Today’s Highlights:
* Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy, by Sarah Gancher, directed by directed by Jared Mezzocchi & Elizabeth Williamson, featuring Danielle Slavick (Masha), Mia Katigbak (Ljuba), Haskell King (Egor), Ian Lassiter (Steve), and Greg Keller (Nikolai), opens virtually at TheaterWorks Hartford.
* FORWARD. TOGETHER. A Virtual event to support The Public Theater FREE event, honoring Sam Waterston and Audrey & Zygi Wilf, directed by directed by Kenny Leon, featuring Jelani Alladin, Jacqueline Antaramian, Antonio Banderas, Laura Benanti, Kim Blanck, Ally Bonino, Danielle Brooks, Jenn Colella, Elvis Costello, Daniel Craig, Alysha Deslorieux, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Holly Gould, Danai Gurira, Stephanie Hsu, David Henry Hwang, Oscar Isaac, Nikki M. James, Alicia Keys, John Leguizamo, John Lithgow, Audra McDonald, Grace McLean, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kelli O’Hara, Mia Pak, Suzan-Lori Parks, David Hyde Pierce, Phylicia Rashad, Liev Schreiber, Martin Sheen, Phillipa Soo, Meryl Streep, Sting & Trudie Styler, Will Swenson, Shaina Taub, Kuhoo Verma, Ada Westfall, Kate Wetherhead, and more…, re-streams at 8 PM ET.
* This Is Our Youth virtual benefit reading, by Kenneth Lonergan, directed by Lila Neugebauer, featuring Lucas Hedges, Paul Mescal, and Grace Van Patten, streams at 8 PM ET. 
Pay-what-you-can tickets at TodayTix.
* Suppressed Desires virtual reading, by Susan Glaspell & George Cram Cooke, directed by Andrew Barnicle, featuring French Stewart, Vanessa Claire Stewart, and Jennifer Shelton, livestreams at 6:30 PM PT at Laguna Playhouse.
* Awake at Night virtual reading of 3 short plays adapted from Edgar Allen Poe short stories, featuring Ari Brand, Daniel Gerroll, Loren Lester, Michael Levi Harris, Kevin Orton, and Teal Wicks, streams at 7 PM ET at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre.
* Wiesenthal, written by & starring Tom Dugan, directed by Jenny Sullivan, begins streaming at Beverly Hills’ The Wallis.
* Sticks & Bones benefit concert presentation, by John McDaniel & Scott Logsdon, featuring Joshua Colley (David), Audra McDonald (Nizevet), Javier Muñoz (Jesse), George Salazar (King Saul), Mykal Kilgore (The Prophet Samuel), Gabriella Gonzalez (Zeruiah), Cassie Donegan (Abigail), Jackson Hurt (Eliab), Dylan Bivings (Abinadab), Drew Elhamalawy (Shimea), James Ignacio (Nethanel), Marcus M. Martin (Raddai), Chase Tucker (Ozem), and Delaney Horton (The Traveler), along with actors from 34 states, concludes its stream at 8 PM ET here.
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Video: “Stars in the House,” with guest host Brenda Braxton, and guests Dan Lo Buono and Natasha Rennalls Neart. (56:39)
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“Together at Christmas,” featuring Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, will be released Nov. 20 on Decca Records (link TBA).
1. “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas”
2. “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”
3. “Mistletoe and Wine”
4. “Christmas, Baby Please Come Home”
5. “I Believe”
6. “The Christmas Song,” featuring Gregory Porter
7. “White Christmas”
8. “Silent Night”
9. “The Spirit of Christmas”
10. “O Holy Night”
11. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”
12. “My Christmas Will Be Better Than Yours” (original track)
13. “Once Upon A December”
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Off-Broadway’s York Theatre Company presents Broadway’s Great American Songbook concert series, to run Nov. 4 – Dec. 19, hosted by Michael Feinstein, and directed by Barry Kleinbort.
Nov. 4-7: Alton Fitzgerald White, with music directed by Doyle Newmyer
Nov. 11-14: Lee Roy Reams, with music direction by Alex Rybeck
Nov. 18-21: Karen Mason, with music direction by Alex Rybeck
Nov. 25-28: George Aubd, with music direction by Paul Lincoln
Dec. 2-5: Ben Vereen and Klea Blackhurst, with music direction by Gary Adler & Deniz Cordell
Dec. 9-12: Robert Creighton, with special guest Richard Kind, and music direction
by Alex Rybeck
Dec. 16-19: Lillias White, with music direction by Mathis Picard
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Audio: Victoria Clark sings “I Got Lost in His Arms”
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A live production of C.P. Taylor’s Good will run Apr. 21 – July 17, 2021 at the Harold Pinter Theatre, directed by Dominic Cooke.
David Tennant
How is it possible to be a good person when things are falling apart? “You make a deal with yourself one minute, you totally repudiate it the next.” As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a decent, intelligent music-loving German professor, finds himself swept along in a movement that crescendos towards an unthinkable finale. Good is a warning for our times.
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Video: Keala Settle sings “Being Alive” from Company.
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Boston’s Barrington Stage will offer a film presentation (in front of a live audience) of the new musical The Right Girl, by Diane Warren, Louisette Geiss & Howard Kagan, on Sun. Nov. 1 at 2 PM ET, directed & choreographed by Susan Stroman.
