Top 5 Stage Performances to Stream This Weekend April 5-7
The cast of 42nd Street at London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, which is streaming this weekend. Photo by Sophie Thomas.
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, April 5 to Sunday, April 7, for free or at low cost.
New York City Fringe
Various shows live-streaming at various times until Sunday, April 21 at a sliding scale
FRIGID New York is producing the city’s first official Fringe festival in five years at various East Village venues. If you can’t make it in person, many of the shows are available to live-stream at home. This weekend’s online offerings include Kim Barke’s searing Blocks of Sensation (Friday at 5:30 p.m. ET) about a scientist and mother battling America’s opioid crisis in her lab and at home; NPR host Emil Guillermo’s comedic memoir about being Filipino American (Friday at 9:50 p.m. ET); Brokeneck Girls: The Murder Ballad Musical (Saturday at 6 p.m. ET) exploring violence against women in folk music; the interactive Yoga for Billionaires (Saturday at 4:20 p.m. ET); Flossy Follies (Sunday at 4:50 p.m. ET), a burlesque show celebrating body autonomy; and a TransMasculine Cabaret (Sunday at 1:30 p.m. ET). Be sure to browse the complete schedule to see what else is streaming!
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Theater of War Productions: An Enemy of the People: A Theater Project from America’s Hometown
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The Green Room 42: …No the Other One
Live-streaming Sunday, April 7 at 7 p.m. ET for $26.50
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Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals
All Arts shares a gem from its vaults: Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s legendary 1990 concert of spirituals at Carnegie Hall. Backed by members of the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the two beloved divas perform these rousing religious songs for an enthralled audience that included pioneering Black contralto Marian Anderson.
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42nd Street
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