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Tune In to Act Out: Vote 2020 A Night of Performances to Get Out the Vote

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: October 29 2020 @ 10:40 am

Tonight, tune in to Act Out: Vote2020, a series of short, all new monologues and songs that will make up an hour-long video encouraging audiences to vote in the upcoming elections. Presented by Tony Award-nominated playwright, actress, and activist Danai Gurira, two-time Tony Award-winning director Stephen Daldry, and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage, this very special…

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What To Do (Without Broadway!): A Day-to-Day Schedule

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 29 2020 @ 10:00 am

Even with Broadway on hold, there's plenty to do. Trust the Broadway.com editors to get you in on the best online events, theater-centric films, TV shows and more!

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29
Shakin’ the Blues Away Virtual Gala @ 7:30PM ET
This star-studded night of song and dance includes performances from Alysha Umphress, Gizel Jiménez, Rashidra Scott, Nicholas Ward and more and serves as a fundraiser for the Goodspeed Opera House.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29
I Put a Spell on You @ 8PM ET
Jay Armstrong Johnson’s annual show, which is a spoof of and tribute to the movie Hocus Pocus, gets the virtual treatment in benefit of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Johnson returns as Winifred Sanderson with Allison Robinson and Amanda Williams Ware as sisters Sarah and Mary.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29
Race @ 8PM ET
David Mamet’s provocative Race gets a starry reading featuring Tony nominees David Alan Grier and Richard Thomas, who starred in the play’s 2009 production. Ed O’Neill and Alicia Stith also lend their talents. Tony winner Phylicia Rashad directs this benefit for The Actors Fund.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29
¡Gárgola! @ 5:30PM ET
MCC Theater presents a virtual reading of Omar Vélez …

Watch Now: Karen Olivo & Aaron Tveit Sing “Come What May”

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: October 28 2020 @ 5:09 pm

Tony Award nominees Karen Olivo and Aaron Tveit sing “Come What May”, from Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Captured live on stage during the pre-Broadway run at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre.

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Jennifer Simard and Jessica Vosk on the Podcast Killing It On Broadway

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 28 2020 @ 3:34 pm

Broadway favorites Jennifer Simard and Jessica Vosk talk to Paul Wontorek about their new podcast Killing It On Broadway, in which stars from Broadway and beyond talk about true crime cases from their home states.

MCC Theater Announces Updates on Jocelyn Bioh's Nollywood Dreams & More

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 28 2020 @ 12:17 pm

MCC Theater is offering some exciting plans for upcoming programming and productions through 2021. The off-Broadway theater company plans to produce in-person stagings of its previously canceled production of Jocelyn Bioh's Nollywood Dreams, directed by Saheem Ali, and a newly announced production of Donja R. Love's soft, directed by Whitney White, when it is safe to do so. MCC also remains committed to producing the previously canceled production of Perry Street by Lucy Thurber and directed by Thomas Sadoski.

The newly announced slate of programming kicks off with LiveLabs: the series of virtual one-act play readings will include Omar Vélez Meléndez's ¡Gárgola! on October 29, Halley Feiffer's Between The Two Humps on December 17, Mfoniso Udofia's Untitled Meditations on Love and Grieving on January 21, an untitled new play by Susan Soon He Stanton on February 11 and Dominique Fishback's Rome and Ja’Net on a date to be announced in 2021.

MCC has also commissioned a six-part podcast play from The Parsnip Ship’s Radio Roots Writers Group This Is Where We Go, which will premiere on December 3. The play will be devised by drawing inspiration from an Octavia Butler quote about change. Each member of the group, which …