Alysha Umphress, Jenna Ushkowitz, Tony Yazbeck, Heath Calvert, Steve Rosen, Robyn Hurder, Merle Dandridge, Polly Bair, Jessica Bishop, Jim Borstelmann, Joshua Buscher, Richard Gatta, Leah Hoffman, Jolina Javier, Donald Jones Jr, Bryonha Marie, Sarah Ann MAsse, Anthony Wayne, and Cory Lingner.
Is she The Right Girl? Eleanor Stark’s entire life has been leading up to this moment: her first day as Chief Creative Officer of the legendary movie studio, Ambrosia Productions. As Eleanor rises to the top of her game, working side by side for years with the industry’s most respected men, we learn that one of them has been abusing women all along. What role does she pay in the story of Hollywood’s most fiercely guarded secret?
The audience will be a mix of invited industry professionals and members of the general public. If you would like to submit a request for tickets, please visit boxoffice@barringtonstageco.
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Video: “Jim Caruso’s Cast Party,” with Lynn Taylor-Corbet, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, James Richardson, Zach Day, Ben Cameron, Eric Jordan Young, and Connor Simpson. (1:25:08)
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The film adaptation of August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” will premiere Dec. 18 on Netflix, written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, directed by George C. Wolfe .
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey), Chadwick Boseman (Levee), Michael Potts (Slow Drag), Glyn Turman (Toledo), Colman Domingo (Cutler), and Jeremy Shamos (Irvin), with Jonny Coyne, Taylour Page, and Dusan Brown.
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The Special Presidential Election Edition of ‘In Philly, Boston, or Baltimo’ will take place on Mon. Oct. 26 at 7 PM ET at Off-Broadway’s York Theatre Company.
Josh Ellis, Peter Filichia, and 13-year-old podcaster Charles Kirsch
How does 75 min. of fun sound in the midst of these crazy times? This will be an evening of theatrical fireworks at the intersection of “Broadway Musicals” and “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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The Doo Wop Project: Live In Your Living Room will stream Sun. Oct. 25 at 7 PM ET here.
Charl Brown, Dwayne Cooper, John Michael Dias, Russell Fisher, Dominic Nolfi, and Santino Paladino.
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Billy Crystal will discuss with Governor Andrew Cuomo about how he took charge in the fight against Covid-19, as well as his new book, “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons and the Pandemic” on Tues. Oct. 27 at 6 PM ET at NYC’s 92Y.
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RIP: Anthony Chisholm, who earned a Tony nomination for his work in the 2007 production of August Wilson’s Radio Golf, passed away Oct. 16 at the age of 77.
Prior to his theatre career, Chisholm served in the US Army in the Vietnam War. His first credits included The Boys from Syracuse and The Threepenny Opera at Cleveland’s Karamu House Theater.
On Broadway, he appeared in Two Trains Running (1992), Gem of the Ocean (2004), Radio Golf (2007), Jitney (2017), and He was also in the workshops and Off-Broadway productions of dramas in Wilson’s American Century Cycle (aka the Pittsburgh Cycle), as well.
Mr. Chisholm earned a number of accolades for his work on stage, including the NAACP Theatre Award, the AUDELCO Award, the Ovation Award, and the I.R.N.E. Award.
On screen, Mr. Chisholm appeared in Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” and played prisoner Burr Redding in HBO’s “Oz.” Other screen credits included “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” and “Law & Order: SVU.”
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Amanda Kloot‘s new memoir, “Live Your Life: My Story of Loving and Losing Nick Cordero” will b be released June 29, 2021. Link for ordering TBA.
Kloots reflects on love, loss, and life with her husband: of their love and fairy-tale marriage, of the disease that upended it, of the fight for Cordero’s survival, of her grief and how she came to terms with his death, and of keeping the star’s memory alive for their son Elvis and the world. Kloots’ sister Anna helped her write the book.
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With Love, Now and Forever! CATS4COVID RELIEF, in support of BC/EFA, directed by Jonathan Cerullo, featuring 30 former cast members from the 3rd national tour, will stream Oct. 23 (8 PM ET) – Oct. 27 here.
Mark Agnes, Jay Alger, Deborah Geneviere Athens, Joanna Beck, Anthony Vincent Bova, Lisa Dawn Cave, Jonathan Cerullo, Leslie Ellis, Robert Barry Fleming, Jack Gaughan, David Geist, Adrea Gibbs, JoAnn Hunter, Austin Jetton, Christine Toy Johnson, Aja Kane, BK Kennelly, Deidre Lang, Brian Liddicoat, Charmaine Liddicoat, Karen Longwell, Kari Nicolaisen, Bill Nolte, Donna Pompei, Cathy Sue Pyles, Rachelle Rak, Arminae Reames, Edward G. Robinson, Randy Slovacek, Julie Stiel, Beth Swearingen, Fred Tallaksen, Amiee Turner, James Walski, and Matt Zarley.
Along with anecdotes about the production, the event will feature a contemporary take on “Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats,” a new performance of “Memory” from Leslie Ellis and Christine Toy Johnson, and a version of “The Naming of Cats” featuring a Halloween surprise.