This weekend, the stage hits the screen with streaming presentations of a high school production of Fela!, a virtual revival of 2007's Dutchman, and even an interactive murder mystery musical.
These are just some of the digital offerings August 7–9. For more, check out Playbill’s Streaming Calendar, presented in partnership with Broadway Podcast Network.
4 PM: Composers Corner
Atlantic Theater Company invites the Fun Home and Soft Power composer to share cut songs, new tunes, and old classics. Register to attend here.
8 PM: All About Evil
Playbill Social Selects continues with an interactive, Broadway-themed murder mystery, replete with missing divas, timid assistants-turned-stars, and more. Use your theatre savvy to gather clues, question suspects, and solve the cast as the action unfolds.
6:30 PM: Fela! Stream
Samantha Williams (Dear Evan Hansen, the upcoming Caroline, or Change revival) hosts a free screening of Kinder High School for the Performing Arts’ 2019 production of Fela!. The Houston school collaborated with the musical’s original producer and co-conceiver Stephen Hendel to mount the production. Additional pre-show and intermission virtual discussions will feature Hendel, performer Sahr Ngauja (Tony-nominated for his work in the Broadway production), HSPVA and Fela! alum Justin Prescott, and more. Watch on Twitch via Broadway Jackbox.
7 PM: Dutchman
Dulé Hill, Jennifer Mudge, and Chris Myers reunite for a virtual performance of Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman on Play-PerView, reuniting the trio with director Robert Barry Fleming following the 2007 revival at Cherry Lane Theatre. Proceeds will go to Newark Arts.
8 PM: Liz Callaway in Concert
The Tony-nominated favorite of Baby, Miss Saigon, and more joins Seth Rudetsky as the latest headliner on the Seth Concert Series, presented remotely from the host and performer’s respective homes. An encore stream will take place August 10 at 3 PM.
Transport Group’s 2019 Off-Broadway production of Broadbend, Arkansas is available to stream through August 16.
The Roundabout production of Hwang's semi-autobiographical play will air on PBS' Great Performances.
Downey shares the stage with his own "metahuman digital likeness" in the A.I.-themed play from Pulitzer winner Ayad Akhtar.
Rupert Hands directs the 2005 Broadway musical.
The Tony winner is expected to offer an afternoon of musicals theatre favorites.
Go inside a two-show day at We Live in Cairo at New York Theatre Workshop.
Max Harwood is leading the musical, adapted from the book series by Rob Rokicki and Joe Tracz.
The show attendees included Kelly Rowland, Beyoncé, Tina Fey, and Lea Salonga.
The former NSYNC member hosted a sing-along performance of the Max Martin musical on Broadway.
Kathleen Marshall directed a cast led by Matt Doyle and Ana Villafañe.
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