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David Tennant, who stars in a celebrated mounting of Much Ado About Nothing.
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 7 to Sunday, March 9, for free or at low cost.
Daylight saving time begins on Sunday, so remember to turn clocks forward one hour!
Live-streaming Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8 at 7 p.m. ET for $26.
Broadway vets Ashley Brown (Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast) and Ryan Silverman (Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera) team up for a concert of American Songbook favorites, from songs crooned by Frank Sinatra to famous show tunes from West Side Story and other classic musicals. Live-streaming directly from The Green Room 42 in Midtown. If you prefer to attend in person, click here for info.
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Streaming all All Arts for FREE.
Superstar Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who rose to fame in 1994 singing "Il mare calmo della sera" at the annual Sanremo Music Festival, celebrated three decades of glorious singing last year in Tuscany, and now the concert is available to watch at home. Bocelli performs a wide range of repertoire with special guests Ed Sheeran, David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Sofia Carson, Brian May from Queen and Jon Batiste.
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Streaming for £7.99, approximately $10.
British stage favorites and former Doctor Who costars Catherine Tate and David Tennant reunite as Beatrice and Benedick, frenemies who fall in love in Shakespeare's sparkling romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing. Filmed live onstage at Wyndham's Theatre in London in 2011, this production seduced audiences and critics alike. It's as merry as the day is long!
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Streaming on YouTube for FREE.
Five years before Patti LuPone earned a 2006 Tony nomination for playing Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd on Broadway, she portrayed the amoral pie maker in a concert staging of Stephen Sondheim's marvelously macabre musical opposite George Hearn as the title vengeful barber. Recorded onstage in San Francisco, this bloody great performance costars Victoria Clark as the ill-fated Beggar Woman and Neil Patrick Harris as the innocent Tobias.
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Begins streaming on Saturday, March 8 at 2 p.m. on YouTube for FREE.
In 1990, New York City Opera mounted a revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's cherished musical about love, jealousy and second chances in turn-of-the-last-century Sweden. Screen and stage vet Sally Ann Howes stars as the alluring actress Desirée Armfeldt, who gets to deliver arguably Sondheim's most famous song: "Send in the Clowns."
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