A gala at Juilliard on Monday and a gala at Carnegie Hall Wednesday...internet access mandatory, black tie strictly optional. These are just some of the virtual offerings taking place online October 5�9. For more, check out , presented in partnership with Broadway Podcast Network.
Monday, October 5
The will feature performances and appearances by such alums as Philip Glass, Nico Muhly, and Lorraine Toussaint, as well as highlights of past events, including a February 2020 master class led by Renée Fleming, the Juilliard Orchestra virtual performance of "Nimrod" from Elgar's Enigma Variations conducted by Itzhak Perlman, and a behind-the-scenes look at Larry Keigwin and Nicole Wolcott's collaboration Bolero Juilliard.
Tuesday, October 6
welcomes the company of Off-Broadway’s recent Yiddish-language revival of Fiddler on the Roof, including director Joel Grey, Samantha Hahn, Jackie Hoffman, Steven Skybell, and Rachel Zatcoff.
Wednesday, October 7
Carnegie Hall, closed since March and at least through the rest of the year, has assembled a roster of acclaimed music artists to take part in their in lieu of a traditional opening night. The lineup includes Rhiannon Giddens with Our Native Daughters, Tony nominee Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato, Jon Batiste, Gustavo Dudamel, Michael Feinstein, Angélique Kidjo, Lang Lang, Wynton Marsalis, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, James Taylor, and Michael Tilson Thomas.
8 PM: At This Theatre
Virtually wander around the 18th century sidewalks that Alexander Hamilton trod in "the greatest city in the world.â€� Hamilton fans and history buffs can explore the theatre district and NYC from their couches in from Broadway Up Close's Tim Dolan and °ëµºÌåÓý Social Selects.
Thursday, October 8
The U.K.-based Original Theatre Company will present a digital staging of Torben Betts� play, which follows the 1970 mission that was meant to be the third to reach the moon. After an oxygen tank malfunction and momentary loss of communication with ground control, the spacecraft instead looped around the moon, and the three-member crew safely returned to Earth. The through the rest of the year.
6 PM: Theatre for One: Here We Are
, Lydia R. Diamond, Jaclyn Backhaus, Regina Taylor, and more playwrights have created microplays for the new weekly virtual theatrical experience, which brings together one performer and one audience member. Performances take place on Thursdays through October 29; at 10 AM on the Monday before.
8:30 PM: The Great Work Begins
Glenn Close, Patti LuPone, Nikki M. James, Laura Linney, Andrew Rannells, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Brian Tyree Henry, and many more Broadway stars perform scenes from Tony Kushner's Tony- and Pulitzer Prize–winning play Angels in America in .
Friday, October 9
Watch Les Misérables star Alfie Boe’s concert on The Shows Must Go On! , filmed live at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Joined by special guests Melanie C, Matt Lucas, Claude-Michel Schonberg, and more, Boe performs songs from his decades-spanning career.
More Streaming Options
- Watch ¡Viva Broadway! Hear Our Voices through October 5 at 8 PM ET. Legends of the Latinx theatre and bold new voices alike join in performance and celebration by marking the achievements of Latinx artists and stories on stage. The 90-minute special features a reunion of members of the original casts of In The Heights led by Anthony Ramos (starring in the upcoming film), and Gloria Estefan joins her Broadway counterpart Ana Villafañe for an On Your Feet! reunion.
- 's Nightly Met Streams presents seven Wagner titles this week: Tristan und Isolde, Tannhäuser, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung, and Parsifal.
