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F. Murray Abraham in Krapp's Last Tape, part of Irish Rep's Beckett Briefs, which starts streaming on Sunday. Photo by Carol Rosegg.
Even though in-person theatre and dance are back in full swing, in the name of accessibility we're continuing to round up performances to watch online from the comfort of home. Our curated list spotlights the five best options to stream this weekend, Friday, March 14 to Sunday, March 16, for free or at low cost.
Streaming from Thursday, March 13 to BroadwayHD members.
We rarely promote BroadwayHD because individual performances are not available to rent. Instead, you must purchase a monthly subscription for $20. But this Thursday, the 50th anniversary Pippin concert starring Shucked Tony winner Alex Newell begins streaming on the service, and you can enjoy a significant discount on your first month if you join by Wednesday, March 12. Even if you miss that deal, BroadwayHD has such a wide selection of musicals and plays, you get a lot of bang for your buck.
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Live-streaming on Friday at 7 p.m. ET for $29.
Felix Hagan may not yet be a household name, even in Broadway-loving abodes. But once the Oliver Award-winning musical comedy he co-created, Operation Mincemeat, opens on Broadway next week, that may change. See him before he gets famous on this side of the pond at 54 Below, where he'll be performing numbers from his upcoming solo album, Happy Songs, along with hilarious tunes from Operation Mincemeat and other Fringe-style musicals he's worked on. Streaming live from the cabaret hub's swanky stage. If you prefer to attend in person, click here for info.
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Live-streaming Friday, March 14 at 7 p.m. ET for $26.
Hadestown costars and longtime offstage couple, two-time Tony nominee Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney, bring their romance to the stage in this new cabaret at The Green Room 42 in Midtown. Details are scarce, but that hasn't stopped the in-person concert from selling out. You can still live-stream this evening online as the talented performers croon songs from their respective careers (Miss Saigon and The Great Gatsby for her, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and Rocky Horror for him) as well as personal favorites from Hadestown and beyond.
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Begins streaming on Saturday, March 15 at 2 p.m. on YouTube for FREE.
Revisit Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's fractured fairy-tale classic Into the Woods, which begins streaming this Saturday. This American Playhouse recording features most of the original Broadway cast, including Bernadette Peters as the Witch and Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife. Watch their acclaimed performances and then catch the Tony winners in person this spring: Peters is in the new revue Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends on Broadway, and Gleason is in Joshua Harmon's new play We Had a World.
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Streaming from Sunday, March 16 at 5 p.m. ET until Sunday, March 30 for $39.
Irish Rep's celebrated triple bill of Samuel Beckett shorts, Beckett Briefs, wraps up its in-person run this Sunday. But you can stream a recording at home through March 30 courtesy of The League of Live Stream Theater. Subtitled "From the Cradle to the Grave," these playlets explore all stages of life with Beckett's signature insight, absurdity and caustic wit. The climactic solo Krapp's Last Tape is particularly powerful and stars Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham in a tour-de-force turn as a mature man looking back on his life.
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