BWW Review: THE 24 HOUR VIRAL MONOLOGUES Return for a Second Dose of Streaming Theatreby Amanda Prahl - March 26, 2020Broadway may be dark and silent right now, but the theatre community isn't. After a successful first run, The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues returned on March 24 with a fresh set of quarantine-inspired short plays and monologues. Since 1995, the 24 Hour Plays project has been matching up writers and performers to create funny, moving, and emotional mini-pieces of theater in, well, 24 hours. The response to the quickly-adapted March 17 edition was so overwhelming that a sequel was immediately born. Battery Dance TV Launches Tomorrowby BWW News Desk - March 26, 2020Battery Dance has announced the creation of Battery Dance TV, launching on Friday, March 27, 2020 at https://batterydance.org/dancetv/ to provide free live dance classes and programming for the general public by Battery Dance and affiliated artists through a regularly scheduled program. VIDEO: Madonna Sings 'Big Spender' from SWEET CHARITYby BWW News Desk - March 26, 2020Madonna is having a 'Bob Fosse moment.' The superstar, whose experience with musicals includes her Golden Globe winning turn as the title role in the film adaptation of Evita, took to twitter to post a video of herself singing 'Big Spender' from Sweet Charity! Ethereal Theatre Introduces ISOLATED LIVE THEATREby BWW News Desk - March 26, 2020Isolated Live Theatre was created by Ethereal Theatre to deliver theatre for those in isolation, by those in isolation. With theatres across the country going dark, Isolated Live Theatre provides everyone with a daily escape from life, allowing them to tune into free livestreams and find some positivity despite the threat of Covid-19. National Sawdust to Launch Live@NationalSawdust, A Free Digital Platformby BWW News Desk - March 26, 2020National Sawdust, the non-profit arts institution based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, will launch Live@NationalSawdust, a free digital platform that will release weekly videos of concerts from the past five seasons, as well as professional development programming, and will include fundraising efforts for the institution and the artists involved. What Stars Stream: Broadway's Best Tunes in for Movies, TV & More!by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2020BroadwayWorld has already put together a complete guide of 157 musicals, plays, and everything in between that you can watch from home, as well as exclusive daily content from some of your favorite Broadway stars. Now, we're bringing you some streaming inspiration straight from the stars themselves! Which shows are their favorites? What are they binging? Find out below!
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