Today’s Highlights:
* MCC Theater‘s MCC on Demand, a new streaming platform which offers a variety of content, begins.
* A Very Brady Musical live benefit reading, by Lloyd J. Schwartz, Hope Juber & Laurence Juber, directed by Richard Israel, featuring Gavin Lee (Mike), Kerry Butler (Carol), Klea Blackhurst (Alice), Trista Dollison (Cindy), Celia Hottenstein (Marcia), Diana Huey (Jan), Troy Iwata (Peter), Mason Reeves (Greg), and Anthony Zamito (Bobby), along with Trace Bidelman, Jason Matthews, Melinda Portages, and Chuck Ragsdale, streams at 8 PM ET (and available through Nov. 1) at ME’s Ogunquit Playhouse.
* Halloween Is Not Cancelled benefit event, in support of The Actors Fund, hosted by Anthony Veneziale, featuring Elvira Mistress of the Dark, Diana DeGarmo, Ace Young, Linda Cho, Eddie Duyos, and Nate Bakes Broadway, streams at 8 PM ET here.
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GRACE NOTES Quote of the Week: “Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.” ~Ralph Richardson
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Video: “Stars in the House,” with a Hair reunion concert, featuring Julia Murney, Adam Pascal, Lillias White and Annie Golden. (1:11:10)
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The ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union’s annual Sing Our for Freedom benefit concert will stream Mon. Nov. 2 at 6:30 PM ET here, directed by Liesl Tommy.
Lea DeLaria, André De Shields, Adrienne Warren, Rachel Brosnahan, Laura Benanti, Kelly McCreary, Katrina Lenk, Heidi Schreck, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Phillipa Soo, Brandon Victor Dixon, Daniel J. Watts, Ephraim Sykes, Keala Settle, Eisa Davis, Aneesh Sheth, Amber Iman, Jo Lampert, George Salazar, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Jelani Alladin, Mykal Kilgore, Treshelle Edmond, Raymond Lee, Larry Owens, Shaina Taub, Sasha Allen, Thursday Williams, Ty Defoe, L Morgan Lee, Jomama Jones, Gaelynn Lea, Mary Kathryn Nagle, Liana Stampur, and Broadway Inspirational Voices.
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The Theatre Lovers Guide to Streaming, which includes Broadway shows and a variety of streamed content, some free, some paid, all in one place. Click here.
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Megan Taylor Morrison’s “Dance Adventures: True Stories of Dancing Abroad” is now available on Kindle and Hardcover here.
The book explores several tales of meaningful travel through the vehicle of dance. The anthology includes stories from renowned performers, dance educators, and other avid dance adventurers. Their tales about epic dance adventures across North America, Europe, South America, Asia, and Africa highlight various dance traditions, as well as unique aspects of each country’s geography, history, demographics, and educational systems. In this way, the book celebrates the power of dance to connect us to the best parts of humanity, as well as to the best parts of ourselves.
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Vicki Lewis
Video: “Breaking Down” from Falsettos (2014, Los Angeles)
Video: “It’s Getting Hot in Here, Take Off Your Sunday Clothes”
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LA’s Skylight Theatre will present Tony Abatemarco, Gary Grossman, Wendy Kout, Jeff Reno & Cameron Watson’s We the People on Thurs. Oct. 29 at 3 PM PT. 
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(Actors and Community Leaders) Noah benShea, Brendan Boyle, Dan Bucatinsky, Mary Chieffo, Michael Chieffo, Jacquelyn Fergusson, Liz Frances, Melissa Fitzgerald, Hutchins Foster, Jorge Garcia, Allison Janney, Sophie Kim, Sharon Lawrence, Penelope Lowder, Wendie Malick, Allan Miller, Vico Ortiz, James Naughton, Christina Pickles, Kacie Rogers, Charlie Shaughnessy, Michael A. Shepperd, Joe Spano, Desean K. Terry, JoBeth Williams, Haneefah Wood, and Laura Zucker.
Running approximately 45 minutes, the event will feature prominent theatrical artists & community leaders gathering together to talk personally about our Constitution and what voting means to them. Followed by a Q&A where the online audience is encouraged to join in and be part of the conversation.
