Today’s Highlights:
Hamilton, featuring Jason Arrow (Alexander Hamilton), Chloé Zuel (Eliza Hamilton), Lyndon Watts (Aaron Burr), Akina Edmonds (Angelica Schuyler), Matu Ngaropo (George Washington), Victory Ndukwe (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Shaka Cook (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Mary Alix (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Elandrah Eramiha (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), and Brent Hill (King George III), with Kirrah Amosa, Daniel Assetta, Kyla Bartholomuesz, Isaac Bradley, Olivia Carniato, Luca Dinardo, Jeffery Duffy, Keanu Gonzalez, Winston Hillyer, Jimmie “J.J.” Jeter, Julian Kuo, Iosefa Laga’aia, Stefan Lagoulis, Ashton Lash, Loredo Malcolm, Jayme Jo Massoud, James Maxfield, Callan Purcell, Zelia Rose, Tainga Savage, Jas Smith-Sua, Tigist Strode, Kim Taylor, Ramonia Villafranca, and Zachary Webster, opens live at Australia’s Sidney Lyric Theatre.
For Tonight and Anjou: The Musical Horror Tale musical selections concert, by Guillermo Mendez M. & Guadalupe Sandoval, directed by Roberto Araujo, featuring Nathan Cockfroft, Kevin Curtis, Gabriel Hyman, Taylor Iman Jones, Michael Perrie Jr., and Jelani Remy, streams for FREE at 7 PM ET at New York Theatre Barn.
Irish Poetry Slam: Get Your Irish Up virtual open mic event, with special guests Robert Cuccioli, Tyne Daly, Melissa Errico, Jessica Hecht, Daniel Jenkins, Andrea Marcovicci, Tonya Pinkins, Thom Sesma, Renee Taylor, Jon Patrick Walker, Sally Wilfert, Karen Ziemba, and surprise guests, streams for FREE on Zoom at 6 PM ET here.
The Color Purple, directed by Tinuke Craig, featuring T’Shan Williams (Celie), Karen Mavundukure (Sofia), Carly Mercedes Dyer (Shug Avery), Danielle Fiamanya (Nettie), Ako Mitchel (Mister), and Simon Anthony Rhoden (Harpo), with Geoff Aymer, KM Drew Boareng, Owen Chaponda, Perola Congo, Danielle Kassarate, Anelisa Lamola, Rosemary Annabella Nkrumah, Jochebel Ohene MacCarthy, Landi Oshinowo, and Jo Servi, concludes streaming at London’s Curve Leicester.
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GRACE NOTES Quote of the Week: “The theatre is the only institution in the world which has been dying for four thousand years and has never succumbed. It requires tough and devoted people to keep it alive.” ~ John Steinbeck
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Video: Stars in the House, celebrating its 1st anniversary, with special guests Joe Benincasa, Annette Bening, Brenda Braxton, Andréa Burns, Judy Kuhn, Melissa Manchester, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelli O’Hara, David Hyde Pierce, Keala Settle, Marc Shaiman, and Chandra Wilson. (2:23:54)
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Daniel J. Watts’ The Jam: Only Child continues through May 7 at DC’s Signature Theatre, directed by Lianeana Blain-Cruz.
Daniel J. Watts and DJ Duggz.
Watts recounts his life as the only child of a single mother. From the fierce growing pains of boyhood innocence to the awkwardness of teenage years to a proud Black man.
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LA’s Rockwell Table & Stage has permanently closed its doors.
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Please consider making a donation here to Off-Broadway’s Public Theater, so they can bring Free Shakespeare in the Park back where it belongs in all its glory.
The Delacorte Theatre isn’t empty.
It’s full of HOPE that we will be together under the stars this summer.
It’s full of PURPOSE to fill out city with art.
It’s full of PROMISE for a return of the New York we love.
Jocelyn Bioh’s adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor will run July 5 – Aug. 29 at Central Park’s Delacorte Theatre, directed by Saheem Ali. Casting TBA.
Set in South Harlem amidst a community of West African immigrants, the production will be “a celebration of Black joy, laughter, and vitality.”
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New Camerata Opera presents the virtual world premiere of The Brooklyn Job, an interactive, virtual museum heist. on May 6 & 8 at 8 PM ET, written & directed by Sarah Morgan Ashey, with music direction by Dan Franklin Smith. The thrilling narrative is set to wide-ranging repertoire selections performed by a cast of 10 singers, which include on-location shoots and live performance elements.
Samina Aslam, Barbara Porto, Eva Parr, Julia Tang, Anna Tonna, Erik Bagger, Victor Khodadad, Stan Lacy, Scott Lindroth, and Kofi Hayford.
