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Hannah Waddingham, who stars as the Witch in Into the Woods, which is streaming this weekend.
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. In honor of the holiday weekend, our curated list spotlights five old favorites to stream Friday, October 11 to Sunday, October 14, for free or at low cost.
Streaming all weekend for FREE.
Revisit the glorious original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George about the art of making art. In Act I, Mandy Patinkin is a fictionalized version of Georges Seurat as he struggles to complete his masterpiece, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte;" Bernadette Peters is the woman who inspires him. Act II is all about the '80s art scene. A brilliant show that's also a bit of a time capsule, though its observations about the challenges of creating are timeless.
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Streaming for £7.99, approximately $10.50.
Another beloved musical from Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, Into the Woods weaves together multiple fairy tales to explore what happens after the happily ever after. Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham slays as the Witch in this acclaimed London production, which won the 2011 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival.
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Streaming for £7.99, approximately $10.50.
One of the theatre's great leading ladies, two-time Tony winner Laurie Metcalf, stars in this critically acclaimed production of Long Day's Journey into Night, which was recorded on London's West End in 2012. Metcalf is absolutely shattering as drug-addicted matriarch Mary Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's semi-autobiographical masterpiece about the ultimate dysfunctional family. Tony nominee David Suchet (Amadeus, Poirot) costars as her domineering and delusional husband.
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Streaming until Thursday, October 31 for FREE.
PBS Great Performances presents Sutton Foster in Cole Porter's effervescent musical comedy Anything Goes, which was recorded live on stage in London in 2021. After winning a 2011 Tony Award for her brassy performance as nightclub singer Reno Sweeney in director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall's critically acclaimed revival of this classic, Foster reprised the role on the West End opposite Felicity Kendal, Gary Wilmot and Tony winner Robert Lindsay. Marshall again oversaw this zany tale of romance and intrigue on the high seas featuring iconic songs, including "I Get a Kick Out of You," "You're the Top" and the title tune.
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Streaming for FREE.
This summer, the great Holland Taylor has returned to NYC theatre in N/A at Lincoln Center. To celebrate, PBS Great Performances is streaming a past stage triumph: Ann, Taylor's one-woman bio play about the late Ann Richards, an outspoken Democrat who served as Governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. Taylor earned a Tony nomination for her compelling portrait of a woman who captivated as a politician and as a person.
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