Ghost Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 For those who may not be aware of some free Broadway shows. Joseph's Magic Coat was last Friday. JCS is this Friday for 48 hours. https://www.slashfilm.com/the-shows-must-go-on/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpO4ohqx3os 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Cline Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 27 minutes ago, Ghost said: For those who may not be aware of some free Broadway shows. Joseph's Magic Coat was last Friday. JCS is this Friday for 48 hours. https://www.slashfilm.com/the-shows-must-go-on/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpO4ohqx3os Andrew Lloyd Webber's Official Announcement | The Shows Must Go On If you're missing some fine musical entertainment, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Universal Studio's have teamed up to air some of Mr. Webber's musicals for "FREE". Are you missing seeing musicals on the big stage? Well, here’s the next best thing: a YouTube Channel. Okay, look, watching something on YouTube isn’t going to really compare to the theatre experience, but we all have to make do with what we have. In an attempt to bring a West End and Broadway experience to viewers, here comes The Shows Must Go On YouTube Channel, which features free productions of some of Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals. We can only hope this is all building towards Cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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N.E. Brigand Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Ghost said: For those who may not be aware of some free Broadway shows. Joseph's Magic Coat was last Friday. JCS is this Friday for 48 hours. https://www.slashfilm.com/the-shows-must-go-on/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpO4ohqx3os Here in Cleveland, the Jesus Christ Superstar tour got in just one performance before all such activity was shut down by the governor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Just now, N.E. Brigand said: Here in Cleveland, the Jesus Christ Superstar tour got in just one performance before all such activity was shut down by the governor. Here's an interesting article about how different Cleveland theaters were affected by that move: https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/04/coronavirus-pandemic-brings-wave-of-extraordinary-financial-stress-to-greater-clevelands-theater-companies.html "Tours stopped in their tracks — among them 'My Fair Lady,' slated to open at the State Theatre April 28 — wait in limbo. On a recent call with a transport company, says Vernaci, 'they [said] that they had 200 semis — parked, full of sets, lights and costumes — with nowhere to go.'" In another sign of the times: that was the reporter's last article. She was laid off with almost all of her colleagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Cline Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 whatsonstage Presents Stage shows, Musicals and Opera Online For Free For the Quarantine Culture See the entire article here: Stage shows, musicals and opera you can watch online now for free https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/stage-shows-musicals-opera-free-stream-online_51198.html We're going to be updating this list as the days go on, so do let us know if you spot any more email editorial@whatsonstage.com and let us know. We're going to be doing round-ups for shows available on streaming services in the coming days! Please also if you can, donate to the various theatre charities out there – find out more here: 10 things you can do to help theatres during venue shut downs https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/10-things-help-theatres-close-west-end-stage_51196.html Sign up for our daily newsletter for all the latest theatre updates and features here: https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/daily-newsletter-stage-updates-west-end_51278.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ Chichester Festival Theatre The venue will begin streaming archived shows from Thursday, including the award-winning Flowers for Mrs Harris. The show will be available here: FLOWERS FOR MRS HARRIS - BROADCASTJoin us from 1pm Thursday 9 April in revisiting for the first time online, our much-loved 2018 production, Flowers for Mrs Harris. This online broadcast will be available for 30 days (until 8 May). https://www.cft.org.uk/flowers-for-mrs-harris-broadcast ___________________________________________________________________________________ Manual Cinema Experts in transforming screens, scenes and spaces into cinematic feasts, the award-winning company are putting two of their shows online for free. You can watch them both here: MANUAL CINEMA ON DEMAND! http://manualcinema.com/watch Ada/Ava premiered in 2013 - Online now via Vimeo The Magic City, our show for ages 5+ - Online now via Vimeo ___________________________________________________________________________________ Mercury Theatre's Cinderella The Colchester Theatre is streaming its production of Cinderella for free to give audiences a piece of panto fun! A great way to keep kids of all ages entertained while lockdowns continue. You can find out more here: CINDERELLA YOUTUBE PREMIERE https://www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/cinderella-online/ Join us this Saturday 11 April at 3pm as we stream our hit 2019 Cinderella via YouTube Premiere! ___________________________________________________________________________________ Only The Brave - A New Musical from AdVision TV - Online now via Vimeo Only the Brave, the hit musical starring Caroline Sheen and David Thaxton, is available for free online. The show, filmed by AdVision TV in 2016, tells the story of a group of soldiers in the run-up to the D-Day landings. It had its first run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2008, before a full production premiered in 2016 at the Millenium Centre in Cardiff. