It is a very odd form that we have created - brittle, rough, exciting, intense, simple beyond belief - but somehow so honest that the play shines through in the voices of these excellent actors.
The Stratford Festival has launched a film festival during this period of social isolation, offering free streaming of 12 Shakespeare productions captured as part of its Stratford Festival On Film series. The series continues with The Adventures of Pericles, beginning June 25.
Over 100 young people from the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) Associate Schools Programme, supported by Samsung, have been working in partnership with RSC practitioners and local theatres across the UK to share a series of original digital responses to Shakespeare's plays in lockdown.
Even for those not around for the first TV broadcast in 1988, Alan Bennett's Talking Heads has had a long-lasting resonance. Winning two BAFTAs and an RTS award, the monologues have also been on the school curriculum for many. As monologues, they are much easier to film during these restricted times, but what these new versions prove is that the format still works brilliantly; as a showcase for some superb acting talent and for Bennett's own sharp and darkly witty scripts.
Ella Hooper, The Black Sorrows and David Hobson are among a collection of artists who will perform back at Arts Centre Melbourne's Hamer Hall in episodes 9 & 10 of Arts Centre Melbourne's Big Night In with John Foreman.
The Conejo Players Theatre continues to offer free theater workshops every Saturday! They will present an exciting series of presentations and workshops on many aspects of the theatrical journey! All of these adventures will be directly available to your living rooms via Zoom!
Last night certainly was a theatrical experience like no other as we celebrated the musical production of From Here To Eternity on the only platform we are currently able to do these things - online. The show played in the West End for six months across 2013-2014 where it gained a huge fan following, many of whom were in attendance from all over the world last night.
North Coast Repertory Theatre presents the latest episode of Theatre Conversations featuring award-winning actor James Sutorius who was last seen at North Coast Rep in The Sunshine Boys. James also won the Craig Noel San Diego Critics Circle Award for his performance in the title role of last season's The Father.
Broadway composer, lyricist, producer, and Tony Award-winning musical director/arranger Jason Michael Webb is the very special guest on this edition of Lied Live Online, a weekly online concert series presented by the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, NE.
Though much of the celebration and NYC's annual parade has been postponed by the ongoing pandemic, National Sawdust is proud to support Pride in June by commemorating the history and future of our city's vibrant community and by celebrating artists who are creating music and theater with an explicitly LGBT+ perspective.
80's icon Richard Marx will perform his first-ever virtual, solo acoustic concert 'Front Row Seat: Live At Your House,' live from his home in Los Angeles this Sunday, June 28th at 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT. Fans can expect concert-quality lighting, high-end sound, and an incredibly captured, multi-camera shoot. Watch the event trailer here: https://youtu.be/vOdaIEOcLyM
No Exit Theatre Collective (NETC) presents William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in our live-streamed Fortnightly Reading Series: Pride Edition! Twelfth Night will be performed June 22 at 7 p.m. on the No Exit Theatre Collective Facebook page. All shows in our Fortnightly Reading Series are abridged to run under 90 minutes.
The High Note returns this week, June 26 at noon, with a new episode and updates from Opera Orlando. Executive director and Grammy award winning baritone Gabriel Preisser hosts the live-streamed series by Opera Orlando, presented on the Company's Facebook page.
Doris Dear, a THREE TIME MAC Award winning mid-century modern gal known as 'America's Perfect Housewife!' joins Piano Bar Live! Celebrating The Art of Drag with host piano man Michael McAssey and co-host Michael Barbierie on Tuesday, June 23rd at 7:15 pm ET, following New York City's 7 O'Clock Cheer.
Utopia Theatre has announced the full programme for its Creative Hub. Over 40 African Theatre professionals will be offering free online workshops and masterclasses to people of African origin aged 16 and above. The programme will feature a variety of performances that will be streamed live from Monday 29 June to December 2020.
Carnegie Hall continues its new online series-Live with Carnegie Hall-with an episode tomorrow, Tuesday, June 23 at 2PM EDT, hosted by Metropolitan Opera Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and joined by special guests sopranos Angel Blue, Renée Fleming, and Ailyn Pérez, and Thomas Lausmann and Donald Palumbo.
What happens when quarantine comes to the Cook County Jail? Watch as stars of Broadway's Chicago, Amra-Faye Wright, Arian Keddell, Mary Claire King, Pilar Millhollen, Rachel Schur and Tonya Wathen, join forces for a new version of the 'Cell Block Tango' on Sunday Morning!