Benefit concerts, readings, interview series, and more: Here are just some of the virtual offerings taking place online August 24–28. For more, check out Playbill’s Streaming Calendar, presented in partnership with Broadway Podcast Network.
Benefit concerts, readings, interview series, and more: Here are just some of the virtual offerings taking place online August 24–28. For more, check out Playbill’s Streaming Calendar, presented in partnership with Broadway Podcast Network.
8 PM: Sleep Out: Stage and Screen
Several theatre and TV favorites—including Audra McDonald, Rachel Brosnahan, Ariana DeBose, Rachel Zegler, and Adrienne Warren—will participate in the virtual edition of the Covenant House tradition, which aims to lift up young people facing homelessness. Click here for more information.
5:30 PM: Centerstage with Healthcare Heroes—and Jessica Vosk
The Wicked favorite hosts a panel on Playbill's YouTube as part of a new series with Weill Cornell Medicine. The discussion on integrative health will feature Alka Gupta, MD, and Jackie Herbeck, LMSW.
8 PM: Perfect Pairings
Playbill Social Selects’ interactive event returns, with sommeliers Anna-Christina Cabrales and Brian Carl Long guiding participants through various aspects of wine tastings and even helping select picks based on certain Broadway shows.
8 PM: Women in Theatre: A Centennial Celebration
Playbill presents an evening commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, hosted by Tony and Pulitzer nominee Heidi Schreck and Oklahoma! star Rebecca Naomi Jones. The starry lineup includes Sara Bareilles, Nikki M. James, Daphne-Rubin Vega, Jessie Mueller, Saycon Sengbloh, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Lynn Nottage, Paula Vogel, Sarah Ruhl, Ashley Park, Six duo Lucy Moss and Toby Marlowe, and more.
7 PM: Goodnight, Tyler
Frozen alum Jelani Alladin stars in the inaugural presentation of his new multimedia company Dumont Millennial Production. The B.J. Tindal play centers on the ghost of Tyler Evans, a Black boy who wants to be remembered for who he was rather than how he died. Proceeds from the YouTube reading will benefit National Black Theatre.
7 PM: The Jacksonian Reading
Members of the original cast of Beth Henley’s play come together as part of The New Group’s Reunion Reading series: Ed Harris, Juliet Brett, Rosy Perch, Amy Madigan, and Bill Pullman. Joining them is Jane Krakowski, who will appear as Eva White, originated by the late Glenne Headly.
7 PM: The Ballad of Emmett Till
The original director and cast of the Fountain Theatre’s 2010 production of Ifa Bayeza’s play reunite for a live streamed reading of the play, on the 65th anniversary of Till’s murder.
Dominic Taylor’s Cell Surface, a play about making a play on Zoom about two African American-scientists, is available to stream August 25–August 30 as part of Black Lives, Black Words’ Plays for the People.
Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse's LGBTQ horror comedy will arrive in movie theatres this month and on VOD in April.
Broadway favorites abound in the Hulu series' upcoming season.
Four new audio original adaptations will be released as a part of the company's spring slate.
Featuring Norm Lewis, Solea Pfeiffer, Conrad Ricamora, Emily Skinner, and more, the digital production was filmed during the COVID shutdown.
The song cycle about an English woman in America subsequently became the first act of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song & Dance.
The Beckett play stars John Douglas Thompson, Bill Irwin, Joe Grifasi, and Patrice Johnson Chevannes.
Based on the Michael Cunningham novel, the opera has a score by Pulitzer-winning composer Kevin Puts and a libretto by Greg Pierce.
The evening, which will also be live streamed, features Rupert Holmes, Brenda Braxton, Anika Larsen, and hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley.
The program will explore the work of African-American playwrights Mary P. Burrill and Willis Richardson through staged readings of their work.
Netflix's Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical was also honored.
The new series debuts April 6 on Paramount+.
March 8 will mark 25 years since the passing of the celebrated, Tony-nominated actor.
Plus, see new photos of Tituss Burgess, Kristin Chenoweth, Aaron Tveit, and more in Schmicago.
A musical rom-com series from Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, a new Mel Brooks comedy extravaganza, and a quirky series from & Juliet and Schitt's Creek writer David West Read.