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LA’s Echo Theater Company presents Matthew Paul Olmos’ Underneath the Freeways of Los Angeles, to stream for 16 performances – Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays Apr. 2-26, directed by Michael Alvarez.
Tim Wright (Officer Banham), Amy K. Harmen (Elie Kovner), Gloria Ines (Dee Dee Echevarria), Morgan Danielle Day (Lucretia “Lu” Jacobs), Roland Ruiz (Efren, a drifter), Darrett Sanders (James Rouser, California Division of Highways Administrator).
Two bodies have been discovered in the lake at Hollenbeck Park, right below the newly-built section of the Golden State Freeway that runs directly overhead. You, the audience, will speak directly to the office in charge of the investigation. You will question the witnesses and persons of interest. Who is the guilty party? The audience will then split into groups, each of which will rotate between five “holding cells” (breakout rooms). Everyone will have a chance to listen to and question each potential suspect. Is this case about race, power, displacement or community?
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The Office! A Musical Parody, the unauthorized send up, will re-open in-person on Fri. Apr. 9 at 7:30 PM at the Jerry Orbach Theatre. All safety protocols will be in place.
Casting TBA.
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A Song for You: An Evening with Darius de Haas will stream Apr. 8 & 9 at 8 PM ET at PA’s Bucks County Playhouse.
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Lindsey Ferrentino will adapt her play Amy and the Orphans into a film, directed by the playwright, to stream on Netflix.
Three siblings go on a the trip of a lifetime. After their father’s death, Maggie and Jacob reunite with Amy, their movie-loving sister who has Down Syndrome. Together, they careen down the Great American Long Island Expressway, navigating strip malls, traffic jams, and family drama.
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Lin Manuel Miranda & Jeremy McCarter’s “In the Heights: Finding a Home,” chronicling the life of the musical from its humble beginnings to the upcoming feature film, will be released in Hardcover and Kindle on June 22. 
here.
Readers will find lyric annotations by Miranda and essays by Alegría Hudes as the trio traces the making of an unlikely Broadway hit musical. The book also offers untold stories, newly commissioned portraits, and never-before-seen photos from backstage, the movie set, and productions around the world.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced its 2021 Gala, to stream Wed. Apr. 7 at 7 PM ET, with music direction by Meg Zervoulis.
Wendell Pierce and Al Roker
Featuring the opening number of Daniel Goldstein & Dawn Landes’ Row, performed by Kerstin Anderson, John Ellison Conlee, Nehal Joshi, Tamika Lawrence, John McGinty, Grace McLean, Kathryn O’Rourke, Lance Roberts, Sean Stack, and Sally Wilfert.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Renée Fleming, Michael R. Jackson, Jill Kargman, John Lithgow, S. Epatha Merkerson, Steven Pasquale, Amanda Seyfried, Phillipa Soo, and Maris Tomei.
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Bob Gale, Alan Silvestri & Glen Ballard’s Back to the Future will begin live performances on Aug. 20 at the Adelphi Theatre, directed by John Rando, with choreography by Chris Bailey.
Roger Bart (Dr. Emmett Brown), Olly Dobson (George McFly), Rosanna Hyland (Lorraine Baines), Cedric Neal (Goldie Wilson), Aidan Cutler (Biff Tannen), Courtney-Mae Briggs (Jennifer Parker), Will Haswell (Dave mcFly), Emma Lloyd (Linda McFly), and Mark Oxtoby (Strickland), with Rhianne Alleyne, Amy Barker, Matt Barrow, Joshua Clemetson, Jamal Crawford, Bessy Ewa, Ryan Heenan, Cameron McAllister, Alessia McDermott, Laura Mullowney, Nic Myers, Shane O’Riordan, Katharine Pearson, Oliver Tester, and Justin Thomas.
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Rock of Ages: All-Star Reunion Concert will stream Sat. Apr. 24 at 7 PM on Stellar.
Constantine Maroulis, Laura Bell Bundy, Frankie Grande, William, Dot-Marie Jones, Dan Finnerty, Tom Lenk, Kerry Butler, James Snyder, James Carpinello, Dee Snider, Amy Louise Pemberton, James Snyder, Andre Ward, Amy Spanger, Adam Dannheisser, Michele Mais, Callandra Olivia, Regina Levert, Matt Wolpe, Chris D’Arienzo, and Dave Gibbs.
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Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play will stream Thurs. Mar. 25 at 8 PM ET on Stellar, directed by Leigh Silverman, in support of The Actors Fund.
Bobby Canavale (Jaxton), Keanu Reeves (Caden), Heidi Schreck (Logan), and Alia Shawkat (Alicia).