This Week's Picks! Meet a New Sally Bowles, Write a Book with Anna Camp & Suit Up with Neil Patrick Harris

Hey, you, filling your shopping basket with discounted saddlebags of Valentine’s Day candy—we appreciate a good bargain, but not if it leads to diabetes. Put down the life-size 50 Shades of Grey teddy bear/gumdrop dispenser. There’s plenty to do this week, including Broadway’s brightest honoring two young songwriters, a new headliner at Cabaret, and Neil Patrick Harris’ latest hosting gig. Get ready for this week’s picks!


Attend a Starry Celebration of Song
February 16 at 54 Below
Friday night has a reputation as the let-loose day of the week. What about Monday? It’s important to get in the proper mind-set for the drudgery ahead. Luckily, we have a solution that isn’t screaming into your pillow or sobbing in the shower. A gaggle of Broadway all-stars—including James Snyder, Greg Hildreth and Jenni Barber—gather for a musical salute to songwriting duo Jacob Yandura and Rebekah Greer Melocik (Wringer, Feral). Click for tickets!


Willkommen a New Sally Bowles
Begins February 17 at Studio 54
Recently, Sienna Miller has contributed standout performances in two Oscar nominates gems, Foxcatcher and American Sniper. The next challenge? Succeeding Emma Stone as Sally Bowles in Cabaret. Miller admitted that her singing resume consists of “karaoke and vodka.” However, if she can sport a spotless American accent and portray not a trace of her glam self in those two riveting dramas, she’ll be perfectly marvelous here. Click for tickets!


Catch a Bella Off-Broadway
Begins February 18 at the Claire Tow Theatre
Anna Camp was tremendous as the type-A capella leader in Pitch Perfect, so we’re psyched to see her in Verite, which officially starts its limited run tonight. Camp plays Jo, a struggling writer and stay-at-home mom who can get her memoir published—if she makes her life as exciting as possible. That leads to a whole mess of complications beyond writer’s block and not getting a strong Wi-Fi signal. Click for tickets!


Salute an American Master
February 20 on PBS
We’re all about what’s exciting and new, but it’s also important to recognize Broadway’s past. Tonight provides a perfect opportunity, as PBS debuts American Masters—August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand in honor of the 70th anniversary of the late playwright's birth. The documentary covers the legendary Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner's life through the man’s “theatrical archives, rarely seen interviews, and dramatic readings,” according to PBS. Plus, there are interviews with James Earl Jones, Laurence Fishburne, Viola Davis and more.


See NPH Go Hollywood
February 22 on ABC
The success of an awards show has much to do with the host. Ideally, he or she gets the party going, puts the audience at ease, and doesn’t allow the proceedings to get too self-serious. That makes Neil Patrick Harris a perfect—and long overdue—host for the 87th Annual Academy Awards, a night of gowns, glamour, celebrities, and Twitter-ready cattiness. Oh yeah, and movies are peripherally involved. You remember them? They’re basically filmed plays.