This weekend is your chance to catch a buzzy play fresh off an awards season success, a virtual reunion of a cult-favorite musical comedy, and star tenor Jonas Kaufmannβall from your couch.
These are just some of the virtual offerings July 17β�19. For more, check out , presented in partnership with Broadway Podcast Network.
Friday, July 17
Faculty from the theatre programs at both New York schools join °λ΅ΊΜεΣύ and The Growing Studioβs weekly series to share insights into the application process, audition tips, and more.
7 PM: Virtual Fire Island Dance Festival
The streaming edition of the annual event, benefiting Broadway Caresβ� , will feature socially distanced world premiere pieces from Ayodele Casel, Larry Kiegwin (with dancers including Jerry Mitchell), and Stephen Petronio, as well as returning festival favorites from Kyle Abraham, Al Blackstone, and Garrett Smith.
8 PM: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Reunion
Cast members from the beloved musical comedyβincluding Rachel Bloom, Skylar Astin, Donna Lynne Champlin, Vincent Rodriguez III, and Gabrielle Ruizβjoin Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley on , benefitting The Actors Fund.
Saturday, July 18
kicks off a new live streamed concert initiative, which will take the place of in-person performances at the New York City house for the remainder of the year. Tenor Jonas Kaufmann will go live from the Polling Abbey in Bavaria. Tickets to the performance (and subsequent remote concerts) cost $20.
7 PM: Heroes of the Fourth Turning
A reading of Will Arberyβs Obie-winning Pulitzer Prize finalist streams online on . The event reunites the cast of the Playwrights Horizons world premiere: Jeb Kreager, Julia McDermott, Michele Pawk, ZoΓ« Winters, and John Zdrojeski.
Sunday, July 19
Tony nominee Eva Noblezada, her Miss Saigon co-star Alistair Brammer, Wicked alums Lindsay Pearce and Brittney Johnson, and more will take part in the two-day virtual concert, supporting .
7 PM: The Conclusion of Richard II
Jamie Ballard (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) takes on the title role in Shakespeare@ Homeβs radio play presentation of the Bardβs history, adapted and directed by Sean Hagerty. The third and final episode is available to stream and download beginning at 7 PM; .
More Streaming Options
The National Theatreβs 2016 revival of Amadeus is through July 23.
Brush up your Italian: The Metropolitan Operaβs series continues with Rossiniβs La Cenerentola (July 17), Mozartβs Le Nozze di Figaro (July 18), and Pucciniβs La BohΓ¨me (July 19).