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Amanda Williams Ware, Jay Armstrong Johnson and Allison Robins in I Put a Spell on You, which is streaming this weekend. Photo by Thomas Mundell.
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, October 25 to Sunday, October 27, for free or at low cost.
Streaming from Friday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m. until Wednesday, October 30 for $30.
NYC's Red Bull Theater, which revitalizes undersung classics, presented an in-person reading of Lord Byron's Sardanapalus earlier this week and you can watch a recording this weekend. Chronicling the fall of the last Assyrian king and his decadent reign, this blank verse epic stars Amir Arison from The Blacklist.
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Live-streaming Friday, October 25 at 9:45 p.m. ET for $28.50
In honor of Halloween, musical theatre up-and-comers perform spooky show tunes from Tony Award-winning shows of the past three decades. Performers include Collin Hancock (How to Dance in Ohio), Sean McManus (Beetlejuice) and Broadway national tours vet Bernie Baldassaro. If you prefer to attend in person, click here for info.
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Live-streaming on Sunday, October 27 at 7 p.m. ET for $28.50.
Enjoy the latest installment of Sondheim Unplugged, a stripped-down concert series celebrating the late songwriting legend. Talented vocalists croon Sondheim tunes accompanied solely by piano alongside special guests including Liz McCartney from the 2017 revival of Sunday in the Park with Georgena, Ramona Mallory from the 2009 A Little Night Music revival and Nicholas Rodriguez from the recent gender-swapped Company. Live-streaming from 54 Below's swanky stage. If you prefer to attend in person, click here for info.
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Streaming from Sunday, October 27 at 8 p.m. until Friday, November 1 for $35
On Monday, Broadway scene-stealer Jay Armstrong Johnson (Hands on a Hardbody, On the Town) resurrected the bewitching Sanderson Sisters from the cult classic Hocus Pocus for a high-camp Halloween performance, and starting on Sunday you can watch a recording online. Cackle at the holiday high jinks of Johnson (in the Bette Midler role) and his sorceress siblings played by Allison Godleski and Amanda Williams Ware as they welcome special ghoulish guest stars including Some Like It Hot Tony winner J. Harrison Ghee, Tony nominee Robyn Hurder (Moulin Rouge, Chicago) and Max Clayton from The Music Man. Proceeds benefit the Ali Forney Center, which serves unhoused LGBTQ+ youth.
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Streaming on All Arts all weekend for FREE
PBS's NEXT at The Kennedy Center series presents an episode about Alonzo King LINES Ballet, fusing a performance of the San Francisco-based troupe's Deep Lines with interviews with American Ballet Theatre's Misty Copeland, New York City Ballet's Tiler Peck and others.
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