Today’s Highlights:
The Gaze … No Homo virtual production, written by & starring Larry Powell, begins streaming at LA’s Center Theatre Group. 
The production will be FREE for the first weekend, and $20 thereafter for the remainder of the run.
First Love filmed production, by Beckett, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis, starring Bill Camp, begins FREE streaming here.
The Things Are Against Us reading, by Susan Soon He Stanton, directed by Ellie Heyman, featuring Emily Davis, Susannah Flood, Babak Tafti, and Danny Wolohan, begins streaming at Off-Broadway’s MCC Theater.
UnRavelled virtual premiere, by Jake Broder, directed by Nike Doukas, featuring Lucy Davenport (Adams), Rob Nagle (Robert), Leo Marks (Dr. Miller), Conor Duffy (Ravel), and Melissa Greenspan (Ida Rubinstein), with Michael Lanaha, begins FREE streaming at 4 PM PT here (and remains available through Mar. 31).
Sugar In Our Wounds, world premiere of the 2018 filmed production by Donja R. Love, starring Stephanie Berry, begins FREE streaming at 12 PM ET at Manhattan Theatre Club.
Broadway Smashes COVID benefit concert, featuring Renée Fleming, Heather Headley, Laura Benanti, Orfeh, Alisan Porter, Cheyenne Jackson, John Lloyd Young, Adam Pascal, and Barrett Foa, streams at 7 PM ET here.
Men’s Health audio play, by Daniel Goldfarb, directed by Scott Ellis, featuring Tony Shalhoub, Santino Fontana, and Laura Benanti, with Diane Guerrero and Tom Hollander, released on Audible.
“The United States vs. Billie Holiday” FREE screening & Q&A, directed by Lee Daniels, starring Andra Day, livestreams (for industry professionals only) at 8 PM ET here.
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Video: Stars in the House, celebrating William Finn’s birthday, with special guests Alison Fraser, Norm Lewis, Michael Rupert, Mary Testa, Lillias White, and Chip Zien. (1:16:44)
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Pasadena Playhouse presents Another Day’s Begun: Exploring Our Town, which will stream Mar. 11 at 6:30 PM PT, and then available on-demand.
Jane Kazmarek, Howard Sherman, Youssef Kerkour, Keith Randolph Smith, and Alexandra Wailes.
The event is also a virtual celebration of Sherman’s new book, “Another Day’s Begun: Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in the 21st Century,” which is now available here.
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North Hollywood’s Road Theatre Company has announced upcoming filmed productions, to run on select dates Mar. 26 – June 6.
This Bitter Earth, by Harrison David Rivers, directed by Gregg T. Daniel, and featuring Matthew Hancock and Chase Cargill. Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his choices called into question when his boyfriend, Neil, a white Black Lives Matter activist, call him out for his political apathy. As passions and priorities collide, this couple is forced to reckon with issues of race, class and the bravery it takes to love out loud.
Reykjavík, by Steve Yockey, directed by Ann Hearn Tobolowsky, featuring Stephen Tyler Howell, Alaska Jackson, Leandro Cano, Brian Ibsen, Danny Lee Gomez, and Jacqueline Misaye. In the city of Reyjavik, we eavesdrop on the intertwined lives of lovers, hospitality workers, partygoers, and even a really handsome bird or two. This frank exploration of honesty in relationships offers a glimpse into a cold, dark, magical, and sometimes violent world where everyone still hopes to find joy beneath the glow of the Northern Lights.
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Elise Forier Edie’s The Pink Unicorn will stream Mar. 5-18 at Boston’s SpeakEasy Stage Company, directed by M. Bevin O’Gara.
Stacy Fischer
The play traces one mother’s journey from apprehension to tolerance to acceptance when her teenager Jo comes out as genderqueer. Faced with opposition from her family, church, and the local high school, Trisha embarks on a journey to meet her child with love.
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Audible has announced a new podcast series, “Hot White Heist,” which will premiere June 17, offering 6 half-hour episodes, directed by Alan Cumming.
Alan Cumming, Bowen Yang, Cynthia Nixon, Jonathan Bailey, Mj Rodriguez, John Cameron Mitchell, Cheyenne Jackson, Jane Lynch, Peppermint, Abbi Jacobson, Margaret Cho, Bianca Del Rio, Shannon Woodward, Stephanie Beatriz, and Brian McCook.
An LGBTQIA+ cohort embarks on a sperm bank heist.
