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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

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

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

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

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

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