Today’s Highlights:
* [title of show], directed by Josh Seymour, featuring Marc Elliot (Jeff), Tyrone Huntley (Hunter), Lucie Jones (Heidi), Jenna Russell (Susan), and Josh Seymour (Larry), begins streaming at the London Coliseum.
* The Community League of the Heights’ 68th Annual Gala, featuring James Monroe Iglehart, Arielle Jacobs, and Rogelio Douglas Jr, streams at 7 PM ET here.
* Boston Marriage benefit reading, written & directed by David Mamet, featuring Patti LuPone, Rebecca Pidgeon, and Sophia Macy, streams at 8 PM ET.
Pay-what-you-can tickets here.
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Video: “Stars in the House,” featuring a Bandstand cast reunion, with Laura Osnes, Corey Cott, Joey Pero, and Beth Leavel. (1:07:50)
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The Barn Theatre‘s Marry Me a Little, which closed Nov. 4 due to the U.K.’s second lockdown, was recorded during its final performance, and will now be streamed Nov. 19-22, directed by Kirk Jameson.
Rob Houchen and Celinde Schoenmaker
The musical follows two single strangers as they explore their secret, unshared fantasies as they are left along in their studio apartments on a Saturday night.
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Broadway On Demand has announced its new Virtual Q&A Series:
Each 90-minute Q&A will begin at 6:30 PM ET and will feature 60 min. of conversation with the artist, followed by 30 min. of Q&A with audience members.
Nov. 19: Alex Brightman
Nov. 20: Christian Borle
Dec. 3: Beth Leavel
Dec. 10: Vasthy Mompoint
Dec. 14: Ciara Renée
The Q&A series is open to 24 existing Audience Rewards members per session. to become a member, sign up for FREE here.
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The TheaterMakers summit will take place Nov. 14-15, and will include 100+ global theater community leaders from Broadway and beyond, co-hosted by Sierra Boggess and James Monroe Iglehart, with keynote speaker Christopher Jackson.
Michael R. Jackson, Javier Muñoz, Jessie Nelson, Julian Bird, Alan Menken, Jessie Mueller, David Henry Hwang, Lynn Ahrens, Ben Brantley, Paul Tazewell, Justin Guarini, David Rockwell, Natasha Katz, Dori Berinstein, Charlotte St. Martin, Michael Arden, Sonya Tayeh, Brian Moreland, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Thomas Schumacher, and Tom Kitt.
The two-day event aims to unite aspiring writers, producers, directors, actors, and other theatre professionals and fans alike with industry leaders to learn about and discuss the business of Broadway.
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Looking for that perfect holiday theatre gift?
Click here and here and here for a plethora of gifts in support of BC/EFA.
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LA’s Center Theatre Group presents upcoming readings:
* Disgraced audio production (on demand now through Jan. 10), by Ayad Akhtar, directed by Brian Kite. Details.
* Oedipus El Rey (on demand Nov. 13 – Jan. 20), by Luis Aflaro. Details.
* Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake (Nov. 13-15). Details.
* Until the Flood (begins Nov. 15, then on-demand), written and performed by Dael Orlandersmith, directed by Neel Keller. Details.
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A reading of Tom Alan Robbins’ Mystery Box will take place Sat. Nov. 21 at 8 PM ET, The reading will support BC/BFA, Erie County Medical Center’s Immunodeficiency Clinic, and Buffalo’s Alleyway Theatre’s new play program.
Mary Testa, Dakin Matthews, Wesley Taylor, and Helen Cespedes.
When a series of conceptual art pieces from a raw young artist receives raves from the Art World, he must struggle to navigate through a minefield of competing demands from his teacher, his patron, and his fiancee without losing his soul.
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Broadway Podcast Network has announced the launch of its new podcast, “Broadway Network,” on Wed. Nov. 18 at 5 PM ET.
Each podcast will highlight the careers and creatives it takes to build a Broadway show. Producer Hal Luftig has had come successes, failures, and everything in between. Now, with humor and heart, he sits down weekly every Wednesday.
(Nov. 18) Dori Berinstein, Rick Miramontez, Jerry Mitchell, and Maggie Brohn.
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“Dr. Seuss,” a new musical production, by Tim Mason & Mel Marvin, will premiere Wed. Dec. 9 at 8 PM on NBC (check local listings) from London’s Troubadour Theatre, directed by Julia Knowles.
Matthew Morrison (Dr. Seuss), Denis O’Hare (Old Max), Booboo Stewart (Young Max), Amelia Minto (Cindy-Lou Who), and many more.
