Odds & Ends: Javier Munoz is OUT's Breakout Star, Get in the Holiday Spirit With Ann Harada & More

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.

Javier Muñoz is OUT's Breakout Star
Hamilton headliner Javier Muñoz has been awarded Breakout of the Year in OUT magazine’s top 100 list of the most compelling people of the year. “If I can be a new face that people see that is HIV-positive and healthy and performing seven shows a week and kicking ass, then let that stand as a positive example for the person who is still living with that stigma and fear,” Muñoz told the magazine. Other stage favorites on the list include Taylor Mac, Michael Arden, B.D. Wong, Conrad Ricamora, Ivo van Hove, Nico Tortorella and Tituss Burgess.

Get in the Holiday Spirit With Ann Harada
The most wonderful time of year is almost upon us! Ann Harada is set to reprise her role as the sincere and sassy therapist from Avenue Q in Christmas Eve’s Holiday Hunkfest. Produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and featuring an all-star bevy of Broadway beaus, the cabaret of show tunes and modern hits is scheduled to take place on December 12 at Howl at the Moon.

Linda Lavin Enlisted for Candide
Linda Lavin will appear in Harold Prince’s previously reported new staging of Candide, which is scheduled to run from January 6, 2017 through January 12 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater. The Tony winner is set to play the Old Lady, alongside Jay Armstrong Johnson as Candide and Meghan Picerno as Cunegonde. Deadline reports that other names tapped for Leonard Bernstein’s comic operetta include Gregg Edelman, Jessica Tyler Wright, Chip Zien and Brooks Ashmanskas.

Neil LaBute & More Rally for Orlando
After Orlando, a series of short plays written in response to the tragic events in Orlando and recent gun violence in the U.S. and worldwide, will receive readings through January 31, 2017. Playwrights involved with the initiative include Neil LaBute and Lindsey Ferrentino; for more information on where the events are being held, click here.

Watch Ian McKellen & Patrick Stewart on the Big Screen
Miss Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in No Man's Land on Broadway in the 2013-14 season? Never fear, National Theatre Live will broadcast the West End incarnation of the show, live, to a movie theater near you on December 15. Click here to find a convenient locale and check out the trailer for Harold Pinter's classic, directed by Sean Mathias, below.