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals The Lord himself is getting in on the free streaming act – every Friday he'll be presenting a brand new show for free on YouTube. The series kicks off with Joseph with further shows to include Jesus Christ Superstar and By Jeeves. Find out more here: Andrew Lloyd Webber to stream his musicals online for free https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/andrew-lloyd-webber-stream-musicals-free-youtube_51313.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ The Importance of Being Earnest The hit Curve Leicester and Birmingham Rep production is being made available for a week! Find out more here about dates and show info here: https://www.whatsonstage.com/leicester-theatre/news/curve-rep-importance-earnest-free-stream_51328.html The show will be presented this Sunday ___________________________________________________________________________________ Getting Better Slowly The hit show has been made available online to raise money for the GAIN charity, which helps those affected by GBS, CIDP and the associated inflammatory neuropathies. Find out more here: https://gaincharity.org.uk/getting-better-slowly-online/ Online now via Youtube ___________________________________________________________________________________ Told By An Idiot The incredible company is putting up a new show every week to keep audiences entertained. They're beginning with the smash-hit My Perfect Mind, which ran twice at the Young Vic and toured the UK. My Perfect Mind - Online now via Youtube One Man, Two Guvnors - Online now via Youtube ___________________________________________________________________________________ The Wooster Group's Three Sisters - Online now via Vimeo The iconic company is presenting a new show every week, with this week's being its classic version of Three Sisters. This is mature though – you have been warned! https://vimeo.com/404468007/87e5588042 ___________________________________________________________________________________ It's True, It's True, It's True The Breach theatre and Artemisia Films production aired on BBC Four after being filmed on location in a former chapel. Based on transcripts taken from the 1612 trial of Italian artist Agostino Tassi, who was accused of raping fellow painter Artemisia Gentileschi while he was tutoring her at her father's house, the show will now be free to stream online for 30 days begining 31 March on the company's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi0_DYWeDvg2_B9iaMP1O_A/videos ___________________________________________________________________________________ Shakespeare's Globe The venue will release 40 (yep, you read that right, 40) free titles over the next month, with six mainstage shows accompanied by 34 that were created as part of the venue's epic "Globe to Globe" series of international performances. A proper treat! Find out more here: https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/shakespeares-globe-free-stream-hamlet_51295.html Watch Hamlet 2018 with Michelle Terry here - Online now via Youtube ___________________________________________________________________________________ Cheek By Jowl The iconic theatre company has brought back the archive recording of its hit version of Shakespeare's problem play, which was captured live at the Barbican in 2017. It's around for a month! - Online now via Youtube ___________________________________________________________________________________ Hampstead Theatre Three shows – Mike Bartlett's Wild (2016), Beth Steel's Wonderland (2014) and Howard Brenton's Drawing the Line (2013) will be made available on both the venue's website and The Guardian website over three consecutive weeks – all for free! You can find out more here: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23HampsteadTheatreAtHome&src=typeahead_click Beth Steel's Wonderland (2014) - Online now via Youtube ___________________________________________________________________________________ Pentabus Theatre company Pentabus Theatre company will release its archive of plays on a regular basis, and they'll be available for the next three months. Shows include Here I Belong by Matt Hartley on Friday 27 March with other shows to follow including Crossings by Deirdre Kinahan and ''Each Slow Dusk by Rory Mullarkey. Amsterdam Maya Arad Yasur's prize-winning play will be available via the Orange Tree website, for a limited time. The piece is a co-production with Actors Touring Company and Theatre Royal Plymouth and follows a nine months pregnant violinist living in a canal-side apartment who finds an unpaid gas bill. Henry V The Barn's hit production with Aaron Sidwell and Lauren Samuels will go live at 6pm on Friday 27 March, and will be available from the Barn's website after that. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Cyprus Avenue online - Online now via Youtube [Content Warning: Cyprus Avenue is recommended for anyone 18 . It contains strong language, discussion of sectarian themes and scenes of extreme violence that some viewers may find disturbing]. ___________________________________________________________________________________ The National Theatre at Home The National just unveiled a brand new scheme to beam its NTLive shows onto the web – and all through YouTube! It kicks off next Thursday with One Man, Two Guvnors. Find out more here: The National Theatre has announced plans to stream NT Live shows for free on YouTube. https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/national-theatre-live-youtube-free-stream_51268.