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Off-Broadway’s Keen Company has announced upcoming guests for its “Keen After Hours,“ which takes place every Mon. at 6:30 PM ET.
* Kevin Kilner (Nov. 16)
* Kathleen Chalfant (Nov. 23)
Keen After Hours connects audiences with luminaries of the theatre world. Team Keen and a special guest will discuss their careers, their artistic process, and take questions from the audience.
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Josh Young and Emily Padgett have announced the birth of their second child, Leo Elliott Young.
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“The Fighting Shirley Chisholm” is currently in production, directed by Cherien Dabis. Casting, release date and additional information TBA.
Dania Gurira (Shirley Chisholm), Viola Davis, Adam Countee, and more TBA.
The film chronicles Chisholm’s historic 1972 run for President of the United States.
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RIP: Playwright Israel Horovitz has passed away at the age of 80, due to cancer.
Horovitz was the author of more than 70 produced plays, among them Line, Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, The Primary English Class, The Widow’s Blind Date, What Strong Fences Make, and The Indian Wants the Bronx (Obie Award for Best Play).
He also founded The New York Playwrights Lab in 1975, and his play Out of the Mouths of Babes ran Off-Broadway in 2016.
He also founded The New York Playwrights Lab in 1975. His work Out of the Mouths of Babes ran Off-Broadway in 2016.
In 2017, nine women came forward with storied of alleged inappropriate advances, sexual assault, and even rape, some of which occurred when they were just teenagers. Horovitz said of the allegations that while he has “a different memory of some of these events, I apologize with all my heart to any woman who has ever felt compromised by my actions, and to my family and friends who have put their trust in me. To hear that I have caused pain is profoundly upsetting, as is the idea that I might have crossed a line with anyone who considered me a mentor.”
Following the 2017 accusations, Horovitz resigned from his post as founding artistic director of Gloucester Stage, a post he held for 28 years.
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Virtual Nightclub New York will launch Wed. Nov. 16 at 7 PM ET. Expect archival footage from shows when Feinstein’s was located at The Regency to concerts at the Laurie Beechman Theatre and more. All artists will be paid. Click here to subscribe.
(dates TBA) Elizabeth Stanley, Kenita Miller, Ali Ewoldt,Farah Alvin, Nancy Anderson, Christina Bianco, John Bolton, Carole J. Bufford, Scott Coulter, Veanne Cox, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Bill Daugherty, Natalie Douglas, Kevin Earley, Claybourne Elder, Ali Ewoldt, Allan Harris, Jon Fletcher, Danny Gardner, Lisa Howard, Christine Lavin, Karen Mason, William Michals, Kenita Miller, Julia Murney, Jack Noseworthy, Brad Oscar, Julie Reyburn, Laila Robins, Kyle Scatliffe, Ryan Silverman, Elizabeth Stanley, Bob Stillman, Gabrielle Stravelli, and Walter Willison.
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Off-Broadway’s Irish Rep presents Meet Me in St. Louis: A Holiday Special in Song and on Screen, adapted & directed by Charlotte Moore, with music direction by John Bell, to run Dec. 11 – Jan. 2, 2021. This is a new abridged version of the 1989 Broadway musical. 
Pricing is “pay what you can,” including a free option, with a suggested ticket price of $25.
Shereen Ahmed (Ester Smith), William Bellamy (Lon Smith), Rufus Collins (Alonzo Smith), Kerry Conte (Lucille Ballard), Melissa Errico (Anna Smith), Ali Ewoldt (Rose Smith), Kathy Fitzgerald (Katie), Ian Holcomb (Warren Sheffield), Austyn Johnson (Agnes), Jay Aubrey Jones (Grandpa), Kylie Kuioka (Tootie), Ashley Robinson (Postman / Trolley Man), and Max von Essen (John Truitt).
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Darren Starr’s “Emily in Paris,” which debuted its 10-episode Season 1 on Netflix, has just been renewed for another season.
Lily Collins, Ashley Park, Philippine Leroy Beaulieu, Lucas Bravo, Samuel Arnold, Camille Razat, and Bruno Gouery, with Kate Walsh, William Abadie, and Arnaud Viard.
The show concerns 20-something Emily (Lily Collins), an American from the Midwest who relocates to Paris for a job with a French marketing firm.
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The casts of Broadway’s Hamilton, Mean Girls, Ain’t Too Proud and Jagged Little Pill will all be featured in pre-recorded segments on The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The performances are set to be filmed in the next several weeks, with rehearsals currently underway. Additionally, all artists involved in the process will be required to undergo coronavirus tests, take temperature checks, and wear masks (while not singing).