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The 24 Hour Plays Viral Monologues: COVID and Incarceration At 6 p.m. ET, the ninth edition of The 24 Hour Plays Viral Monologues examines how the pandemic is impacting individuals who are incarcerated. Lemon Andersen, Hilary Bettis, Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, Jordan E. Cooper, Liza Jessie Peterson and other playwrights were paired with people who are currently or were recently in prison in or

In sad but not surprising news, The Broadway League officially announced that all Broadway shows are suspended through Sunday, September 6, aka Labor Day weekend. Considering arts and entertainment are part of the final phase of New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s reopening plan, chances are New York City theatre productions won’t resume until long after that date. The logistics of large cro

Disney+ will be screening the filmed performance Last week, when Lin-Manuel Miranda said on Live with Kelly and Ryan that the Hamilton movie would be released “sooner rather than later,” he wasn’t kidding! Disney+ is fast-tracking the premiere ( by 15 months! ) of the “live capture” of the original Broadway production of Hamilton. Considering the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning musical is about t

Andréa Burns Guest Hosts Stars in the House At 2 p.m. ET, On Your Feet! star Andréa Burns returns to guest host Stars in the House , and she’s welcoming two dear friends: songwriters and spouses Jason Robert Brown ( Parade , Bridges of Madison County ) and Georgia Stitt . Burns just sang a track on Stitt’s brand-new album A Quiet Revolution , so expect plenty of songs and stories. This twice daily

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Mabou Mines: Dead End Kids: A Story of Nuclear Power At 11 a.m. ET, venerable experimental troupe Mabou Mines is sharing recordings of some of its landmark performances online. Today’s offering is playwright-director JoAnne Akalaitis ‘ Dead End Kids , a mash-up of text by Goethe, Jorge Luis Borges and Marie Curie with ’80s reports on nuclear weapons. Music is by David Byrne and Philip Glass, one o

Antony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre At 2 p.m. ET, London’s National Theatre shares its acclaimed 2018 production of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra , starring Tony winners Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo as the Roman general and the Egyptian queen torn between love and war. Simon Godwin directs this politically charged epic, which you can watch for free through Thursday, May 14 at 2 p

Nia Vardalos in Tiny Beautiful Things At 2 p.m. ET, Stars in the House presents a live reading of Tiny Beautiful Things , Nia Vardalos ‘ adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling and inspirational advice book. Just as she did in The Public Theater’s hit productions (it was so popular, there were two), Vardalos stars as the empathetic Sugar, who helps strangers by divulging her own troubles. Catc

With six productions available to watch online, Virginia’s American Shakespeare Center is expanding its reach