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Time Out New York: The best live theater you can watch from home today

The COVID-19 crisis has had a devastating effect on the performing arts. Broadway is shut down until at least April 12; the ban on public gatherings in New York now extends to all other performance spaces as well. But many performers are trying to ensure that their shows do go on, if only online. If there’s a silver lining to the current social distancing requirements, it’s that we live in an age when streaming video makes it possible to access worlds well beyond our homes. Here is a list of some of the theater and cabaret performances you can see today without leaving your home—many of which will help you support artists during a difficult time. We’ll be updating this list every day. Stay in and enjoy the shows. (All show times are given in Eastern Standard Time.) More…

Ways of Gathering in the Age of COVID-19: A Guide to Livestreaming on HowlRound TV

As COVID-19 continues to spread, we know many theatre organizations are thinking carefully about their planned gatherings and events. We here at HowlRound want to remind you that going digital may be an option for your theatre and performance events. We can help with that!

HowlRound TV is a free and shared resource for live conversations and performances relevant to the world’s performing arts and cultural fields. It seeks to break geographic isolation, promote resource sharing, and develop the theatre’s knowledge commons collectively. Since creating HowlRound TV in 2011, we have partnered with over one hundred organizations annually to livestream thousands of events from countries all over the world, creating an ever-growing video archive of discourse and practice around contemporary theatre and performance. More…

Stars in the House

The Actors Fund, the national human services organization for everyone in performing arts and entertainment, announced today that SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley, will produce daily online mini-shows, entitled “Stars In The House”, featuring stars of stage and screen singing and performing live (from home!) to promote support for The Fund’s services for those most vulnerable to the effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19). More…

The Social Distancing Festival

This is a site for celebrating artists and the work that has been cancelled/delayed/disrupted. So far, submissions have included clips from rehearsals, scenes done with cast-mates over webcam, recordings from previous workshops, design plans, and performers just doing the song they were really excited about singing into their webcam. It doesn’t need to be anything formal or polished! Learn more…

Distance Learning: Ideas and Resources for Your Drama Classroom

Since our ability to congregate has taken a pause while we overcome the current health crisis, many educators across the globe must devise tactics for teaching via the internet. How can we inspire our young artists to keep working that creative muscle? How can we teach theatre over the web and on the fly? Here are some quick ideas from Stage Partners as we try to figure out Distance Learning together. More…

15 Broadway Plays and Musicals You Can Watch On Stage From Home

More and more, live musicals are being filmed for PBS or streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, BroadwayHD and more. Productions of Off-Broadway’s Puffs to Broadway’s Indecent to the West End’s An American in Paris, new captures of stage productions regularly become available. Let’s take a look at some of the best filmed Broadway shows to know about and where to find them. More…