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A revival of “Frasier” has been ordered by Paramount+.
No additional information has been released.
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Goodspeed‘s new streaming initiative — Goodspeed On Demand — will stream the theatre’s 2019 production of Eric Ulloa & Brett Ryback’s Passing Through Mar. 15 – Apr. 4, directed by Igor Golden, with choreography by Marcos Santana, and music direction by Matt Meckes.
Max Chernin (Andrew), Jim Stanek (Andrew’s Dad), Garrett Long (Andrew’s Mom), Celeste Rose (Karie), and Jennifer Leigh Warren (Emma/The Professor), with Joan Almedilla, Reed Armstrong, Ryan Duncan, Linedy Genao, Charles Gray, and Mary Jo Meccca.
Set amidst the rich sounds and diverse tapestry of the American landscape, the musical tells the incredible true story of a young man who journeys on foot from Pennsylvania to California. During his journey, he meets many strangers who share stories that guide him as he goes. When his trek brings to light an unresolved family crisis, he must use the lessons he’s gathered to finally confront his past.
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MasterVoices presents Adam Guettel’s song cycle Myths and Hymns: Chapter 2 as a multi-episode “work,” which is now available here.
Shoshana Bean, Michael McElroy, John Lithgow, Daniel Breaker, and more.
Says Ted Sperling, “It became clear pretty quickly last spring that we were not going to be able to perform anything live this season. I immediately started to watch what people were doing, and predicting ahead I thought ‘This is fantastic what everybody is doing right now, but I bet six months or a year from now, people will have fatigue of watching people in a grid singing.” Sperling and his ensemble turned lemons in lemonade, transforming the 1998 song cycle into a visual and performing arts project, featuring a mini film for each song with its own director and, frequently, original artwork and animation from visual artists. The result is anything but a grid of people singing. The series’ first episode has chorus members dancing in their backyards, Kilgore with original animation swirling around his body, and even Guettel himself playing guitar, backed by elaborate illustrations telling the story of Pegasus and Bellerophon.
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New York Theatre Barn as announced March programming for its virtual New Works Series, which presents excerpts of new musicals and conversations with the creative teams. The episodes will livestream on Wednesdays at 7 PM ET here.
Mar. 3: On This Side of the World, written & directed by Paulo K. Tirol, featuring Belinda Allyn and Marc delaCruz. Filipino immigrants navigate old lives and new beginnings….. and …… The Village of Vale, by Mohn McGrew, Jonathan Karpinos & Joseph Varca, featuring Belinda Allyn and Marc delaCruz. A tale about betrayal, vengeance, and magical glasses.
Mar. 17: For Tonight, by Whitney Rhodes, Shenelle Salcido & Spencer Williams, directed by Roberto Araujo, and featuring The musical explores themes of home in a story of a Welsh man who leaves his life behind ….. and ….. Anjou, by Guillermo Mendez M. & Guadalupe Sandoval, featuring Nathan Cockfroft, kevin Curtis, Gabriel Hayman, Taylor Iman Jones, Michael Perrie Jr, and Jelani Remy. The musical focuses on the massacre of Saint Bartholomew in 1572 in France.
Mar. 31: Starry, written & performed by Kelly Lynne D’Angelo & Matt Dahan. A rock musical about brother Theo and Vincent Van Gogh….. and ….. Seasons, by Tyler Tafolia, featuring Tafolia and Megan Kuramoto-Monroe. A song cycle about the changing relationships of six friends.
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The annual Broadway Backwards benefit concert will stream Tues. Mar. 30 at 8 PM ET here (and will remain on-demand through Apr. 3), written & directed by Robert Bartley, with music supervision by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, and Ted Arthur as music director. The event is in support of BC/EFA.
Jay Armstrong Johnson, Jenn Colella, Stephanie J. Block, Deborah Cox, Lea Salonga, Matt Bomer, Darren Criss, Ariana DeBose, Robin De Jesus, Cynthia Erivo, Joshual Henry, Cherry Jones, Kelli O’Hara, Jim Parsons, and more TBA.
An isolated New Yorker dreams a fantastical journey guided by a late-night television host.
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An online public forum exploring the history of Black cabaret in Chicago will stream Sun. Mar. 7 at 3 PM CT here.
Mark Ruffin, Daniel Johnson, Natalie Douglas, Lynn Colbert-Jones, and Hermene Hartman.