Today’s Highlights:
* Faith Healer, by Brian Friel, directed by Matthew Warchus, featuring Michael Sheen, Indira Varma, and David Threlfall, streams three times daily through Jan. 22 at London’s Old Vic.
* Love in Hate Nation excerpts presentation, by Joe Iconis, featuring Kelly McIntyre and Amina Faye, with Jasmine Forsberg, Lauren Marcus, Tatiana Whechsler, Sydney Farley, Amina Faye, Lena Skeele, and Emerson Mae Smith, livestreams for FREE at 7 PM ET at New York Theatre Barn.
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GRACE NOTES Quote of the Week: “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” ~ Robin Williams
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Video: Stars in the House, another game night, with special guests Jack Plotnick, Joely Fisher, Alice Ripley, Paul Castree, and Stephen Spadaro. (1:34:05)
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The virtual premiere of Jake Broder’s UnRavelled will stream Thurs. Feb. 25 at 4 PM PT here (and available through Mar. 31), directed by Nike Doukas.
Lucy Davenport (Adams), Rob Nagle (Robert), Leo Marks (Dr. Miller), Conor Duffy (Ravel), and Melissa Greenspan (Ida Rubinstein), with Michael Lanahan.
Based on true events and incorporating research and interviews conducted by Broder, the piece explores the fascinating connection between the work of Canadian painter Anne Adams (1940–2007) and French composer Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), both of whom died from the same rare brain disease.
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Manhattan Theatre Club presents production footage of the 2016 world premiere of Prodigal Son, written & directed by John Patrick Shanley, to stream Thurs. Jan. 21 at 12 PM ET.
John Patrick Stanley and Timothée Chalamet
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Video: Tribute to Nick Cordero, featuring clips from Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day, which was due to receive a live staging at Carnegie Hall in June 2020, starring Kate Rockwell.
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A digital adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” written by Henry Filloux-Bennett, will stream Mar. 16-31 here, directed by Tamara Harvey.
Fionn Whitehead (Dorian Gray) and more TBA.
Set in a world where online and reality blur, influencer Dorian Gray makes a deal: for his social star never to fade and for the perfect self he broadcasts to the world to always remain. But as his mental health starts to decline, as corruption and murderous depravity start to creep into his world, the true cost of his deal will soon need to be met.
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The West End production of Frozen, scheduled to begin previews Apr. 2 and open Apr. 14 at the newly restored Theatre Royal Drury Lane, has been postponed, with no set reopening, due to the ongoing pandemic.
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“The Muppet Show,” all 5 seasons of the 1976-81 series, will stream on Disney+ beginning Feb. 19. 
Two of the seasons have never before been released on home entertainment.
Original series guests: Joe Grey, Rita Moreno, Sandy Duncan, Lena Horne, Ben Vereen, Charles Aznavour, Valerie Harper, Mummenschanz, Kaye Ballard, Bernadette Peters, Ethel Merman, Madeline Kahn, Julie Andrews, Pearl Bailey, Danny Kaye, Leslie Uggams, Linda Lavin, Carol Channing, Glenda Jackson, and more.
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Off-Broadway’s MCC Theater will re-air its benefit reading of Alan Bowne’s Beirut on Thurs. Jan. 28 at 7:30 PM ET, directed by Will Cantler. In 1987, this play launched MCC’s one-act festival.
Marisa Tomei, Oscar Isaac, and Patrick Breen.
How do we sustain the human spirit, hope and love in the face of a plague? We’ve been here before. Set in a dingy Lower East Side apartment in the 1980s, Beirut follows the story of Torch, a young man who is in quarantine after testing positive to a nameless disease. His girlfriend refuses to leave him isolating alone.
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Tosca, starring Maria Callas, and directed by Franco Zeffirelli, is now available to stream here.
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LA’s Fountain Theatre will host L.A. Theatre Pays Tribute to Ed Krieger, a virtual memorial for the longtime theater photographer, which will livestream Sun. Jan. 24 at 2 PM PT.
