Top 5 Stage Performances to Stream This Weekend November 13-15
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, November 13 to Sunday, November 15, for free or at low cost.
Manhattan Theatre Club: School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play Live from Broadway
Live-streaming Wednesday, November 11 at 2 and 7 p.m.; Thursday, November 12 a 7 p.m.; Friday, November 13 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, November 14 at 2 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, November 15 at 2 p.m. ET for $59.
Manhattan Theatre Club is live-streaming the final week of performances of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, Jocelyn Bioh’s shrewd ’80s-set comedy about the pecking order at an elite Ghana boarding school, where the young ladies are keen to compete in their nation’s beauty pageant. But the arrival of an American student derails their dreams. Whitney White directs a cast of incredible Black women, including Tony winner Patina Miller, BOOP‘s Jasmine Amy Rogers and Denée Benton (The Great Comet, The Gilded Age).
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PBS Great Performances: Romeo and Juliet
Airing on TV on PBS Thirteen on Friday, November 13 at 9 p.m. ET for FREE. Streaming online until Thursday, December 10.
Great Performances presents Shakespeare in the Park’s timely mounting of the Bard’s romantic tragedy Romeo & Juliet, which was recorded live onstage at the Delacorte Theater over the summer. Tony nominee Saheem Ali directs this tale of besotted teens torn apart by their feuding families. In this interpretation, the title lovers (Daniel Bravo Hernández and Ra’Mya Latiah Aikens) speak Spanish, their own secret language of love, while almost everyone else sticks to English. Tony winners Francis Jue, Deirdre O’Connell and LaChanze portray some of the meddling adults who hasten the sorrowful ending.
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Live from 54 Below: Ann Hampton Callaway: Here’s to Life
Live-streaming on Saturday, November 14 at 7 p.m. ET for $33.50.
Tony-nominated jazz singer Ann Hampton Callaway (Swing!, the theme from The Nanny) performs uplifting songs by Harold Arlen, Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers along with original tunes accompanied by her snazzy trio led by legendary pianist Billy Stritch. Tony winner Alice Ripley guest stars. Streaming live from the cabaret hub’s swanky stage. If you prefer to attend in person, click here for info.
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The Metropolitan Opera: Lincoln in the Bardo
Live-streaming on Saturday, November 14 at 8 p.m. ET for FREE. Streaming online until Wednesday, November 18.
The Met’s celebrated, sold-out premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo will live-stream its final performance this Saturday and a recording will remain viewable through next Wednesday. This acclaimed opera adaptation of George Saunders’ Booker Prize-winning novel explores Abraham Lincoln’s grief after losing his son and follows the boy as he tries to move on to the next plane. Lileana Blain-Cruz directs baritone Peter Mattei as Lincoln, soprano Christine Goerke as the Reverent, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo as Elise Traynor and treble Everett Soberts as Lincoln’s son. Captions will be available.
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Jacob’s Pillow: Youth America Grand Prix
Streaming until Friday, November 27 for FREE.
Youth America Grand Prix’s “Fresh Voices in Dance” highlights up-and-coming choreographers emerging from the ballet world. Eight recipients were commissioned to create original works that received their premieres at Jacob’s Pillow last summer: Braylon Browner, William Dugan, Davidson Farias, Manoela Gonçalves, Alexander Mockrish, Nnamdi Nwagwu, Isabella Howard and My’Kal Stromile.
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