Today’s Highlights:
The Picture of Dorian Gray digital production, by Henry Filloux-Bennett, directed by Tamara Harvey, featuring Fionn Whitehead (Dorian Gray), Alfred Enoch (Harry Wotton), Joanna Lumley (Lady Narborough), Russell Tovey (Basil Hallward), Emma McDonald (Sibyl Vane), and Stephen Fry ( Interviewer), begins streaming here.
“The Untold Stories of Broadway,“ featuring The Fallen Five — the five lost Broadway theaters that were destroyed in 1982 (Morosco, Bijou, old Helen Hayes, Gaaiety, and Astor Theatres), hosted by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, streams at 8 PM ET here.
La Fancuilla del West (2018 production), by Puccini, starring Eva-Maria Westbroek, Jonas Kaufmann, and Željko Lučić, conducted by Marco Armiliato. Production by Giancarlo Del Monaco, streams at 7:30 PM at NYC’s Metropolitan Opera.
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Video: Jim Caruso’s Cast Party variety show, with special guests Ruby Locknar, Squigs Robertson, Jane Monheit, Michael Winther, Dana Daniels, and Shu Q. (1:27:58)
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Syracuse Stage has announced its 2020-21 season update:
Annapurna (Mar. 17 – Apr. 4), by Shar White, featuring Stephan Wolfert and Dawn Stern. 
An uphill climb through loss and love that might just end in summit of forgiveness.
100 Conversations for Change, in partnership with 100 Black Men of Syracuse and Black Cub Production. Watch here.
Poetry and Play A video anthology of theatre-related poetry and prose read by actors, poets, writers, and scholars.
Cold Read Shorts A diverse selection of new theatrical offerings available online that are long on bold, relevant, and exciting new work by Carrie Mae Weems, Bill Bowers, and more.
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from two new musicals will stream Mar. 17 at 7 PM ET here:
Anjou: The Musical Horror Tale, by Guillermo Mendez M., Guadalupe Sandoval & Javier Vilalta.
For Tonight, by Whitney Rhodes, Shenelle Salcido and Spencer Williams.
Nathan Cockfroft, Kevin Curits, Gabriel Hyman, Taylor Iman Jones, Michael Perrie Jr., and Jelani Remy, Joey Cornish, Sam Ebenezer, Simon Gordon, Michelle Beth Herman, Luke McCall, Jordan Allan Mills, and Adam Tabellija
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A filmed presentation of Scott Brown & Anthony King’s Gutenberg! The Musical! will stream Thurs. Mar. 18 at 8 PM ET here.
Bobby Conte Thornton and Alex Prakken.
Bud and Doug attempt to secure producers for their new musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg.
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Musical Theatre West has announced its upcoming virtual concert series:
Terron Brooks (Mar. 18-28)
Cynthia Ferrer & Randy Rogel (Apr. 1-22)
Jason Graae: Perfect Hermany (Apr. 15-25)
David Burnham (Apr. 29 – May 9)
Anna Mintzer (May 13-23)
A Celebration of Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (May 27 – June 6)
Grasan Kingsberry (June 10-20)
David Engel, Larry Raben & Bets Malone (June 24 – July 4)
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LA Writers Center presents a reading of Nathan Singer’s Chasing the Wolf on Sat. Mar. 17 at 11 AM PT on Facebook, directed by Derek Snow.
Donna Simone Johnson, Michael Dempsey, Courtney Sheets, Derek Snow, Matthew Patrick Fox, Paul Mischeshin, and more.
When a young artists and the woman he loves find themselves imprisoned within a moment in time between present day New York and Mississippi 1938, they attempt to make sense of a world in which they can’t seem to fit and find their place in the “center of the Universe.” But there are stones in their pathway, and hellhounds on their trail. At times both bleak and redemptive — much like the blues itself — the play is a surprisingly tender look into the madness of love, the madness of hate, and the dark secrets that lie along the banks of the muddy Mississippi.
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Off-Broadway’s Amas Musical Theatre will stream Joanna Rush’s one-act play, Home Sweet Homeland Mar. 29 – Apr. 4, directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett. Although the stream is free, reservations are required.
Jonathan Brody, Robert Cuccioli, James Rana, Laila Robins, Joanna Rush, Chuja Seo, Sophia Stzougros, and Mia Mel Williamson.
Trapped in a building across the street from the World Trade Center on 9/11, this is the story of a family and the Angel of Stand-Up Comedy who watches over them.
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Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields’ The Play That Goes Wrong will run (live and in person) June 18 – Jan. 30, 2022 at the Duchess Theatre, directed by Mark Bell.
Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields.
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A new limited series, “Doris Day: Her Own Story,” based on A. E. Hotchner’s book, is currently in development. The timeline and additional casting are TBA.
Kaley Cuoco (Doris Day) and more TBA.
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Rise Up With Arts, the first global variety show, will stream Sat. Mar. 27 at 2:30 PM ET here, in support of The Actors Fund.