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Gunnar Montana’s Basement, a new immersive dance and horror event, will stream on Broadway On Demand on Oct. 30 & 31 at 8 & 10 PM ET both nights.
Danielle Cruica, Jessica Daley, Frank Leone, Stephi Lyneice, and Kelly Trevlyn.
Visceral, disturbing, and certainly not for the faint of heart, the piece graphically depicts one man’s descent into madness. Audiences are immersed in an unrelenting, visceral nightmare as it unfolds. Explore the gruesome and sometimes violent affects that grief can have on the human mind — and the lengths some will go to in order to hold onto the memory of those they have loved and lost.
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Gary Adler & Phoebe Kreutz’s one-act musical, The Nice List. will stream for FREE this holiday (dates and link TBA), directed by Alan Muraoka, with choreography by Michael Midlin.
James Monroe Iglehart, Telly Leung, Ann Harada, Julia Mattison, Jennifer Barnhart, Nick Kohn, and Don Darryl Rivera.
A heartwarming tale of empathy, understanding and inclusion. So while the show may be full of elves and reindeer, candy canes and Christmas magic, the message is an important one for both kids and grownups.
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Kritzerland @ Home Again has announced its next concert, Premieres & Encores, which will stream Sun. Nov. 8 at 5 PM PT here, hosted by Bruce Kimmel, with music direction by Richard Allen. Proceeds will support ALS: Golden West Chapter.
Thomas Bellusci, Patrick Cassidy, Jason Graae, Katie Johantgen, Kerry O’Malley, Hartley Powers, Jessica Rush, Sami Staitman, Adrienne Stiefel, and Robert Yacko.
The concert will include songs that have never been performed in any of the 10 years of Kritzerland shows, and a few encores of songs done in live shows — a real potpourri of wonderful theater songs, classics from the Golden Era of pop, and a few rarities by Stephen Sondheim, Craig Carnelia, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Rodgers, Frank Loesser, Stephen Schwartz, Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner, Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones, Pasek & Paul, and more.
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Video: “Bring Back Broadway,” a Zoom cantata, featuring many of your Broadway favorites. Fabulous!
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The Geffen Playhouse‘s 2018 production of A Christmas Carol, directed by Michael Arden, adapted by Susan Lyons, starring Jefferson Mays, will be released worldwide on Sat. Nov. 28. 
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Experience A Christmas Carol unlike any other — past present or future. The timeless tale comes to thrilling new life as Jefferson Mays plays over 50 roles in a virtuosic, master class of a performance that must be seen to be believed.
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Magic Goes Wrong will return to the Vaudeville Theatre Dec. 10 – Jan. 31, 2021.
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Gary Adler & Phoebe Kreutz’ The Nice List will debut this holiday season, directed by Alan Muraoka, with choreography by Michael Midlin. The premiere date is TBA.
James Monroe Iglehart, Telly Leung, Julia Mattison, Ann Harada, Jennifer Barnhart, Nick Kohn, and Don Darryl Rivera.
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Video: Lea Salonga and Jeremy Jordan sing “Almost Paradise” from Footloose.
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Season 4 of HBO’s “In Treatment” will star Uza Aduba.
The reimagined series will focus on a diverse trio of patients in session with the observant, empathetic Dr. Brooke Lawrence (Aduba) while she wrestles with her own issues. Production is expected to begin soon. The show is expected to debut in 2021 (date TBA).
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Video: “Touch” by Dave Malloy
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A reading of Brian Velobitch’s Boys Don’t Wear Lipstick will take place Mon. Nov. 9 at 8 PM ET here, to celebrate the play’s 20th anniversary, directed by Everett Quinton.
Lena Hall, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jonny Beauchamp, Margaret Cho, Yuhua Hamasaki, Peppermint, Jacob Tobia, and Mason Alexander Park.
A journey from boyhood to manhood, by way of a 15-year detour through womanhood.
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Video: A brand-new conversation about the intense collaboration that let to Come From Away‘s success, featuring Mark Peikert, Christopher Ashley, Kelly Devine, David Hein & Irene Sankoff, Caesar Samoyoa, and Toni-Leslie James. (24:05)
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HBO Max has offered FREE viewing of “A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote” to non-HBO Max subscribers from now through Dec. 31. Watch here for free.