The following is a list of current and upcoming free live streams of stage productions.
COMING SOON
Nye
November 7–11
National Theatre YouTube Channel
Michael Sheen stars in Tim Price's play about NHS creator Nye Bevan. Filmed in 2024 at the National Theatre in London.
NOW STREAMING
Anything Goes
Through December 31
PBS.org
Sutton Foster stars as Reno Sweeney in P.G. Wodehouse and Cole Porter’s golden age musical. Filmed in 2021 at the Barbican Theatre in London.
Hamlet
Through December 31
PBS.org
Ato Blankson-Wood stars in the title role of the Shakespeare play, directed by Kenny Leon. Filmed in 2023 at the Delacorte Theater in New York.
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Through December 31
PBS.org
Leslie Odom, Jr. plays the title role in Ossie Davis' play about a traveling preacher who returns to his Georgia hometown to save the local church and the cotton pickers working on Ol' Cap'n Cotchiepee's plantation. Filmed in January 2024 at Broadway's Music Box Theatre.
Richard III
Through December 31
PBS.org
Danai Gurira stars in the title role of the Shakespeare play, directed by Robert O’Hara. Filmed in 2022 at the Delacorte Theater in New York.
Ann
PBS.org
Holland Taylor wrote and stars in this play about Texas governor Ann Richards. Filmed in 2016 at the Zach Theater in Austin, Texas.
Border Tales
The Shows Must Go On YouTube Channel
A commentary on multicultural Britain seen through the eyes of an international cast, told through dance, live music, and dialogue compiled from the performers’ personal experiences. Filmed in 2017 at The Place in London.
Caesar and Cleopatra
AllArts.org
Christopher Plummer and Nikki M. James play the title roles in Des McAnuff's staging of the George Bernard Shaw play. Filmed in 2008 at the Stratford Festival in Canada.
Macbeth
AllArts.org
Ian Lake stars in the title role of the Shakespeare play, filmed in 2016 at the Stratford Festival in Canada.
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
AllArts.org
Matthew Bourne won Tony Awards for his direction and choreography of this version of the Tchaikovsky ballet. Filmed in 1996 at the Royalty Theatre in London.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
AllArts.org
Julie Taymor directs a cast including David Harewood, Kathryn Hunter, Tina Benko, and Max Casella in the Shakespeare comedy. Filmed in 2014 at Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn.
The Taming of the Shrew
AllArts.org
Deborah Hay and Ben Carlson star in the Shakespeare comedy, filmed in 2015 at the Stratford Festival in Canada.
The Tempest
AllArts.org
Martha Henry stars as Prospero in the Shakespeare play, filmed in 2018 at the Stratford Festival in Canada.
Timon of Athens
AllArts.org
Joseph Ziegler plays the title role in the Shakespeare play, filmed in 2017 at the Stratford Festival in Canada.
Twelfth Night
AllArts.org
Des McAnuff directs a rock-infused staging of the Shakespeare comedy, filmed in 2011 at the Stratford Festival in Canada.
Touching the Void
AllArts.org
Josh Williams and Angus Yellowlees star in David Grieg's adaptation of Joe Simpson's book about his and Simon Yates' perilous descent of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. Filmed in 2021 at the Bristol Old Vic in Bristol, England.
Wuthering Heights
AllArts.org
Emma Rice adapted and directs this adaptation of the Emily Brontë novel, filmed in 2021 at the Bristol Old Vic in Bristol, England.