Today’s Highlights:
Melissa Errico: Ladies of the Playhouse live concert, opens at 7:30 PM ET at PA’s Bucks County Playhouse.
Afterwards radio play, by Emily Kaczmarek & Zoe Sarnak, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, featuring Andi Alhadeff (Kali), Taylor Niemeyer (Simone), Amber Iman (Jo). Mari Nelson (Lydia), Brandon O’Neill (Jimmy), Saxton Jay Walker (Franklin), Kirsten deLohr Helland, and Danny Kam (Kali’s Voice), begins streaming at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre.
The Last Five Years, directed by Jamie Torcellini, featuring John Battagliese and Gabriela Carillo, begins streaming at Long Beach’s International City Theatre.
Ohio State Murders reading, by Adrienne Kennedy, directed by Kenny Leon, featuring Audra McDonald, Warner Miller, Lizan Mitchell, and Ben Rappaport, streams at 8 PM ET on Stellar (and available on demand through June 7).
Bulrusher reading, by Eisa Davis, featuring André Holland and Kara Young, streams for FREE at 8 PM ET here (and available through June 9).
John Doyle in conversation with Anna Deavere Smith streams for FREE here.
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Video: Stars in the House, a Girls5Eva event, with special guests Sara Bareilles, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell, busy Phillips, Meredith Scardino, and Tina Fey & Jeff Richmond. (1:32:06)
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In celebration of Pride 2021, Glimmer of Light will take place Thurs. June 17 at 7 PM ET at Radial Park in Hallets Point, Queens, written by Mark Mauriello, directed by Shira Milikowsky, with choreography by Andrew Barret Cox. 
Beginning June 24, the concert will stream for FREE on YouTube.
Alex Newell, Ariana DeBose, Jo Ellen Pellman, Marti Allen-Cummings, Max Crumm, Blaine Alden Krauss, Brian Simms, DeMarius R. Copes, Ezra Menas, Ashton Muñiz, Basit Shittu, Garrett Allen, Kyle Carrero Lopez, Jan Sport, Sis, Felicia Fitzpatrick, L. Morgan Lee, Peppermint, Shakina Nayfack, Andrew Barret Cox, August, Bessie D. Smith, Brandon Alberto, Brandon Looney, Danielle Lussier, Hayley Moir, Jada Temple, Kelly McIntyre, Kim Hudman, Kim Onah, Lyric Danae, Mark Mauriello, Michelle Martinelli, Page Axelson, Peter Yang, Princess Lockerooo, Ryan Gregory Thurman, Sarah Lewandowski, Tony Lawrence Clements, Tweet, and Zofia Weretka.
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Beehive: the ’60s Musical will stream June 12-26 at NJ’s Paper Mill Playhouse, directed by Casey Hushion, with music direction by Meg Zervoulis. This virtual production is available only to season subscribers.
Ashley Blanchet (Gina), Emma Degerstedt (Alison), Adrianna Hicks (Wanda), Isabelle McCalla (Patti), Anastacia McClesky (Jasmine), and Mary Kate Morrissey (Laura).
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CA’s La Mirada Theatre has announced its 2021-22 season. Casting and additional information TBA.
Clue (Sept. 24 – Oct. 7, opening Sept. 25), with additional material by Hunter Foster, and original music by Michael Holland, directed by Casey Hushion
Mamma Mia! (Oct. 29 – Nov. 21, opening Oct. 30), directed by Larry Raben, with choreography by Dana Solimando.
Million dollar Quartet (Jan. 21 – Feb. 13, 2022, opening Jan. 22). Creative team TBA.
The Sound of Music (Apr. 22 – May 15, opening Apr. 23), directed by glenn Casale, with choreography by Peggy Hickey.
In The Heights (June 3-26, opening June 4). Creative team TBA.
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In celebration of Pride, San Francisco’s A.C.T. will stream its 2011 production of Jake Shears, John Gordon & Jeff Whitty’s Tales of the City, the Musical, to stream June 21-27 on Broadway On Demand, directed by Jason Moore, with choreography by Larry Keigwin.
Betsy Wolfe (Mary Ann Singleton), Judy Kaye (Anna Madrigal), Wesley Taylor (Michael “Mouse” Tolliver), Mary Birdson (Mona Ramsey), Manoel Felciano (Norman Neal Williams), and Josh Breckenridge (Jon Fielding), with Keith A. Bearden, Jessica Coker, Kristoffer Cusick, Diane J. Findlay, Alex Hsu, Kimberly Jensen, Patrick Lane, Stuart Marland, Jeff McLean, Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone, Pamela Myers, Julie Reiber, Andrew Samonsky, and Josh Walden.
A musical version of the first two books in Maupin’s beloved series. In the bustling streets of 1970s San Francisco, neon lights pierce through the fog-drenched skies, disco music explodes from crowded nightclubs, and a wide-eyed Midwestern girl finds a new home – and creates a new kind of family – with the characters at 28 Barbary Lane.
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Boston’s Commonwealth Shakespeare Company‘s “Shakespeare on the Common” will return this summer with The Tempest, to run July 21 – Aug. 8. Additional information and casting TBA.
John Douglas Thompson (Prospero), and more TBA.
There will be a number of adjustments to this year’s production, which will be streamline to allow for an intermission-less performance. In addition, audience size will be limited according to the most updated state and city guidelines on capacity and social distancing. Audience members (over the age of 2) will be required to remain masked while on-site.
