This weekend’s Top Pick of Best Bets: May 14th – May 17th is Sunday’s Miscast 2021 from MCC Theater in New York. This year’s event will stream at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT and will air on MCC Theater’s YouTube channel.
Simply put, Miscast finds Broadway stars performing songs they’d never really be cast to do.
This year’s line-up is impressive:
Annaleigh Ashford (Sunday in the Park with George), Melissa Barrera (In the Heights), Gavin Creel (Hello, Dolly!), Robin de Jesús (The Boys in the Band), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton), Leslie Grace (In the Heights), Cheyenne Jackson (Finian’s Rainbow), Jai’Len Josey (SpongeBob SquarePants), LaChanze (Summer: The Donna Summer Musical), Idina Menzel (Wicked), Kelli O’Hara (Kiss Me, Kate), Billy Porter (Kinky Boots), Kelly Marie Tran (Raya and the Last Dragon), Aaron Tveit (Moulin Rouge) and Patrick Wilson (The Full Monty).
Creel and Tveit will be reuniting after their steamy performance of this song from Rent at the 2016 Miscast:
There will also be special appearances by McKinley Belcher III, Nick Blaemire, Sandra Caldwell, Juan Castano, Trip Cullman, Hugh Dancy, Halley Feiffer, Dominique Fishback, Jennifer Garner, Paige Gilbert, Lucas Hedges, Evan Jonigkeit, Alex Lacamoire, Donja R. Love, Zosia Mamet, Laurie Metcalf, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ana Nogueira and Marisa Tomei.
By my calculations, this cast has received 15 Tony Awards and 27 Tony nominations.
In the half hour before the show starts there will be a pre-show that will revisit some of the highlights from previous Miscast galas.
Though you can watch this for free, there’s also the ability to donate to MCC Theater. For you big money folks, you can purchase tickets ranging from $1500 – $50,000 with escalating perks.
There is also an auction with multiple items available for bidding including three trips, signed memorabilia, personalized messages from Judith Light and Julia Margulies and more.
Don’t worry if you can’t watch the show on Sunday. Miscast will remain available online through Thursday, May 20th.
Photo: Billy Porter (Courtesy MCC Theater)