Keeping in mind the health and safety of their staff, performers, and patrons, 1st Stage has decided to begin its next season in February of 2021. Join 1st Stage in February, April, and May for three fantastic full-length productions, and in July 2021 for the return of the groundbreaking Logan Festival of Solo Performance.
From July 6-17, more than 200 of the country's most outstanding teen musicians-hailing from 41 states across the USA-come together to form an online virtual musical community, taking part in Carnegie Hall's three acclaimed national youth ensembles-the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA), NYO2, and NYO Jazz.
Her Hotel, a virtual rock dream, written by Rebecca Lee Lerman and directed by Jessica Wu, will stream live during the WTFringe 2020 and the 2020 Women's Theatre Festival Saturday, July 11th and Saturday, July 25th.
BRIC in partnership with the NYC Department of Education (DOE), has announced a new three-hour weekday broadcast of educational content created by Brooklyn teachers, principals, and educators. Having started on June 22, 2020, the program will air on BRIC's Brooklyn Free Speech HD channel Mondays through Fridays, 9AM to 12PM EST.
Madison Opera's Opera in the Park isn't in a park this year, but it will be available for people to enjoy for free in their backyards, in their living rooms, in their kayaks, or anywhere else with an internet connection. The digital concert will be released on Saturday, July 25 at 8pm Central, and can be watched on Madison Opera's website.
Eden Theater Company will present The Living Room Plays as part of The Room Plays, a series of new 10-minute plays by emerging playwrights, created for and presented on Zoom.
Goodman Theatre has announced Stateville Voices, the virtual premiere of three new short plays-Parameters of Closeness by André Patterson; Ain't Nothing Like Quality Time by Taurean Decatur; and Comic Books and Candy by Antonio McDowell-all directed by former Goodman Michael Maggio Fellow Sydney Chatman.
GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist and NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis continues his live streaming ticketed solo performances on July 25th. Lewis will provide audiences with an exclusive concert experience streaming on the platform, Stageit.
Dixon Place will present Tin Pan Alley 2, a free concert series featuring new musical theatre works on Friday, July 10, 2020 at 7:30pm, as a part of its 2020 HOT! Festival programming. The 2020 HOT! Festival edition will be showcasing new works by LGBTQI+ writers Gabriella Balsam, Josh Ben-Ami, and Matthew V. Stolfi, and hosted by Durra Leung and Sam Rosenblatt. The streaming is free.
Your favorite live comedy show and horror movie screening series HOFF'S PUBLIC DOMAIN HORRORFEST is going online every Wednesday at 9:00 PM EST! Join Hoff Matthews (Comedy Central) via Twitch as he livestreams classic public domain horror movies interspersed with host segments and special guests.
Official Pride marches may have been canceled this year due to COVID, but that didn't stop entertainment podcast Add This To Your List from celebrating. Episode 97 of the show welcomes drag queens, activists and real-life friends Alexis Michelle and Dusty Ray Bottoms to talk about Pride 2020, RuPaul's Drag Race, Dragnificent and more.
In a new video released by Milwaukee Rep, Properties Director Jim Guy demonstrates a non-fish, dairy-free, vegetarian-friendly vegan recipe devised some seasons ago to resemble fried trout fillets for a Powerhouse production.
Next up in the National Theatre at Home series of broadcasts we find a gem of a play coming straight from their archives, Lorraine Hansberry's staggeringly topical Les Blancs. Originally staged in 2016 by director Yaël Farber, it was posthumously completed by Hansberry's former husband Robert Nemiroff for a Broadway run, and then reworked by dramaturge Drew Lichtenberg, Joi Gresham (director of the Lorraine Hansberry Literary Trust), and Farber herself for the production at the National after consulting Hansberry's journals and notes.
The Broadway casts of Ain't Too Proud and Girl From the North Country will appear on CNN's The Fourth in America special honoring the military, frontline workers and civilians and activists working toward social change.
The Barn Theatre is paying tribute to British musical theatre composers through their concert series! They have paid tribute to Amies & Clements, Elliot Davis, Finn Anderson, and Daniel and Laura Curtis.
The Barn Theatre and Aaron Sidwell have released the official trailer for the second series of their Shakespeare in lockdown digital theatre series, Bard From The Barn.
Tony Award-winning Broadway Producer, Ken Davenport, announced a virtual reunion with the cast and creatives of Altar Boyz on July 9th at 8pm EDT on The Producer's Perspective Live. Susan Blackwell ([title of show], a?oeSide By Side By Susan Blackwella??, a?oeNow Here Thisa??) is set to host the virtual event.
A Pride month edition of Quarantunes, a series of invite-only online concerts hosted by WME Partner Richard Weitz and his daughter Demi Weitz, raised $867,767 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on Saturday, June 27, 2020. This is the highest single fundraising total ever raised by a Quarantunes Zoom stream.
West Coast Players will present a livestream production of Rightfully Hers: A Tale of the 19th Amendment, written and directed by Susan Demers, on July 17-26.
Before the Covid-19 outbreak, Nottingham-based New Perspectives brought high quality theatre to village halls and arts venues in rural areas: now, they have devised a novel way of reaching isolated rural audiences through a six-part drama written on a series of specially designed postcards.
Micaela Diamond (The Cher Show, Jesus Christ Superstar Live) and Nathan Salstone (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) have been stuck together for four months straight, still madly in love, and have finally put together a show with their favorite songs.
An award-winning Bay Area series a?oeIf Cities Could Dancea?? is highlighting Albuquerque dancers for their work combining hip-hop and Native or Indigenous styles of dance.