Today’s Highlights:
* Is God Is audio production, by Aleshea Harris, directed by James Ijames, featuring Danielle Leneé (Racine), Brett Ashley Robinson (Anaia), Melanye Finister (She), Akeem Davis (Chuck Hall), Anthony Martinez-Briggs (Scotch), Aaron Bell (Riley), Taysha Marie Canales (Angie), and Lindsay Smiling (Man), opens virtually at Philadelphia’s Wilma Theatre.
* Theatre Silicon Valley‘s Shakespeare in Vegas FREE benefit reading, by Suzanne Bradbeer, directed by Giovanna Sardelli, featuring Karen Ziemba, Patrick Page and more, streams at 6 PM PT (available through July 27).
* Broadway’s Cinderella (2013) cast reunion concert, featuring Laura Osnes, Santino Fontana, Victoria Clark, Ann Harada, and Greg Hildreth, streamed at 12 PM here.
* “Stars in the House,” with a “Fame” film cast reunion, featuring composer Michael Gore, lyricist Dean Picthford, and cast members Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean, and Antonia Franceschi, streams at 8 PM ET here.
* Christina Bianco: Lockdown Live benefit concert, in support of TDF, with special guest Michael West, streams at 3 PM ET here.
* Songs For A New World concert, by Jason Robert Brown, directed by Séimí Campbell, featuring Rachel John, Ramin Karimloo, Cedric Neal, and Rachel Tucker, begins streaming at 2:30 PM ET here (through July 25).
* Quarantine, Cabaret & Cocktails FREE concert, featuring original principal Broadway cast of Side Show (Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner, Hugh Panaro and Jeff McCarthy), with Robert Bannon & Lee Lessack, streams at 7 PM ET here.
* Michael Lavine’s zoominar, Moment Matinee Presents Songs of the Decade: The Enthalling Thirties, with special guests Steve Ross, KT Sullivan, Daisy Egan, and Bill Daugherty, at 3 PM ET here.
* Stars & Stripes Musical Theatre Trivia Night, co-hosted by Stephanie Umoh and Evans Haile, streams at 7:10 PM ET at Off-Broadway’s York Theatre.
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Video: “Stars in the House,” with original Rent stars Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal. (1:19:55)
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LA Theatre Works has announced that its audio recording of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, adapted by Kate McAll, directed by Anna Lyse Erikson, is now available on CD and MP3 here.
Seamus Dever (Captain Walton), Adhir Kalyan (Victor Frankenstein), Stacy Keach (The Creature), Cerris Morgan-Moyer (Elizabeth Lavenza/Justine Moritz), Mike McShane (Mr. Davy/Father/Donald), and Darren Richardson (Henry Clerval/Judge/Old Man/Hamish.
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Video: “On My Own,” from Les Miz, with Sierra Boggess, Lea Salonga, Julian Ovenden, and Gerónimo Rauch.
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Andrew Barth Feldman’s virtual interactive series, “Broadway Whodunit,“ will premiere Sat. Aug. 1 at 8 PM ET. 
Click here for more information and tickets.
The first mystery is “Murder at Montgomery Manor.“
Alex Boniello, Shereen Pimentel, Reneé Rapp, Will Roland, Gaten Matarazzo, Samantha Williams, and Antonio Cipriano.
Audiences will serve as detectives as they track down suspects in a live, unscripted performance. The performers will receive nothing but their character descriptions before arriving at the party. When the party begins, they will receive a set of objectives to achieve their characters’ goals. The story, written by Feldman, provides room for significant improvisation within the objectives, allowing the actors to create their own stories within the larger mystery. Neither the performers nor the audience will know who the murderer is until it is revealed in the mystery’s finale.
Audience: Upon purchasing a ticket, audiences will receive a link to a website that contains virtual rooms, where they can follow characters around during the performance. In addition, chat rooms will be available to discuss theories as they track down the killer.
Detectives: will also receive a link to submit their guess for who the murderer is. Those with correct guesses will receive points based on how quickly they submitted. Using those points, detectives will be ranked on the leaderboard. These points will be cumulative throughout all future mysteries.
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Netflix has announced casting for its new musical series, “Julie and the Phantoms,” created by Kenny Ortega, which will premiere Sept. 10.
