Today’s Highlights:
The Show Must Go On!” Live at the Palace Theatre live concert, featuring cast members from many West End musicals, opens here.
A Good Day at Auschwitz radio play, by Stephen Tobolowsky, starring Tobolowsky and Alan Mandell, released at LA Theatre Works.
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GRACE NOTES Quote of the Week: “They search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.” ~Peter Ustinov on critics
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Lincoln Center Theatre presents Antoinette Chinonye Nwanda’s Pass Over, which will begin previews Aug. 4 and open Sept. 12 at the August Wilson Theatre, directed by Danya Taymor.
Jon Michael Hill, Namir Smallwood, and Gabriel Ebert.
Inspired by Waiting for Godot and the Exodus story, the play is set on a city street corner. Moses and Kitch stand around – talking shit, passing the time, and hoping that maybe today will be different. As they dream of their promised land, a stranger wanders into their space and disrupts their plans.
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Video: Stars in the House, offering It’s June! June! June!, with special guest Leslie Uggams. (1:54:29)
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AMAZON PRIME:
“Annie” (2014 film)
“Black Swan” film, starring Natalie Portman
“Rent” (2005 film), starring Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, and Anthony Rapp
APPLE TV+
“Physical” (premieres June 18). Housewife Sheila Rubin (Rose Byrne) embarks on a challenge very apropos of the ’80s – building a video aerobics empire.
“Central Park” (premieres June 25). The animated musical comedy series features Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom, Jr,. Josh Gad, Kathryn Hahn, Tituss Burgess, and Emmy Raver-Lapman.
HBO MAX
“Camelot,” starring Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave (1967)
“Harry Potter” film series.
“Victor/Victoria” (1982), starring Julie Andrews.
HULU
“The Birdcage,“ starring Nathan Lane and Robin Williams.
“Charlotte’s Web” (1973) starring Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, and Agnes Moorehead.
“The Full Monty,“ starring Patrick Wilson.
“Sweeney Todd,” starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Laura Michelle Kelly.
PARAMOUNT+
“Why Women Kill,” Marc Cherry’s anthology series, starring Alison Tolman and Rachel Bay Jones.
“The Good Fight,“ starring Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, and Mandy Patinkin.
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“Andrea Boccelli: Believe” will premiere Sat. June 5 at 9 PM on PBS (check local listings).
Video: Teaser — “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
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NYC’s 92Y presents Archived Talks and events:
* Truman Capote reads “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (audio, from 1963)
* “75 At 75: Stephen Sondheim” (audio, from 1971)
* “Tony Kushner on Angels in America” (from 2018 )
* “Tony Kushner and John Lahr on Tennessee Williams” (from 2014)
* “An 80th-Birthday Celebration of Terrence McNally” (2018 concert, conversation, and screening), with Christine Baranski, Nathan Lane, Michael Urie, Michael Benjamin Washington, and Christy Altomare….. and a screening of “Every Act of Life,” with special guests Terrence McNally, Chita Rivera, Jeff Kaufman, and more.
…and many more
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CA’s Pacific Resident Theatre presents Music, Song & Celebration: A Sondheim Cabaret Benefit, which will stream Sat. June 5 at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET, directed by Richard Israel, with music direction by Gerald Sternbach, and hosted by Jason Graae. Suggested donation: $25.
Camryn Manheim.
Dana Jackson, Carolyn Mignini, Martha Hackett, Mary Van Arsdel, Leslie Fera, Michael Tulin, Jason Downs, Steve Vinovich, and Robert Bailey.
The online party begins at 4 PM PT/7 PM ET), with cast and friends. Learn how to make a Sweeneytini cocktail (with these ingredients: 3 oz. Prosecco, 1 oz. Aperol, 1 oz. Raspberry puree, 1 oz. Orange Vodka, and one orange peel for garnish).
for the Zoom party & cabaret: info@pacificresidenttheatre.org (include your name and email)
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“The 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors” will air June 6 at 8 PM on CBS, hosted by Gloria Estefan.
Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, Midori, and Dick Van Dyke.
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Tectonic Theater Project presents Seven Deadly Sins (seven world premiere short plays), to run June 22 – July 18 (opening June 19) in NYC’s Meatpacking District, directed by Moisés Kaufman.
Ngozi Anyanwu, Thomas Bradshaw, MJ Kaufman, Moisés Kaufman, Jeffrey Lahoste, Ming Pfeiffer, and Bess Wohl.
Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Eric Ulloa, Morgan McGhee, Caitlin O’Connell, Cody Sloan, Tricia Alexandro, Shavanna Calder, Donn Carnow, Shamika Cotton, Brandon J. Ellis, Brad Fleischer, and Kahyum Kim.
Welcome all sinners and saints! This piece takes audiences on a tantalizing tour of their inner demons. No subject is taboo as audiences rotate through 7 uniquely designed storefronts, exploring the depts of desire, jealousy, race, and more in a thrilling evening that merges live theater with performance art.
