Today, producer Hunter Arnold announced that the film version of A Christmas Carol will host a global streaming talkback on Saturday, December 26 at 9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM PT featuring Tony Award®-winning star Jefferson Mays, two-time Tony Award nominated director Michael Arden, screenwriter Susan Lyons, and more.
Since The Public Theatre is unable to perform A Christmas Carol, they have created a series of three short videos to share with the community that includes fascinating footage and fun anecdotes from the past 27 years of performing their unique adaptation, currently available on their website.
Over the past 17 years, tens of thousands of fans have experienced Cristina Fontanelli’s Christmas in Italy, a musical journey through popular Italian songs, arias, Christmas classics and dance, in New York City. This year, Fontanelli is sharing this joyous concert — far and wide — to fill even more hearts with the spirit and reason of the season.
MNM Theatre Company has announced the extension of their hit virtual production of Closer Than Ever – David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr.’s fascinating song cycle that explores the everyday struggles of love in the modern world – which will now be available on-demand through January 10, 2021.
Enjoy a holiday concert from the comfort of your home! Tony nominee and Emmy winner Liz Callaway, (the original voice of Anastasia), will perform a mix of holiday favorites, beloved Broadway showtunes, share stories about the holidays and her career, and offer a preview of music from her new holiday album, Comfort and Joy – An Acoustic Christmas.
The Park Theatre announced today that they are producing another live-streamed event. This time it is a virtual New Year’s Eve Party featuring a who’s who of entertainers from the Monadnock Region and beyond. The show starts live at 7pm EST on December 31.
Due to popular demand SANTASIA - A Holiday Streaming Special has added additional shows and extended its run through December 27, 2020. Created by brothers Brandon and Shaun Loeser, SANTASIA is a streamed version of their live musical sketch comedy show featuring Broadway musical parodies and classic Rankin and Bass inspired Claymation movies.
A “crown jewel” of this month’s Yiddish New York Festival is sure to be the special pre-launch event for upcoming book, JEWels – Teasing Out the Poetry in Jewish Humor and Storytelling.
A New Holiday is a Christmas musical that follows a 10 year-old girl on her holiday journey of hope, joy and love as she copes with the loss of her beloved grandmother. The production - written by soul singer Brian Owens and actress Sophia Stephens - features an all-black cast and was filmed in St. Louis, Missouri amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
In coordination with Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight, a Virtual Fundraiser on December 27 (8PM EST/5PM PST) to flip the Senate will feature an all-star cast presenting the Award-winning Broadway comedy sensation Celebrity Autobiography, the show where celebrities read hilarious passages from OTHER celebrity memoirs.
Local performers present, 'A Busker's Christmas: Virtual Concert' on Facebook Live this Christmas Eve at 6pm. With theatres closed across the country, these artists have kept the arts alive by adapting to the online stage.
Playhouse on Park is presenting a panel via Zoom on Sunday, December 27 at 4pm ET. The discussion will center around the historical Christmas Truce between the Allied troops & German Soldiers in 1914 during WWI. This panel is inspired by Playhouse on Park’s main stage production ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914, currently streaming online.
The Michael Chekhov Association (MICHA)--the not-for-profit association dedicated to preserving the artistic vision and technique of actor/director/author Michael Chekhov-- in collaboration with the University of Windsor, today announced the launch of the digital version of Deirdre Hurst du Prey's Michael Chekhov: The Actor is the Theatre Archives.
ROLT announced a special one-night only rebroadcast of its 2015 production of LIZZIE. Hosted by ROLT alum James Monroe Iglehart (Broadway’s Aladdin, Hamilton, Memphis, and 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), the event will feature appearances from the full original cast, band, creative team, and the writers behind the hit gothic rock musical.
Today Sheffield Theatres announced that Damian’s Pop-Up Panto will be made available to watch online from 12pm Wednesday 23 December 2020 – Sunday 3 January 2021. Damian’s Pop-Up Panto stars Sheffield legend Damian Williams as the Dame who’s tasked with saving Christmas.
Shaftesbury & the Toronto Symphony Orchestra have come together in a new partnership to produce exclusive programming for two of Canada’s most popular drama series, Murdoch Mysteries and Frankie Drake Mysteries. Each live-to-tape 60-minute special features beloved compositions by the TSO’s orchestra with conducting by Rob Carli.
La MaMa has announced that Split Britches’ Last Gasp WFH is back by popular demand and will be available for on demand viewing on Vimeo now through January 21, 2021. Last Gasp WFH looks for ways we might catch our breath in these times of global uncertainty, considering our ‘last acts,’ whether personal, political or environmental.
Since 1978, West Bank Cafe has been one of the epicenters of New York City’s theatre community, and due to the pandemic, it is on the verge of permanently closing. With Broadway dark, tourism down, indoor dining closed, and no relief plan in sight, 2020 has created a plethora of financial problems for the beloved theater district institution.
This year, to save us from tears, Broadway favorites Lea Salonga and Telly Leung have joined forces to deliver a special Christmas treat. Watch as they perform a virtual duet of Wham!'s Christmas classic, 'Last Christmas.'
Broken Nose Theatre will present BECHDEL FEST 8: REALIGN, the company’s annual festival of new short plays featuring an ensemble of femme, female-identifying, non-binary, trans and queer actors talking about things other than men.
Pride Arts today announced it will resume its “Pride in Place” series of one-night only live virtual readings, beginning with an adaptation of Shakespeare’s gender-bending comedy TWELFTH NIGHT on January 12, 2021, directed by Peter Vamvakas.
ActorsNET celebrates the holidays by premiering a free online video presentation of Dear Brutus – a fantasy drama for grownups by J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan. The play’s title comes from a line from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar: “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves…”
BalletX dives deeper into its 15th Anniversary Season celebration with the world premiere of three short films by choreographers Francesca Harper, Tsai Hsi Hung, and Manuel Vignoulle. BalletX will screen the short films for the first time in a Virtual Premiere event on January 20, 2021 at 7:00pm EST.
The Breast Monologues will be streaming February 12 through the 14. The show will feature women of different ages and ethnicities tell defiant, joyous, sad, sweet and universal stories about their breasts.