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=26march2020 From Thursday 2 April, a number of productions previously screened in cinemas globally as a part of National Theatre Live will be made available to watch for free. Find out more on the National Theatre website https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/nt-at-home ___________________________________________________________________________________ RSC on the BBC Christopher Eccleston in Macbeth © RSC, Richard Davenport The BBC has announced further shows it'll be broadcasting – six RSC shows (which will then be on iPlayer) as well as BAC's five-star Frankenstein – which might well be one of our favourite shows in recent memory. Find out more here: https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/rsc-bbc-christopher-eccleston-macbeth_51262.html The company will broadcast six of the RSC's recent productions on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer: ___________________________________________________________________________________ 21 Chump Street Long before Hamilton there was the speedy 21 Chump Street, starring Anthony Ramos and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Ramos himself is about to take on the leading role in the In the Heights movie, scheduled to be released this summer. The BAM performance is available to watch in its entirety above. A small nugget of gold. Greenwich Theatre Greenwich Theatre has a slab of great content coming from this Friday under the "Greenwich Connects" umbrella. Every week they'll present a new performance from their back-catalogue, including warmly received revivals of School for Scandal and The Duchess of Malfi. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Sadler's Wells Sadler's Wells has just unveiled a raft of brilliant content it will be providing throughout the coming months for audiences locked down in their own homes. You can find out more here: https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/sadlers-wells-workshops-new-work-dance-online_51250.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ Ghost Quartet - Online now via Youtube Missed the award-winning revival of Ghost Quartet when it ran in London last year? Well Dave Malloy has posted the full musical on YouTube – featuring himself, performed in 2015. ___________________________________________________________________________________ The Show Must Go Online - Online now via Youtube THis is a cool scheme going live this week – live readings of Shakespeare's works provided by top-notch actors who would otherwise be twiddling their thumbs. The pieces will kick off tomorrow with Two Gentlemen in Verona. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Bubble - Online Trailer now via Youtube and how to watch Rehearsed on Skype and filmed via Facebook, Theatre Uncut's newest show is a perfect fit for the coronavirus outbreak. Kieran Hurley's brand new play will be premiering on 23 March at 8pm and will also be released as a playtext to download, with performing rights free until 23 April. Find out more about it in the trailer above. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Opera Vision Free opera! Now that's a nice sentiment - the European Commission-supported OperaVision will be supplying free opportunities to watch top-tier performances filmed at the highest quality level, with new shows released weekly on top of a massive back catalogue. Find out more here: https://operavision.eu/en ___________________________________________________________________________________ The Wind in the Willows A West End production, available for free! (though you can also make a donation to theatre charities as a nice good cause), this is a cracking idea and well worth checking out if you need an evening filled. Find out more here: https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/wind-in-the-willows-coronavirus-stream-free_51205.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=17march2020 Update – the production has now introduced a fee after previously being free. ___________________________________________________________________________________ League of Gentlemen Live This one is on iPlayer for another couple of weeks – great for anyone wanting to tickle their funny bone and featuring the stylings of Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and more. ___________________________________________________________________________________ First encounter King Lear - Online now via Youtube Another lovely RSC show geared towards introducing theatre to young'uns, this time taking the tragic story of King Lear and making it more accessible and fleet. The perfect way to kick off a love of theatre. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Gecko Theatre - Online now via Youtube Physical theatre pros Gecko have put a wad of their shows on YouTube for free, including The Time of Your Life, a collaboration with the BBC. ___________________________________________________________________________________ I, Cinna - Online now via Youtube Tim Crouch is a legend at the best of times, so seeing his solo show hosted by the RSC is a great chance to watch theatre at its best. You can also watch his production of I, Malvolio here: https://vimeo.com/386837018 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Since U Been Gone - Online now via Youtube Teddy Lamb's hit five-star fringe show will be available for a week thanks to the power of YouTube – give it a watch above. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Newsrevue The long-running satirical stage veterans will be sadly closing their doors, but the show will go on as the team head online to present their comedy mockery of current circumstances. A nice little pick-me-up. