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Aaron Tveit performing at MCC Theater's Miscast25, which is streaming for free until May 4. Photo by Andy Henderson.
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 weekend, Friday, April 25 to Sunday, April 27, for free or at low cost.
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Live-streaming on Sunday, April 27 at 7 p.m. ET for $29.
Enjoy the latest installment of Sondheim Unplugged, a stripped-down concert series celebrating the late songwriting legend. Talented vocalists croon Sondheim tunes accompanied solely by piano alongside special Broadway guests including Jeff Blumenkrantz from the original production of Into the Woods, Ramona Mallory from the 2009 A Little Night Music and Leah Horowitz from the Follies revival. Live-streaming from 54 Below's swanky stage. If you prefer to attend in person, click here for info.
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Streaming until Sunday, Aril 27 for FREE.
Minneapolis' well-regarded Playwrights' Center recently presented an in-person reading of The Violet Sisters and you can watch a recording at home this week. Written by award-winning playwright and TDF teaching artist Gina Femia, the two-hander centers on a pair of estranged sisters who reconnect in the wake of their father's death to confront their troubled past.---
Streaming until Wednesday, April 30 for FREE.
As we gear up for awards season, you can catch Kara Young's hilarious 2024 Tony Award-winning performance in Purlie. Directed by Tony winner Kenny Leon and subtitled "A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch," Ossie Davis' 1961 satire about racism centers on a Black preacher (Hamilton Tony winner Leslie Odom, Jr.) who returns to his rural Georgia home hell-bent on winning back his church and freeing his people from an exploitative overseer (Jay O. Sanders). Witty, wise and timelier than ever.
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Streaming until Sunday, May 4 for FREE.
For 25 years, MCC Theater has hosted Miscast, a buzzy gala featuring stage stars performing numbers from roles they would never play. In years past, videos of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Raúl Esparza singing "A Boy Like That" from West Side Story and Tina Fey and Tituss Burgess one-upping each other in "You're Nothing Without Me" from City of Angels have gone viral. While the in-person event took place earlier this month at Hammerstein Ballroom, you can watch a recording of the concert online for FREE. This year's stellar lineup includes Nick Jonas crooning "Still Hurting" from The Last Five Years, Cole Escola channeling the entire ensemble of The Music Man with "Iowa Stubborn," spouses Steven Pasquale and Phillipa Soo singing the Merrily-Rent mash-up "Not a Day Goes By/Without You," Aaron Tveit performing "I Know Him So Well" from Chess, Adam Pascal belting out "Memory" from Cats, Death Becomes Her frenemies Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard doing "The Confrontation" from Les Misérables, Nicole Scherzinger delivering the anthem "I Am What I Am" from La Cage aux Folles and Raúl Esparza hitting high notes on Wicked's "Defying Gravity." A surprise-filled must-see for musical lovers!---
Streaming for FREE starting Wednesday, April 23 at 7 p.m. ET.
Since 1937, Paul Green's epic The Lost Colony—chronicling the mysterious disappearance of the 16th-century Roanoke Colony, Britain's first settlement in the US—has been performed at an amphitheater located on that very site. Not only is it the second-longest-running historical outdoor drama in the US, it won a special Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre in 2013. Thanks to the Roanoke Island Historical Society and Open Jar Productions, the drama has been reimagined for the screen and you can catch the world premiere online courtesy of Streaming Musicals.
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