Madison Reyes (Julie), Charlie Gillespie (Ghost), Jeremy Shada (Ghost), Owen Patrick Joyner (Ghoste), Cheyenne Jackson, Booboo Stewart, Carlos Ponce, Sonny Bustamante, Jadah Marie, Sacha Carlson, and Savannah Lee May.
Julie is a high school singer-songwriter grieving the loss of her mother. Unable to make music since her mom died, Julie is inspired by the ghosts of 3 musicians from the 90s, whose visits spark her creativity again.
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Video: The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues, featuring Ashlie Atkinson, Sarayu Blue, Juliana Canfield, Joel Marsh Garland, Josh Hamilton, Amy Hargreaves, Princess Jacob, Christopher Oscar Peña, John Clarence Stewart II, and Michael Patrick Thornton.
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Article: IATSE has released Coronavirus Safety Guidelines.
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Pasadena Playhouse has announced its 2020-21 season, titled Playhouse LIVE, a first-of-its-kind nonprofit online streaming service, offering:
* A front row seat to exhilarating digital theatrical experiences
* Backstage access through exclusive original series about theater making
* A digital classroom for learning at all ages.
The lineup of shows will be announced in August.
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NYC’s Ellen’s Stardust Diner may close.
The restaurant, famous for its singing wait staff, currently owes rent in the amount of $618,435.22. If the debt is not paid by Aug. 7, the landlord will assume possession of the premises.
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August highlights on HBO Max:
“Astaire & Rogers” includes 7 movie musicals: “Flying Down to Rio,” “The Gay Divorcee,” “Roberta,” Top Hat,” “Carefree,” “The Barkleys of Broadway,” and “Swing Time.”
“The First Wives Club” (1996), featuring Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Stockard Channing, Maggie Smith, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Marcia Gay Harden.
“Marvins’ Room” (1996), starring Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Gwen Verdon.
“Barefoot in the Park” (1967), starring Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Charles Boyer, and Mildred Natwick.
“On Golden Pond” (1981), starring Henry Fonda, Katherine Hepburn, and Jane Fonda.
“Biloxi Blues” (1988), starring Matthew Broderick, Penelope Ann Miller, and Christopher Walken.
“Driving Miss Daisy” (1999), starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman.
“Elf” (2003), starring Will Ferrell, Zooey Deschanel, James Caan, Mary Steenbergen, Ed Asner, and Bob Newhart.
Click here for the complete list of films in August (scroll down).
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Musical Theatre West will present a fundraiser, Keep the Lights On, on Fri. July 31 at 7 PM PT.
Performers will be announced Fri. July 24 at 4 PM PT on Facebook.
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Broadway Records will release a live album of Nick Cordero‘s 2019 54 Below concert, Live Your Life, on Sept. 17 (Cordero’s birthday). The album is a benefit for Amanda Kloots and Elvis. 
here.
Kathryn Gallagher, Sara Chase, and Zach Braff.
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Lynne Nottage’s newest work (untitled) will open in Fall 2021 at 2nd Stage‘s Helen Hayes Theatre, directed by Kate Whoriskey.
The play follows a truck stop sandwich shop that offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at reclaiming their lives.
Casting and additional details TBA.
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Performers have been announced for the 2nd episode of The Muny 2020 Summer Variety Hour Live!, to take place Mon. July 27 at 8:15 PM CT here.
The second episode will include:
* Scenes from The Muny’s productions of Aida, 42nd Street, Spamalot, and Oklahoma!
* “Suddenly Seymour” performed by Maggie Lakis and husband Rob McClure.
* “Under the Sea,” performed by the 2017 cast of The Little Mermaid.
* Taylor Louderman performs “Astonishing” from Little Women.
* Chloe O. Davis performs her piece “My Tribute to Black Broadway and Black Choreographers: I Thrive Now Because You Dared Then.”
* Maya Bowles, Trevor Michael Schmidt, and Gabi Stapula perform “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This,” from Sweet Charity.
* Nkeki Obi-Melekwe performs “If You Knew My Story” from Bright Star.
* “Munywood Squares,” a hilarious, Muny-themed gameshow hosted by Gordon Greenberg featuring E. Faye Butler, J. Harrison Ghee, Ann Harada, Raymond J. Lee, Vicki Lewis, Steve Rosen, Jeffrey Schecter, John Scherer and Christopher Sieber.
…and much more…
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