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Girls Like That - Online now via Youtube Evan Placey's hit 2014 play heads to the virtual world. It follows a group of schoolgirls reacting as one of their peers has naked photos of themselves leaked online – a pertinent issue for the present day, and a good way to get into a knotty play during the quiet hours. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Kanopy Have you got a library card or a university login? Did you know about this amazing streaming service that can be accessed through your local institution to watch films, TV shows and live theatre performances? Did you know that it's totally free? Well you do now! Open to members participating libraries, colleges and universities, this is a great to way to catch up on some amazing shows from years gone by. Check out Kanopy and discover the participating venues here: https://www.kanopy.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5 Soldiers - Online now via Live Stream The critically acclaimed five-star production is a collaboration between British choreographer Rosie Kay and the British army, and gave an insight into the psychology and welfare of soldiers fighting on the front lines. It's now available to watch online above. ___________________________________________________________________________________ MK ULTRA - Online now via Youtube The same company as Five Soldiers has released another show – filmed at the Southbank Centre. ___________________________________________________________________________________ The Met Opera The Met are providing dynamic, fresh content every night at the moment, diving into their back-catalogue of incredible productions to provide a new show on their website every day. You can find out more here: https://www.metopera.org/ (watch out, it's been quite oversubscribed as you might expect!). ___________________________________________________________________________________ The Stay at Home Comedy Festival Featuring Mark Gatiss, Josie Long, Jo Brand, Sara Pascoe and more, this new initiative to bring comedy to the living room might well take off and provide us all with a good laugh. It's set to begin demoing on the 19 March, and features shows that were set to be performing at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Payment is optional, and all to help artists. ___________________________________________________________________________________ The Signal Musical theatre pro Adam Lenson has given every musical fan their heart's desire with The Signal, a raft of shows and performances all available online for free here: https://www.thebonfire.uk/signal ___________________________________________________________________________________ Clown Funeral - Online now via Youtube Associate artists of the New Diorama and Pegasus Theatre, Clown Funeral has made three shows available online for free (head to YouTube for the others) so that's a whole wad of whimsy while you wait for the virus to subside! ___________________________________________________________________________________ Timpson the Musical - Online now via Youtube The hit Fringe production has put its best foot forward and released a full recording online! Watch it above. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Wise Children and Albion through the BBC This is what we want to to brighten up our days, the BBC getting involved with "Culture in Quarantine", a new scheme to provide arts offerings in the midst of the current crisis. So far, confirmed we have Emma Rice's Wise Children, the Almeida Theatre's production of Albion and productions filmed at The Space. Plus some newly commissioned plays created especially for broadcast. As soon as we have dates on all these, we'll let you know! Check back for air dates. ___________________________________________________________________________________ YesYesNoNo The theatre company has put one of its earlier works, Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist, online for free! The show was one of the smash hits at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017. And more than that, the company are sending the cast of its latest show The Accident Did Not Take Place to record at the Bunker Theatre. Stream it live online here: https://www.crowdcast.io/sign-in on 21 March at 7.25pm. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Royal Opera House The following productions will be offered on demand and for free via the ROH's Facebook and YouTube channels: Peter and the Wolf, The Royal Ballet, 2010 – 27 March 2020, 7pm GMT Acis and Galatea, The Royal Opera, 2009 – 3 April 2020, 7pm BST Così fan tutte, The Royal Opera, 2010 – 10 April 2020, 7pm BST The Metamorphosis, The Royal Ballet, 2013 – 17 April 2020, 7pm BST ___________________________________________________________________________________ Peeping Tom The best advice we've heard so far comes from this Belgian theatre company, "Let's keep dancing during this coronavirus crisis!" And to help us do that, they company have put their first trilogy – the film of Le Jardin and live performances of Le Salon and Le Sous Sol – online for free until the end of the outbreak. Check them out here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/peepingtom ___________________________________________________________________________________ Cookies - Online now via Youtube Playwright Emily Jenkins was commissioned to write this show about cyber bullying by the Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass charity. It was first performed live in 2017 and then live recorded for Anti-Bullying Week. A great show about the negative experiences young people can face online – and it's available for free! ___________________________________________________________________________________ Eugenius! - Online now via Facebook Archive We are more than a little bit excited that the London production of this musical