Today’s Highlights:
* Broadway VS Lillias White and Andre De Shields benefit event, in support of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, hosted by Amber Iman, livestreams at 7 PM ET here.
* An Audio Guide for Unsung Snails and Heroes virtual reading, by Julia Izumi, directed by Natsu Onoda Power, starring Annette Bening, begins streaming at 2 PM ET at Broadway On Demand.
* “At This Theatre,” a virtual historical tour through Broadway’s beginnings a the southern end of the Broadway theatre district, hosted by Tim Dolan, streams at 8 PM here. Upon registration you will receive an email with a unique link to access your online experience at the appointed date and time. Do not forward it; it contains your personal access link. One registration per concurrent device.
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GRACE NOTES Quote of the Week: “You ask my advice about acting? Speak clearly, don’t bump into the furniture and if you must have motivation, think of your pay packet on Friday.” ~ Noel Coward
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Video: “Plays in the House” reading of Shaw’s Man and Superman, adapted, directed & narrated by David Staller, featuring Robert Cuccioli, Claybourne Elder, Santino Fontana, Nikki M. James, Christine Toy Johnson, Rob McClure, John-Andrew Morrison, Margaret Odette, Vishaal Reddy, and Lenny Wolpe. (3:07:35)
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A concept recording of Matte O’Brien & Matt Vinson’s Anne of Green Gables will be released Fri. Nov. 20. Link to pre-order NA.
Diana DeGarmo, George Salazar, Colin Donnell, Patti Murin, Aurelia Williams, Chris McCarrell, Emily Bautista, Michelle Veintimilla, and more…
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Selena: A Live Drive-In Experience, starring Eva Noblezada, will take place Nov. 20 & 21 at 7 PM ET at Queens, NY’s Radial Park at Halletts Point.
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Hal LUftig’s “Broadway Biz Launch Party” podcast will stream Wed. Nov. 18 at 5 PM ET here.
Dori Berinstein, Rick Miramontez, Maggie Brohn, and Jerry Mitchell.
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Video: “Jim Caruso’s Cast Party” variety show, with special guests Joely Fisher, Veronica Swift, Ashley Pezzotti, Bennett Sullivan, and Darius de Haas. (1:39:12)
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The Broadway production of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes has been rescheduled (exact dates TBA, although the opening is aiming for Mar. 15, 2022), directed by Anna D. Shapiro, at a new location (the production is departing the Cort Theatre, where the play had been in previews until Mar. 12, 2020, when Broadway shut down).
(as of now, the original cast remains intact): Tracy Letts, Ian Barford, Blair Brown, Cliff Chamberlain, K. Todd Freeman, Armie Hammer, Danny McCarthy, Jessie Mueller, Sally Murphy, Austin Pendleton, and Jeff Still.
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Pittsburgh CLO (link TBA) will present a filmed production (2018) of A Musical Christmas Carol Dec. 10, 18, 24, & 27, directed by Scott Evans, with music direction by McCrae Hardy.
Richard Thomas (Scrooge), Allison Cahill (Ghost of Christmas Past/Peg), Justin Fortunato (Fred, Businessman), Daniel Frontz (Tiny Tim), Lisa Ann Goldsmith (Mrs. Cratchit), Ashton Guthrie (Tom Watkins/Dick Wilkins), Luke Halferty (Town Crier/Young Scrooge/Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come), Tim Hartman (Mr. Fezziwig, Ghost of Christmas Present), Jeffrey Howell (Bob Cratchit), Daniel Krell (Marley’s Ghost/Young Marley), Alex Manalo (Alice/Laundress), Julia Paladino (Missy Watkins/Martha Cratchit), Benjamin Kent Pimental (Peter Cratchit), Corwin Stoddard (School Master/Topper), Erika Strasburg (Belle, Bess)m and Terry Wickline (Mrs. Fezziwig/Mrs. Dilber), with Zanna Fredland, Lara Hayhurst, Gavan Pamer, Allan Snyder, Joe Chufo, Jack Engel, Rachel Grant, and Chloe Griffin.
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LA Opera presents Anonymous Lover, by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (a contemporary of Mozart), directed by Bruce Lemon, Jr., and conducted by James Conlon, which is now available for streaming through Nov. 29.
