Top 5 Stage Performances to Stream This Weekend November 17-19

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, November 17 to Sunday, November 19, for free or at low cost.

PBS Great Performances: Making Shakespeare: The First Folio

Airing on TV on PBS Thirteen on Friday, November 17 at 9 p.m. ET for FREE. Available to stream online until Friday, December 15.
Theatre legend Audra McDonald narrates this new documentary about how William Shakespeare’s pals and fellow players John Heminges and Henry Condell created The First Folio, ensuring the Bard’s works weren’t lost to history. In addition to speaking to academics, curators and well-known classical actors about the landmark collection, Making Shakespeare: The First Folio spotlights The Public Theater’s recent reinventions of The Comedy of Errors with the Mobile Unit and Hamlet at Shakespeare in the Park, as well as middle school students studying Romeo and Juliet in the Bronx.

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Manhattan Theatre Club: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

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Live-streaming Saturday, November 18 at 7 p.m. ET for $25

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Theater of War Productions: Antigone in Ferguson

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Alonzo King Documentary

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