Today’s Highlights:
Kimberly Akimbo, by David Lindsay-Abaire & Jeanine Tesori, directed by Jessica Stone, featuring Victoria Clark (Kimberly), Justin Cooley, Steven Boyer, Alli Mauzey, Bonnie Milligan, Fernell Hogan, Olivia Elease Hardy, Michael Iskander, and Nina White, with Colleen Fitzpatrick, Jim Hogan, Betsy Morgan, Skye Alyssa Friedman, Miguel Gil, and Alex Vinh, opens at Broadway’s Booth Theatre.
Ain’t No Mo’, by Jordan E. Cooper, directed by Stevie Walker-Webb, featuring Jordan E. Cooper (Peaches), Crystal Lucas-Perry (Passenger #5), Fedna Jacquet (Passenger #1), Marchant Davis (Passenger #2), Ebony Marshall-Oliver (Passenger #4), and Shannon Matesky (Passenger #3), with Nik Alexander, Jasminn Johnson, Michael Rishawn, Kedren Spencer, Brennie Tellu, and Emma Van Lare, begins previews at Broadway’s Belasco Theatre.
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Manhattan Theatre Club‘s The Collaboration, by Anthony McCarten, will begin previews Nov. 29 and open Dec. 20 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah. 
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Paul Bettany (Warhol), Jeremy Pope (Basquiat), Krysta Rodriguez (Maya), and Erik Jensen (Bruno Bischofberger).
In the summer of 1984, longtime international superstar Andy Warhol and the art scene’s newest wunderkind, Jean-Michel Basquiat, agree to work together on what may be the most talked about exhibition in the history of modern art. But can these two creative giants co-exist, or even thrive?
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Video: A new clip from “Disenchanted,” featuring Idina Menzel, James Marsden, Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, and Gabriella Baldacchino. The film also stars Maya Rudolph, Jayma Mays, and Yvette Nicole Brown, who return from the fairy tale world of Andalasia. The musical film will be released Nov. 18 on Disney+.
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Sister’s Christmas Catechism, by Marypat Donovan, Marc Silvia and Jane Morris, will run Dec. 19-20 at Laguna Playhouse.
Marypat Donovan.
It’s “CSI:Bethlehem” in this holiday mystery extravaganza. Sister takes on the mystery that has intrigued historians throughout the ages – whatever happened to the Magi’s gold? (“We know that Mary used the frankincense and myrrh as a sort of potpourri – they were in a barn after all”). Employing her own scientific tools, assisted by a local choir as well as a gaggle of audience members, Sister creates a living nativity unlike any you’ve ever seen.
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Video: Trailer for the “Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage” documentary, which is now streaming on Disney+.
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Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ will return to Broadway for the first time since its premiere in 1978, with previews beginning Mar. 2, 2023 and an opening set for Mar. 19 at the Music Box Theatre, with direction & musical staging by Wayne Cilento, and music supervision by Jim Abbott.
Yeman Brown, Peter John Chursin, Dylis Croman, Jovan Dansberry, Karli Dinardo, Tony d’Alelio, Aydin Eyikan, Manuel Herrera, Gabriel Hyman, Kolton Krouse, Mattie Love, Krystal Mackie, Yani Marin, Nando Morland, Khori Michelle Petinaud, Ida Saki, Ron Todorowski, and Neka Zang.
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Julia Mattison and Joel Waggoner’s Advent Carolndar (yes, that’s the correct spelling) will take place Mon. Dec. 12 at 7 & 9:30 PM at NYC’s Chelsea Music Hall, directed by Tim Drucker.
Expect to sing along to such hits as “On the Brink!,” “There’s a Reindeer in Our Yard (We Should Eat It),” “A Very Sondheim Christmas,” and “Stable Girl,” as well as clutch your pearls while Joel and Julia nosedive into some one-night-only improvised carols that are guaranteed to go violently off the rails.
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Complete casting has been announced for William Darby’s Ye Bear & Ye Cubb, to run Dec. 8-23 (opening Dec. 13) at 59E59 Theatres, directed by Ryan Emmons.
Amara J. Brady (Tavernkeeper/Justice), Julie Congress (Ursa Day), Steven Conroy (William Darby), Erin Lamar (Philip Howard), Anthony Michael Martinez (Cornelius Watkinson), and Joseph Medeiros (Edward Martin).
In a tavern in 1665 Virginia—when it was still a colony of the British empire, a troupe of amateur players are inspired by dreams and drinks to put on a play. Using historical court records, the piece reimagines the first-known English-language play in North America and the legal battle it sparked.
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Walking with Ghosts, written & performed by Gabriel Byrne, directed by Lonny Price, will close Nov. 20 at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre.
By turns a sensory recollection of a childhood spent in a now almost vanished Ireland, the show is a subversive commentary on stardom, and – ultimately – a lyrical homage to the people and landscapes that shape our destinies, Walking with Ghosts reflects a remarkable life’s journey in all its hilarious and heartbreaking facets.
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Complete casting has been announced for the return of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, set to run Nov. 13 – Jan. 1, 2023 at New World Stages, directed again by Joel Grey.