Lisa Riley, John Logan, Duncan James, Kevin Clifton, Don Black OBE, Brian May & Kerry Ellis, Pasha Kovalev, Sadeck Waff, Stacey Haynes, Patricia Ward Kelly, Robyn Hurder, Aaron Tveit, Dominic “D-trix” Sandoval, Ricky Rojas, Desi Valentine, Lisa-Marie Holmes, Benny Benck III, Robin Windsor, Jim Caruso, Arlene Phillips, Matt Croke, Dante Culcuy, Paula Duarte, Thomas Duern, Pearce Barron, Luka Bayer, Lukas Piquero, Idriss Kargbo, Carl Mullaney, Rebecca Selley, Anna Kumble, and Anya Garnis.
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Manhattan Theatre Club‘s 2014 production of Harvey Fierstein’s Casa Valentina will stream Thurs. Mar. 18 at 12 PM ET , directed by Joe Mantello.
Reed Birney, John Cullum, Gabriel Ebert, Tom McGowan, Patrick Page, Nick Westrate, and Mare Winningham.
Casa Valentina is a small hotel in the resort are in NY’s Catskill Mountains. In the early 1960s, Casa Valentina has, as guests, heterosexual men who dress and act as women. They are faced with a decision whether to become an official organization.
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“The MisMatch Game Online!” will stream Apr. 3 & 4, both at 7 PM PT here, in support of the LA LGBT Center, hosted by Dennis Hensley.
(Apr. 3): Julie Brown (Queen Elizabeth), Danny Casillas (Reba Areba), Jackie Clarke (Liz Taylor), Maile Flanagan (Danny Bonaduce), Danielle Gaither (Wendy Williams), and Tom Lenk (Zooey Deschanel).
(Apr. 4): Jackie Beat (Bea Arthur), Danté (Jack Nicholson), Nadya Ginsburg (Cher), Rebekah Kochan (Pamela Anderson), Felix Pire (Ricardo Montalbán), and Marc Samuel (Morgan Freeman).
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The latest episode of Jeffrey Scott Parsons’ “A Musical Theatre Podcast” which includes an interview with LA press rep Ken Werther about The Drowsy Chaperone, is available here.
The musical ran at LA’s Ahmanson Theatre in 2005 before it moved to Broadway.
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Video: Lillias White, Nikki M. James, Solea Pfeiffer, and Peppermint perform “Home” from The Wiz.
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DC’s Wooly Mammoth Theatre has announced its 2021 Spring season:
Rick Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran (Apr. 1-8), by Javaad Alipoor & Kirsty Housely.
This Is Who I Am (Apr. 13-25), by Amir Nizar Zuabi.
Animal Wisdom (dates TBA), by Heather Christian.
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A reading of Pearl Cleage’s Angry Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous will stream Fri. Apr. 9 at 8 PM ET here, directed by Camille A. Brown.
Debbie Allen, Phylicia Rashad, Heather Alicia Simms, and Alicia Stith.
An all-female tribute to aging gracefully… and gorgeously. In another life, performance artist Ann Campbell sparked controversy when she bared it all in an iconic feminist critique. When a new women’s theatre festival asks to re-stage the piece, Anna’s dreams of reclaiming the spotlight are dashed when she meets the youthful adult entertainer has been hired to re-create her role. But when they set aside their pride and assumptions, the two very different women find they both have just as much to learn as they have to teach.
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Video: Brittany Howard sings “You’ll Never Walk Alone” at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
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BBC World Service has commissioned a new musical, u.me: The Musical, by Simon Pitts, Theo Jamieson & Steve Levine, to premiere May 12.
Casting TBA.
Written specifically to reflect pandemic life, the musical is an international love story, centering on two people who meet “across a crowded video conference at work.”
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Maestra Music (a non-profit organization supporting the women who make the music in the musical theater industry) will stream Amplify 2021 on Mon. Mar. 29 at 7 PM ET here, directed by Kate Baldwin, with music direction by Helen Park, Rona Siddiqui, Annastasia Victory, and Julianne B. Merrill, and hosted by Brooks Ashmanskas and Andréa Burns.
Amplify will highlight the work and programs Maestra offers in an effort to provide support, visibility, and community by featuring stories, conversations, and musical performances featuring some of our favorite “maestrae” from Broadway and beyond.
Ashley Park, Nikki M. James, Brandon Victor Dixon, Tanya Birl, Kenita Miller, Shelley Thomas, Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney.
Anais Mitchell, Kirsten Childs, Helen Park, Rona Siddiqui, Britt Bonney, Kristy Norter, Dionne McClain-Freeney, Meg Zervoulis, Kat Sherrell, Nicole Rebolledo, Maestra founder Stitt, and Bernadette Peters.
Gavin Creel & Celia Keenan-Bolger….. Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks & Micaela Diamond (Cher)….. Jenn Colella & Rob McClure (Chaplin)….. Nikki M. James & Andrew Rannells (Book of Mormon)….. Ashley Park & Erika Henningsen (Mean Girls ), and Caitlin Kinnunen & Isabelle McCalla (The Prom).
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Video: Conductor Cam, Season 2, Ep. 1 — Coming Attractions, with Rob McClure. Broadway’s opening is just around the corner. Fabulous!