Today’s Highlights:
* Love:Noël, by Barry Day, directed by Charlotte Moore, starring Steve Ross & KT Sullivan, begins streaming (and continues through Aug. 15) at Off-Broadway’s Irish Rep.
* Broadway Buskers concert, featuring Joey Contreras, Tamika Lawrence, and Danny Quadrino, streams at 8 PM ET here.
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Theatre for One, the “intimate theatrical experience that brings together one actor and one audience member,” will launch its first virtual experience on Thurs. Aug. 20 from 6-7:30 PM ET, and continue on Thursdays through Sept. 24. Registration will be available as of Mon. Aug. 17 at 10 AM ET.
“Theatre for One has answered the Covid-19 challenge with a new performance venue in which the computer is the proscenium and the screen is the 4th wall artists and audiences are reaching through. Theatre for One is rooted in the belief that intimacy and human connection is possible at any moment, at any time, and with any person.
“Theatre for One: Here We Are will feature microplays, all written & directed by black, indigenous, and women of color in observance of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment which granted the right to vote primarily to middle and upp-class White women, while still leaving overwhelming numbers of Black, Brown, and Indigenous women disenfrachised.
Jaclyn Backhaus, Lydia R. Diamond, Lynn Nottage, Stacey Rose, Nikkole Salter, DeLanna Studi, Regina Taylor, and Carmelita Tropicana.
Tiffany Nichole Greene, Candis C. Jones, Rebecca Martinez, Taylor Reynold, and Tamilla Woodard.
Casting TBA.
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Video: Jim Caruso’s Cast Party, with Diana DeGarmo, Ace Young, Jonathan Russell, Michelle Johnson, Deborah Silver, Michael West, and Melissa Ramondelli. (1:45:09)
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The Bridge Theatre has announced is solo show series, to run Aug. 27 – Oct. 31, all maintaining social distancing, pending approval from health and safety officials.
* Beat the Devil, by David Hare, directed by Nicholas Hytner, starring Ralph Fiennes.
* Talking Heads (2 plays per performance), by Alan Bennett, featuring Monica Dolan, Tamsin Greig, Lesley Manville, Lucian Msamati, Maxine Peake, Rochenda Sandall, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Imelda Staunton.
* Three monologues: An Evening with an Immigrant, written by & starring Inua Ellam, Quarter Life Crisis, written by & starring Yolanda Mercy, and Nine Lives, by Zodwa Nyoni, starring Aaldel Bryant.
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Women in Theatre: A Centennial Celebration will take place Wed. Aug. 26 at 8 PM ET here.
The event will feature songs by artists of the past 100 years, performed by members of the community. The event will also pay homage to playwrights, writers, creatives, designers through a selection of speaker videos offering personal reflections and expressing connection to the women who came before.
by Ari Afsar, Jacqueline B. Arnold, Sara Bareilles, Shoshana Bean, Mackenzie Bell, Andréa Burns, Heather Christian, Kaleigh Cronin, Kaitlyn Davidson, Treshelle Edmond, Judith Franklin, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Ari Groover, Ann Harada, Afra Hines, Kendyl Ito, Nikki M. James, Brittney Johnson, L Morgan Lee, Beth Malone, J. Elaine Marcos, Erin McKeown, Jessie Mueller, Solea Pfeiffer, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jessica Rush, Christina Acosta Robinson, Sharone Sayegh, Saycon Sengbloh, Shayna Steele, Kuhoo Verma, and more TBA.
Lynn Ahrens, Roxanne Barrios, Jocelyn Bioh, Jhanaë Bonnick, Maybe Burke, Linda Cho, Sue Frost, Natalie Gershtein, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Natasha Katz, Jenny Koons, Lorin Latarro, Mimi Lien, Rebecca Martinez, Anaïs Mitchell, Dominique Morisseau, Mayte Natalio, Lynn Nottage, Ming Pfeiffer, Lauren Ridloff, Nicolette Robinson, Sarah Ruhl, Madeline Sayet, Leigh Silverman, Susan Stroman, Madeline Smith, Shaina Taub, Paula Vogel, and more TBA.
