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Andrea Martin, who's reprising her Tony-winning turn as Berthe in Pippin in a concert that will be live-streamed to at-home audiences.
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, May 2 to Sunday, May 4, for free or at low cost.
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Streaming Friday, May 2 at 2 p.m. ET for FREE.
Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley Jackson's Stars in the House live-streams were an invaluable source of entertainment, information and community during the pandemic shutdown. The couple continues to use their talent and famous friends for good with their Broadway Sitzprobe Experience series, which gives skilled musicians who have never worked on Broadway a chance to collaborate with stage pros in a concert-style performance. This Friday at Lincoln Center's Library for the Performing Arts, they'll present a performance of Pippin featuring Darius De Haas and Sis alternating in the role of the Leading Player, Nathan Salstone and Zachary Noah Piser dividing the role of Pippin, Charlotte d'Amboise as Fastrada, Terrence Mann as Charlemagne, Autumn Hurlbert as Catherine and Andrea Martin reprising her Tony Award-winning turn as Berthe. If you can't make it in person (seating is first come, first served), the event will be live-streamed on Stars in the House's YouTube channel.
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Live-streaming on Sunday, May 4 at 9:45 p.m. ET for $29.
Since 2018, this annual event has showcased hundreds of singers performing 54-second versions of their favorite numbers. This year's cavalcade of crooners includes lots of Broadway regulars, including Ain't Too Proud Tony nominee Ephraim Sykes, Jon-Michael Reese from A Strange Loop, Morgan Siobhan Green from Be More Chill and the legendary Annie Golden. Live-streaming from 54 Below's swanky stage. If you prefer to attend in person, click here for info.
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Streaming on All Arts for FREE.
Broadway diva Mandy Gonzalez, a Lin-Manuel Miranda favorite who's currently starring as Norma Desmond at select performances of Sunset Blvd., recorded an intimate concert at Long Island University’s Tilles Center last fall which debuts on All Arts this week. The song list includes numbers from her stage career ("Satisfied" from Hamilton, "Defying Gravity" from Wicked, multiple tunes from In the Heights), plus pop hits and "Fearless," an anthem written for her by LMM himself.
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Streaming on All Arts for FREE.
The late, legendary Ed Asner and Tovah Feldshuh star in a reading of Jeff Cohen's The Soap Myth, a drama set a half century after World War II about an up-and-coming Jewish reporter researching whether the Nazis made soap from the corpses of murdered Jews. Recorded live in early 2020, this is a searing exploration of who lives, who dies, who tells our stories.
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Streaming for free to Netflix subscribers.
The new spectacle Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a prequel to the blockbuster Netflix series that originated in London, just opened on Broadway. In another savvy act of brand extension, Netflix is streaming a behind-the-scenes documentary about the stage show, tracing its journey from the West End to NYC... and reminding you that season 5 starts later this year.
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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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