TDF Stages Archive

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The Old Vic: Mood Music At 2 p.m. ET, London’s Old Vic shares Mood Music , Joe Penhall ‘s examination of the toxic pop industry, with a veteran producer ( Ben Chaplin ), a young songwriter ( Seána Kerslake ) and their lawyers and psychotherapists fighting over who owns a hit tune. Recorded at the venue in 2018, the production was helmed by Roger Michell , who directed the smash movie Notting Hill

OSL: Bach at Home 2020 At noon ET, every summer, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s presents a month-long series of Bach concerts. This year the group brings the fest online with recordings of orchestral, chamber and solo performances released every Tuesday through July 14. Today’s lineup includes an adaptation of The Goldberg Variations for the chamber ensemble and pianist Pedja Muzijevic performing Bac

Reykjavik Fringe Festival: The Pink Hulk: One Woman’s Journey to Find the Superhero Within At 1:30 p.m. ET, three-time cancer survivor Valerie David (who’s currently kicking the disease’s ass yet again) performs excerpts from her autobiographical solo show The Pink Hulk: One Woman’s Journey to Find the Superhero Within . Although it’s about her specific ongoing health battles, the show’s message o

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene: Zalmen Mlotek Living Room Concert At 1 p.m. ET, Zalmen Mlotek —the artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene , which produced Yiddish Fiddler —celebrates the Fourth of July with songs about Di Goldene Medine , aka The Golden Land, many plucked from the company’s musical revue of the same name about immigrating to America. Watch for free on Fo

The Building: Under Lockdown At 1 p.m. ET, dramatist and screenwriter Ed Napier ( Criminal Minds ) originally envisioned The Building as a play. But once COVID-19 hit, he immediately set about reimagining it for digital consumption. Now called The Building: Under Lockdown , the multi-episode series centers on the diverse residents of a Riverside Drive co-op as they try to navigate life—and their s

San Francisco Ballet: 2020 Opening Night Spellbound Gala At 1 p.m. ET, as a thank-you to its fans, San Francisco Ballet shares a recording of its January gala featuring a dozen pieces that were meant to have runs this truncated season. Highlights include world-premiere performances of Val Caniparoli ‘s Foreshadow and Myles Thatcher ‘s 05:49 , the pas de deux from David Dawson ‘s Swan Lake and the

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