20+ Stage Performances to Watch Online This Weekend March 4-6

By: Raven Snook

Date: March 3, 2022
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While in-person theatre is back in NYC, there are still wonderful shows to stream at home. Below are performances you can watch online this weekend, Friday, March 4 to Sunday, March 6, for free or at low cost.

Friday, March 4

  • At 5:15 p.m. ET, My Grandmother’s Eye Patch, Julia VanderVeen‘s wacky comic tribute to her nana
  • At 6:30 p.m. ET, Blockbuster Guy, Mark Levy‘s autobiographical comedy about getting paid to be a movie nerd
  • At 7 p.m. ET, As You Will, an improv Shakespeare show
  • At 8:15 p.m. ET, Vaxxed & Waxxed, UK comedian Eleanor Conway makes her US debut with this Edinburgh Festival favorite about her no-holds-barred dating escapades
  • At 8:45 p.m. ET, Smile All the Time, Amanda Erin Miller‘s romp about a teenage boy recounting the wild evening that landed him in jail
  • At 10:30 p.m. ET, the atypical rom-com Love & Sex on the Spectrum

Saturday, March 5

  • At 1:45 and 7 p.m. ET, storyteller Jean Ann Le Bec‘s autobiographical The Last to Know about discovering her four-decade marriage was built on lies
  • At 3 p.m. ET, Are you lovin’ it?, a surreal comedy from Japan’s Theatre Group GUMBO featuring dancing businessmen, Krazy Kitty and tasty WacDonald’s
  • At 3:30 p.m. ET, the atypical rom-com Love & Sex on the Spectrum
  • At 4:45 p.m. ET, StarSweeper, a solo show exploring humanity, humor and reaching out to the universe for connection
  • at 5:15 p.m. ET, A Play for Voices, a one-act that takes place entirely in darkness
  • At 6:30 p.m. ET, Human Flailings, psychotherapist and storyteller Jude Treder-Wolff‘s self-analysis about destructive relationship patterns
  • At 8:15 p.m. ET, Vaxxed & Waxxed, UK comedian Eleanor Conway makes her US debut with this Edinburgh Festival favorite about her no-holds-barred dating escapades
  • At 8:45 p.m. ET, Pueblo Revolt, the tale of two brothers set against the backdrop of the 1680 the Pueblo Revolt

Sunday, March 6

  • At 1:15 p.m. ET, A Public Private Prayer, a meditation on whether God exists
  • At 1:45 p.m. ET, The Story of Falling Don, the real-life tale of playwright-performer Daniel Kinch‘s first day on the job across from the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001
  • At 3 p.m. ET, The Lonely Road, Will Clegg‘s multimedia storytelling adventure about an epic road trip
  • At 3:30 p.m. ET, My Grandmother’s Eye Patch, Julia VanderVeen‘s wacky comic tribute to her nana
  • At 4:45 p.m. ET, Are you lovin’ it?, a surreal comedy from Japan’s Theatre Group GUMBO featuring dancing businessmen, Krazy Kitty and tasty WacDonald’s
  • At 5:15 ET, storyteller Jean Ann Le Bec‘s autobiographical The Last to Know about discovering her four-decade marriage was built on lies
  • At 7 p.m. ET, Bathroom of a Bar on Bleecker, a raunchy romp about recording the final episode of America’s No. 1 comedy podcast

All Weekend

Baryshnikov Arts Center: Peggy Baker’s her body as words
The dance-centric Baryshnikov Arts Center continues its 2022 season with her body as words, a new piece by Peggy Baker that explores notions of female identity. The choreographer collaborated with nine dancers to examine themes such as gender expression, sexual orientation, sexual appetite, pregnancy, miscarriage and motherhood through movement. Watch for free until Monday, March 14 at 5 p.m. ET on BAC’s site.

The Huntington: The Bluest Eye
Boston’s The Huntington is currently presenting an in-person theatricalization of Toni Morrison‘s celebrated debut novel The Bluest Eye, but you can also stream a recording of the production online. Adapted for the stage by award-winning dramatist Lydia Diamond, the play centers on Pecola, a young Black girl who believes the world would be wonderful if she could have blue eyes. Awoye Timpo directs. Tickets start at $20 and the recording is viewable until Saturday, April 9.

New Victory Theater: Air Play
NYC’s premiere family theatre, the New Victory, is presenting an in-person production of Air Play featuring married clowns the Acrobuffos exploring the power of air in a series of entertaining experiments. But this enchanting circus spectacle is also streaming online. Tickets are $25 and the recording is viewable until Sunday, March 20. Prefer to attend in person? Click here for info or, if you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.

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Top image: Jenn Colella sings a pair of songs from My Fair Lady in An Evening With Lerner and Loewe, which is streaming all weekend. Photo by Kevin Parisi.

RAVEN SNOOK

Raven Snook is the Editor of TDF Stages. Follow her on Facebook at @Raven.Snook. Follow TDF on Facebook at @TDFNYC.

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