will stream online to raise money for Acting for Others. A full archive-footage recording of the show will be released on Friday 20 March at 7pm on Facebook and we imagine it will go down a storm! Who's gonna watch it with us? https://www.facebook.com/eugeniusthemusical/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Notflix This award-winning group of female comedy musical improvisers are going online and live! The Notflix team will perform three shows on Facebook Live, with the first scheduled for 29 March at 7pm. The show will take audience suggestions of a favourite film from Facebook comments or on Twitter and will create a brand new show based on the best suggestion, together with a live band and entirely new songs. https://www.facebook.com/NOTFLIXimprovmusical/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Tosca VR - Online Teaser clip now via Youtube The Space have teamed up with VR storytelling studio Relative Motion to bring the world's first made-for VR opera online! Don't believe us? Check out the Youtube clip above, showing 15 minutes of Tosca VR. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Third Angel - Online now via Vimeo Theatre company Third Angel has been going since 1995, with work that spans theatre, filom, video and documentary. So it's no surprise that they a whole webpage full of free work to watch and enjoy! here: https://thirdangel.co.uk/shows-projects/short-films We chose their 2012 production of What I Heard About The World, a co-production with mala voadora, Sheffield Theatres and Teatro Maria Matos. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel Bye - Online now via Youtube This theatremaker has been creating exciting and thought-provoking work and putting it on his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/danielbye1/ for years – the latest video went up earlier this week, the 2013 show How To Occupy An Oil Rig. Bye has also launched a Patreon page if anyone wants to contribute. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Key Change Open Clasp Theatre Company's award-winning prison drama Key Change is coming online for free! The show was created with women serving at HMP Low Newton, County Durham and went to Edinburgh Fringe in 2015 with Northern Stage before playing across the pond to New York and in the Houses of Parliament! The show will stream on the Open Clasp website on 20 March, 1pm. Key Change is now available to watch for free on our website https://www.openclasp.org.uk/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Top Story - Online now via Youtube This apocalyptic comedy came to the Old Vic Tunnels in 2013 and the theatre company has made it available to watch for free on YouTube in response to the coronavirus pandemic. ___________________________________________________________________________________ The Depraved Appetite of Tarrare the Freak - Online now via Vimeo The Bristol-based puppetry and theatre company have shared their show The Depraved Appetite of Tarrare the Freak online, a chamber opera that charts the story of a sideshow freak in 18th-century Pariswho serves as a spy for the French Revolutionary Army. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Myth: The Rise and Fall of Orpheus - Online now via Youtube This show has had a number of incarnations in its journey to date. Directed by Arlene Phillips, Sam Cassidy's musical started life at the Cockpit Theatre in 2016 as 27 and starred Greg Oliver, Ryan Molloy, Jodie Jacobs, Maisie Bawden, Eloise Davies and more. It morphed into its current form and ran at The Other Palace in 2018, with cast members including Zoe Birkett (The Bodyguard), Jaymi Hensley (Union J) and Jodie Steele (Heathers). Watch for free now to discover a modern retelling of the ancient Greek story of Orpheus and the underworld. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Balletboyz © George Piper BalletBoyz' new dance show Deluxe, which was due to open at London Sadler's Wells, will instead be made available online for free later this month. Want to watch BalletBoyz? https://www.balletboyz.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Where Do We Go Next? Bunker Theatre With the Bunker Theatre now closed before it was able to finish its final takeover season, the last week of programming has moved online. Where Do We Go Next? is curated by Caitriona Shoobridge and will feature six new short films from underrepresented writers interrogating the importance of diverse, political theatre in an increasingly hostile environment. Hangman by Abraham Adeyemi, F*cked by Adam Hughes, Keys by Matilda Ibini, Same Again by Charley Miles, "May I, Speak-er?" by Nessah Muthy and The Feevs by Kat Woods will be streamed, with full details of where and when to be announced. Check back for details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skevinp Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 4 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said: Here in Cleveland, the Jesus Christ Superstar tour got in just one performance before all such activity was shut down by the governor. Hopefully it will be resurrected soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 5 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said: Here in Cleveland, the Jesus Christ Superstar tour got in just one performance before all such activity was shut down by the governor. Pilate didn’t like it? 🤭 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keystone3ply Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 9 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said: Pilate didn’t like it? 🤭 "What's the buzz"? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 Today's performance is Love Never Dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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