TDF Stages Archive

Ice Factory: Who’s There? At 10 a.m. ET, the New Ohio Theatre brings its 27th annual Ice Factory festival online with four boundary-pushing premieres over four weeks. The third offering is Who’s There? , an ambitious exploration of cross-cultural blind spots featuring Black, Asian and white artists based in Singapore, Malaysia and the U.S. Created by The Transit Ensemble for digital consumption, t

In This Life At noon ET, WNET’s All Arts series presents In This Life , a dance film created by director Bat-Sheva Guez and American in Paris Tony nominee/former New York City Ballet star Robert Fairchild , who co-produced, co-wrote and stars. A meditation on grief, the 15-minute movie features five sections, each choreographed by a different dance-maker: James Alsop, Warren Craft, Andrea Miller,

First, a hot show alert! This Thursday evening at 8:30 p.m. ET, newly minted EGOT winner Alan Menken , who wrote the music for Little Shop of Horrors and many a Disney movie/show, is doing a live mini-concert in support of the Walt Disney Family Museum’s At-Promise Youth Animation Academy initiative. Tickets to the VIP pre-show chat are pretty pricey, but you can watch the performance for free if

Manual Cinema: The End of TV At 1 p.m. ET, here’s a dazzling treat: Over the next month, the multimedia theatre collective Manual Cinema , which combines shadow puppetry and filmic elements, is sharing recordings of one eye-popping show each week. This week’s show is The End of TV , a deconstruction of the American Dream set in a post-industrial Rust Belt city in the ’90s, as the aspirational prom

Although NYC performance venues remain closed, theatres in other regions are finding creative ways to present live shows in front of audiences

Friday, July 31

New York City Center’s Studio 5: Great American Ballerinas At noon, New York City Center continues its Great American Ballerinas series with Nina Ananiashvili , the artistic director of the State Ballet of Georgia, and New York City Ballet star Sara Mearns exploring the iconic role of Odette-Odile from Swan Lake . Watch for free on New York City Center’s YouTube channel .

Folksbiene! Live: Rachel Policar: Lullabies & Love Songs from My Living Room At 1 p.m. ET, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene presents a mini-concert by Rachel Policar , who starred as the title character in the company’s romantic operetta The Golden Bride . She’ll be joined by her on-stage beau Cameron Johnson , an alluring tenor, for Yiddish lullabies and love songs. Watch for free on Folks

With in-person theatre out of commission for the foreseeable future, many companies and performers from Broadway and beyond are showcasing their work online. Below are performances you can watch today, Tuesday, July 28, from the comfort of your couch for free (or at very low cost).