Today’s Highlights:
Black Beans Project, by Melinda Lopez & Joel Perez, directed by Jaime Castañeda, featuring Melinda Lopez & Joel Perez, begins streaming at Boston’s Huntington Theatre.
Broadway for Every Breath benefit concert, featuring Jessie Mueller, Denee Benton, Ana Villafañe, Erika Henningsen, Nik Walker, Samantha Massell, Lindsay Heather Pearce, Sam Gravitte, Ryan Vasquez, Brittain Ashford, Kennedy Caughell, and Shoba Narayan, streams at 8 PM ET here.
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Company, directed by Marianne Elliott, will resume previews Dec. 20 and open Jan. 9, 2022 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, with choreography by Liam Steele, and music supervision by Joel Fram.
Katrina Lenk (Bobbie), Patti LuPone (Joanne), and more TBA. It is anticipated that the cast that was in previews will return to the production, with final detail announced in the next few weeks.
Tickets go on sale today here or on Telecharge.
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MA’s Barrington Stage Company has announced its 2021 Season:
(at BSC’s Production Center in Pittsfield)
Who Can Ask for Anything More? The Songs of George Gershwin (June 10 – July 13), directed by Julianne Boyd, with music direction by Darren R. Cohen, and choreography by Jeffrey L. Page, featuring Allison Blackwell, Britney Coleman, Alan H. Green, Jacob Tischler, and Alysha Umphress.
Elizabeth Stanley in concert (June 28 at 8 PM ET)
TBA (July 9-24)
Aaron Tveit Live! concert (July 18)
Legally Bound concert (July 23), with Orfeh and Andy Karl
Boca (July 30 – Aug. 22), world premiere by Jessica Provenz, directed by Julianne Boyd, featuring Debra Jo Rupp, Kenneth Tigar, Peggy Pharr Wilson, Robert Zukerman, and more TBA. 
An evening of short comedies about seniors living it up and going off the rails in the Sunshine State.
I Promise You a Happy Ending (Aug. 16), with Jeff McCarthy.
Joshua Henry Live (Aug. 16)
Chester Bailey (June 18 – July 3), by Joseph Dougherty, directed by Ron Lagomarsino, starring Reed Birney and Ephraim Birney.
Eleanor (July 16 – Aug. 1), by Mark St. Germain, starring Harriet Harris (First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt).
Sister Sorry (Aug. 13-29), world premiere by Alec Wilkinson, directed by Richard Hamburger. The playwright’s encounters with a conceptual artist in New York who maintained an answering machine on which the artist encouraged callers to confess their crimes.
A Crossing (Sept. 23 – Oct. 17), world premiere by Joshua Bergasse, Mark St. Germain & Zoe Sarnak, directed & choreographed by Bergasse. An emotionally intense dance musical, a story about a group of migrants crossing the southern border. The group faces many dangers, including a “coyote” (a human smuggler). Casting TBA.
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Mrs. Doubtfire, starring Rob McClure, will resume previews Oct. 21 and open Dec. 5 at the Sondheim Theatre.
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The new PBS series, “One Voice: The Songs We Share,” featuring the American Pops Orchestra, will begin streaming May 28. The series will also air on the PBS Video App.
The series will launch with the episode “Broadway,” hosted by Jessie Mueller, which was filmed at the Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown, and features show tunes recorded by the Rat Pack, Johnny Mathis, and more. Also included in this episode are Amber Iman, Luke Hawkins, Alexis Michelle, Sam Simahk, and pianists Steven Mann and Ray Wong.
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The West End Musical Walking Tour continues on Sun. May 16 at 3 PM ET here.
Host & tour guide Neil Maxfield taking audiences on a tour through the famed theatre district discovering fascinating, architecture, anecdotes, and historical figures from the 1700’s to today. Hear stories on topics including failed assassinations, ghosts, and scandals, as well as sharing facts about contemporary musicals that transport audiences to Grecian Island weddings, watch cubs turn into kings, and more.
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TheaterWorks Hartford presents Walden, written by & starring Amy Berryman, to run June 24 – Aug. 22 at Hartford’s Riverfront Recapture, directed by Mei Ann Teo.
After returning from a year-long Moon mission, Cassie, a NASA botanist, finds herself in a remote cabin in the woods, where her estranged twin sister, Stella, a former NASA architect, has found a new life with climate activist Bryan. Old wounds resurface as the sisters attempt to pick up the pieces of the rivalry that broke them apart.
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Ain’t Too Proud will re-open Oct. 16 at the Imperial Theatre., directed by Des McAnuff, with choreography by Sergio Trujillo, and music direction by Kenny Seymour.
Nik Walker (Otis Williams), James Harkness (Paul Williams), Jawan M. Jackson (Melvin Franklin), Matt Manuel (David Ruffin), and Jelani Remy (Eddie Kendricks), with Saint Aubyn, Esther Antoine, Shawn Bowers, E. Clayton Cornelious, Tiffan Francès, Taylor Symone Jackson, Marcus Paul James, Jahi Kearse, Elijah Ahmad Lewis, Jarvis B. Manning Jr., Morgan McGhee, Joshua Morgan, Christian Thompson, Correy West, Drew Wildman Foster, Curtis Wiley, Jamari Johnson Williams, and Candice Mari Woods.
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The world premiere of Stephen Tobolowsky’s A Good Day at Auschwitz will be released on June 2 here.
Stephen Tobolowsky and Alan Mandell.