The production will remain free, but due to expected capacity constraints, attendees will be asked to register ahead of time. Registration will open the week of June 21.
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#Enough: Plays to End Gun Violence will stream June 4-6 on Broadway On Demand.
These 7 short plays are written and performed by teens nationwide to confront gun violence, school shootings, and American mythology.
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The film adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s “One True Loves,” directed by Andy Fickman, has announced initial casting. No word yet on a timeline.
Phillipa Soo, Simu Liu, and Luke Bracey.
The film follows the moving love story of a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiancé who has finally brought her back to life.
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Gingold Theatrical Group presents six new play readings:
The Apiary (June 5 at 2:30 PM ET), by Kate Douglas, directed by Colette Douglas. 
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Karma Sutra Chai Tea Latte (June 8 at 7 PM ET), by Aeneas Sagar Hemphill, directed by Arpita Mukheriee. here.
the scold’s bridle (June 10 at 7 PM ET), by Sophie Sagan-Gutherz, directed by Jaye Hunt. here.
Untitled Conspiracy Play (June 12 at 7 PM ET), by Seth McNeill, directed by Lico Whitfield. here.
Vigil-Aunties (June 15 at 7 PM ET), by Divya Mangwani, directed by Aneesha Kudtarcar. here.
There Goes the Neighborhood (June 17 at 7 PM ET), by Marcus Scott, directed by Christopher Burns. here.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has officially issued citations to the Shubert Organization following the Nov. 2020 death of Pete Wright, a stagehand who fell while performing routine maintenance at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre.
OSHA has proposed a fine of $45,642 and has determined that the safety violations that led to Wright’s death were not deliberate, though could create “substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result.” These violations include misuse of a ladder and failing to meet certain training requirements. Exact penalties will be determined following discussions between the Shubert Organization and OSHA.
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Lincoln Center Theater will present the world premiere of Jacki Sibblies Drury’s Marys Seacole (2019 production, directed by Lileana Blaine-Cruz), to begin June 10 at 7 PM ET (and available through July 4) on Broadway on Demand.
Gabby Beans, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Marceline Hugot, Karen Kandel, Ismenia Mendes, and Lucy Taylor.
Mary is an ambitious Jamaican woman, determined to live a grand life.; her adventures take her across oceans and eras, from a battlefield of the Crimean War to a contemporary nursing home, and many times and place in between.
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Summer Nights with 5-Star will take place Sat. June 12 at 7 PM PT at Thousand Oaks’ Northwood Park, with choreography by Amanda Carr, and music direction by Andy Arena. Bring your own blanket, food, and drink. 
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Adam Hollick, Justin Michael Wilcox, Lauren Louis, Everjohn Feliciano, Jenna Lea Rosen, Oliva Marcum, Lucy Bollier, Brandon Large, Augusto Guardado, and Alison Haggerty.
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Hollywood’s Blank Theatre presents its 29th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, which will stream 3 winning plays each week from July 10 – Aug. 6.
Click here for the complete schedule.
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Audio: Listen to the complete soundtrack of the “In The Heights” film.
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New York Theatre Barn continues its New Works Series with excerpts of new musicals streamed at 8 PM ET.
Each installment of the 1-hour series includes excerpts from 2 musicals and a conversation with the writers and creative team.
JUNE 9:
Perpetual Sunshine & the Ghost Girls, by Sara Cooper & Lynne Shankel, featuring Katelyn Baughman, Piper Bruce, Colette Caspari, Audrey Hare, Autumn Key, Jessi Kirtley, Eden Mau, Claire Marie Miller, Alexa Lopez, Andie Peterson, Lauren Senden, Bella Serano, and Leila Shaye. Featuring an original score that mashes music from the 1920′ and he 2020’s, the show is based on the true story of the women who worked in the factories and were knowingly poisoned by the United States Radium Corporation, and who fought back, changing United States labor laws forever.
Bastard Jones, by Marc Acito & Amy Engelhardt, featuring Englehardt, Brian Davis, Don Howes, Josh Raff, Evan Ruggiero, and Elena Wang. When charming, low-born tom makes the mistake of wooing Sophia Shepherd, daughter of the pompous Reverend Shepherd, a chain of secrets, schemings, and multiple bed-hoppings are set in motion. The musical reimagines the young, irrepressible foundling Tom Jones as an electric guitar in a harpsichord world.
JUNE 23:
Other World, by Jeff Bowen, Ann McNamee & Hunter Bell, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, with choreography by Karla Barcia, and featuring Charnette Batey, Geoffrey Ko, and Michael Maliakel. This is the story of avid online gamer Sri and non-gamer Lorraine who are magically and unexpectedly transported into Sri’s favorite video game, “Other World,” The duo must learn how to work together and, with the aid of fellow gamers and their avatars, survive the game and find a way home.
Goodbye New York, by Andrew Beall, Evan McCormack & David Don Miller, featuring Arielle Jacobs and Brad Standley. When Olivia Long set out to indulge her final day in New York city, the last thing she expects is to run into Will Edmonds – the one that got away. To her shock, he thinks she’s the one that got away, and he’s been waiting ten years to tell her. So she shares her day with him, showing him the New York she loves, and all that he’s been missing. But she’s harboring a secret, one that will take her away from him forever.