Among the performances you can catch online are a one-woman show about sexual assault and riffs on “Heart of Darkness” and “Rocky.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:06PMTwo critics square off to determine how well this body slam of a comedy, about stereotypes and storytelling, made it to the very small screen.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:54PMThis month, watch Ming Peiffer’s play about the women’s suffrage movement and a virtual reading that reunites Ed Harris and Bill Pullman.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMWhat happens when the edgy Ice Factory festival goes online? A sense of discovery tempered by frustrating technological glitches.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06PMA roundup of streaming theater: almost naked, kind of sacred, sort of mysterious and more.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18PMThis staging by the National Theater of Greece was broadcast live on Saturday from the amphitheater of Epidaurus.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:36PMMost of them are available on short notice, after all. Live readings with some of the New Group’s original casts and an Ian Dury jukebox musical are among this week’s highlights.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMThe Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s streaming series begins with a “historical fable” about Catholic orphans and their new families in 1904 Arizona.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PMEven in lockdown, it’s still hard to cut a streaming deal for a professional show. Here’s what viewers can expect, for now.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PM“She Kills Monsters” is hugely popular in high schools and colleges. Even in lockdown, performers have found novel ways to make the battles come alive.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AMThe online bounty also includes a rare Lorraine Hansberry play, two Lincoln Center stagings and black British responses to the killing of George Floyd.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24PMHis new memoir “Lot Six” traces the Syrian-Jewish enclave that spawned him, the instructor who unnerved him, and the biting comedy that made his name.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:48PMMiranda’s rap. Rylance’s poems. Jackman’s pelvis. And a brassy reunion for Bea Arthur and Angela Lansbury. Now set your clock for “Turkey Lurkey Time.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMIf BAM is your jam (or places like it), here are digital offerings that offer weird Americana and bold visions from Europe. Plus: a 24-hour variety show.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PMWith actors on payroll, Seacoast Rep has removed seats, added tech equipment and is selling tickets for a musical livestreamed every weekend.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06PMVersions of the “Carousel” song by Aretha Franklin, Gerry and the Pacemakers and Liverpool F.C. fans have turned it into something universal.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:06AMDolly Parton, Meryl Streep and Jon Bon Jovi in a star-studded benefit concert; a play written specially for Zoom; Shakespeare on YouTube; and more.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMWatch as the virtual curtains rise, from “Acquanetta” to the Wooster Group, with stops at Shakespeare and “Fun Home.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:54AMRemote learning may not be ideal, but Zoom encourages acting students to be more nuanced, more private and more intimate.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:54AMWe continue our cast album series with more recommendations for wonderful musicals to listen to at home.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:32PMA roundup of streaming theater that covers classics and new shows, endearingly D.I.Y. webcasts and slick Broadway extravaganzas.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AMAudra McDonald, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Joe Mantello on a versatile collaborator who came to know “he didn’t have to repeat himself.’
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PMFor over three hours online Sunday night, Rosie O’Donnell praised, kibitzed and made room for Broadway stars to check in with their fans and share music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMAs bans on public gatherings have proliferated nationwide in response to coronavirus, shows and special programs are announcing streaming plans daily.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:12PMJessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s show at the Public Theater, with live music by Steve Earle, is based on a real-life West Virginia mining tragedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMEthan Lipton’s delirious Western comedy features a pigtailed gunslinger, a soul-sucking demon and singing puppet cactuses, among other inspired flights of fancy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMA “revisal” of a Meredith Willson musical has a strong female lead who doesn’t quit, and her unrelenting energy makes for a static production.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:03PM“Girl From the North Country” cast members talk about the first time they heard Dylan’s music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:32AMCary Gitter’s throwback romantic comedy, about an Orthodox Jew and his Italian-American neighbor, is kind of sweet and kind of clunky.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:54PMDrew Droege’s solo show is a laugh-out-loud funny social sendup, but it doesn’t add up to more than a series of vignettes.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:03PMHollywood has long cast her as a bombshell (“Sin City,” “Karen Sisco”), but the actress has found an entirely different track onstage. Next up: “Anatomy of a Suicide.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PM