Meredith Willson: America's Music Man is now streaming via Iowa PBS.
The evening of songs, comedy, and interviews will also stream live.
The new Hulu series features songs from co-creators Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.
Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future also features interviews with Brian Stokes Mitchell and E. Clayton Cornelious, among others.
The concert, to be filmed at Lincoln Center, will air and stream via PBS later this year.
Soo stars as Emma in the new film, based on Taylor Jenkin Reid's hit novel.
The EGOT winner and Strange Loop co-producer sings from the Tony- and Pulitzer-winning musical with a brand-new arrangement.
The Pulitzer-winning Stephen Adly Guirgis play made its world premiere Off-Broadway in 2014.
The in-person and streamed evening will feature a new translation of the Jean Racine play penned by Rob Melrose.
Igor Golyak, who developed the piece, will also direct the in-person and streaming evening at Lincoln Center.
The eight-episode conspiracy thriller series is a part of a larger shift for the streaming giant toward limited-run programs.
Tony nominee Anika Larsen hosts the discussion series for New York City Children's Theater.
Premiering April 6, the Grease prequel series will include both original songs and Grease standards.
It’s still early days in the simulcast revolution, but all signs point to more shows going the live-stream route in the future.
The 54 Below concert, based on the book of the same name, will also be live streamed.
A Billy Crudup retro-future dramedy, a Jesse Williams rom-com, a Pamela Anderson documentary, and a chance to catch Audra McDonald as Billie Holiday.
The February 7 concert will also be streamed live from New York's 54 Below.
The new queer musical also features its creators, Ariella Serur and Sav Souza.
Schedules have been released for Great Performances at the Met throughout 2023.
The evening will also be live streamed.
The two-hour Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love will be filmed at Los Angeles' Avalon Hollywood.
The project will be directed by Leigh Silverman, who helmed the play's 2007 world premiere.
Lena Hall, Jessie Mueller, Tamar Greene, and more are part of the evening that will also stream live.
Pauly is joined by former SIX castmate Brittney Mack, Hadestown's Trent Saunders, and Acoustic Sondheim's Eleri Ward.
Benko will be joined by a band led by her jazz pianist spouse Jason Yeager.
The 50th anniversary concert, directed by original company member Walter Willison, will feature Tony winner John Rubinstein.
This portion of the upcoming film spotlights the January 1932 Broadway performance of Hurston's The Great Day.
The broadcast of the Free Shakespeare in the Park production is part of Great Performances' 50th anniversary season.
Broadway favorite Jackie Hoffman stars as Rydell Assistant Principal McGee in the Paramount+ series.
The concert, spotlighting three historic theatres, also features the American Pops Orchestra, led by conductor Luke Frazier.
Plus: See how it took a six-person team to transform Emma Thompson into The Trunchbull.
Have a merry Christmas with the film adaptation of the Tim Minchin-Dennis Kelly stage musical.
This holiday season, stream two new Scrooge-themed musicals, an extended Muppet Christmas Carol, and more.
The 54 Below performance will also be streamed live.
CBS will broadcast the annual celebration of the arts December 28.
Available for free, the streamed evening features special appearances by Tamron Hall and Denise Littlefield Sobel, and several dance performances.
Presented by Broadway Podcast Network, the season will feature works by Harriet Beecher Stowe, W.E.B Du Bois, Joyce Carol Oates, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and more.
Lauren Patten, Patrick Page, Carolee Carmello, Phoenix Best, and more star in the John Caird-Paul Gordon musical.
The conversation is hosted by Anika Chapin.
The three-time Tony nominee had representation on the mind while playing the narcissistic baddie in ABC's upcoming Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration.
Created with students at Granite Bay High School, the musical has been licensed around the world as schools seek to amplify the academic pressures facing today’s adolescents.
Brooke Bloom and Lynn Collins will appear in Erica Schmidt's Lucy, also planned for the winter season at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre.
The holiday favorite is now available to stream in full for the first time in nearly 20 years.
Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's West End and Broadway musical streams on Netflix this Christmas.
One of the new titles now available is Breathe, a world premiere musical from Jodi Picoult and Timothy Allen McDonald.
The Disney+ film takes audiences inside the Broadway favorite's Tony-winning career.
