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With the holidays upon us, digital events are in full swing, offering a variety of seasonal productions to suit every taste. These five picks for the week present a wide range of themes, sty…
As the performing arts grapple with survival during and after COVID, a Washington Post headline drew my attention to what is also critical to our survival, reliable public transportation and…
Sure, we theater goers miss live productions. But then again, for the adventuresome, there is a veritable taster's menu of virtual theatrical events. No need to leave home, no need for Metro…
Off-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre continues its 2020 online season with a new digital production of Meet Me in St. Louis, a show last presented on stage by the company in 2007. The fami…
Ike Holter is a trickster playwright so right for our quicksand-ridden times. In his new audio play commissioned by Studio Theatre (he also directed), Holter creates a grand hall of mirrors …
After a ten-month pandemic hiatus of live performances at the Broadhurst Theatre, the stars and team of the fifteen-time Tony-nominated musical Jagged Little Pill (recently featured in the t…
By Neal Davidson "Dramatic Betweenness": A new theatrical experience Here's an incredibly simple idea: a play written and performed as a video call. Nothing more. Not a streamed live pro…
Norm Lewis, who can currently be seen starring in the Netflix film Da 5 Bloods by Spike Lee and the Hulu miniseries Mrs. America, has smashed the clock on Andy Warhol's proverbial fifteen mi…
Although fans of Broadway's favorite musical princesses can't attend their annual concert at Feinstein's/54 Below in person this year, everyone around the world can watch them in the 2020 vi…
As the holidays approach, the internet is lighting up with a selection of special shows to stream this week. Among them are a medievalizing experimental Off-Off-Broadway mainstay, a naughty …
Virtual connections have become a life force in these days without live performance as the pandemic is reaching its ninth month with us. What was once considered off-putting, if not cold, is…
Instead of cancelling its 2020 season, as many were compelled to do by the coronavirus pandemic, the Williamstown Theatre Festival " renowned for bringing top playwrights, actors, directors,…
In everything singer-actress-writer-educator Grace McLean does, she brings her unique blend of creativity, passion, introspection, intelligence, and talent; she is a true original, with hist…
When Ohio State University invites the distinguished author Suzanne Alexander back to her alma mater, she is asked specifically to lecture on the theme of violence in her works. Brace yourse…
To usher in this year's Festival of Lights, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene presents its Folksbiene Chanukah Spectacular " a virtual evening of music, comedy, celebration, and community,…
A Christmas Carol, produced by PG County Shakespeare in the Parks and set in Victorian England, is a hauntingly lovely radio drama. It's free and family-friendly, and a welcome reminder of t…
After its popular holiday broadcasts of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, and The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rocke…
Signature Theatre has announced the full lineup for its 2021 Signature Features season, and it will be all online: five fully staged plays and musicals, made exclusively for the screen…
Silver Spring Stage's streaming production of Lobby Hero is a pleasure to watch. Filmed on the theater's stage, it combines the joys of seeing actors physically interacting together with som…
After the sensational success of The Doo Wop Project: Live In Your Living Room " a knockout virtual concert livestreamed from New World Stages in October " the super-popular vocal group brin…
1st Stage is proud to be participating in the #ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence project, working with visionary teenage playwrights across the country who have come together to speak out ag…
If you're wondering what to watch this weekend, here are two very different picks you can stream at home that will keep you entertained with songs and themes from the New York stage. John Ll…
Mosaic Theater Company will participate in the nationwide reading of #ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence, seven winning short plays in a nationwide competition for middle and high school stud…
A Christmas tradition has been reimagined for our time of social distancing by NYC's BalletCollective (BC), with an exclusive safety-compliant live engagement of The Nutcracker at Wethersfie…
Remembering The Amen Corner at Shakespeare Theatre Company By Whitney White with Daniel Soule Working on James Baldwin's The Amen Corner was one of the most fulfilling artistic experie…