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Article: Danny Burstein‘s heart wrenching update about his health and Becca’s.
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Highlights from John McDaniel & Scott Logsdon’s Sticks & Bones will take place in October (exact date TBA), and will serve as a benefit to youth wellness, with proceeds going to the Born This Way Foundation.
Joshua Colley (David), George Salazar (King Saul), and Audra McDonald (Nizevet), along with 96 young performers from across the country (cast via video submissions).
The musical adapts the Biblical story of David and his triumph over Goliath to address teen bullying.
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RIP: Tony Charmoli, director, producer, and choreographer, died peacefully on Aug. 7 at his home in the Hollywood Hills, at the age of 99.
He won 3 Emmy Awards: in 1956 for Best Choreography for “Your Hit Parade,” in 1974 for Best Director for Mitzi Gaynor’e Tribute To An American Housewife,” and in 1976 for Best Director for Shirley MacLaine’s “Gypsy in My Soul.”
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Marin Mazzie & Jason Danieley: Broadway & Beyond, the duo’s final concert together (in 2017 at 54 Below), will stream Fri. Aug. 14 at 8 PM here.
A pre-show with Brian Stokes Mitchell will take place at 7:30 PM ET.
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A reading of Jeff Cohen’s new play, Righteous, will take place Mon. Aug. 24 at 7:30 PM ET here, directed by Shana Cooper.
Frank Wood, Denis O’Hare, Johanna Day, Jessica Hecht, Daniel Jenkins, Richard Kind, Peter Jacobson, and Ned Eisenberg, with Jimmy Burke and Dee Pelletier.
What would you do if you learned that your country planned to exterminate an entire race of people? That is the horrible question faced by Eduard Schulte, a captain of German industry and member of Hitler’s inner circle. This is the true story of the man who sounded the alarm of Hitler’s plan to murder all the Jews in Europe. Schulte’s warning reached the desk of President Roosevelt in December 1942. His identity was a closely guarded secret for over 40 years, and his heroic act to stop the Holocaust was kept hidden from his family and from the world.
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Video: Ann Hampton Callaway performs “How Deep Is the Ocean”
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Video: Liz Callaway and Seth Rudetsky perform “What Could Be Better” from Baby.
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PA’s Bucks County Playhouse presents its next Virtual Variety Show (30 minutes) on Sun. Aug. 16 at 7 PM ET, hosted by Patricia Richardson.
Rob McClure, Maggie Lakis, Carter Calvert, Jeremy Dumont, and Soara-Joye Ross.
* Patricia Richardson hilariously recalls how she was cast as the understudy Louise in the 1974 revival of Gypsy (starring Angela Lansbury)
* Lorin Latarro chats with Rob McClure and his wife Maggie Lakis.
* Rob McClure and Maggie Lakis will perform (song TBA)
* A high-energy dance performance by choreographer Jeremy Dumont
* Carter Calvert and Soara-Joyce Ross perform a song TBA.
* A look at some of Broadway actors’ “special skills”
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Video: BD Wong’s Songs from an Unmade Bed, with Awkwafina, John Lithgow, John Cameron Mitchell, Billy Porter and Keala Settle, with Maulik Pancholy, Bowen Yang, Aaron Albano, Mike Bulatao, Grant Chang, Marc delaCruz, Daniel K. Isaac, Kennedy Kanagawa, Darren Lee, Raymond J. Lee, Telly Leung, Jose Llana, Orville Mendoza, Jeffrey Omura, Matt Rogers, James Seol, Hansel Tan and Alex Wong. (1:16:56)
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Casting has been announced for LA’s Blank Theatre‘s 28th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, which will stream Aug. 15-22.
* Blacktop Jungle, directed by Richard Tatum, features Fiona Gubelmann, Lenny Jacobson, and Toks Olagundoye.
* The Surly Bonds of Earth, directed by Michael Matthews, features Sadie Calvano and Sydney Park.
* What to Expect When You’re Expecting Our Lord and Savior, directed by Snehal Desai, features David J. Castillo and Benjamin Papac.