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The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues At 6 p.m. ET, catch the latest installment of The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues , a six-hour series of solos about how we’re living today. Every 15 minutes from 6 p.m. until midnight, well-known actors—including Reed Birney, Rachel Dratch, Jessica Hecht, Andy Karl and Orfeh, Elizabeth Marvel, Larry Owens and Noah Robbins —perform tailor-made monologues, all pe

Friday, October 16

Tony Award Nominations At noon ET, Aladdin Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart announces the Tony Award nominations for the truncated 2019-2020 season. Although 16 productions didn’t get a chance to open before the shutdown , 18 shows are still eligible, mostly plays. So this may be the year of the dramatist! Tune in to see if your favorites make the cut. Watch for free on the Tony Awards’ YouTube c

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Theater of War Productions: The King Lear Project At 2 p.m. ET, Theater of War Productions , a company that uses classical texts to examine contemporary issues , presents scenes from King Lear to kick-start a guided community conversation about aging and elder care in the time of COVID-19. Oscar nominee Amy Ryan , Frankie Faison , Andrea Patterson, Marjolaine Goldsmith, David Zayas , Nyasha Hatend

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater: Why Would I Dare?: The Trial of Crystal Mason At 7 p.m. ET, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater presents Why Would I Dare? , a virtual reading of the court transcript from the trial of Crystal Mason, a Black woman convicted of trying to cast an illegal vote during the 2016 presidential election. Conceived by actors Marin Ireland, Peter Mark Kendall and Reggie D. White

Friday, October 9

After hours of rumors on social media and theatre websites , The Broadway League officially announced that all Broadway shows are suspended through Sunday, May 30, 2021 due to the pandemic, so there will be no 2020-2021 season. Although not exactly a surprise, this means many delayed productions aiming to open next spring must postpone again. In fact, within minutes of The Broadway League’s press

Folksbiene! Live: A Bisl Borscht: A Tribute to Mickey Katz At 1 p.m. ET, Ben Liebert , who starred as Motl in the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene ‘s mounting of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish , presents a concert of songs made famous by legendary Jewish comedian and musician Mickey Katz. Well-known for his parodies, Katz also wrote original numbers, many with a klezmer flair, and his son happe