Top 5 Stage Performances to Stream This Weekend February 9-11
X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X at The Metropolitan Opera, which is airing on PBS this Sunday. Photo courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera.
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 carefully curated list spotlights the five best options to stream this weekend, Friday, February 9 to Sunday, February 11, for free or at low cost.
The Wilma Theater: My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion
Live-streaming Friday, February 9 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, February 10 at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, February 11 at 2 p.m. ET for $49.
Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater is live-streaming its acclaimed in-person production of My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion, Ukrainian playwright Sasha Denisova’s fantastical meditation on the Russo-Ukrainian War inspired by Zoom chats with her octogenarian mother. As the conflict escalates, a concerned daughter exiled in another country worries about her family in Kyiv and copes with the stress by imagining her mom strategizing with President Volodymyr Zelensky, combatting Russian drones with jars of pickles and arguing with God. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company coproduces this rolling world premiere, which is being broadcast by The League of Live Stream Theater.
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PBS Great Performances at the Met: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Airing on TV on PBS Thirteen on Sunday, February 11 at noon ET for FREE. Not available to stream.
Composer Anthony Davis’ powerful take on the story of Civil Rights leader Malcolm X, which imagines the activist as an everyman, premiered in 1986, but its long overdue Metropolitan Opera debut came decades later in 2023. Tony-nominated director Robert O’Hara (Slave Play) stages this groundbreaking work, which was recorded live on stage at the Met and stars Will Liverman. Can’t watch on Sunday? See when it’s airing on other PBS channels.
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Live From 54 Below: Alton Fitzgerald White: A Valentine’s Celebration
Live-streaming on Sunday, February 11 at 7 p.m. ET for $28.50.
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PBS Great Performances: Holland Taylor in Ann
PBS Great Performances presents Ann, Holland 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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URHERE: The Hang
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