Steven Skybell (Tevye), Jennifer Babiak (Golde), Ben Liebert (Motl), Stephanie Lynne Mason (Hodl), Rosie Jo Neddy (Khave), Bruce Sabath (Leyzer-Volf), Drew Seigla (Pertshik), Rachel Zatcoff (Tsaytl), Kirk Geritano (Avrom), Raquel Nobile (Shprintse), Jonathan Quigley (Chaim), Nick Raynor (Yosl), Adam B. Shapiro (Der Rov), Jodi Snyder (Beylke/Frume-Sore), James Monroe Števko (Mendl), Lauren Jeanne Thomas (Der Fidler), Bobby Underwood (Der Gradavoy, Mikhl Yashinsky as Nokhum/Mordkhe, Jonathan Cable as Sasha, Abby Goldfarb, Yael Eden Chanukov, Ron Tal and John Giesige.
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Video: Bonnie Milligan performs “Better” from Broadway’s Kimberly Akimbo.
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Gypsy in Concert will run Nov. 12-13 (both at 7:30 PM) at San Francisco’s Alcazar Theatre, directed by A.C. Carollo, with choreography by Staci Arriaga, and music direction by Daniel Thomas. 
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Melinda Meeng (Rose), Will Giammona (Herbie), Marah Sotelo (Louise), Danny Cozart (Jocko/Driver/Weber/Mr. Goldstone /Cigar/ Bougeron Couchon), Colette Goodman (Baby June), Chloe Fong (Baby Louise/Edna Mae), Emery Cozart (Ballon Girl), Vivienne Davis (Charlie/RichBoy), Dresden Davis (Vladimir/Boy Scout), Erik Davis (Georgie/Pop/Pastey/Phil), Victoria Stewart Davis (Mom/Mazeppa), Laurie Strawn (Mom/Tessie Tura/Waitress/Miss Cratchitt/Renee), Catrina Manahan (Dainty June), Kayla Yee (Betsy Ann), Zanna Wyant (Mom/Agnes/Electra), Gwen Herdon (Marjory May), Katie Maupin (Geraldine), Edward Im (Yonkers), Alejandro Eustaquuio (L.A.), and Jacob Henrie-Naffaa (Tulsa).
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The world premiere of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Plays for the Plague Year continues through Nov. 27 at Off-Broadway’s Joe’s Pub, directed by Neigel Smith.
Suzan-Lori Parks (The Writer), Greg Keller (Actor 1), Leland Fowler (Actor 2), Kenita Miller (Actor 3), Pearl Sun (Actor 4), Orville Mendoza (Actor 5), Lauren Molina (Actor 6), and Martín Solá (Actor 7), with Edward Astor Chin, Danyel Fulton, and Will Stone.
A theatrical concert featuring the music and plays of Suzan-Lori Parks. At once, both a personal story of one family’s daily lives, as well as a sweeping account of all we faced as a city, a nation, and a global community.
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Rita Rudner: It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like New Year’s will take place Sat. Dec. 31 at 7 PM at Laguna Playhouse.
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The holiday film “Spirited” will be released in movie theaters on Nov. 11 and on AppleTV+ Nov. 18.
Will Ferrell (Ghost of Christmas Present), Ryan Reynolds (Scrooge), Octavia Spencer (Kimberly), Sunita Mani (Ghost of Christmas Past), Patrick Page (Jacob Marley), Joe Tippett (Owen), Marlow Barkley (Wren), Aimee Carrero (Nora), P.J. Byrne (Mr. Alteli), Jen Tullock (Wendy), Andrea Anders (Carrie), Anastasia Sanidopoulos (Mousis), Jimmy Fallon, and Judi Dench (as herself).
Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge. Clint Briggs turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself reexamining his own past, present and future. For the first time, “A Christmas Carol” is told from the perspective of the ghosts in this hilarious musical twist on the classic Dickens tale.
Video: Trailer.
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Complete casting has been announced for the return of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, which will run Nov. 13 – Jan. 1, 2023 at New World Stages, directed by Joel Grey.
Steven Skybell (Tevye), Jennifer Babiak (Golde), Lisa Fishman (Yente) Michael Nigro (Fyedke), Ben Liebert (Motl), Stephanie Lynne Mason (Hodl), Rosie Jo Neddy (Khave), Bruce Sabath (Leyzer-Volf), Drew Seigla (Pertshik), Rachel Zatcoff (Tsaytl), Kirk Geritano (Avrom), Raquel Nobile (Shprintse), Jonathan Quigley (Chaim), Nick Raynor (Yosl), Adam B. Shapiro (Der Rov), Jodi Snyder (Beylke/Frume-Sore), James Monroe Števko (Mendl), Lauren Jeanne Thomas (Der Fidler), Bobby Underwood (Der Gradavoy), Mikhl Yashinsky (Nokhum/Mordkhe), and Jonathan Cable (Sasha), with Abby Goldfarb, Yael Eden Chanukov, Ron Tal and John Giesige.
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The Skivvies: Sleigh My Name, starring Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley, will run Dec. 12-13 at Laguna Playhouse.
Part Weird Al parody and part sexy burlesque… an unusual explosion of satire and sultry.