 & 18 in NYC, directed by Erin Ortman, with music supervision by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, and choreography by Yusha-Mari Sorzano. The world premiere production will run May 31-July 3 at DC’s Signature Theatre. Click here to learn more about the musical.
Karen Olivo, Jevon McFerrin, Adam Hyndman and Myra Lucretia Taylor, with Chloe Campbell, Kyla Garcia, Em Grosland, Jorrel Javier, Madison McBride, Diane Phelan, Andrea Prestinario, Cindy Tsai, Emara Vee, Princess Victomé, and Brandon L.Whitmore.
The new bio-musical based on the life of Jeannette Rankin, America’s first congresswoman. Elected to Congress in 1916 (three years before white women were granted the right to vote), Rankin found herself to be the only female voice within the halls of power to vote on women’s suffrage.
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The Daughter-in-Law, by D.H. Lawrence, will run Feb. 23 – Mar. 20 at the Mint Theater Company, directed by Gus Kaikkonen.
Jeremy Beck, Rebecca Noelle Brinkley, Emma Geer, Jonathan Hogan, Sara Carolynn Kennedy, Ken Marks, Brian Reddy, Sandra Shipley and Jill Tanner.
Set against the background of a pit strike, the play tells the story of Luther Gascoyne, a young miner, and his newly wed wife Minnie, a former governess. The tensions and misunderstandings they suffer as a result of their different backgrounds are exacerbated by the powerful influence of Luther’s mother and brought to open conflict when it is discovered that Luther, before his marriage, has made another woman pregnant. As the labor unrest comes to a boil, so does the simmering conflict between Luther and Minnie
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Spamilton: An American Parody has announced its 2022 tour dates:
Jared Alexander, Paloma D’Auria, Marissa Hecker, Brandon Kinley, T.J. Newton, Nigel Richards, and Miles Davis Tillman, with Fred Barton at the piano.
Click here for the tour schedule, which will be updated from time to time.
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Off-Broadway’s Second Stage has announced its New Voices Reading Series in January, all of which begin at 6:30 PM ET at the Tony Kiser Theater. Casting TBA.
Toros (Jan. 18), by Danny Tejera, directed by David Mendizábal. Three international late-20-year-olds (and one dying golden retriever) hang out, get drunk, smoke weed, and more in a garage in Madrid as they try to sort out their lives.
The Sensational Sea Mink-ettes (Jan. 24), by Vivian J.O. Barnes, directed by Cristina Angeles. The story of a dance team as they prepare for their homecoming performance. As the big day creeps closer, infighting and the quest for perfection threaten to tear the group apart, until three of their teammates suddenly go missing.
Yellow Dream$ (Jan. 31), by Susan Xu, directed by May Adrales. A dark comedy with music that follows an aspiring Asian-American producer and her quest to diversify the white imagination.
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A Broadway Christmas will take place Sun. Dec. 19 at 7:30 PM PT at LA’s Catalina Jazz Club, co hosted by Eden Espinosa and David Burnham, with music direction by Gerald Sternbach.
Matt Zarley, Chad Doreck, Kate Harmon, Nicole Santiago, Julie Garnye, Dillon Klena, Bethany Joy Lenz, Ava Delaney, Will Collyer, and Alisan Porter.
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The Vineyard Theatre and WP Theater will present the world premiere of Charly Evon Simpson’s sandblasted Feb. 3 – Mar. 6 (opening Feb. 22) at the Vineyard Theatre, directed by Summer L Williams.
Khandi Alexander, Marinda Anderson, Brittany Bellizeare, and Andy Lucien.
The play follows Angela and Odessa on a search for healing. When they stumble upon a celebrity-turned-wellness-maven, they decide to follow her lead not knowing that the journey could very well be the cure.
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An archival film version of Stanley Houghton’s Hindle Wakes continues streaming through Dec. 16 at Off-Broadway’s Mint Theatre, directed by Martin Platt.
Jeremy Beck, Rebecca Noelle Brinkley, Emma Geer, Jonathan Hogan, Sara Carolynn Kennedy, Ken Marks, Briad Reddy, Sandra Shipley, and Jill Tanner.
It’s “Wakes Week” in Hindle; the mill is closed and the workers are idle. Fanny Hawthorn is relaxing at the seashore with a girlfriend when she runs into Alan Jeffcote, the mill owner’s son. Alan takes Fanny to an hotel in Wales for a few days of fun, but the fun stops when their parents find out.
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The American Theatre Wing‘s Andrew Lloyd Webber Initiative has announced 2021 recipients of university scholarships and grants, including the inaugural recipients of the Stewart F. Lane Fellowship for Career Advancement. Each recipient will be able to renew their scholarship for four years as long as a GPA of at least 3.0 is maintained.
Recipients (receiving scholarships of up to $10,000 towards course fees at a four-year university program):
* Sound designer and stage manager Alena Serrano of Lake Worth, Florida, attending University of Michigan
* Composer-lyricist and actor Chelsea Rose of Durham, North Carolina, attending University of North Carolina School of the Arts
* Playwright, composer-lyricist, dancer, director, and actor Jeyna Lynn Gonzales of Panama City Beach, Florida, attending University of California, Irvine
* Actor Oluchi Nwaokorie of Jackson, Mississippi, attending University of Michigan
* Actor Taylor Jackson of Hover, Alabama, attending Pace University
* Lighting designer Thania Melendez of Houston, Texas, attending University of North Carolina School of the Arts.