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Boston’s Commonwealth Shakespeare Company presents “The Actors Craft,” to stream Sat. Jan. 30 at 4 PM ET.
Denis O’Hare, who takes on the character of King Lear.
A glimpse into the process actors use to bring Shakespeare’s character to life on stage. Each session features one of the theatre’s favorite actors talking about the character with director Steven Maler, and then performing selected scenes and soliloquies. Watch the process unfold as if you were at a rehearsal.
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Video: Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish performs “God Bless America” in Yiddish.
Jennifer Babiak, Samantha Hahn, Ben Liebert, Stephanie Lynne Mason, Rosie Jo Neddy, Raquel Nobile, Drew Seigla, Rachel Zatcoff, Joanne Borts, Josh Dunn, Michael Einay, Lisa Fishman, Kirk Geritano, John Giesige, Lydia, Gladstone, Abby Goldfarb, Mary Illes, Josh Kohane, Maya Jacobson, Moshe Lobel, Evan Mayer, Jonathan Quigley, Nick Raynor, Bruce Sabath, Kayleen Seidl, Adam B. Shapiro, Jodie Snyder, James Monroe Stevko, Ron Tal, Bobby Underwood, and Mikhl Yashinsky.
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To celebrate Martin Luther King Day, here are some interesting choices to stream:
* “The James Baldwin Project” (through Jan. 31) Click here.
* “The Conviction of Lady Lorraine” (through Jan. 24). Click here.
* “Grimmz Fairy Tales” (through Mar. 31). Click here.
* “Martin’s Dream” (through June 30). Click here.
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Video: Glimpse of Paradise Square, which had its world premiere at Berkeley Rep in 2018. Conceived by Larry Kirwan, the musical features a score based on the songs of Stephen Foster with music by Jason Howland and Kirwan, lyrics by Nathan Tysen, and a book by Marcus Gardley, Craig Lucas & Kirwan. The musical was directed by Moisés Kaufman, with choreography by Bill T. Jones.
Set in Manhattan’s Five Points neighborhood during the Civil War, the musical follows the denizens of a local saloon, including the Black woman who owns it, a conflicted newly arrived Irish immigrant, a runaway slave, and a once-great songwriter.
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Article: “It’s Time to Turn the Page on the Trump-Shakespeare Comparisons,” by NY Times theater critic Jesse Green’s article —
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Broadway stars make music with the Muppets:
Video: Ben Platt, “C is for Cookie”
Video: Christopher Jackson, “The Story of Tonight”
Video: Lin Manuel-Miranda, “It’s A Habitat Song”
Video: Liza Minnelli, “It’s a Quiet Thing”
Video: Liza Minelli, “Everything’s Coming Up Roses”
Video: Liza Minelli, “Copacabana”
Video: Lesley Ann Warren, “Last Dance”
Video: Joel Grey, “Razzle Dazzle”
Video: Joel Grey, Willkommen”
Video: Pearl Bailey, “Everything’s Coming Up Roses”
Video: Linda Lavin, “Beyond the Blue Horizon”
Video: Bernadette Peters, “Just One Person”
Video: Bernadette Peters, “Take a Little One Step”
Video: Ethel Merman, Broadway Medley
Video: Ethel Merman, “Tomorrow”
Video: Harvey Fierstein, “Nose’s Turn” (parody)
Video: Sandy Duncan, “Try to Remember”
Video: Leslie Uggams, “Hey There Good Times:
Video: Glenda Jackson, “The Walloping Window Blind”
Video: Carole Channing, “Hello, Dolly” parody
Video: Lena Horne, “Sing a Song”
Video: Gene Kelly, “You Wonderful You”
Video: Danny Kaye, “Cheek to Cheek”
Video: Julie Andrews, “The Lonely Goatherd”
Video: Julie Andrews, “Afraid”
Video: Rita Moreno, “Fever”
Video: Sutton Foster, “Lever Lover”
Video: Ben Vereen, “Mister Cellophane”