TDF Stages Archive

English National Ballet: Song of the Earth At 2 p.m. ET, the English National Ballet shares a recording of Song of the Earth , choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan and set to Gustav Mahler’s song cycle Das Lied von der Erde , which explores the fragility of life and its constant renewal. This performance was recorded in 2018, and the dancers and singers are accompanied by the English National Ba

At 8 a.m. ET, the Irish Arts Center and Symphony Space celebrate Bloomsday, an annual event that honors Irish author James Joyce and his character Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of his epic Ulysses , which takes place on June 16, 1904. For 13 hours, a cavalcade of performers, writers and musicians—including Stephen Colbert, Brian Cox, Hugh Dancy, Claire Danes, Kate Mulgrew, Cynthia Nixon and Fiona

Shakespeare’s Globe: A Midsummer Night’s Dream At 2 p.m. ET, London’s Shakespeare’s Globe shares a recording of its 2013 mounting of A Midsummer Night’s Dream , the Bard’s beloved romantic comedy about fairies messing with lovesick humans lost in a magical forest. The recently departed artistic director of the company, Dominic Dromgoole , helms this Renaissance staging, which stars Olivier Award w

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Outstanding Musical A Strange Loop at Playwrights Horizons by Michael R. Jackson

The Wiz Live! At 2 p.m. ET, the Shows Must Go On! screens The Wiz Live! , one of the best live TV musicals of recent years . Charlie Smalls and William F. Brown’s all-Black reinvention of The Wizard of Oz won seven 1975 Tony Awards, including best musical. NBC’s 2015 mounting features a revised book by Harvey Fierstein; a starry cast ( Ne-Yo , David Alan Grier , Mary J. Blige and Queen Latifah , t

National Theatre: The Madness of George III At 2 p.m. ET, London’s National Theatre presents a recording of The Nottingham Playhouse’s 2018 revival of The Madness of George III , Alan Bennett ‘s fictionalized examination of the U.K.’s King George III, whose battle with mental illness plunged his court into disarray. Mark Gatiss , of Doctor Who and Sherlock fame, delivers a tour-de-force performanc

Stars in the House Presents Free Speech: Performing Artists and the Power of the Spoken Word At 2 p.m. ET, Stars in the House presents Free Speech: Performing Artists and the Power of the Spoken Word , an impactful selection of poems, songs and speeches that address this moment performed by James Alexander, Masi Asare, Valerie David, Jennifer Nelson, Awa Sal Secka, Nandita Shenoy, Riki Stevens, Ja

The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues Presents Fists Up/Underlying Conditions At 6 p.m. EST, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and protests across the national demanding an end to police brutality and racial injustice, the latest installment of The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues is being created and performed by all Black artists to benefit Communities United For Police Reform. Curated