Ashley Park, Nikki M. James, and Anaïs Mitchell
Broadway favorites Ashley Park, Nikki M. James, Anaïs Mitchell, and more will take part in the Maestra Music
Amplify 2021 concert, set for March 29 at 8 PM ET. The streaming performance will raise money and highlight Maestraâs programs providing support, visibility, and community for female, non-binary, transgender, and gender non-conforming music makers in the theater industry.
An interactive pre-show will kick things off at 7 PM with Mastra Music founder Georgia Stitt. Andréa Burns Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Brooks Ashmanskas and Andréa Burns will host the event, which will feature stories, conversations, and musical performances from a variety of theatre makers. The full lineup also includes Brandon Victor Dixon, Tanya Birl, Kenita Miller, Shelley Thomas, Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney, Kirsten Childs, Helen Park, Rona Siddiqui, Britt Bonney, Kristy Norter, Dionne
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Carly Hughes and Michael Urie
Broadway alums Carly Hughes and Michael Urie star in the February 27 live stream reading of Douglas Lyonsâ
Chicken and Biscuits from 59E59 Theaters. The play, a family comedy set at a funeral, debuted at Queens Theatre in March last year but was suspended due to COVID-19.
The live stream performance begins at 8 PM ET on
59e59.org with a recorded version of the event available to view on-demand through March 3. All proceeds will benefit The Next Wave Initiative (founded and led by Lyons), a new developmental branch of The Directors Company committed to amplifying future Black voices in the American theatre through scholarships and community engagement.