Top 5 Stage Performances to Stream This Memorial Day Weekend May 22-25

Even though in-person theatre and dance are back in full swing, in the name of accessibility we’re continuing to round up performances to watch online from the comfort of home. Our curated list spotlights the five best options to stream this Memorial Day weekend, Friday, May 22 to Monday, May 25, for free or at low cost.

PBS Great Performances: An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger

Airing on PBS Thirteen on Friday, May 22 at 9 p.m. for FREE. Available to stream until Friday, July 31.

After winning a Tony Award for her diva turn in Sunset Blvd. last season, Nicole Scherzinger performed this triumphant solo concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall accompanied by a full orchestra. The two-act set features Broadway showstoppers such as “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from Funny Girl, “I Am What I Am” from La Cage aux Folles and “With One Look” from Sunset, plus pop hits including the Pussycat Dolls’ “Don’t Cha.”

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Live From 54 Below: Angel Blue: Reimagined

Live-streaming on Saturday, May 23 at 7 p.m. for $30.

Grammy-winning opera star Angel Blue (the Met’s Porgy and Bess) shows off her breathtaking soprano in this eclectic concert chronicling her professional and personal life. In this intimate set, she performs Broadway show tunes, heavy metal anthems, Disney hits and her own original tunes. Live-streaming from 54 Below’s swanky stage. If you prefer to attend in person, click here for info.

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Red Bull Theater: Cymbeline, Refinished

Streaming until Sunday, May 24 for $30.

NYC’s Red Bull Theater, which revitalizes undersung classics, presented an in-person reading of George Bernard Shaw’s rewrite of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline earlier this week and you can watch a recording through the weekend. The Irish playwright puts a feminist spin on the Bard’s rarely performed problem play, and the cast includes Stereophonic Tony nominee Tom Pecinka and The Black List‘s Amir Arison. Captions are available.

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PBS Great Performances: Shakespeare in the Park: Hamlet

Streaming until Sunday, May 31 for FREE.

In honor of The Public Theater’s FREE Shakespeare in the Park kicking off its season this week, we invite you to revisit this production past. Slave Play Tony nominee Ato Blankson-Wood stars as Hamlet who’s hell-bent on avenging his father’s murder. Directed by Tony winner Kenny Leon and recorded live in 2023, this is a modern-day reimagining of the tragedy set in Georgia post-COVID. I quite admired it, especially Lorraine Toussaint as Hamlet’s mother and the riveting John Douglas Thompson as his uncle-turned-stepfather. The ghost scene will truly haunt you!

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Great Performances at the Met: Arabella

Streaming for FREE.

Recorded live onstage at The Met last fall, this lavish mounting of Strauss’ romantic comedy Arabella stars soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen as the title character, a headstrong noblewoman who falls for bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny’s count.

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