The Dear Evan Hansen stars (and fiancés) co-wrote the screenplay with Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman.
Playbill chats with the Tony winner about exposing her vulnerability in Which Way to the Stage?, premiering on Disney+ December 9.
The November NYC concert was filmed live at Sony Hall in commemoration of World AIDS Day.
The reading, which will be presented in-person and streamed live, has announced its cast.
Joel and Julia’s Haunted Holiday Singalong! will be available next month.
Bernadette Peters, Michael Ball, Judi Dench, and Clive Rowe are among the performers honoring the late Broadway legend.
What to watch at home this month from Disney+, Netflix, Hulu, and more.
The Broadway alum will take on the role in an upcoming sequel to The Descendants after starring in the 1997 TV movie of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
Amy Adams, Idina Menzel, Ann Harada, James Monroe Iglehart, and more star in the movie musical with songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.
The adaptation of the Tony- and Olivier-winning production stars newcomer Alisha Weir as Matilda and Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull.
Six and Mrs. Doubtfire producer Kevin McCollum tracks audience enthusiasm to return to Broadway in this exclusive clip.
With a score by Jason Robert Brown and Amanda Green, the musical was filmed during its Broadway run last season.
The HBO film follows the development of the musical Ranked.
The Disney+ film takes audiences inside the Broadway favorite's Tony-winning career.
Tony-winning songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul wrote original songs for the modern twist on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
Hamilton's Michael Luwoye stars as the anti-apartheid activist in the new musical beginning performances later this month.
The upcoming series is adapted from the same Rick Riordan-penned book series that inspired a Broadway musical.
CBS' holiday coverage will also stream live on Paramount+.
The adaptation of the Tony- and Olivier-winning production stars newcomer Alisha Weir as Matilda and Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull.
Releasing later this month, the modern twist on A Christmas Carol features original songs from the Tony-winning songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
The three-time Tony winner will return to the Manhattan cabaret this winter.
Get a sneak peek at the songs and plot of the upcoming Enchanted film sequel.
The exclusive partnership will reduce upfront costs and make it simpler for productions to be streamed live.
The annual show benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and stars a roster of Broadway favorites.
Can you spot all of these callbacks to the original Hocus Pocus while watching the sequel?
Starring Will Swenson, the album will drop November 2 as previews begin at the Broadhurst Theatre.
Proceeds from the live concert will benefit young artists looking to continue their arts education via Hancock French Woods Arts Alliance.
The Tony-nominated Broadway composer passed away October 20 at the age of 82.
The upcoming Sweeney Todd star will be joined by Cyndi Lauper, Denée Benton, and Tiler Peck.
The annual Halloween bash, also available for streaming, benefits Broadway Cares.
Michelle Williams, David Phelps, and Randal Keith led the recent Broadway-aimed performance of the Stephen Schwartz-John Caird musical.
The benefit for reproductive justice was held live and virtually October 11 at The Green Room 42.
Broadway favorites abound in the new movie streaming on Prime Video November 18.
With eight episodes, Setting the Standard: Stories From the Great American Songbook will launch in October.
In the Heights and Wicked film director Jon M. Chu will executive produce the animated-live action hybrid version of the Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical.
Directed by Christina Sajous, the staged reading will play to an in-person audience and stream live.
The concert will be presented both in-person and as a live stream.
Young and playwright Tyler Martin talk about trauma bonding ahead of the benefit reading for MenHealing.
The new work is by Jaime Lozano and Nancy Nachama Cheser.
The murder mystery is set to stream on Netflix this holiday season.
The yet-untitled series will be presented in three parts.
Due out in November, the modern twist on A Christmas Carol features original songs from the Tony-winning songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage? will cover the Wicked and Rent star's Tony-winning career.
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Rosal Colón, Elizabeth Canavan, and most of the original Off-Broadway company will reunite for the Second Stage production, joined by Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy winner Common.
Antwayn Hopper, Carolee Carmello, and Jay Armstrong Johnson were among the all-star line-up for the concert benefiting the Entertainment Community Fund.
The show benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will star a roster of Broadway favorites.
The Broadway favorite offers songs from his Off-Broadway solo show Where You'll Find Me, currently running at the Minetta Lane Theatre.
