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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

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,

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.

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.

Here are the Drama Desk nominees for the truncated 2019-2020 season, plus links to the articles we’ve written about them at TDF Stages. Winners will be announced on Saturday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. on NY1 as well as the Drama Desk’s website .

London’s Hampstead Theatre continues its #HampsteadTheatreAtHome series with a recording of its 2014 production of Tiger Country , Nina Raine’s play about the behind-the-scenes drama in a busy hospital over the holidays. It’s eerily timely. Watch it for free anytime through Sunday, April 26 on the company’s website .

London’s Royal Court Theatre shares a recording of Cyprus Avenue , David Ireland’s violent drama about an angry not-so-young man played by Tony nominee Stephen Rea . The production was a smash in London and played briefly at New York’s Public Theater in 2018. Now you can watch it on Royal Court’s website through April 26.

At noon, Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet shares a recording of Spartacus about the leader of the slave uprising against the Romans. Watch it for free on the dance company’s YouTube channel through noon on Saturday.

At 4 p.m. EST, catch Peter Michael Marino’s Show Up, Kids! , a live-streamed interactive family romp aimed at stir-crazy youngins. The solo artist has been performing this comedy for years in cities around the globe, and he’s spent weeks figuring out how it will work online. The show can’t go on without the kids, since they help determine everything from the story to the set design. Tickets are av