Tiffany Townsend (Léontine), Robert Stahley (Valcour), Michael J. Hawk (Ophémon). Alaysha Fox (Dorothée), Gabrielle Flores (Jeannette), and Jacob Ingbar (Colin)>
In this comic romance, a beautiful young widow has become disillusioned with the idea of love. After years of pining away, a secret admirer finally gets up the courage to confess his undying passion for her. But is he too late to sway the heart of a woman determined to remain single?
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Long Beach’s International City Theatre will stream A Christmas Carol Nov. 28 – Jan. 3, 2021, directed by Michael Arden and starring Jefferson Mays (playing 50+ characters).
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RIP: Lynn Kellogg, Broadway’s original Sheila in Hair, died Nov. 12 at the age of 77 in St. Louis after complications from COVID-19. She took over the role from Jill O’Hara, who had left the Off-Broadway production to create a role in George M.
Before Hair, Kellogg appeared on TV in “The Edge of Night” and “The Beverly HIllbillies.” She remained active mostly as a singer on TV through the mid-1970s, appearing on “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson,” The David Frost Show,” “The Dean Martin Show,” and “The Mark Douglas Show,” among many more.
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LA’s Fountain Theatre presents The Gaze…No Homo, playwright Larry Powell’s adaptation into a 12-part media series, to stream Nov. 20, Nov. 27, Dec. 4, and Dec. 11.
Galen J. Williams, Sharon Lawrence, Devere Rogers, Eugene Byrd, TC Carson, Yvette Cason, and Jason “Freckle” Greene.
The plays examine the process of building culturally specific and queer works of color in certain historically white spaces. This is the story of an openly Black queer artist as he navigates the rehearsal process at a very white American theater festival.
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Additional casting has been announced for Robert & Michelle King’s “The Second Wave,” an original Spectrum drama series about COVID-19.
Previously announced: Audra McDonald, Steven Pasquale, and Taylor Schilling.
Newly announced: Phillipa Soo and Leslie Uggams.
Set in New York City, the series follows neighbors Rachel and Lily, who are working from home during the quarantine.
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The 17th annual Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir (filmed in Dec. 2019) will air Thurs. Dec. 17 at 8 PM on PBS (check local listings).
Kelli O’Hara and Richard Thomas
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Manhattan Theatre Club has announced updates for its upcoming productions:
* Lackawanna Blues, by Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Fall 2021 – dates TBA) at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, with new, original music by Bill Sims, Jr.
* How I Learned to Drive (Spring 2022 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre), by Paula Vogel, directed by Mark Brokaw, featuring Mary-Louise Parker, Tony nominee David Morse, Johanna Day, Alyssa May Gold, and Chris Myers
* Morning Sun (Fall 2021 at NYC Center Stage 1) world premiere by Simon Stephens, directed by Lila Neugebauer, featuring Edie Falco, Blair Brown, and Marin Ireland.
* Golden Shield (2021-22 season at a theatre TBA), by Anchuli Felicia King, and directed by Danya Taymor.
…… and two additional productions TBA.
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“A Tribute to Linda Ronstadt at The Soraya“ will stream Wed. Nov. 18 at 8 PM PT.
Aida Cuevas, La Marisoul, David Hidalgo, Sara Watkins, Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar, and La Santa Cecilia.
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Video: Preview of “Jingle Jangle” on Netflix, featuring Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Ricky Martin, Anika Noni Rose, Phylicia Rashad, and Madalen Mills.
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Seventeen years after being recorded, Jay Records will release the studio cast recording of Stephen Sondheim & Arthur Laurents’ Anyone Can Whistle on Dec. 4. This is the first “complete” recording of the musical, which includes all songs, dances, overtures, entr’acte, and underscoring, with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards. 
here.
Julia McKenzie (Cora Hoover Hooper), Maria Friedman (Fay Apple/Dr. Jane Borden Osgood), and John Barrowman (J. Bowden Hapgood).
The musical opened at Broadway’s Majestic Theater on Apr. 4, 1964, and closed after a run of 12 previews and 9 regular performances.
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Manhattan Theatre Club presents its Old Friends New Works benefit performance on Thurs. Dec. 3 at 7 PM ET (and available through Dec. 7, all on YouTube). Click the link above to receive email updates.
*Edie Falco will perform a new monologue by Simon Stephens
*Jeremy Pope will sing a new song by Jason Michael Webb
* Laura Linney will perform her new monologue about Lucy Barton, by Elizabeth Strout
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Video: Laura Osnes sings “Dyin’ Ain’t So Bad” and more, from Bonnie & Clyde (2011).