A military engineer recovers from a battlefield brain injury in this new film directed by Drama Desk winner Lila Neugebauer.
Christopher Sieber hosts this first-ever live edition of our fan-favorite series from Times Square at the Curtain Up Broadway Festival.
The adaptation of the Tony- and Olivier-winning production stars newcomer Alisha Weir as Matilda and Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull.
Blue's Big City Adventure! will feature a host of Broadway stars, including BD Wong, Ali Stroker, Phillipa Soo, and Steven Pasquale.
The service will make the opera companies cinema simulcasts available at home and on demand in limited markets.
The performance, filmed live in Times Square, began a three-day festival of performances, sing-alongs, a block party, and more.
See what's newly streaming this month from Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, BroadwayHD, and more.
Based on a true story about dogs in space, the new musical ran at Off-Broadway's MCC Theater where its final performances were filmed.
The event will be presented in-person and online.
See Brandon Victor Dixon, Alex Brightman, Krysta Rodriguez, and more in this spectacular performance filmed live in Times Square.
Featuring performances from Broadway's best shows, the event will air live on WABC and stream on Playbill from Times Square.
The three-day event continues in Times Square with a live stream available to watch at home.
Richard Jay-Alexander will direct with musical direction by Joseph Thalken.
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy are back as the Sanderson sisters!
Burnett is joined by fashion writer Eila Mell on the theatre business podcast from the Broadway Podcast Network.
The three-day event of performances, sing-alongs, a block party, and more is in the heart of the theatre district—and streaming live.
The sequel stars the original 1993 cult favorite's Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy.
The Broadway musical has announced a special opportunity go behind-the-scenes, ask cast members questions, and see the first number live from the Neil Simon Theatre.
Play On Shakespeare has announced its upcoming 2022-2023 season of podcasts and fully-staged productions.
The Project presents works by María Irene Fornés, René Marqués, Fausto Avendaño, Rosalba Rolón, and Desmar Guevara.
Get a first look at the production, also broadcasting live in NYC and online.
The all-star October 1 in-person and streaming concert will benefit the Entertainment Community Fund.
Four plays by female playwrights will stream, including works by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, Laura Schellhardt, and more.
Spirited also features Broadway favorites Patrick Page and Joe Tippett and songs by Dear Evan Hansen's Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
Audiences around the world will also be able to livestream the concert.
In honor of Banned Books Week, the podcast about censorship in theatre will feature performances by Bryan Cranston, Raúl Esparza, Celia Keenan Bolger, and more.
Filmed at London's The Other Palace, the musical adaptation of the 1989 cult film favorite features a book, music, and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe.
Nadim Naaman and Dana Al Fardan's Broken Wings: The Musical will also debut this month.
The musical adaptation, based on the 1992 film, features a score by Amanda Green and Jason Robert Brown.
The streaming platform will also offer Hugh Salmon's Into Battle.
The Roku Original, filmed on stage at The Other Palace, will exclusively premiere on The Roku Channel beginning September 16.
Also newly available on the streaming platform is Richard Bean and Clive Coleman’s Young Marx.
The streaming series is an adaptation of the play The Fairest.
Broadway Comes Home captures the Broadway favorite visiting her hometown and giving an intimate concert.
The adaptation of the Tony- and Olivier-winning production stars newcomer Alisha Weir as Matilda and Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull.
Allison Janney, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Tony Goldwyn, Isaach De Bankolé, Julian Ovenden, and more star.
The new musical will take fans behind the scenes via the streaming platform Stellar.
The award-winning one man show will be simultaneously live-streamed to correctional facilities across the United States, Africa, and Europe.
Lucian Msamati stars in the 2019 revival of Athol Fugard’s apartheid-set drama.
The show opened June 27 at Manhattan's AMT Theater with original cast members from the 2020 Off-Broadway run.
The updated Shakespeare work drops as part of Next Chapter Podcasts’ modern verse Shakespeare podcast series.
Brown earned a Drama Desk nomination for her performance as Chantrea in Sam Chanse’s new play about memories, identity, and 1970s Cambodia.
Audible Theater will also present the world premiere of Good Enemy at the Off-Broadway venue.