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Havana Film Festival New York brings you some of the darling gems of Cuban cinema to keep you company during this long winter. Every Saturday starting February 13th, HFFNY streams a Cuban film, free of charge, in its Virtual Screening Room. All films are subtitled in English and available to viewers in the U.S. Go to www.hffny.com for more information and details on how to register. It’s free and fun! Register HERE!
New York Theatre Barn will host a free live stream of its award-winning New Works Series on Wednesday, February 17th, 2021 at 7PM EST, featuring excerpts from the new musicals Little Miss Perfect and House Rules. The live 1-hour presentation will also feature a conversation with the writers and creative team. The new musical Little Miss Perfect has music and lyrics by Joriah Kwamé (winner of the 2019 “Write Out Loud” Song Competition) and book by America’s most produced playwright Lauren Gunderson (I And You, Jeannette). It features performances by Savannah Fisher and co-writer Joriah Kwamé.
Based on the New York Times best-selling novelby Jodi Picoult (Between the Lines), House Rules has music by Daniel Mertzlufft (Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical) and lyrics by Kate Leonard (Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical). www.nytheatrebarn.org
Allan Harris Pens a Love Letter to Harlem on Kates Soulfood, a spirited, soul-drenched ten track recording that pays homage to Allan Harris’ home of Harlem, NYC as only he can.
Showcasing his brisk baritone and deft songwriting ability, Harris’ fourteenth release as a leader paints a vivid portrait of his vibrant neighborhood that draws heavily from a deep well of childhood memories. Out on www.LoveProductions.com
Join Billy Crystal, Mayim Bialik, Jason Alexander, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Platt and morefor a Virtual Global Benefit for Hadassah Hospitals on Sunday February 21, 2:30 pm – “Coming Together to Heal Our World” (written by Adam Kulbersh and Karen Carpenter, music direction Michael J. Moritz, Jr.) Tickets: www.hadassah.org/benefit
The Congress for Jewish Culture will continue its International Virtual Yiddish Theater series with MEGILLAH CYCLE, featuring an all-star international cast, directed and adapted by Mike Burstyn from Itzik Manger’s modernist take on the traditional Purim play. MEGILLAH CYCLE comes on the heels of their inaugural production of The Dybbuk, This exciting new production will premiere on Sunday, February 21 at 2:30 pm EST on the Congress for Jewish Culture’s YouTube channel, where it will remain indefinitely. www.congressforjewishculture.org
Trip Kennedy’s Comedic Musical Triumph “The Book Of Mel” Returns with a Diva Twist on Metropolitan Zoom – “The Book Of Mel 2, Miscast, Backwards and Bent” premieres on Metropolitan Zoom February 27th 7PM PST https://metropolitanzoom.ticketleap.com/trip-kennedy–the-book-of-mel-part-2-7-pm-pacific/details
Broadway stars on a mission to raise funds and awareness for pulmonary fibrosis (PF) will take the stage virtually for the first time in the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation’s (PFF) 11th annual Broadway Belts for PFF! on Friday, March 12, at 7 p.m. ET. The free event will be live-streamed on the PFF’s YouTube and Facebook channels. Award-winning Broadway actress and comedienne Julie Halston (Broadway’s Tootsie, Gypsy, You Can’t Take It With You, TV’s Sex and the City), will host the evening on her popular YouTube series, Virtual Halston along with co-host, Jim Caruso (Jim Caruso’s Cast Party). The evening will feature some of Broadway’s biggest stars including: Annaleigh Ashford, Robert Creighton, Christine Ebersole, Darlene Love, Andrew Rannells, Max Von Essen. www.;pulmonaryfibrosis.org
Broadway On Demand continues to stream the La Jolla Playhouse digital Without Walls(WOW) series, featuring Alyce Smith Cooper and Shammy Dee’s Spittin’ Truth to Power While Light Leaping for the People,and is now calling for submissions to their Sermon Challenge.
Audiences and artists alike are invited to – using Shammy’s music and Alyce’s words – spit their own truth and join the project by creating their own version of the “Sermon” video using dance, spoken word, a paintbrush or whatever kind of interpretation they choose. Submissions can be made, and more information can be found, at: https://lajollaplayhouse.org/wow-goes-digital/light-leaping/sermon-challenge/
Polydor Records/UMe has announced the release of the third piece of music from the forthcoming album of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella. “I Know I Have A Heart” sung by Carrie Hope Fletcher and is released across all DSPs. Listen here: https://cinderella.lnk.to/iknowihaveaheartpr.It follows the release late last year of “Only You, Lonely You” sung by Ivano Turco. “I Know I Have A Heart” is the second song by Fletcher to be released from the forthcoming cast album, after “Bad Cinderella” came out to high acclaim last October. “Bad Cinderella” has now been streamed over 1.4 million times globally and performed on “The One Show” and “Children in Need 2020.” All further information is available at www.andrewlloydwebberscinderella.com
Expect a vivid retelling of the classic East meets West by Paramount Pictures of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I, who have now acquired the rights. Marty Bowen & Wyck Godfrey’s Temple Hill will produce. Concord, who acquired the Rodgers & Hammerstein catalogue in 2017, will also serve in a producing capacity.
The first film made from the stage musical was directed by Walter Lang and starred Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. The 1956 Fox film won five Oscars out of nine nominations, including a Best Actor win for Brynner. In the classic story, Anna Leonowens sets sail from England for Bangkok, Siam (now Thailand) to take the position of schoolteacher for the royal court of the King of Siam. (via Deadline)
