Broadways Best Shows' spring “Spotlight on Plays” series will welcome six celebrated, award-winning actresses streaming on Stellar as a benefit for The Actors Fund. The series begins this week with Larissa FastHorse’s "The Thanksgiving Play" on Thurs Mar 25 at 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST and Pearl Cleage’s "Angry, Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous" on Thurs April 8 at 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST. Additional casting and dates will be announced soon. The full lineup is as follows: THE THANKSGIVING PLAY; Leigh Silverman directs Bobby Cannavale as “Jaxton,” Keanu Reeves as “Caden,” Heidi Schreck as “Logan” and Alia Shawkat as “Alicia.” Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny comedy finds a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambling to create a pageant that manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month;  ANGRY RAUCOUS AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS; Camille A. Brown directs Debbie Allen as “Betty,” Phylicia Rashad as “Anna,”Heather Alicia Simms as “Kate” and Alicia Stith as “Pete.” Pearl Cleage’s  comedy is all about aging gracefully and gorgeously.  Anna Campbell, now 65, sparked controversy when she bared it all on stage years ago. When a theatre festival asks to re-stage the work with a younger actress in her role, dramatic and comic fireworks ensue; WATCH ON THE RHINE by Lillian Hellman,

Sarna Lapine directs Ellen Burstyn as “Fanny Farrelly” and Carla Gugino as “Sara Muller.” Written and set during the rise of Hitler’s Germany, "Watch on the Rhine" is a play about an American family, suddenly awakened to the danger threatening its liberty; OHIO STATE MURDERS by Adrienne Kennedy, Kenny Leon directs Audra McDonald as “Suzanne Alexander.” "Ohio State Murders" is an unusual look at the destructiveness of racism in the U.S.  When Suzanne Alexander, a fictional African American writer, returns to Ohio State University to talk about the violence in her writing, a dark mystery unravels; DEAR ELIZABETH by Sarah Ruhl, Kate Whoriskey directs Meryl Streep as “Elizabeth” and Kevin Kline as “Robert.” Based on the compiled letters between poets Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, "Dear Elizabeth" maps the relationship of the two poets from first meeting to an abbreviated affair-- and the turmoil of their lives in between; THE BALTIMORE WALTZ by Paula Vogel, Lileana Blain-Cruz directs Mary-Louise Parker as “Anna.” A comic and dramatic fantasia based on the love and adventures of a brother and sister, one of whom has a fatal disease & THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG by Wendy Wasserstein,  Anna D. Shapiro directs Kathryn Hahn as “Gorgeous Teitelbaum.” Three very different sisters reunite after a lengthy separation and discover humanity, respect, and love in this definitive serious comedy about sisterhood.  The “Spotlight on Plays” events are livestreamed on Stellar and are available for a strictly limited amount of time. Press contact: Polk & Co (917/261-3988)...