The extraordinary true story of Abe, a man the playwright met at his synagogue. Abe was a fellow of great humor and heart, who not only survived three years at Auschwitz – certainly the worst place on earth – but fell in love there. Abe’s life speaks to the resilience of the human spirit, renewal and hope, even there seems to be none.
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Theatre Communications Group will present its TCG 60th Anniversary Gala, to stream Tues. May 18 at 7:30 PM ET, with an afterparty to follow.
The gala will feature songs from Lauren Yee’s Cambodian Rock Band.
Francis Jue, Abraham Kim Jane Lui, Noe Ngo, Courtney Reed, and Moses Villarama.
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The new weekly PBS series “One Voice: The Songs We Share” will all air at 8 PM (check local listings).
May 14: “We Are Family: Songs of Hope and Unity”
May 28: Dedicated to Broadway, hosted by Jessie Mueller, featuring Amber Iman, Luke Hawkins, Alexis Michelle, Sam Simahk, Steven Mann, and Ray Wong.
June 4: Featuring sacred music that later became mainstream, hosted by Michelle Williams, featuring Justin Guarini, Maureen McKay, Adam Hyndman, and Daniel Colaner.
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Steve Yockey’s Reykjavík will stream May 14 -30 at North Hollywood’s Road Theatre Company, directed by Ann Hearn Tobolowsky.
Stephen Tyler Howell, Alaska Jackson, Carlos Lacamara, Brian Ibsen, Danny Lee Gomez, and Jacqueline Misaye.
In the magical and mysterious city of Reykjavík, Iceland, where we are and when are is often fluid. In this haunting dark comedy, an ensemble of actors take us on a wild, whimsical and sometimes terrifying adventure. The characters uniquely explore the human condition, seeking love, connection, and truth.
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Roundabout Theatre Company has announced its 2021-22 season:
BROADWAY:
Caroline, Or Change (previews Oct. 8, opens Oc. 27) at Studio 54, directed by Michael Longhurst, with choreography by Ann Yee, starring Sharon D Clarke, and more TBA.
Trouble in Mind (previews Oct. 29, opens Nov. 18), by Alice Childress, directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, at the American Airlines Theatre. Following an experienced Black stage actress through rehearsals of a major Broadway production, the play takes a wry and moving look at racism, identity, and ego in the world of New York theatre.
Birthday Candles (previews Mar. 18, 2022, opens Apr. 10 at the American Airlines Theatre), directed by Vivienne, starring Debra Messing. Ernestine Ashworth spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the universe. Soon enough, it’s her 18th birthday. Even sooner, her 41st. He 70th. Her 101st.
1776 (Fall 2022), directed by Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus.
OFF-BROADWAY:
…what the end will be (April, 2022 dates TBA, at the Laura Pels Theatre), by Mansa Ra, directed by Margot Bordelon. Three generations of men live under one roof and grapple with their own truths of what it means to be Black and gay.
Exception to the Rule (opens April 2022 at the Steinberg Center), by Davis Harris. How do you make it through detention? In the worst high school in the city, six Black students are stuck in Room 111. They flirt. The fight. They tease. Should they follow the rules and stay put, or find an escape? Are the walls keeping them in, or are stronger forcers at play?
The Wanderers (opens July 2022 at the Laura Pels Theatre), by Anna Ziegler, directed by Barry Edelstein. Orthodox Jews Esther and Schmuli are newly married, and their future is written in the laws of the Torah. Secular Jew Abe is a famous novelist who believes he can write his own future….until an unexpected email from a movie star puts his marriage to the test and threatens to prove him wrong.
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The Miscast21 Benefit Gala will stream Sun. May 16 at 8 PM ET at Off-Broadway’s MCC Theater (and available on-demand through May 20), directed & music directed by Will Van Dyke.
Annaleigh Ashford, Idina Menzel, Patrick Wilson, Robin de Jesús, Renée Elise Goldsberry, LaChanze, Kelli O’Hara, Cheyenne Jackson, Billy Porter, Gavid Creel, Aaron Tveit, Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace, Jai’Len Josey, and Kelly Marie Tran.
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A rarely seen 1966 episode of “Password,” featuring Stephen Sondheim and Lee Remick as players, will are Sun. May 16 at 3 PM ET on BUZZR TV.
Video: Teaser.
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Uncle Vanya, directed by Conor McPherson, starring Toby Jones and Richard Armitage, is now available through June 4 here.
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Mark Saltzman’s Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn, will open on a date TBA at Amas Musical Theatre, directed & choreographed by Justin Ross Cohen.
Casting, creative team, and additional information TBA.
Romeo – yes, that Romeo – finds himself in 1960 Brooklyn, chasing a girl he believes is his beloved Juliet. But no, it’s Bernadette, the beautiful, foul-mouthed daughter of a crime family in this spoof of Shakespeare’s timeless tale.
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Sejanus, His Fall, adapted & directed by Nathan Winkelstein, will livestream Mon. May 17 at 7:30 PM ET (and available through May 21) at Off-Broadway’s Red Bull Theater.
Kate Burton, Denis O’Hare, Shirine Babb, Grantham Coleman, Keith David, Manoel Felciano, Matthew Rauch, Liv Rooth, Stephen Spinella, Emily Swallow, Raphael Nash Thompson, Tamara Tunie, and James Udom.
Tiberius is the Emperor of Rome. Sejanus is his right-hand man. But – in a society where books are burnt, “knowledge is made a capital offense,” and free men have become “the prey of greedy vultures and spies” – factions are forming behind each of these charismatic leader. The play has a startling significance today in its exploration of treason and totalitarian tyranny. Sejanus sets his sights on Emperorship. No one can stop him. His fall is inevitable.