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Manhattan Theatre Club‘s Spring Gala,
NYC 
MTC will stream Thurs. June 10 (7 PM ET) – June 14. The gala is less than an hour long.
Lewis Black, Gale A. Brewer, Mark Brokaw, Blair Brown, David Cromer, Fiona Davis, Edie Falco, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Darren Goldstein, Rupert Goold, James Graham, Anchuli Felicia King, Tom Kirdahy, Nathan Lane, Ayodele Maakheru, Junior Mack, Eden Marryshow, Bryonha Marie Parham, Mary-Louise Parker, Debra Jo Rupp, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Benjamin Scheuer, Simon Stephens, R.L. Stine, Paco Tolson, Roma Torre, Meredith Viera, Jason Michael Webb, Richard Wesley, Florian Zeller, and more TBA.
Be part of the gala!!! Record a video on Instagram (with the tag #NYCLovesMTC) telling MTC what makes them so special to you, for a chance to have your video shown on the event.
…and don’t forget to check out the drinks & snacks recipes here (scroll down).
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Jordan Fisher will rejoin the cast of Dear Evan Hansen when it resumes performances on Dec. 11 at the Music Box Theatre.
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Broadway Inspirational Voices will perform June 19 & 20, both at 8 PM ET, at NYC’s newest public park, Little Island (at Pier 55), directed by Schele Williams. 
here.
Daniel J. Watts, Ayodele Casel, Phylicia Rashad, Jennifer Nettles, Norm Lewis, and Garen Scribner.
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Wallace Shawn’s The Designated Mourner, will premiere in six parts on Fri. June 25 on all podcast platforms, directed by André Gregory.
Wallace Shawn, Larry Pine, and Deborah Eisenberg.
Something’s happening in the country where Jack lives. There’s violence in the streets. Leaders are being replaced. Public life is transforming. The government is cracking down on anyone suspected of subversion. But Jack – consumed with his atrophying marriage to Judy, his corrosive envy of his famous poet-intellectual father-in-law Howard, and his disintegrating sense of self – barely notices. As the once-liberal society around him descends into authoritarianism, Jack plunges into his own parallel decline, a chilling abdication of everything he once valued.
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Classical Theatre of Harlem will present Will Power’s Seize the King July 6-29 at the Marcus Garney Park, directed by Carl Cofield. Tickets are free, but reservations are required.
Carson Elrod, RJ Foster, Ro Boddie, Andrea Patterson, and Alisha Espinosa.
A modern interpretation of Richard III.
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Video: Todd Almond sings “Duquesne Whistle” from Girl From the North Country.
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Next to Normal will run July 15-25 at Australia’s Chapel off Chapel, Prahran, directed by Mark Taylor, with choreography by Freya List, and music direction by Nathan Firmin.
Queenie van de Zandt (Diana), Tyran Parke (Dan), Sam Richardson (Gabe), Melanie Bird (Natalie), Liam Wigney (Henry), Ross Chisari (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine),
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Carmel Dean’s new song cycle, Well-Behaved Women, will take place Sept. 3 at 7:30 PM GMT at Cadogan Hall, directed by Julie Atherton, with music direction by Ellie Verkerk.
Maisey Bawden (Lady Liberty), Anna-Jane Casey (Billie Jean King/Janet Armstrong), Janie Dee (Eleanor Roosevelt), Nicole Dennis (Eve), Hiba Elchikhe (Cleopatra/Malala Yousafzai), Kerry Ellis (Boudicca), Gabriela García (Frida Kahlo), Cassidy Janson (Virginia Woolf), Rachel John (Maya Angelou), Linda John-Pierre (Harriet Tubman), and Rachael Wooding (Mary Magdalene).
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Hartford Stage has announced its inaugural American Voices New Play Festival, featuring three new American plays, to run June 23-26. Each play will receive a 4-day workshop and a public reading.
Her Math Play, (June 24 at 8 PM ET) by Christina Pumariega, directed by M. Bevin O’Gara. JoAnne loves Math like a person. But it’s the very language her artist daughter Sam fails to speak.
Simona’s Search (June 25 at 7 PM ET) by Martin Zimmerman, directed by Melia Bensussen. A moving, poetic look at the bond between fathers and daughters.
Ash Tree (June 26 at 3 PM ET), by Georgina Escobar, directed by Kim McKean. Three sisters faced with their mother’s sudden death engage in a dangerous game of forgetting and make-believe.
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Video: Linda Eder performs “She Used to Be Mine” from Waitress.
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Victoria “V.E.” Schwag & Felicia D. Henderson’s “First Kill” will stream on Netflix (premiere date TBA).
Will Swenson, Aubin Wise, Imani Lewis, and more TBA.
A teen vampire from a powerful vampire family, the Fairmonts, is pit against a teen vampire hunter, from a family of celebrated vampire killers.
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Rachel Bay Jones will recur on the new CBS comedy series “The United States of Al.“ Her first appearance will be on the June 3 episode.
The series centers on Riley, a Marine combat veteran, and Al, his unit’s interpreter from Afghanistan, as they restart their lives in Ohio.