The third and final episode of the musical podcast Bleeding Love has been released! Bleeding Love, directed and edited by Harris Doran is based on a story by Jason Schafer, with book by Jason Schafer, music by Arthur LaFrentz Bacon, and lyrics by Harris Doran.
The cast of Riverdance has come together virtually from their homes in Ireland, UK, USA, Canada, Spain, Australia, Moldova, Ukraine & Russia to say 'thank you' to all frontline and essential workers, as well as the people at home who continue to do their part in the fight against COVID-19.
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, David Mamet's November will be the first reading in a series from Broadway's Best Shows, airing tonight, May 7 (8pm EST).
After the stirring success of the last virtual reading, Atlantic City Theatre Company would like to invite you to a Facebook Live reading of an original play titled 'The Promised Land' (Lane Jackson) that had an off-Broadway debut last year.
In this time of social distancing and remaining responsibly indoors, we are all looking for ways to brighten our days and get moving any way we can! In the spirit of celebrating theater and providing motivation to get up and get shakin', we're taking a look back and paying tribute to some of the greatest dance numbers in musical theater history!
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Shows Must Go On! continues this week with By Jeeves, airing tomorrow, May 8 (2pm EST). It will be available to watch on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel and audiences will have 48 hours to watch the production.
The musicians from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, in New York City, came together virtually this week to perform Mascagni's 'Intermezzo' from the opera 'Cavlleria Rusticana'.
On Monday, May 4, GFour Productions - whose collective shows have won 56 Drama Desk and 44 Tony Awards - announced that their international hit show MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL is now available for online streaming. For the first time in history, the beloved show will entertain fans from the comfort of their homes. Not only is the stream available for purchase - GFour has offered a revenue share to participating partners who market the online streaming, as a way to help venues across the country generate revenue at this time. Additionally, GFour is donating 10% of all sales to The Actors Fund, in support of their COVID-19 efforts to provide emergency financial assistance to performing arts and entertainment professionals.
May and June episodes will feature Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus, choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and actor Elizabeth Stanley on their collaboration during Jagged Little Pill; Tony-winning director Michael Mayer with actors Jonathan Groff and Christian Borle on Little Shop of Horrors; directors Lileana Blain-Cruz, Sheryl Kaller, and Desdemona Chiang; director Gaye Taylor Upchurch and playwright Lauren Gunderson on The Half-Life of Marie Curie; and more.
American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Misty Copeland and former colleague, 'Ballet's Golden Boy' Joseph Phillips, have joined forces with The Entertainment Industry Foundation, with seed funding provided by K Period Media, to launch Swans for Relief
Southern California's 3-D Theatricals' 3D+U has announced its special guests for 3D+U's free FANTASTICAL FRIDAYS for Friday, May 8. Hosts T.J. Dawson and Julian Roca will chat with Kalen Allen ('The Ellen DeGeneres Show') and Krysta Rodriguez (a?oeSmash,a?? Broadway's Spring Awakening, The Addams Family).
Sarah Uriarte Berry, who has starred on Broadway in Beauty and the Beast, Les Miserables, and more, has taken to performing on her porch in Long Beach during this time of quarantine.
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 May 7-28 with Macbeth.
Fuel have today announced a digital international tour of Uninvited Guests' acclaimed show Love Letters Straight From Your Heart. The new digital version of the show Love Letters at Home will be performed live via Zoom to an audience of up to 90 (45 pairs) each night and will 'visit' 14 venues throughout the UK and beyond.
Seeking to address widespread financial need in the musical community following the shuttering of live performances amid the international health emergency, the Jazz Foundation of America will present a star-studded online video concert '#TheNewGig' benefiting its COVID-19 Musicians' Emergency Fund Concert,' on May 14.
Following its critically acclaimed sell-out run at the Finborough Theatre in 2016, the world premiere production of It Is Easy To Be Dead becomes the first Finborough Theatre production to be made available for free viewing online.