Raven Snook
Raven Snook is the Editor of TDF Stages. Follow her on Facebook at @Raven.Snook. Follow TDF on Facebook at @TDFNYC.
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12 Stage Performances to See Today, May 5
Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet at the Met At 7:30 p.m. ET, the Metropolitan Opera shares its 2010 mounting of Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet , starring Petersen, Jennifer Larmore, Simon Keenlyside and James Morris, conducted by Louis Langrée. The production was filmed for the company’s Live in HD series, and is available to watch for free for 23 hours after the start time on the Metropolitan Opera’s website . Y
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How New Theatre Work Is Evolving During the Pandemic
Two months into the shutdown, playwrights are trying different ways of telling stories, and the experiments have just begun. We spoke with four of them, including Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire
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12 Stage Performances to Watch Today, May 4
Pioneering avant-garde theatre troupe The Wooster Group is posting recordings of some of its seminal works online, including Rumstick Road , Spalding Gray ‘s response to his mother’s suicide; To You, the Birdie! , the company’s riff on Racine’s Phèdre ; and House/Lights , a mash-up of Gertrude Stein’s Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights and the 1964 B-movie Olga’s House of Shame . If you’ve never see
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5 Stories That Capture the Irreplaceable Joy of Live Theatre
If you’ve been missing the thrill of live performance, you’re not alone. We asked members who use our TDF Accessibility Programs to email us their most cherished theatre experiences, and their stories warmed our hearts. Some anecdotes are amusing, others are moving, but every one is a testament to the power of the performing arts. TDF runs a variety of programs that help make theatre and dance eve
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21 Stage Performances to Watch This Weekend, April 25-26
Earlier this week, New York City Ballet kicked off its digital spring season, streaming performances from its archives every Tuesday and Friday. This weekend, you can catch Justin Peck’s Rotunda , a work for a dozen dancers that had its world premiere earlier this year, set to a score by composer Nico Muhly. Watch for free on NYCB’s YouTube channel through Monday at 8 p.m. ET
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17 Stage Performances to Watch Today, April 24
Dave Malloy , the Tony-nominated creator of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 , keeps sharing recordings of his early musicals online, and we are so thankful for his generosity. In addition to videos of Ghost Quartet from 2015 and Beardo from 2011, Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage , a raucous musical riff on the epic poem, is now online. The show was mounted by Berkeley’s Shotgun Playe
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19 Stage Performances to Watch Today, April 23
You don’t have to wait until evening to see the Metropolitan Opera’s latest treasure from its archives. Its 2015 mounting of Franz Lehar’s The Merry Widow , helmed by Tony-winning director Susan Stroman , and starring Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara and opera legend Renée Fleming , is available to stream right now on the Met’s website . The production was filmed for the company’s Live in HD series,
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20 Stage Performances to Watch Today, April 22
One of the last productions TDF Stages covered before the shutdown began , Hilary Bettis’ 72 Miles to Go… at Roundabout Theatre Company, was filmed before it prematurely closed, and it’s now available to watch online. A drama about a decade in the life of a Mexican-American family whose matriarch has been deported, the play is streaming on the theatre’s website for $20 through Friday.
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11 Stage Performances to Watch Today, April 21
At 7 p.m. ET, go avant-garde with Café La MaMa Live: Take 3 , a smorgasbord of short performances that experiment with form. This week, catch work by puppeteer Leah Ogawa, dancers Zui Gomez and Ryan Szelong, composer Sugar Vendil, pianist Adam Narimatsu and singer Jazmin Yvonne. Watch for free on La MaMa’s website , though donations are encouraged.